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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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2022-10-29
SSHRC IG awarded 2023: Existing cultural psychology literature suggests variations in psychological processes between East Asians and North Americans under the rubric of independent vs. interdependent social orientation. However, scholars have called for the necessity of globalizing research...
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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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Fall 2021
Due to the growing penetration of renewable energy sources, accurate energy forecasts are required to support their effective integration. In this field, deep learning methods are currently demonstrating successful results, but there is still a room for improvement that may eventually lead to...
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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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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 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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The Effect of Different Teaching Techniques on Acquiring the Grammatical Gender of Nouns in German as a Foreign Language
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Submitted on April 25, 2013 in fulfillment of the degree of BA Honours German; Supervisor: Dr. Claudia Kost
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Electrophysiological Correlates of Multisensory Integration in Peripersonal Space: an Exploration of the Auditory Attention System
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Neuroscientific investigations of the primate brain point to the presence of multimodal (visual, tactile, auditory) neurons that preferentially code stimuli presented in the space immediately surrounding the body, termed peripersonal space. The activity of these neurons has been shown to...
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The Role of Attention and Perception in the Control of Visually Guided and Memory-Guided Actions
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I investigated the attentional and perceptional mechanisms involved in the control of visually guided and memory-guided actions in two experiments using event-related potentials (ERPS). In the first dual task experiment, participants performed reciprocal aiming in visually guided and...