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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"preferred and non-preferred"”.
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Correlating Computer User Stress and Performance in Both Preferred and Non-preferred Modalities
… account for individual differences in abilities and preferences. Some computer users thrive with one software application while another user may struggle to use the same software. Some people tend to perform very well amidst distraction whereas others have a difficult time concentrating on a …
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The Affects of Choice Making During Preferred and Non-Preferred Academic Activities in a Grade 3-5 12:1:1 Classroom
Maintaining student involvement and enthusiasm continues to be a struggle in my 12:1 :1 grade 3- 5 self-contained classroom. Teaching effective lessons is a challenging feat in a self-contained setting because the students have multiple learning problems with the addition of behavioral …
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Lower Limb Fatigue Asymmetry of Preferred and Non-Preferred Legs after a Repeated-Sprint Test in Football Players with Previous Hamstring Injury
… is the most widely played sport in the world and is thus associated with the highest total number of injuries of all sports. 12% of all football injuries are to the hamstrings, as this muscle group is subjected to constant stress during training and match play performance (Ekstrand, Hägglund, …
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AVIAN FORAGING RESPONSE TO JACK PINE (PINUS BANKSIANA) VOLATILE CHEMICALS
<p>Birds benefit trees and other plants by removing herbivores that damage the plant and impede its growth. They can significantly increase the growth and biomass of the trees by foraging on the herbivores that harm plants, and the prey items eaten in turn benefits foraging birds by providing …
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Manual laterality in hearing impaired and hearing children
… was designed to investigate the differences in hand preference and skilled hand movement between hearing impaired and non-hearing impaired children. The subjects were 78 hearing impaired (44 males, 34 females) and 68 normal hearing children (24 males, 44 females). Hand preference was measured …
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Category and Space in the Ventral Stream
… this thesis address the question of how category and space are represented in the brain. First, we asked whether object category is encoded in specialized modules or whether it is distributed throughout the ventral stream. To this means we conducted an fMRI adaptation experiment and tested whether …
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Neural Correlates of Sexual Response: An ERP Investigation of Responses to De-Contextualized Sexual Cues
Sexual response relies on the perceptual and cognitive processing of sexual stimuli. With its high temporal resolution, the event-related potential (ERP) technique offers an ideal tool for studying early processes involved in sexual response. Previous research on ERP responses to sexual stimuli has …
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Neurocognitive entrainment to meter influences syntactic comprehension in music and language
Meter and syntax have overlapping elements in music and speech domains, and individual differences have been documented in both meter perception and syntactic comprehension paradigms. Previous evidence insinuated but never fully explored the relationship that metrical structure has to syntactic …
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The effect of change of direction angle on kneeand hip biomechanics : implications foranterior cruciate ligament injury
… Changes in the knee valgus (abduction) angle and knee valgus (external abduction) moment and limb asymmetry have been linked to greater risk of ACLinjury. Change of direction (COD) manoeuvres are important for many field sports, however they are unfortunately associated with non-contact …