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Sensory processing and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
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Although sensory processing abnormalities and attention deficits are both used in the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), their relationship has not previously been explored in children with FASD. A very low correlation between sensory processing, measured by the total and...
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Sex Differences in Central Nervous System Plasticity and Pain in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative autoimmune disease with many known structural and functional changes in the central nervous system (CNS). A well-recognized, but poorly understood, complication of MS is chronic pain. Little is known regarding the influence of sex on the development...
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Short- and Long-Term Impacts of A Working Memory Intervention for Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
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This dissertation consists of two studies designed to: (1) determine the neurobehavioural profile reflecting the strengths and limitations of children with Parental Alcohol Exposure (PAE) and (2) evaluate the short- and long-term impacts of a 25-session Cogmed© intervention on improving working...
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2016-01-01
Gao, H.H., Nicoladis, E. , Wang, H.
Within a semantic domain, terms that can be used in a similar way to describe a similar event are members of the same class of words, or near-synonyms. They are common in a language but difficult to distinguish from one and another. Physical action verbs such as ‘throw’ verbs are a typical...
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Fall 2016
Chronic pain (CP) is a debilitating disorder that has a multitude of potential etiologies as well as numerous effects on the central and peripheral nervous systems. Even though CP is highly prevalent, these etiologies and effects are often misunderstood, which has led to a lack of adequate...
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Fall 2014
The visuomotor pathways of the brain are comprised of millions of neurons and complex interconnections among them exist. In order to fully understand visuomotor processes, we needto understand the mechanisms that allow neurons within these areas and between networks to coordinate with each other....
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The Neural Encoding of Heterospecific Vocalizations in the Avian Pallium: An Ethological Approach
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Songbirds (order Passeriformes, suborder Oscines) have captured the attention of scientists and non-scientists alike with their vocal signals. The black-capped chickadee (genus Poecile) uses its namesake call, chick-a-dee, to convey a variety of information. In Chapter 2 and 3, I examine the...