Essays about: "Social neuroscience"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words Social neuroscience.

1. 1. Phainesthai : Auditory Processes as Tools for Musical Composition

   University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för komposition, dirigering och musikteori

   Author : Luka Aron; [2023]
   Keywords : music; psychoacoustics; auditory distortion products; tuning; just intonation; phenomenology;

   Abstract : The human auditory system can become an active agent in the production of sound when stimulated with specific tone combinations. The resulting auditory distortion products can be amplified and drawn attention to by employing certain just intonation practices – a compositional technique that may serve as a powerful catalyst for reaching different states of mind in listeners. READ MORE

3. 2. 'It was never about the games' : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of "Video Game Addiction" in Swedish News 1991-2017

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

   Author : Ulf Benjaminsson; Danielle Unéus; [2023]
   Keywords : discourse analysis; video game addiction; moral panic; moral entrepreneurs; Owe Sandberg; Patrik Wincent; youth culture; juvenism; forced treatment; Sweden;

   Abstract : This theoretical thesis employs critical discourse analysis to scrutinise the construction of video game addiction in Swedish press from 1991 to 2017, and examines its potential contribution to a moral panic. Our research is based on the assumption that media discourse influences societal norms, which in turn, can profoundly affect individuals and groups. READ MORE

4. 3. A Study of Ayahuasca Documentary Film

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Gwendoline Nalvarte Nunez; [2023]
   Keywords : Keywords: Ayahuasca; Documentary film; Interdisciplinary; Western society; Sub-genre; Vine of the Soul; Aya-Awakenings; Culture; Consciousness; Ancient knowledge.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This master thesis invites the reader to acquire and examine new evidence about an emerging and growing sub-genre type of documentary film called Ayahuasca documentary. This study bases its definition of the Ayahuasca documentary sub-genre on a current work in the progress catalogue of over 50 documentary films, two of which were selected as case studies. READ MORE

5. 4. Memory and Inferences of Cheating Behavior: Age and Interindividual Differences in Trust Impact Decision Bias

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Hannah Tucker; [2023]
   Keywords : Cheating sensitivity; social contract theory; integrative encoding; general trust scale; decision bias; generalization; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The social contract theory hypothesis of a memory enhancement for cheaters remains a continued debate, but few studies have addressed the potential inferential role of such an enhancement. Moreover, little research has been conducted on interindividual characteristics and how these may impact cheating sensitivity. READ MORE

6. 5. A Disorder of The Emotional Brain : Neural Correlates of Body Dysmorphic Disorder

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Frida Larsson Torri; [2022]
   Keywords : body dysmorphic disorder; neural correlates; limbic system; emotional limbic system; cognitive neuroscience;

   Abstract : Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a mental disorder where the patient is preoccupied with a misperceived deficit in their appearance. It is a common disorder (~2% prevalence worldwide), leaving the patients significantly disabled and distressed. Comorbid disorders such as social phobia, depression, and anxiety disorders appear frequently. READ MORE