Search for dissertations about: "stare"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word stare.

  2. 1. Reasoning by Analogy - A Study on Analogy-Based Arguments in Law

    Author : David Reidhav; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Reasoning by analogy; legal argumentation; legal methodology; formal justice; stare decisis; precedent; analogy; proportional analogy; similarity; dimensional property; comparative similarity; arguments from analogy; closure rule; jurisprudence; allmän rättslära;

    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation is a study on analogy-based arguments in law. Its overarching aim is to clarify reasoning by analogy in law. A model is proposed for analyzing and assessing arguments from analogy in law. READ MORE

  4. 2. The face of wrath : how facial emotion captures visual attention

    Author : Daniel Lundqvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Faces; Facial expressions; Schematic faces; Threatening faces; Emotion; Semantic differential scales; Activity; Potency; Negative Evaluation; Attention; Visual search;

    Abstract : We look at the things that matter to us. We may rest our eyes on things that attract us, stare at something horrifying, or glare at someone we dislike: things that affect us emotionally are also things that capture our visual attention. READ MORE

  5. 3. Female reproductive strategies and sexual conflicts in a polygynous mating system

    Author : Maria Sandell; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; female aggression; nestling feeding; intraspecific brood parasitism; mating system; parental investment; sexual conflict; intrasexual competition; Animal ecology; Djurekologi;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I have investigated conflicts of interest in the facultatively polygynous European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) with a focus on female reproductive strategies. The extent to which males provided parental care was a key issue in understanding the mating system of the starling. READ MORE