Search for dissertations about: "verbal abilities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 swedish dissertations containing the words verbal abilities.

2. 1. Sex Differences in Memory and Other Cognitive Abilities

   Author : Catharina Lewin; Lars-Göran Nilsson; Diane F Halpern; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cognition; memory; sex differences; gender; verbal abilities; visuospatial; face recognition; brain aging; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to study sex differences in memory and other cognitive bilities in healthy adults. In Study I, participants performed a number of episodic memory tasks that were more or less verbal in nature. READ MORE

4. 2. Thinking Forwards and Backwards : Metamemory and Metacomprehension Abilities and Strategies in Text Processing

   Author : Åsa Eriksson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to investigate high-school students metamemory and metacomprehension of texts. In three studies the students read texts and then made prospective as well as retrospective ratings of their own immediate and delayed performance (i.e., measured via text recall and answering performance of comprehension questions). READ MORE

5. 3. Knowing me, knowing you : Mentalization abilities of children who use augmentative and alternative communication

   Author : Annette (Anett) Sundqvist; Jerker Rönnberg; Charlotta Plejert; Susan Balandin; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Mentalization; active participation; social networks; children who use augmentative and alternative communication; Mentaliseringsfömåga; sociala nätverk; aktivt deltagande; barn som använder sig av alternativ och kompletterande kommunikation; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The present thesis investigated several components important to the understanding of mentalization for children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The result of the thesis demonstrated that non-verbal mental age correlated significantly with mentalization tasks, and that the participants did not significantly differ compared to a nonverbal age-matched group of children without disabilities. READ MORE

6. 4. Self-Knowledge/Self-Regulation/Self-Control: A Ubiquitous Computing Perspective

   Author : Lars Hall; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pervasive computing; affective computing; persuasive computing; Psychology; Psykologi; ubiquitous computing; computer-mediated extrospection; precommitment; distributed motivation; distributed cognition; neurofeedback; biofeedback; metacognition; brain-imaging; learning strategies; emotion regulation; mental strategies; verbal report; implicit learning; consciousness; introspection; self-control; Self-knowledge; self-regulation;

   Abstract : This thesis is about self-knowledge, self-regulation and self-control. All three of these terms are easily understandable, and apply to situations in our daily lives (like misjudging one’s own competence at retiling the bathroom floor, or feeling the anxiety and thrill of doing unsupervised work, or guiltily hitting the snooze-button for the fifth time, and missing half a day of school). READ MORE

7. 5. Aspects of Communication, Language and Literacy in Autism Child Abilities and Parent Perspectives

   Author : Emilia Carlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Autism spectrum disorders; communication; language; theory of mind; literacy; reading; narrative ability; children; parents;

   Abstract : The main aim of this thesis was to investigate literacy, ‘theory of mind’ (ToM) and narrative ability in children who had screened positive for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) (comprehensively assessed for neuropsychiatric problems), and relate the findings to their structural linguistic capacity, as measured by language tests at the word and sentence levels. Considering the important roles of families in shaping children’s language socialisation, another aim was to explore the parental experiences of having a child go through the neuropsychiatric and language diagnostic process. READ MORE