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MacLean, Brian J. "Self-consciousness, self-awareness and pain." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4617.
Full textRoss, David Francis. "Self-awareness, self-consciousness and the self-control of drunken comportment." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=75338.
Full textPeacock, Susan H. "The Effect of Ecosystem Consciousness on Overpopulation Awareness -- A Case Study." Thesis, Saybrook University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10285148.
Full textThe purpose of this research was to investigate how knowledge of biological ecosystems affects individual recognition of humanity as part of and subject to the laws of nature. This dissertation interrogated the question of how awareness of the impact of human overpopulation on the environment was perceived by research participants. That expanding human population growth, and its inherent consumption patterns, is a root cause of virtually every human-related environmental threat is documented in the existing literature but awareness and accountability for this remain limited. Using ecopsychology and analytical psychology as a theoretical framework, this multiple case study investigated how and whether environmental awareness might be impacted by personal knowledge of how ecosystems function in nature.
A multiple case study design was used to interview 10 adults on their perspectives of the environmental impact of human population growth. The participants were purposefully selected creating two five-person groups. Group S had life-science academic training and work experience; Group NS had none. A researcher-generated instrument of 30 open-ended questions, with recorded interviews were used to ascertain participant understanding of ecological laws and population biology concepts and how they might relate to personal worldviews on the cause(s) of environmental issues.
Thematic analysis was used to code data and identify response patterns. Findings suggested participants with working knowledge of ecosystems demonstrated more extensive understanding of the impact of human actions, including population growth, on the environment. Although widespread awareness existed in both groups that human alienation from nature is prevalent and is having environmental consequences, Group S subjects more often recognized the systemic environmental effects of human activity. They were inclined to advocate for individual responsibility and consciousness-raising.
Support for core concepts of ecopsychology is suggested by the findings. Strengthening the human-nature bond to one of inclusiveness using experiential education is a viable option to promote greater ecological awareness and personal accountability. Additional data-driven research is needed to investigate the effects of life science literacy and holistic systems thinking on pro-environmental awareness.
Windey, Bert. "Is consciousness graded or dichotomous? a level of processing account." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209166.
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Grassini, Simone. "Electrophysiological correlates of subjective visual awareness: an ERP study." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-104606.
Full textHalvorsen, Beth Marie. "Humility, boldness, surrender, and tenacity a model of centered flexibility that helps pastors increase self differentiation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p075-0076.
Full textMattisson, Amanda. "Conscious by Default : The Role of the Default Mode Network in Internal Awareness." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-17860.
Full textKlein, Barry Matthew. "Determining Criteria for Distinguishing States of Consciousness." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4929.
Full textLenk, Sonja. "By being human : an anthropological inquiry into the dimension and potential of consciousness in the context of spiritual practice." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/960.
Full textGerdfeldter, Billy. "Exploring the Neural Correlates of Auditory Awareness." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-157188.
Full textGarcia, Joseph Julio Carandang. "How private self-awareness can influence the effectiveness self-reportusing the Big-five among Chinese adolescent." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4516924X.
Full textRoutledge, Andrew James. "The internal structure of consciousness." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-internal-structure-of-consciousness(4e91f257-fa9f-4a53-81be-e30cdb0002a5).html.
Full textLazar, Paul. "Consciousness & survival: A rational & unifying theory on human consciousness/awareness function, plus its premises and its implications for daily realities." Thesis, Lazar, Paul (2000) Consciousness & survival: A rational & unifying theory on human consciousness/awareness function, plus its premises and its implications for daily realities. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2000. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/50339/.
Full textPeeters, Moos. "Attention, awareness & prediction : lessons from classical conditioning, disorders of consciousness and positive rewards." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708937.
Full textEkman, Andreas. "Hypnosis monitoring during general anaesthesia : with focus on awareness /." Stockholm, 2007. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2007/978-91-7357-381-8/.
Full textEriksson, Johan. "The conscious brain : Empirical investigations of the neural correlates of perceptual awareness." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Department of Psychology, Umeå University, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1430.
Full textNordlund, Matthew. "The effects of priming on personality self-reports challenges and opportunities /." Akron, OH : University of Akron, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=akron1240857337.
Full text"May, 2009." Title from electronic dissertation title page (viewed 11/27/2009) Advisor, Andrea Snell; Committee members, Robert Lord, Aaron Schmidt, James Diefendorff, Matthew Lee; Department Chair, Paul Levy; Dean of the College, Chand Midha; Dean of the Graduate School, George R. Newkome. Includes bibliographical references.
