Browsing by Subject "Cognition"
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Enhancing the production effect in memory: Singing, underlying mechanisms, and applications
(2018-02-05)The production effect is the finding that memory performance is better for words that are produced (i.e., read aloud) compared to words that are not produced (i.e., read silently). This dissertation aimed to expand previous ... -
EVENT-METHOD DIRECTED FORGETTING: THE INTENTIONAL FORGETTING OF EVENTS AND ACTIONS
(2012-07-25)In an event-method directed forgetting task, instructions to remember (R) or forget (F) were integrated throughout the presentation of four videos depicting common events (e.g., baking cookies). In a concurrent-instruction ... -
The Feasibility and Impact of a Yoga Intervention on Cognitive and Physical Performance among People Living with HIV
(2021-05-05)This dissertation consists of three main projects. Project 1: Cognitive impairment is common among people living with HIV (PLWH). Physical activity has emerged as a potential management strategy for cognitive impairment. ... -
INTRA-INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY IS AN IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
(2013-08-20)Cognitive deficits are highly prevalent in multiple sclerosis (MS) and have a negative impact on daily life. Impairments in information processing speed are among the most commonly reported deficits in MS and are generally ... -
An Investigation into Caffeine Intake, Cognition, and Symptomatology in Schizophrenia Patients
(2019-08-29)Patients with schizophrenia consume significantly more caffeine than the general population. Despite this, few studies report on caffeine use, and even fewer on the association between caffeine intake and how it might ... -
Psychosis and Cannabis: An Investigation of Individual and Combined Effects on Cognition and White Matter
(2020-08-07)Reduced cognitive functioning has been observed in individuals with early phase psychosis (EPP) and is similar to reductions in cognitive functioning in nonpsychiatric populations who use cannabis. Less clear, however, is ... -
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEARING AND FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS AT BASELINE IN THE CANADIAN LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGING
(2021-08-31)Mobility problems, prevalent among older adults, are influenced by numerous factors that are interrelated. The primary purpose was to examine the relationship between hearing, measured by Pure-Tone Audiometry, and mobility, ... -
Word, Image, and Vision: Cardiosensory Sight and Cognition in the Work of the Pearl-poet
(2017-02-02)This thesis examines vision and visuality in the poems of MS. British Library Cotton Nero A.x art. 3 (Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight). These Middle English poems of the late fourteenth century, ...