Search for dissertations about: "life-span"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 152 swedish dissertations containing the word life-span.
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1. Adults with Autism and Mental Retardation. A Life-Span Perspective
Abstract : A review of the literature with a life-span perspective on autism gave rise to the formulation of a general research problem: Can demographic factors, individual factors, and social factors (i.e. READ MORE
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2. Cognitive development and educational attainment across the life span
Abstract : In this thesis I explore two strands of research: in the first half I explore the effects of language learning on brain structure and cognitive function. In the second half I study to what extent educational attainment alter the rate of cognitive decline in old age. READ MORE
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3. Home-cage monitoring of mouse behaviours across life-span
Abstract : Background and aim: The academic research involving animal testing is struggling with problems of reproducibility and a few of the specific reasons pointed out are for example insufficient reporting of animal strains and protocol details. It is everyone’s responsibility to follow the 3R’s (Replace, Reduce, Refine) and to ensure that the model used is well characterized. READ MORE
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4. Cognitive training in young and old adults : Transfer, long-term effects, and predictors of gain
Abstract : Aging, also in the absence of pathological conditions, is associated with cognitivedecline, especially in so called fluid abilities, such as episodic memory andexecutive functions. Due to an ongoing demographic shift, a larger part of thepopulation will reach higher ages, and more people will be affected by age-relatedcognitive decline. READ MORE
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5. On Retirement and Cognitive Aging from a Life-Span Perspective
Abstract : Retirement is a major life event potentially affecting domains such as cognitive functioning and well-being. The main aim of this thesis was to assess whether retirement influences cognitive functioning and how inter- and intra-individual differences in psychological and lifestyle factors moderate the association. READ MORE