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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.
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Items in this Collection
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Measuring Conscious Monitoring and Metacognition of Motor Performance at the Start, Middle, and End of a Reaching Movement
DownloadFall 2024
The ability to monitor our arm position during goal-directed behaviour allows us to bring our limb to a target as accurately as possible. Despite our success in executing accurate movements, some work suggests that individuals have limited access to information about their limb position...
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Rehabilitative reaching training and plasticity following spinal cord injury in the adult rat
DownloadSpring 2011
Injury to the cervical spinal cord is a devastating event that results in a transient to permanent loss of sensory and motor functions following injury. Moderate recovery has been reported to occur in individuals and in animal models after spinal cord injury (SCI). One approach to promote...
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Response competition operates on movement direction and is effector-independent: Evidence from three free choice reaching tasks
DownloadFall 2018
People and other organisms live in complex environments where the number of potential actions is almost always greater than the number of actions that can be performed at a time. Thus, organisms must make decisions about which actions to perform and which to not perform. Theories about how action...