Search for dissertations about: "surprise"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 77 swedish dissertations containing the word surprise.

  2. 1. Surprise between media, minds and world : A Peircean process semiotic approach

    Author : Pedro Atã; Lars Elleström; Kate Maxwell; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; surprise; surprise in poetry; semiosis; cognitive niche construction; Peirce semiotics; process semiotics; distributed cognition; intermediality; Humaniora; Humanities;

    Abstract : The central idea of this thesis is that the relationship between cognition,media and environments is regulated by surprise. The relationship between cognition, media and environments is a foundational problem for studies of cognition, culture and/or communication. READ MORE

  4. 2. Coincidences and Paranormal Belief

    Author : Gergö Hadlaczky; Joakim Westerlund; Henry Montgomery; Peter Brugger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Coincidences; surprise; paranormal belief; parapsychology; telepathy; associative processing; probabilistic reasoning; Ganzfeld; associative learning; automatic processing; controlled processing; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : In this thesis it is argued that coincidences play an important role in the formation of belief, including belief in the paranormal. Three papers are presented. READ MORE

  5. 3. Renegotiation of authority in the face of surprise : a qualitative study of international disaster work

    Author : Nalini Suparamaniam; Arne Worm; Linköpings universitet; []
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    Abstract : Disaster relief work is often extremely challenging for those involved. One of the most obvious problems is coordination: coordination with headquarters in the home country, local organizations and authorities, and other teams in the field. READ MORE

  6. 4. Probabilistic and Prominence-driven Incremental Argument Interpretation in Swedish

    Author : Thomas Hörberg; Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm; T. Florian Jaeger; Petra Hendriks; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; grammatical functions; Swedish; grammatical function assignment; grammatical function reanalysis; argument prominence; discourse prominence; information structure; event-related brain potentials; self-paced reading; corpus-based modeling; Bayesian surprise; surprisal; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates how grammatical functions in transitive sentences (i.e., `subject' and `direct object') are distributed in written Swedish discourse with respect to morphosyntactic as well as semantic and referential (i.e. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays on Inflation Expectations, Monetary Policy and Tax Reform

    Author : Kerstin Westergren; Nils Gottfries; Daria Finocchiaro; Stefan Pitschner; Mirko Wiederholt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Inflation expectations; Rational inattention; Frequency of purchase; Consumers; Monetary policy; Instrumental Variables; Event studies; Entrepreneurs; Wealth inequality; Dual taxation; Tax reform; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay I: Why do consumers’ expenditure patterns matter for their inflation expectations? I propose a model of rational inattention where a consumer trades off paying attention between goods bought more or less frequently. READ MORE