Essays about: "cognitive structures"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 61 essays containing the words cognitive structures.

1. 1. INTELLIGENCE AND THE STRUCTURES OF THE LINGUAL GYRI

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Norrman Emil; [2023]
   Keywords : IQ; cortical thickness; lingual gyri; biomarkers; IQ; kortikal tjocklek; lingual gyri; biomarkörer;

   Abstract : Finding neural correlates of intelligence and cognitive abilities in the developing brain during childhood may be important in many ways, such as predicting and understanding educational abilities or making clinical evaluations of patients. Even if substantial contemporary research has established relationships between brain structures and general intelligence, little is known about the lingual gyri and their links to IQ. READ MORE

3. 2. Interpreting Mental Rotation Performance in Self-Described Aphantasia through Cognitive Penetrability

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Dániel Pénzes; [2023]
   Keywords : mental imagery debate; cognitive penetrability; aphantasia; VVIQ; OSIQ; mental rotation;

   Abstract : Mental images are unique mental representations and the depictive view in the imagery debate states that mental images have similar spatial structures as their corresponding external object. The propositional view, however, contends that beliefs about the external world influence a mental image – also known as the cognitive penetrability theory –, therefore mental images cannot be described in visual terms. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT - A STUDY ON THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WIDOWS IN NAIROBI, KENYA

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Kajsa Lindström; [2023]
   Keywords : Widowhood; Women’s Empowerment; Gender Equality; Kenya; Power Structures.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : As international actors and public policies have centered the ambition of gender equity, empowerment has become a buzzword within international development. With its original conceptualization suggesting a process of redefining the structures of power, feminist scholars have noted how empowerment has been robbed of its central element; power. READ MORE

6. 5. Evaluation of an Iterative Prototyping Notation for Novice Programming of Full-stack Interactive Applications

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Hasti Mohebali Zadeh; Vlad-Andrei Prodan; [2022]
   Keywords : Interactive; Web application; Iterative; Framework; Novice programmers; Evaluation; Notations; Cognitive Dimensions; Think-aloud; Interaktiv; Webbapplikation; Iterativ; Ramverk; Nya utvecklare; Utvärdering; Beteckningar; Cognitive Dimensions; Think-aloud;

   Abstract : The subject of iterative prototyping with data is still in its infancy and problems arise when people with low programming skills aim to build a full-stack interactive web application on their own. This research attempts to evaluate how providing a framework with predefined notations and data structures can improve this process for novice developers. READ MORE