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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Social abilities"”.
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Advancing knowledge into the clinical assessment of dementia.
… thesis was to identify and measure cognitive and social abilities in people with dementia and learning disabilities. In Chapter 1, normal agemg was discussed, distinguishing it from abnormal ageing and highlighting the problems it brings in terms of physical and psychological factors. Normal …
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SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF SPORT PARTICIPATION PROGRAMS ON EMPLOYEES’ PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN THE WORKPLACE
Drawing on social exchange theory and the notion of behavioral spillover, this dissertation provides empirical evidence that organizational support for employees’ participation in organized sport participation programs can engender employees’ psychological and behavioral changes in the workplace. …
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Traumatic brain injury : traditional and narrative assessment techniques
… functioning, as well as cognitive and language abilities of various degrees. Standard language tests currently focus on very specific language disorders and can not identify language disorders of TBI subjects with high-level language functioning. Although these standard tests can not adequately …
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The Domestic Chick as a Model for Studying Early Social Behaviors and Dopaminergic Dysfunctions in Autism and Fragile X Syndrome
The ability to engage in social interactions is essential for survival and adaptation, relying on an intricate interplay of innate orienting mechanisms, motivation, and reinforcement learning. Crucially, early life represents a sensitive window for the emergence of such social abilities, and …
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Metacognition of Emotion Recognition
… not seem to be consistent with our high-level social abilities. It is difficult to image that individuals are capable of fluently moving though social interactions, emotional exchanges, and interpersonal relationships absent any ability to determine if they are indeed correctly interpreting …
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The tell-tale body: investigating the intertwined relationship between social cognition and visual perception through physiological indices.
This thesis explores the deep connection between social cognition and visual perception, focusing on how bodily cues reveal this relationship. We aim to highlight the physiological foundations of the visual and cognitive aspects of social perception, postulating a reciprocal interaction between …
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Design and Development of the eBear: A Socially Assistive Robot for Elderly People with Depression
… and especially developing humanoid robots with social abilities that can assist human at a socio-emotional level. The objective of this thesis is to develop and study a perceptive and expressive animal-like robot equipped with artificial intelligence in assisting the elderly people with …
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Efficacy of Zulu indigenous games in enhancing perceptual-motor skills in pre-schoolers: a qualitative study of two informal settlements in Kwa Zulu Natal
… Indigenous games on physical, cognitive, and social abilities. However, they indicated that demanding work schedules, particularly in corporate environments in Durban, limited their participation in traditional games. Participants reported primarily using English at work and leisure, …
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Theory of Mind in Multiple Sclerosis: Disease Subtype Differences and Association with Measures of Social Functioning
… controls. However, no study has compared ToM abilities between MS subtypes. The present study investigated three hypotheses. First, that secondary-progressive MS (SPMS) patients would perform worse on ToM tasks than relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) patients and controls, and that RRMS patients …
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Social competence, peer victimization, and depression in young adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders
… relational peer victimization, self-perceived social competence, global self-worth, and symptoms of depression in individuals with HFASD compared to normal controls. Depression is one of the most prevalent comorbid conditions in the HFASD population. Individuals with autism are also subjected …
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Critical Programming: Toward a Philosophy of Computing
… fear that people are losing key intellectual and social abilities as tasks are offloaded to the everywhere of the built environment, which is developing a mind of its own. If digital technologies have contributed to forming a dumbest generation and ushering in a robotic moment, we all have a stake …
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Attachment styles, parenting styles and theory of mind: an exploration of their relationships with social deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder
… Disorder (ASD) is fundamentally characterised by social deficits. It is thus important to understand social functioning and what contributes to social development in children on the spectrum. It is widely accepted that ASD has a neurobiological basis, however research on understanding the lack of …
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The role of indegenous music and games in the promotion of cognitive developement in Zambian children in Senanga and Shangombo Districts of Western Province
… valuable for promoting children’s cognitive and social abilities. For instance, in the area of mathematical skills, it was observed that constant participation in indigenous games like mulabalaba (a game that involves the movements of stones in dug out small holes), and muyato (a game involving …
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Experiences of integration from language units to mainstream school for children with specific language impairment
… areas of language, academic ability, and psychosocial performance both during and after that period. Data was collected from 40 children in Phase 1 of the study by means of a structured interview schedule (Stone 1991). In Phase 2, the prospective second phase, 7 children were asked to complete …
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Valproic Acid-Induced Teratogenesis in Japanese Rice Fish (Oryzias Latipes) Embryogenesis
… affect verbal, cognitive, communicative, and social abilities of affected children. We are developing the Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes), also known as Japanese medaka, as an animal model to study valproate-induced teratogenesis during the period of embryogenesis. Fertilized embryos of …
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Pengaruh pola asuh orang tua terhadap kecerdasan emosional siswa di SMP Negeri 2 Desa Kelampok Kecamatan Singosari Kabupaten Malang
… emosional merupakan suatu kemampuan pribadi dan social yang harus dimiliki setiap orang. Tujuan dalam penelitian ini untuk mengetahui tingkat pola asuh orang tua yang diterapkan, untuk mengetahui tingkat kecerdasan emosional, dan untuk mengetahui apakah ada pengaruh antara pola asuh orang tua …
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NEW PHARMACOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR AUTISM RESEARCH: OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR MUTANT MICE AND ZEBRAFISH AS NEUROBEHAVIOURAL MODELS
… by severe and pervasive impairment in reciprocal socialization, qualitative impairment in communication and repetitive or stereotyped behaviour associated to resistance to change. Oxytocin (OT) is a peptidic hormone best known for its role in lactation and parturition. Recently, it has been also …
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Liggaamlike weerbaarheid in onderwysperspektief
… fitness, mental fitness, spiritual fitness and social fitness are also described as essential for effective physical preparedness. Health relation to the physical, spiritual, mental and social abilities of man is regarded as an equally important essence of physical preparedness. It is essential …