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Memory-Based Approaches to the Examination of Alibis Provided by Innocent Suspects
(2019-02-07)
The aim of the current thesis was to extend research on suspect alibis by exploring how the process of providing alibis may be improved for innocent suspects, for whom the provision of inaccurate and incomplete alibis may ...
Visuospatial Neglect and Processing Speed: Importance of Lateralized and Nonlateralized Symptoms as Predictors of Functional Outcome after Stroke
(2013-10-01)
Abstract
Viken, J. I. (2013). Visuospatial neglect and processing speed: importance of lateralized and nonlateralized symptoms as predictors of functional outcome after stroke. Department of Psychology, and the Stroke ...
Graffiti – For Joy and Confirmation. Motivational aspects, triggering and inhibiting factors, and emotional satisfactions in graffiti: The creative-interactive dimension of vandalism
(2016-11-03)
The purpose of the present dissertation is to achieve a deeper understanding about what motivates young people to commit vandalism in general and scrawl-graffiti in particular, and what this propensity provides in the form ...
Therapists and their patients: Similarities and differences in attitudes between four psychotherapy orientations in Sweden
(2010-04-30)
The aim of this thesis was to illuminate the possibilities and obstacles for therapists of different orientations to communicate and cooperate better with each other. Data was collected by a questionnaire named VEP-Q. ...
Bio-behavioral inquiries regarding cognitive aging and distance to death: The role of gender, APOE, grip strength and subjective memory
(2016-03-17)
To better understand the nature of cognitive functioning later in life, it is important to gain further knowledge regarding factors that contribute to cognitive aging. Therefore, the overall aim of this thesis was to ...
The Damage Done - Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence and their Mothers: Towards empirically based interventions in order to reduce negative health effects in children
(2012-09-17)
Violence in intimate relationships occurs in all societies, and intimate partner
violence (IPV) is a prevalent and serious social problem. Mothers of young
children are particularly often victims of IPV, the consequences ...
“It is better to have tried, no matter what” : Psychological perspectives on pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
(2017-04-24)
Couples with the risk of transmitting a genetic disease face different diagnostic options when they wish to become parents. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) combines in vitro fertilization (IVF) with biopsy of the ...
Fetal Alcohol syndrome in adulthood - Psychological, psychosocial, and neuropsychological aspects of life in individuals who were prenatally exposed to alcohol
(2016-05-26)
Alcohol’s teratogenic effect on the developing fetal brain is devastating, resulting in, for instance, structural abnormalities as well as behavioral and neuropsychological impairments in the child. The umbrella term Fetal ...
Managers in Human Service Organizations and their interaction with the Media - the managers´ experiences
(2019-01-07)
The combination of three forces; the Human Service Organizations’ (HSOs) desire for visibility, the citizens’ interest in the HSOs and the increasing pressure upon media actors to attract the interest of the audiences have ...
Memory-based Lie Detection in Repeated Interviews: The Importance of Early Use of Mnemonics
(2019-01-23)
The aim of this thesis was to examine how memory-enhancing (mnemonic) techniques used in an interview carried out immediately after an event affected truth tellers’ and liars’ responses in both an immediate interview and ...