Essays about: "Neuroscientific Evidence"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Neuroscientific Evidence.
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1. Systems Evolution via Communicative Transference: An Examination of Legal Adaptivity to Neurology Within the District Courts of Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : The purpose of this paper was, via broad application, to empirically test and examine the theoretical framework of communicative transference, as proposed by Broström (2023a). The paper aimed at studying the transfer of communication taking place between medical and legal systems, with a specific focus on the defendants' neurological circumstances within the district courts of Sweden, during the period 2012-2022. READ MORE
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2. Aesthetic experiences and their theoretical and neuroaesthetic context: An integrate literature review of the theoretical concept of Einfühlung and its relation to neuroaesthetics
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studierAbstract : How we as viewers emotionally connect and interact with art and other aesthetic experiences is a widely debated topic in the art historical discourse. Following German aesthetician and philosopher Robert Vischer’s theorisation of the concept of Einfühlung during the 1870s, the empathic discourse has intrigued and engaged thinkers throughout centuries. READ MORE
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3. Who am I? : The Neurobiology of the Big Five
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskapAbstract : Personality is something that sets every human being apart, yet it is something that has been quite hard to pinpoint. Recently, neuroscientists have begun pinning down the neural correlates of personality traits – with focus on the Big Five, sparking a whole new subfield within personality research, known as personality neuroscience. READ MORE
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4. Challenging the dual coding theory : Does Affective Information Play a Greater Role in Abstract Compared to Concrete Word Processing?
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskapAbstract : It has long been held that concrete material has a processing advantage over abstract material, as predicted by Dual Coding Theory (Paivio,1991), although this has been challenged. For example, based on evidence for behavioural and neuroscientific studies, Kousta,, Vigliocco, Vinson, & Del Campo, (2011) proposed that emotional valance had a greater influence in the processing of abstract words, and that under some circumstances there may be no concreteness effect and might even be an abstractness effect. READ MORE
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5. Reducing cognitive biases through meditation - Neuroscientific evidence and a model of human capital investment with heterogeneous individuals
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : The neuroscientific discovery of brain plasticity indicates that it is possible to improve the performance of certain brain areas by engaging in different kinds of training. Since the literature on human capital has not yet taken into account this kind of investment, this thesis attempts to fill this void by focusing in particular on overcoming cognitive biases. READ MORE
