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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Image perception"”.
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Image, perception and the unconscious
… the idea of hiding in plain sight in art, how an image can be hidden but also right in front of you. I give a narrative account of my own practice which explores how the theme originated, reoccurred and developed in my work over the years and the way it now features in my practice, along with a …
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Consumer satisfaction and dissatisfaction in tourism as related to destination image perception
… the relationship between travel destination image and the tourist satisfaction/dissatisfaction. Using the evaluative congruity theory framework, this study focused on the role of destination images in tourism with regard to consumer satisfaction/ dissatisfaction (CS/D) from the stand point …
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Effect of Targeted LGBT Media on Body Image Perception Of Gay College Men
… advertisements to LGBT social media, the images are more common today than during any other time in U.S. history. Currently, there is a limited understanding of how such images affect LGBT people, particularly gay men. With body image dissatisfaction in gay men, this qualitative study …
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Gender and Tanner Stage Found to Have an Effect on Children's Body Perception in Rural Pre-adolescents
<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> Determine body image perceptions among rural-residing preadolescents and examine the effects of a nutrition and physical activity intervention program on body image perception. <strong>Methods</strong>: Fifth and sixth grade students from five rural South Dakota …
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Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities Influencing Obesity Amongst Middle-Aged Women
… both level of physical activity and ideal body image perception</p>
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The Utilization of Art Therapy Techniqaues with Hospitalized Anorexic Patients
… and retarded adolescent, changes in her Body Image perception, externally as well as internally, caused me to consider the same possibility of remediation with Anorexics. Through the course of investigation for this study, the intention has been to present a synthesis of information as to …
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Vanity sizing, body image, and purchase behavior: A closer look at the effects of inaccurate garment labeling
… sizing, and how these variables affect body image and/or purchase behavior at retail. Survey Monkey distributed the questionnaire to 485 registered female students attending a Midwestern regional state university. Seventyeight participants began the survey, with 63 students completing the …
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Measuring Individual Brand Image Perceptions and Brand Reputation using Associative Networks: Theory and Implications for Consumer Goods
… of how associative networks contribute to brand image perception measurement to segment the market more effectively, as well as to demonstrate brand image impairment. Carried out using surveys and experimental designs, this dissertation is positioned as part of the research stream on the use of …
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Body image and self-disgust as self-appraisals influencing adjustment to limb amputation
This thesis explored the roles of body image and self-disgust, as self-appraisals, in their relationship to psychosocial adjustment and related factors in people with limb amputations. The thesis includes a systematic literature review of body image relating to psychosocial adjustment and a …
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Body Image and Weight Related Behaviors: The Role of Gender, Ethnicity, and Immigration
… students at BGHS to identify variations in body image for particular ethnic groups and gender. SPSS was used to analyze data descriptively and inferentially to test hypotheses. Results revealed that 54.9% of participants did not report their weight status accurately, with approximately 83.8% of …
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Women's body image throughout the adult life span: Latent growth modeling and qualitative approaches
… were to understand how women view their body image throughout the adult life course and explore patterns in adult women's body image development from the life course perspective using a relatively new approach. Older female participants aged 65 and over were asked to recall and discuss their …
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Determinants of Physical Activity Behavior and Self-efficacy for Exercise among African American Women
… activity. Past studies indicate differing perceptions related to religiosity and body image among African American populations. Additionally, reports indicate Southern and Midwestern states have the highest prevalence of obesity. These states are located in a geographical area known as the …
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Sense of Humour and its Effects on Great Britain's Destination Image
… plays in tourism generally, and destination images in particular. This neglect is more noticeable when contrasted with the considerable number of studies on measuring tourists’ perceived image of physical attributes of destinations. The unique importance of humour in marketing tourism …
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Advanced Methods for Remote Sensing Image Captioning
Someone once said that ”an image is worth a thousand words.” This captures well the amount of semantic information hidden inside these matrices of pixels. Looking at an image instinctively induces us to form hypotheses about which objects are inside, their state, dislocation, etc. We thus create, …
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Large-scale Functional Connectivity in the Human Brain Reveals Fundamental Mechanisms of Cognitive, Sensory and Emotion Processing in Health and Psychiatric Disorders
… thought to underlie fundamental mechanisms of perception and cognition, and have emerged as an active area of investigation. However, traditional approaches of measuring functional connectivity are limited in that they rely on a priori specification of one or a few brain regions. Therefore, the …
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Effects of luminance, color, and spatial frequency variations on perceived image quality
… and spatial frequency content on the perceived image quality of a soft-copy color image. A secondary objective was to test the robustness of selected image quality metrics (MTFA, SQRI, and ICS) to the color variations as measured by the change in correlations between the perceived quality …
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Stair Column Tower
… the experience of moving through space, the perception of space, and the memory of place. These themes and questions are considered through the design of an observation tower that punctuates the ambiguous joint between land and water, earth and sky on the southwestern most point on the Isle …
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