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Similarities And Difference In The Neural Processing Of Speech And Song In Religious Music, Brett Pielstick
Similarities And Difference In The Neural Processing Of Speech And Song In Religious Music, Brett Pielstick
Undergraduate Honors Theses
An fMRI study was performed to see the differences in the neurological processing between spoken and sung language in religious music. Students at Brigham Young University, who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were exposed to alternating blocks of spoken and sung lyrics of religious and non-religious songs. There was no significant activation when contrasting speech and song, but there was significant activation in the right middle temporal gyrus and the posterior cingulate gyrus when listening to spoken and sung religious lyrics, suggesting an emotional reaction to religious stimuli. Contrasting spoken stimuli for both religious …
Gaze-Driven Video Games As Vision Training: A Case Study In Cerebral Palsy, Mckenna Wade
Gaze-Driven Video Games As Vision Training: A Case Study In Cerebral Palsy, Mckenna Wade
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Cerebral Palsy is a disorder that primarily affects motor control, but frequently impacts gaze behavior as well. Due to the primary therapeutic emphasis on motor symptoms, there is a dearth of therapies available for gaze behavior in Cerebral Palsy. Based on research suggesting that video games and Augmented Reality have been useful for improvement of gaze behavior and rehabilitation for other impaired individuals, this case study applies a set of therapeutic gaze-dependent Augmented Reality video games to an adolescent male with Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy. The video games were determined to be a good fit for the participant by the …
Dancing While Pregnant: Benefits And How To Do It Safely, Teagen Boyle
Dancing While Pregnant: Benefits And How To Do It Safely, Teagen Boyle
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Dancing While Pregnant by Teagen Boyle is about a very important question any female athlete may find themselves asking. How can I continue my sport while pregnant? Pregnancy is very strenuous and takes a toll on the human body; however, it is very important to stay healthy and continue exercising. Dance is a safe, no-contact sport that is really on the terms of the dancer. Therefore, dance is most likely a fun, safe form of exercise for pregnant women. Diving into research and looking up articles one may find little to no research. That is because there is barely any …
The Medicine Of Middle Earth: An Examination Of The Parallels Between World War Medicine And Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings, Anna Pfeiffer
The Medicine Of Middle Earth: An Examination Of The Parallels Between World War Medicine And Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings, Anna Pfeiffer
Undergraduate Honors Theses
J.R.R. Tolkien’s pioneering work of fantasy fiction, The Lord of the Rings, was written in a period of twelve years, starting in 1937 during WWII and ending in 1949 a few years after the war ended. However, Tolkien’s experience with war began in 1915, when he entered combat in WWI as a young second lieutenant. Understandably, Tolkien’s war experiences have led many fans and scholars to question to what extent the World Wars influenced his works. In response to these queries Tolkien adamantly denied any connection, stating in the forward to the second edition of LOTR that “The real war …
The Anorexic's Anorexia: Depictions Of Anorexia In Popular Culture, Samantha L. Tomson
The Anorexic's Anorexia: Depictions Of Anorexia In Popular Culture, Samantha L. Tomson
Undergraduate Honors Theses
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