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Cognitive mechanisms and social consequences of imitation
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-03)When interacting, people imitate each other. This tendency is truly ubiquitous and occurs in many different situations and behaviours. But what causes it? Several mechanisms have been proposed to contribute to imitation. ... -
Healthy ageing and binding features in working memory: measurement issues and potential boundary conditions
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)Accurate memory for an object or event requires that multiple diverse features are bound together and retained as an integrated representation. There is overwhelming evidence that healthy ageing is accompanied by an ... -
Micro-affordances during lexical processing: considerations on the nature of object-knowledge representations
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-03-26)Micro-affordance effects have been reported for several different components of the reach-to-grasp action during both on-line and off-line visual processing. The presence of such effects represents a strong demonstration ... -
Involvement of the speech production system in prediction during comprehension: an articulatory imaging investigation
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-03)This thesis investigates the effects in speech production of prediction during speech comprehension. The topic is raised by recent theoretical models of speech comprehension, which suggest a more integrated role for ... -
Genetic associations between cognitive ability, negative emotions, and mental and physical health
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-03)Human population-based studies have shown that cognitive ability and negative emotions are associated with later health outcomes. Part of this association might be due to shared genetic influences. The present thesis has ... -
Prediction during native and non-native language comprehension: the role of mediating factors
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)Psycholinguistic evidence suggests that people predict upcoming words during language comprehension. While many studies have addressed what information people predict, less is known about the role of factors that potentially ... -
Longitudinal study of cognitive changes in MS – dimensionality, predictors and self-perception of change
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disorder and the most frequent neurological cause of disability in young adults. 40-65% of MS patients experience cognitive difficulties (Bennedict et al., 2012), ... -
Individual differences in nonhuman primates: personality and its relationship to social interactions, socio-emotional perception, and well-being
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)In recent years there have been efforts to assess associations between personality, longevity and well-being in nonhuman primates. Currently, findings indicate that, as in humans, personality traits such as extraversion ... -
Understanding optimism
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-06-28)I present seven empirical studies that investigate two main themes regarding two main approaches of optimism: explanatory style and dispositional optimism. The first theme incorporates measurement issues and conceptual ...
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