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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"380000 Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences"”.
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Exploration of university culture: a Papua New Guinea case study
… to assume a particular model of organizing work and managing people in the pursuit of its goals. The key research questions therefore, focus on DWU culture, that is, the deeply embedded taken-for-granted basic assumptions whose influences are made visible in the organization’s behaviour and …
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Visual selective attention: the effect of stimulus onset, perceptual load, and working memory demand on distractor interference
… however, typically is not filtered completely and impacts on responses to the goal. Recent theories of selective attention indicate that distractor interference is determined by the perceptual load of a visual display and the availability of cognitive control mechanisms (working memory load). …
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Gender and organisational culture: relationships between marginality and women’s career success
Feminist and management literature (Kanter, 1977; Burton, 1991; Hede 2000) has chronicled the deep stirrings felt by women excluded from choices and marginalised from power in many organisations. This thesis aimed to investigate the experiences of marginality for women who work in organisations and …
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Cognitive processing during sleep: the role of signal significance and participant characteristics
… sleep of vulnerable populations such as children and young adults under the influence of alcohol to a smoke alarm signal. The purpose of the five studies included: 1. The development and testing of a new signal to be compared to existing manufactured beeping signals in the further studies; 2. …
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The jewel in the heart of the lotus: bringing Buddhist wisdom and compassion to psychotherapy
… in Australia who work as psychotherapists, and who have an interest in Buddhism. The core research question was: What are the professional and personal experiences and perspectives of psychologists in Australia who are informed by Buddhism in the way they conceptualise, approach, and conduct …
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Cognitive, neuroanatomical and neuroendocrine effects of long-term rotating shift work in a nursing sample
… a variety of adverse physical, psychological and cognitive symptoms. Some cognitive symptoms are thought to be mediated by the direct effect of stress hormones on the hippocampus. Regardless of its source, stress provokes endocrine responses in the body that affect the …
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A comparison of two forms of treatment for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: effects on executive functioning and behaviour
… childhood disorder presenting with a variety of behavioural and cognitive manifestations. Recent conceptual theories of ADHD have implicated a key impairment in executive functioning, namely inhibition, however inconsistencies in the pattern of findings warrant further investigation. As a …
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Subjective sleep quality in the elderly: relationship to anxiety, depressed mood, sleep beliefs, quality of life, and hypnotic use
… between self-categorised good sleepers and poor sleepers on a range of variables, and the factors associated with the use of hypnotic medication amongst the elderly. Participants in the current study were aged 60 to 98 years old. A total of 74 (28 males, 46 females) older adult hostel …
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Propensity and attainment of flow state
… I investigated the influence of personality and situational variables on the experience of flow in order to enhance flow state in tennis competition. Based on propositions of the sport-specific flow model (Kimiecik & Stein, 1992), I conducted three interconnected studies. In Study 1, I …
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Neuropsychological and functional magnetic resonance imaging investigations of anterior temporal lobe language function in patients with epilepsy : a pilot study
… during surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and although classical language models implicate the ATL in language function, and naming difficulties are commonly reported by TLE patients post-surgically, the role of the ATL in language is not well understood. The present study aimed to examine …
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The world of adolescence : using photovoice to explore psychological sense of community and wellbeing in adolescence with and without an intellectual disability
Adolescence is considered a time of change and, to some extent, upheaval. Psychological Sense of Community has been utilised as a framework for understanding adolescents’ experiences in their communities. The present study explored the experiences of 10 adolescents from two urban schools in eastern …
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Starving in the sport of kings : weight management and cognitive function in Australian jockeys
… weight loss, termed "wasting". The physical and psychological effects of "wasting" are not well understood, although several recent studies suggest that, at least in the short-term, they may be numerous, and with any one of them having a potentially detrimental effect on both the health and …
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Factors influencing the psychological adjustment of young patients with Type 1 diabetes in the first year after diagnosis
… with the psychological adjustment of children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes such as metabolic control (McDonnell et al., 2007), maternal functioning (Schmidt, 2007) and protective parenting (Mullins et al., 2004). Parenting factors may have an impact on young children (Whittemore et al., …
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The development of a scoring system for an alternative form of the Visual Reproduction subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale - revised
… This study aimed to develop an alternative form and a scoring system for this form. The scoring system was modelled on a revised scoring system for the original version developed by Clark (2000). Additional procedures, namely a cued recall and recognition format, were included in the …
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Trait Emotional Intelligence, Personality and the Self-Perceived Performance Ratings of Casino Key Account Representatives
… interest in both the popular literature and within academia. A major appeal of emotional intelligence lies in its possibility of contributing to a portion of the remaining variance in job performance that traditional cognitive intelligence leaves unexplained (Van Rooy & Viswesvaran, …
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Risk Factors and Incidence of Residential Fire Experiences Reported Retrospectively
… Metropolitan Fire Brigade is routinely recorded and hence well known. However, the frequency of residential fires which are not attended, including instances where the occupant of a dwelling has extinguished the fire or the fire has self-extinguished, has not previously been investigated in an …
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The Experiences of Athletes Rehabilitating From Season Ending Injuries and Their Perceived Value of Psychological Interventions: Three Case Studies
… negative emotions such as anger, anxiety, and depressed mood, and that a negative psychological state can have a detrimental effect on injury rehabilitation and return to sport. For the most part, researchers have focused on athletes who have experienced short to moderate term injuries. Few …
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Relocation Stories: experiences of Indigenous Footballers in the AFL
… the dynamic transition. In 2000, Indigenous and non-Indigenous past and present AFL footballers and AFL administrative staff suggested that relocation was one of the issues faced by Indigenous AFL footballers. The focus of the current study was to learn about relocation and settlement …
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Development of a projective technique to assess experience of attachment in middle childhood: a pilot study
… has flourished with the development and validation of measures of attachment for infants, small children and adults, and, more recently, adolescents. However, research on attachment in middle childhood has been limited by relatively less attention to the development of relevant …
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