Singh, Harsimrat. "Development of EEG based BCI approaches for detection of awareness in human disorders of consciousness." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2009. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/3790/.
Full textHall, Mary Canty. "The effects of self-awareness, self-consciousness, and standards of propriety on interpersonal physical pleasuring /." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487260531954828.
Full textBooth, Nancy Davis 1951. "The relationship between height and self-esteem, and the mediating effects of self-consciousness." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276889.
Full textBell, Aaron M. "Reclaiming ethical responsibility : an urgent case for authentic, psychological work /." Connect to online version of this title in UO's Scholars' Bank, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1456288511&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textLee, Charlotte Louise. "Self-consciousness in the works of the very late Goethe." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610832.
Full textMcNabb, Meridith Renee. "Creating a global consciousness| The impact of international studies curriculum on student development of global awareness." Thesis, The University of Oklahoma, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1524511.
Full textGlobal consciousness is an important trait for high-school students to exhibit. One way that global consciousness can be incorporated into the curriculum is via an elective International Studies class. The purpose of this study was to determine what effect, if any, taking an International Studies class would have on students’ global awareness. The questions that guided this study were: 1. What aspects of an international studies course resonated most with students? 2. What impact did participation in this course have on student global competence?
In order to research this topic, I conducted a case study in which an International Studies class was studied. The teacher who developed and taught the course was interviewed, in addition to three of her former students. Twenty-three students whom were students currently taking the class also participated in a survey.
The methodology for this study was consistent with the case-study approach. A school was selected that offered International Studies, former students and their teacher was interviewed, and current students volunteered to participate in a survey. The data were recorded and analyzed for possible themes. Three key themes emerged that spoke to the effect the course had upon students. First, the course served as a foundation of information the students were able to draw on and apply later in life. Second, the course served as an opportunity for students to increase their international literacy. Third, the course provided an opportunity for the students to become more globally aware citizens. These results were analyzed and interpreted through two theoretical lenses: John Dewey’s Theory of Experience and James Banks’ Theory of the Cosmopolitan Citizen.
Friedenheim, Ann. "The effects of Hatha yoga on self-awareness and self-actualization." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1986. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
Full textSource: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2775. Abstract follows appendices. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-125).
Jennings, Bryan Colby. "Beneath the surface seeing through reflections /." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2010. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2010/b_jennings_041910.pdf.
Full textZhou, Shuo. "Understanding vicarious experience : the role of self-referencing in a predictive model." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2012. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1432.
Full textEl-Desouky, Ayman Ahmed. "The self-begetting modern : figuring the human in Whitman and Joyce /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004257.
Full textFörster, Jona. "ERP and MEG Correlates of Visual Consciousness : An Update." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-17375.
Full textNarasimhan, Yamini. "The Link Between Green Purchasing Decisions And Measures Of Environmental Consciousness." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1082121508.
Full textBarr, Gunilla. "Novel neurophysiological monitors of the transition from wakefulness to loss of consciousness during anaesthesia /." Stockholm, 2003. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2003/91-7349-597-2/.
Full textGurioli, Laura. "Stimolazioni pluriafferenziali nel paziente con grave cerebrolesione acquisita: effetti su arousal e awareness." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2018.
Find full textDavies, C. G. "Conscience as consciousness : The idea of self-awareness in French philosophical writing and prose narrative from Descartes to Diderot." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.377988.
Full textWhitehead, D. Louise. "Awareness through the musical consciousness, a music therapy assessment continuum for children with severe brain injury; a tool to musically assess level of consciousness and to establish a treatment protocol." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0020/MQ57918.pdf.
Full textMuñoz, Moldes Santiago. "Learning, self-awareness and the body: A cognitive neuroscience approach to learning from biofeedback." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2019. https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/295591/4/ToC.pdf.
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Semmens-Wheeler, Rebecca. "The contrasting role of higher order awareness in hypnosis and meditation." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2013. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/45311/.
Full textPasquali, Antoine. "Learning with and without consciousness: empirical and computational explorations." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210269.
