Search for dissertations about: "thesis abstract of experimental psychology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis abstract of experimental psychology.

2. 1. The influence of different pain states on pain perception and cognitive functions

   Author : Helena E. M. Gunnarsson; Jens Agerström; Olausson Håkan; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Persistent pain; Musculoskeletal pain; Cognitive impairment; Abstraction; Pain Thresholds; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to investigate the effect of different pain stateson pain perception and cognition.In the first study, the effect of different pain qualities (duration, persistence, andintensity) on deep pressure pain thresholds in a pain-free body part among patientswith acute pain, long-lasting regularly recurrent pain, and long-lasting persistentpain, and pain-free controls was investigated. READ MORE

4. 2. The Prometheus Complex : Striving for competence

   Author : Renée Perrin-Wallqvist; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Childhood; Fire setting; Adolescence; Psychology; Development psychology; Psykologi; Utvecklingspsykologi; Psykologi;

   Abstract : The purpose of the present investigations was to obtain a more comprehensive view of fire setting by children and adolescents; to explore the prevalence of the phenomenon; whether or not it experimentally may be related to frustration or boredom and to examine the role of personality traits such as optimism, pessimism and creativity. This dissertation consists of two experimental and two interview studies. READ MORE

5. 3. The experience of flotation-REST (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique: Consciousness, Creativity, Subjective Stress and Pain

   Author : Anette Kjellgren; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Key words: Altered states of consciousness; ASC; Floating; Flotation; REST; Pain; Creativity; Stress; setting.; Psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : Abstract. The purpose of the presented investigations was to study the influence and effects of altered states of consciousness (ASC) induced through the flotation tank restricted environmental stimulation technique (flotation-REST) in a laboratory setting. READ MORE

6. 4. Altering consciousness in the laboratory setting

   Author : Anette Kjellgren; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Key words: Altered states of consciousness; ASC; Floating; Flotation; REST; Psychedelic; Pain; Creativity.; Psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : Abstract. The purpose of the presented investigations was to study the phenomenology and effects of altered states of consciousness (ASC) induced through previous illicit use of psychedelic drugs as well as experimentally induced ASC through the flotation tank restricted environmental stimulation technique (flotation-REST) in a laboratory setting. READ MORE

7. 5. Cognitive function and cardiovascular disease in relation to hypertension and adaptive behavior in the serial Color Word Test. Results from population study "Men born in 1914" in Malmö, Sweden

   Author : Lena André-Petersson; Kardiovaskulär forskning - epidemiologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cardiovascular system; Psykologi; Psychology; Color Word Test; Myocardial infarction; Stroke; Cardiac event; Adaptive behavior; Cognition; Hypertension; Kardiovaskulära systemet; Public health; epidemiology; Folkhälsa; epidemiologi;

   Abstract : "Men born in 1914" is a prospective cohort study on the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease. The study is run by the Department of Community Medicine, Lund University, Malmö. Five hundred men participated in the study when it started with a baseline examination in 1982/83. The men were then 68 years old. READ MORE