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A New Perspective On Thinking, Memory And Learning In Gifted Adults With Asperger Syndrome: Five Phenomenological Case Studies, Nola Grace Norris
A New Perspective On Thinking, Memory And Learning In Gifted Adults With Asperger Syndrome: Five Phenomenological Case Studies, Nola Grace Norris
University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016
In response to the call for first-hand accounts of individuals experiencing autism, this study addresses the need for qualitative investigation of the thinking and learning of gifted adults with Asperger syndrome (AS). The findings represent a broad phenomenological ‘map of the landscape’ of the experience of the participants and take the form of: (a) five case study reports; and, (b) a conceptual framework for understanding thinking and learning in autism, which was developed from the research literature. The need for such a framework is particularly relevant for professional development of teachers of students with AS in mainstream schools, however, the …
Remembering Vietnam: Offical History, Soldier's Memories And The Participant Interviewer, Ernest Benjamin Morris
Remembering Vietnam: Offical History, Soldier's Memories And The Participant Interviewer, Ernest Benjamin Morris
University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016
This is a thesis that relies upon oral history to investigate the experiences of Australian soldiers serving in Vietnam in 1967. The thesis is unusual because the historian is the former platoon commander of these soldiers who recorded the narrations of former platoon members. The first half of the thesis examines the strengths and weaknesses of oral history and why the Vietnam War has produced so many controversial 'narrations' from veterans of the war. The second half of the thesis examines a controversy that affected this platoon and involved the killing of civilians in an ambush on 23 October 1967. …
Temporal Determinants And Underlying Mechanisms Of The P300 Event-Related Potential Component, Genevieve Zara Steiner
Temporal Determinants And Underlying Mechanisms Of The P300 Event-Related Potential Component, Genevieve Zara Steiner
University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016
A large portion of the event-related potential (ERP) oddball task literature, and associated theoretical development, has focused on context-related manipulations, and somewhat overlooked the temporal determinants of ERP components. The overarching aim of this doctoral thesis was to explore the mechanism underlying the systematic increases in amplitude, and decreases in latency, of the P300 ERP component that are observable when the interval separating presentations of matching stimuli is increased (target-to-target interval, TTI; nontarget-to-nontarget interval, NNI). This body of work suggests that the mechanism is operational on both target and (sometimes) nontarget events at specific processing stages. Support was evidenced for …