Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
To retrieve all theses and dissertations associated with a specific department from the library catalogue, choose 'Advanced' and keyword search "university of alberta dept of english" OR "university of alberta department of english" (for example). Past graduates who wish to have their thesis or dissertation added to this collection can contact us at erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Items in this Collection
- 1Chan, Michelle
- 1Ko, Yvonne Y. W.
- 1Kuziek, Jonathan WP
- 1Macquistan, Andrew Duncan.
- 1McLeod, Barbara E.
- 1Medler, David Alexander.
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Brain and behavioural reflections of distracted driving associated with emotion processing and social factors
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Driving is a complex task that requires a high level of attention for the safe operation of a motor vehicle. However, the human attention system is limited in capacity, and distraction arises when there is a competition for attention from non-driving related activities. When insufficient...
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Fall 2017
Demands on directed attention can result in attentional fatigue, inhibiting our ability to voluntarily direct attention to important features of our surroundings. Inherently fascinating environments, such as nature, have been shown to promote recovery of attention. Environments that do not...
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Connecting Visual Perception, Attention, and Probabilistic Models of Task Performance with EEG Measured Brain Activity
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The neural mechanisms underlying visual perception and attention continue to elude researchers despite decades of research. Developing novel methodology and improved analytical techniques may provide key insights into these processes that traditional approaches have been unable to reveal. In this...
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Spring 2022
How does the brain represent musical properties? Even with our growing understanding of the cognitive neuroscience of music (Abbott, 2002; Peretz and Zatorre, 2003; Peretz and Zatorre, 2005; Zatorre and McGill, 2005), the answer to this question remains unclear. One method for conceiving possible...
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EEG in the wild: Using real-world tasks to measure changes in EEG rhythms related to human Attention.
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Understanding attentional processes in everyday environments is an important step to further understanding the EEG rhythms that, for decades, have been studied in isolated indoor chambers. The present dissertation aimed to investigate the dynamics of EEG oscillations using mobile settings. The...
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Spring 2011
A great majority of children in Canada and the United States from Grades 2-6 fail to solve equivalence problems (e.g., 2 + 4 + 5 = 3 + __) despite having the requisite addition and subtraction skills. The goal of the present study was to determine the relative influence of two variables,...