Search for dissertations about: "visual memory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 107 swedish dissertations containing the words visual memory.

2. 1. Visual Poetic Memory : Ekphrasis and Image-Text in Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott and Wopko Jensma

   Author : Maria Ioana Zirra; Stefan Helgesson; Bo Ekelund; Stef Craps; Jahan Ramazani; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Visual Memory; Ekphrasis; Image-text; 20th Century Anglophone Poetry; Seamus Heaney; Derek Walcott; Wopko Jensma; The Troubles in Northern Ireland; the Caribbean; Apartheid; English; engelska;

   Abstract : This dissertation traces ekphrastic and image-textual references to European, African and Caribbean visual memory in the work of the three Anglophone poets Seamus Heaney (Northern Ireland), Derek Walcott (St. Lucia) and Wopko Jensma (South Africa). READ MORE

4. 2. Autobiographical odor memory

   Author : Johan Willander; Maria Larsson; Martin Conway; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Autobiographical odor memory; autobiographical memory; olfaction; olfactory imagery; episodic memory; age distribution; phenomenological experience; emotion; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : In the present thesis, three empirical studies investigate autobiographical odor memory with regard to: (a) whole life-span age distributions, (b) phenomenological experience, (c) semantic processing, and (d) odor imagery. Study I explored potential influences of cue type (words, pictures, odors) on the retrieval of autobiographical memories. READ MORE

5. 3. Autobiographical Memory : Depending on sensory retrieval cue and gender

   Author : Kristina Petersén Karlsson; Fredrik Jönsson; Johan Willander; Sverker Sikström; Jonathan Koppel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; autobiographical memory; sensory retrieval cues; age distribution; phenomenological ratings; latent semantic analysis LSA ; linguistic inquiry word count LIWC ; gender differences; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : In my thesis I raised two questions: Does autobiographical memory differ i) depending on the sensory retrieval cue (Study I and II)? and ii) depending on gender (Study III)?Concerning retrieval cues, three unimodal cues (i.e., photographs, naturalistic sounds and odors) and one multimodal cue (i.e. READ MORE

6. 4. Predictive eyes precede retrieval : visual recognition as hypothesis testing

   Author : Linus Holm; Timo Mäntylä; Lars Nyberg; David Melcher; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; declarative memory; face perception; object recognition; scene recognition; eye movements; visual awareness; recollection; familiarity; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : Does visual recognition entail verifying an idea about what is perceived? This question was addressed in the three studies of this thesis. The main hypothesis underlying the investigation was that visual recognition is an active process involving hypothesis testing. READ MORE

7. 5. The neural substrates of non-conscious working memory

   Author : Fredrik Bergström; Johan Eriksson; Lars Nyberg; René Marois; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; non-conscious; working memory; neural substrates; visual perception; consciousness; functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI ;

   Abstract : Background: Despite our distinct impression to the contrary, we are only conscious of a fraction of all the neural activity underlying our thoughts and behavior. Most neural processes occur non-consciously, and in parallel with our conscious experience. READ MORE