Essays about: "kognitionsvetenskap"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 82 essays containing the word kognitionsvetenskap.

  1. 1. Human and Robot Narrator: How Gestures Affect Comprehension and Recollection

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Johannes Rosenfrost; [2023]
    Keywords : Cognitive Science; Cognition; Embodiment; Humanoid Robots; Social Robots; HRI; Human-Robot-Interaction; Social Interaction; Robotics; Linguistics; Communication; Multimodality; Non-verbal; Gestures; Narration; Comprehension; Recollection; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigated if a human or a robot narrator affected listeners’ comprehension and memory recollection similarly in a narrative story. 103 participants (MeanAge = 35) were recruited to an online experiment to investigate if gestures affected the participants’ narrative comprehension and recollection more than a narrator that did not produce gestures. READ MORE

  3. 2. Stay away from math? Data literacy and math anxiety in seventh-grade students

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Emma Nicklasson; [2023]
    Keywords : Data literacy; math anxiety; Science General;

    Abstract : The term data literacy has been defined as “the ability to collect, manage, evaluate, and apply data, in a critical manner” and the concept speaks for an important skill in today’s information-rich digital landscape. The educational system is a key factor in supporting students in their quest of strengthening this ability. READ MORE

  4. 3. Making Keyboard Shortcuts Accessible : Keyboard Shortcuts for Healthcare Professionals in an Electronic Healthcare System

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Julia Grentzelius; [2023]
    Keywords : Keyboard Shortcuts; UX design; UX research; electronic healthcare systems; cognitive science; Kortkommandon; UX design; UX research; elektroniskt journalsystem; kognitionsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis was initiated by Cambio Healthcare Systems and was aimed to investigate the usage of keyboard shortcuts (KBS) in the electronic health record system COSMIC. The aim was to determine which users would benefit from learning keyboard shortcuts and understand how users can learn them effectively. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Dynamics of Preserving Transitive Choice and Preference: Transitivity in the context of Choice Blindness

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Daniel Zander; [2023]
    Keywords : transitivity; choice blindness; preference; dynamics; mechanism; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : In most normative and prescriptive decision theories, transitivity is a presumed property of any preference relation, stating that for any choice alternatives x, y, z and preference relation R, if xRy and yRz, then xRz. However, what is normatively expected of an ideally rational agent may still be descriptively false under certain contexts and empirically motivated decision models. READ MORE

  6. 5. Bilingualism in Multimodal Language Processing: A priming study on processing of gestures in English temporal expressions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Sonja Holmer; [2023]
    Keywords : bilingualism; multimodal language processing; gesture; abstract language; integrated systems hypothesis; Philosophy and Religion; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : At its core, language is multimodal (Kendon, 1986; McNeill, 1994), and information presented through different channels of information, such as visually, in the shape of gestures, or verbally, in the shape of speech or signs, together facilitate online language processing (Kelly, Healey, Özyürek, & Holler, 2015; Kelly, Özyürek, & Maris, 2010). This thesis extends previous studies on multimodal processing (Kelly et al. READ MORE