Full textHere are a few of the many questions that I have attempted to investigate during the past few years. The main goal of this thesis was to explore the differences between conscious and unconscious learning. Thus, I will expose the behavioral and computational explorations that we conducted during the last few years. To present them properly, I first review the main concepts that, for almost a century now, researchers in the fields of neuroscience have formulated in order to tackle the issues of both learning and consciousness. Then I detail different hypotheses that guided our empirical and computational explorations. Notably, a few series of experiments allowed identification of several mechanisms that participate in either unconscious or conscious learning. In addition we explored a computational framework for explaining how one could learn unconsciously and nonetheless gain subjective access to one’s mental events. After reviewing the unfolding of our investigation, I detail the mechanisms that we identified as responsible for differences between learning with and without consciousness, and propose new hypotheses to be evaluated in the future.
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Schuurman, Shelley D. "An exploration of the individual characteristics and abilities that contribute to competent professional performance in social work practitioners." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.
Find full textOzcan, Orcun Orkan. "Exploring The Effects Of Working Memory Capacity, Attention, And Expertise On Situation Awareness In A Flight Simulation Environment." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614727/index.pdf.
Full textz visual attention tasks as measurements for working memory capacity, inhibition and divided attention respectively. Regression analyses reveal that expected relationships of simulator pilots&rsquo
SA with expertise and inhibition capacity are supported. On the other hand, expected relationships of SA with working memory and divided attention capacities are not revealed. This situation probably results from unsystematic differences in simulator pilots&rsquo
practices. In addition to the main experiment, simulator pilots&rsquo
levels of neural activity at their dorsolateral prefrontal cortex are also measured during their behavioral performance. The relationships among neural correlates of mental workload induced by the simulated flight are investigated by the functional near-infrared (fNIR) spectroscopy optical brain imaging technology. Theorized mental workload distinction in the scenario of the simulated flight task is successfully observed in both perceived workload declarations and oxygenation measurements by fNIR.
Bird, Cody. "Creating bicycle-friendly cities: increasing bicycle ridership through improved safety conditions, bicycle infrastructure, and the support of a bicycle consciousness." Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6908.
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Jason Brody
This report examines the use of bicycling as a transportation alternative to the personal automobile in the United States. It begins with a review of historical trends that caused Americans to move away from bicycling for transportation and choosing to adopt automobiles as the primary mode of transportation. A review of articles, reports, and studies is used to consider the benefits connected with utilitarian cycling and electing to bicycle for transportation. The report focuses on three prominent barriers that affect an individual‟s decision to bicycle: bicycle safety, bicycle consciousness, and bicycle infrastructure. The study discusses how these three obstacles are considerable factors affecting bicycling. The study also discusses a number of exemplary solutions for overcoming these barriers that have been implemented in bicycle-friendly cities in the United States. An analysis of plans and policies for the bicycle-friendly cities of Portland, Oregon and Davis, California is used to determine what historical actions have led to a more complete bicycle network in these two cities which have elected to promote bicycling. An in-depth evaluation of Boulder, Colorado, provides insight for specific plans that have been adopted and strategies that have proven to be successful in improving bicycling for transportation. The report attempts to demonstrate that bicycling can be made a viable means of transportation in United States‟ communities by adopting comprehensive plans and policies that address the challenges of bicycle safety, bicycle consciousness, and bicycle infrastructure simultaneously.
Tatone, Jenny. "Integrating Contemplative Learning into New Media Literacy: Heightening Self-Awareness and Critical Consciousness for Enriched Relationships with and within New Media Ecologies." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/20518.
Full textBleecker, Wendy S. "Predicting student outcomes for Washington State middle schools using school counselor's and administrator's racial consciousness and organizational variables." Online access for everyone, 2007. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Fall2007/w_bleecker_113007.pdf.
Full textStoytchev, Alexander. "Robot Tool Behavior: A Developmental Approach to Autonomous Tool Use." Diss., Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007, 2007. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-06112007-013056/.
Full textIsbell, Charles, Committee Member ; Lipkin, Harvey, Committee Member ; Balch, Tucker, Committee Member ; Bobick, Aaron, Committee Member ; Arkin, Ronald, Committee Chair.
Fjordstig, Andréas. "Separating Post-perceptual Processes From Auditory Awareness : An Electrophysiological Study With a No-response Task." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-17784.
Full textFinn, Elizabeth M. "Negatively Disinhibited Online Communication: The Role of Visual Anonymity and Public Self-Awareness." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1461142960.
Full textPierret, Adrien, and Boduka Rosette Beze. "Exploring the brand knowledge in the organic Cosmetics market." Thesis, INBA Program, ESC Troyes, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-16260.
