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Temperament And Individual Differences In Category Learning, Tianshu Zhu
Temperament And Individual Differences In Category Learning, Tianshu Zhu
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Objectives. Individuals can differ in their strategic approach in learning the same categorization task, researchers have sought to study what specific stable individual differences traits can help explain these differences. This dissertation first surveyed extant literature on the impact of trait differences on category learning then examined the effect of temperament traits on these dependent variables. Chapter 2 (scoping review): This scoping review synthesized the past literature that examined the relationship between sources of stable individual differences and category learning performance and strategy use outcomes. Five database platforms were searched to identify relevant articles, cross-referencing was also performed. Sixty-nine studies …
Spatial Memory For Isolated Arm Locations On The Radial Maze, Hayden Macdonald
Spatial Memory For Isolated Arm Locations On The Radial Maze, Hayden Macdonald
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
The ability to encode and retrieve information describing spatial locations allows organisms to solve a variety of natural problems. When multiple spatial locations vary with respect to foraging, predatory or environmental factors, successfully discriminating between these locations may result in increased fitness. Although, how do the spatial relations of multiple locations affect the encoding or retrieval of spatial information? Across three radial maze experiments, I addressed how spatial configuration affects working memory for multiple locations. Specifically, I asked 1) how spatial patterns affect memory for multiple locations, 2) how spatial isolation between to-be-visited locations may affect spatial memory, and 3) …
Empirical Validation Of An Executive Function Battery For Use In Childhood And Adolescence, Emma K. Phillips
Empirical Validation Of An Executive Function Battery For Use In Childhood And Adolescence, Emma K. Phillips
Undergraduate Honors Theses
This research explores the reliability and efficacy of a child and adolescent adaptation of an adult battery of executive functioning, measuring the constructs of reasoning, short-term memory and verbal processing. The intent of the research is twofold as it intends to support an age appropriate adjustment of a battery of tasks presented by Hampshire, Highfield, Parkin and Owen (2012), and secondly to display the necessity of looking at executive functions as multifaceted and therefore requiring multiple tasks to encompass their complexities. The adjusted battery in analysis is composed of nine tasks that have been amended to be age appropriate for …
The Relationship Between Implicit And Explicit Processing In Statistical Language Learning, Nicolette B. Noonan
The Relationship Between Implicit And Explicit Processing In Statistical Language Learning, Nicolette B. Noonan
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Statistical language learning is an implicit process wherein language learners track sequential statistics in fluent speech, and may it facilitate the learning of word boundaries. This process is well studied, however, the cognitive mechanisms supporting it remain poorly understood. The present thesis investigated whether domain-specific or cross-domain explicit working memory engagement would impair implicit statistical learning of word boundaries in fluent speech. Participants (n = 110) were exposed to an implicit statistical word segmentation paradigm while concurrently engaged in no other task (control), or an explicit domain- specific (verbal) or cross-domain (visuospatial) working memory task of either low- or high- …
The Interaction Between Spatial Working And Reference Memory In Rats On A Radial Maze, Nicole Ann Guitar
The Interaction Between Spatial Working And Reference Memory In Rats On A Radial Maze, Nicole Ann Guitar
Undergraduate Honors Theses
The present study investigated the interaction between working and reference spatial memory in an effort to develop an animal model of this interaction. Twelve male Long-Evans rats were tested on an eight-arm radial maze in a two-phase procedure. In the study phase, a rat was allowed to enter four randomly selected arms for a food reward placed at the end of each arm. The test phase allowed the rat access to all eight arms, but only the previously unentered arms contained food. Two of the correct test arms were defined as reference memory arms because they were always correct. The …