Search for dissertations about: "perception and the senses"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words perception and the senses.

  2. 1. The senses of modernism : Technology, perception, and modernist aesthetics

    Author : Sara Danius; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Literature; modernism and modernity; literature and technology; literary history; cultural studies; human body in literature; visual culture; cinema studies; Thomas Mann; Marcel Proust; James Joyce; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : This study argues that there is a constitutive relationship between technological change and literary modernism. Moving within a historical trajectory that extends from 1880 to 1930, The Senses of Modernism proposes that high-modernist aesthetics is inseparable from a newly emergent and technologically mediated crisis of the senses. READ MORE

  4. 2. Qualities in the short life : psychological studies relevant to patient and spouse in malignant glioma

    Author : Pär Salander; Roger Henriksson; Ullabeth Sätterlund Larsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; astrocytoma; communication; coping; defence mechanism; denial; glioma; hope; memory; neuropsychology; quality of life; spouse;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with psychological issues concerning patients with malignant gliomas, and their spouses. There is no known medical cure, and the patients have a limited survival expectancy. Therefore studies evaluating new treatment modes, an overall supportive atmosphere, and attempts to avoid imposing unnessesary strain are necessary. READ MORE

  5. 3. Experiencing sense of place in a virtual environment : real in the moment?

    Author : Ingvar Tjøstheim; Rikard Harr; John Waterworth; Phil Turner; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; telepresence; perception; sense of place; virtual tourism; video-games; digital humaniora; digital humanities;

    Abstract : The main goal of this thesis is to contribute to telepresence research by investigating a sightseeing experience in a virtual environment (VE) and by discussing insights from theories of telepresence, perception, experience of place, marketing and philosophy. The empirical work concerns a sightseeing experience, a visit to a city in a videogame (the VE). READ MORE

  6. 4. Visualizing the Effects of Geometrical Variation on Perceived Quality in Early Phases

    Author : Ola S Wagersten; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Geometrical variation; geometry assurance; non-rigid; product development; tolerance analysis; variation simulation; visualization and evaluation.; perceived quality;

    Abstract : In a perfect world, geometrical variation in a manufacturing process would not exist. Every component produced in a series would have the exact same dimensions and, when observed by a trained eye, look exactly identical. However, the world is not perfect and neither are manufacturing processes. READ MORE

  7. 5. On the Textility of Smell in Spatial Design

    Author : Jyoti Kapur; Jo-Anne Bichard; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Textiles and Fashion Design ; Textil och mode konstnärlig ;

    Abstract : The ocular-centric approach predominant in the field of design, particularly textile and spatial design, focuses on visual aesthetics and visually mediated interactions. Whereas the non-visual materialities of a space, such as smells, are ignored in the design process, meaning that interior spaces with homogenously odourless environments lack interactions with the olfactory. READ MORE