Full textCorazzol, Martina. "The neural bases of consciousness in the healthy and in the pathological brain." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSE1298/document.
Full textThe study of consciousness is a fascinating topic of investigation with a wide field of applications and implications. Consciousness processes can be divided into two orthogonal though intimately linked components: the conscious state, that is the state of vigilance or arousal, and the conscious content which refers to the external inputs perceived and manipulated in a conscious space. Although consciousness represents the most important human dimension where people's personal events are continuously experienced and remembered, it is somewhat surprising that its underlying neural processes still sparks lot of debates. In the first part of this PhD thesis, I took advantage from a well-known sensorimotor conflict paradigm, the Nielsen task, to investigate the neural correlates of the emergence of consciousness. Starting from the principle that much of motor processing occurs outside of awareness, I adapted the Nielsen paradigm to neurally investigate how the perception of a motor conflict in healthy subjects smoothly shifted along the unaware/aware state (i.e. point of subjective equality). Using EEG recordings, I then identify the brain sources which I consider the neural fingerprint of awareness. I found that the precuneus was critical for bringing the sensorimotor conflict into awareness. I also investigated this issue from a developmental perspective by examining the performance of healthy children. Although the timing of movement correction and the quality of movement trajectory in children was similar to adult subjects, motor awareness was shifted towards higher perception thresholds while parietal cortex activity was not found. Rather, children's response to conflict awareness was linked to SMA. After having addressed the topic of awareness in this first part, I will focus more on the second component, wakefulness. Usually these two components evolve together, however there are some pathological states in which they can be dissociated. It is the case for vegetative state patients who experience a state of wakefulness without awareness. In the second part of the thesis, I investigated the challenging hypothesis of a potential return to a conscious state, in a patient lying in a vegetative state for 15 years, after vagus nerve stimulation (VNS). We report beneficial effects of VNS including improved behavioural responsiveness and reinforced brain connectivity patterns as key signs of increased consciousness. The results showed an increase of information sharing a measure of functional connectivity particularly prominent across centro-posterior regions. Converging findings, coming from different methods, showed that VNS promoted the spread of cortical signals and metabolism which we found correlated with behavioural improvement as measured with the CRS-R scale. The VNS-induced changes are promising since they seem to follow an already known connectivity pattern characterizing state of consciousness improvements. Taken together, these findings indicate that the parietal lobe constitutes the neural correlate of both state and content-specific consciousness and suggest that this region is a "hot zone" for its emergence. Moreover, our first findings in a vegetative state patient also suggest that consciousness can be potentially repaired, thus opening the way to a new avenue of research in a domain where brain plasticity was underestimated
Sand, Anders. "Subliminal or not? : An appraisal of semantic processing in the near absence of visual awareness." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Perception och psykofysik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-132211.
Full textAt the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 1: Manuscript. Paper 4: Manuscript.
Lodato, Thomas James. "A treatise on the loop as a desired form: visual feedback and relational new media." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/33880.
Full textMascarello, Chiara. "Self-awareness in tibetan buddhism. A study of the philosophical relevance of rang rig and its contribution to the contemporary debates on the nature of consciousness." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3423274.
Full textQuesta ricerca esamina il concetto di autocoscienza (svasamvedana: rang rig) come è stato sviluppato nella tradizione buddista indo-tibetana. L'autocoscienza, cioè la conoscenza che la mente ha di se stessa, è un concetto che presenta un alto livello di complessità e tecnicità all’interno della filosofia buddista e, poiché interseca questioni fondamentali relative alla natura della coscienza, rappresenta un argomento cruciale di dibattito tra i vari studiosi della tradizione. D’altra parte l'esegesi moderna non ha ancora esaminato completamente questo campo, nonostante la riflessione contemporanea sull'autoconsapevolezza e sulla natura dell’esperienza soggettiva potrebbe senza dubbio giovarsi delle intuizioni che la tradizione contemplativa buddhista offre. Approfondendo le diverse concezioni della nozione buddhista di autocoscienza, questa dissertazione esamina principalmente i suoi sviluppi nella filosofia tibetana, sia alla luce del retaggio filosofico indiano, sia considerando il contributo che essi possono offrire a un discorso universale sull'autocoscienza e sulla natura dell’esperienza, attraverso il dialogo con la filosofia della mente contemporanea.
Kwansah-Aidoo, Kwamena. "Mass media agenda-setting and the environmental awareness of educated city dwellers in Ghana." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999.
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