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Health And Behavioral Problems Associated With Symptoms Of Pediatric Sleep Disorders, Rachel B. French
Health And Behavioral Problems Associated With Symptoms Of Pediatric Sleep Disorders, Rachel B. French
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to examine prevalence rates of symptoms of several sleep disorders in young children, and the relationship between symptoms of pediatric sleep disorders and other childhood problems. Two-hundred-seventy-six children aged 2 to 5 years were studied through examination of a pre-existing database. Children rated as high risk for having a sleep disorder displayed significantly more aggressive behavior and attention problems, as compared to children whose sleep was rated in the normal range. However, no relationship was found between symptoms of sleep disorders and body mass index, asthma, or allergies. In addition, no relationship was found …
The Influence Of Valenced Images On Perceptual Learning, Noah Sulman
The Influence Of Valenced Images On Perceptual Learning, Noah Sulman
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This study aimed to determine whether the rate of perceptual learning in a vernier discrimination task could be influenced by affective images. Forty-eight (30 Female, 18 Male) subjects were instructed to indicate the direction of an offset over 620 trials. Subjects were primed with either negative, positive or neutral photographs before making the discrimination on all test trials. Feedback regarding offset performance was provided on each trial. Despite initial pilot data indicating that subjects primed with negative, arousing images improved performance over those primed with either neutral or positive images, there was ultimately no reliable advantage for any of the …