Essays about: "mental representations of time"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words mental representations of time.
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1. Preserving the Mental Map when Visualizing Dynamic Graphs : An Approach for Intermediate Representations in the C2 Java Compiler
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Graphs are powerful data structures that are widely used to represent complex forms of information. One area in which graphs are successfully being used is within compiler engineering, where a program under compilation can be represented as a graph that changes as the program is being compiled. READ MORE
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2. Interpreting Mental Rotation Performance in Self-Described Aphantasia through Cognitive Penetrability
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : 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
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3. An Ecocritical Exploration of McCandless’ Pilgrimage Into the Wild : A Literary Analysis of the Representations of Nature in Into the Wild
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay examines Jon Krakauer’s novel Into the Wild from an ecocritical perspective. It aims to analyse three representations of nature: its interdependence with culture, its connection with transcendence, and nature as a linguistic or cultural construct in Into the Wild and relate them to ecocriticism today. READ MORE
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4. Digital Disconnection in Swedish News Media. A critical discourse analysis.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikationAbstract : The use of new information- and communication technologies, and social media platforms in particular, has rapidly increased from 2010-2012, when social media ‘boomed’ in Sweden. Thereafter, these platforms have become integrated in all aspects of everyday life – in the social as well as the functional, e.g. READ MORE
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5. “Planting Trees is Always Good” : a WPR-analysis of Swedish carbon offsetting initiatives through tree planting projects in the Global South
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : This thesis explores how two Swedish companies and a sample of Swedish consumers describe the role of private actors in climate change mitigation. Carbon offsetting by planting trees in the Global South has become a common approach for Swedish food and beverage companies (among other companies) that seek to reduce their climate impact. READ MORE
