• Please note: Due to the volume of applications we receive to our Psychology courses from highly qualified candidates we operate a 'gathered field' selection process. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • The distributed cognition approach uses insights from cultural anthropology, sociology, embodied cognitive science, and the psychology of Lev Vygotsky (cf. cultural-historical psychology). (wikipedia.org)
  • Your psychological science studies allow you to tailor your degree by choosing from a range of specialised subjects, including forensic psychology, memory and cognition, cognitive neuroscience, and intercultural psychology. (edu.au)
  • Introduction to basic experimental methods and design for establishing causal relationships in psychology, illustrated with laboratory exercises in human perception and cognition. (uwindsor.ca)
  • My PhD research project is an interdisciplinary study of adults' reading behaviour which incorporates both informatics and psychology. (ed.ac.uk)
  • As the study of mental processes and behaviour, Psychology is interested in what makes people tick, why they do the things they do and what happens when it goes wrong? (abdn.ac.uk)
  • Importantly you will also learn how to "do" psychology and will receive rigorous training in the methods that are used to study human behaviour and the mind. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • PS1009 introduces you to major concepts and theories in psychology to provide you with a strong understanding of the human mind and behaviour. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behaviour. (mta.ca)
  • Examples of modules you can choose to take are Forensic Psychology, Brain and Behaviour, Workplace Psychology Placement and others. (salford.ac.uk)
  • The purpose of this paper is to connect the growing research in the fields of cognitive and behavioral sciences, neuroscience, and psychology with the theory and practice of public relations, with the intention of adopting and potentially applying some of the newer methods of measuring cognition and attitude formation as a means of assisting the practice and the profession in achieving more effective behavorial outcomes in public relations campaigns. (instituteforpr.org)
  • In Psychology you will learn about basic processes of cognition and behavioural neuroscience, including the effects of brain damage or drug-induced changes on behaviour, how various neurochemicals affect behaviour, mechanisms of memory, motor control, and how we solve problems. (queensu.ca)
  • An introductory survey of basic areas of psychology including perception, cognition, learning and motivation and their biological substrata. (queensu.ca)
  • In light of this limitation / gap, this thesis explores a range of social science-based theories and a range of social science-based disciplines such as psychology and behavioural economics in an attempt to identify potential concepts for agent behaviour in space demand models. (msa.ac.uk)
  • My PhD thesis "Sex, costs and bowerbird tastes" originated as classical study of behavioural ecology, testing a series of models of sexual selection, but introduced me to the range of influences, usually studied under the guise of Psychology, that determine and shape individual's behaviour. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • This practice has been adopted in contemporary psychology as an approach for increasing awareness and responding skilfully to mental processes that contribute to emotional distress and maladaptive behaviour. (medscape.com)
  • Behavioural Processes 109:190-194. (concordia.ca)
  • Here we examine the similarities between behavioural changes during ageing and stress altered behaviours (anxiety, depressive-like behaviour, cognition, and sociability) in rodents and humans. (nih.gov)
  • Communication and language play an important role in human behaviour and behavioural change. (ru.nl)
  • Abstract OBJECTIVES: Commonly, health behaviour theories have been applied to single behaviours, giving insights into specific behaviours but providing little knowledge on how individuals pursue an overall healthy lifestyle. (unifi.it)
  • How does natural selection and evolution act on underlying, general cognitive processes such as learning, memory or executive control, which shape specific behaviours in wild-living animals? (exeter.ac.uk)
  • With an advanced understanding of human behaviour and motivation, a Bachelor of Business - Bachelor of Psychological Science will empower you with the skills to maximise your employability and stand out in your future workplace. (edu.au)
  • You will explore several behaviour change techniques, including theories about motivation and self-regulation, but also implicit techniques that deal with unconscious awareness. (utwente.nl)
  • The problem-based learning process should offer them opportunities to regulate their emotions, motivation, behaviour and cognition. (informationr.net)
  • For psychologists, this is a learning path that builds on a range of courses which includes the Behaviour & Environment 2 and on the specialty courses Motivation & Performance and Mental Load and Stress. (ru.nl)
  • For psychologists, this is a profile that builds on courses like Behaviour & Environment 2 and on the core theme courses Motivation and Performance, Mental Load and Stress, and Emotion. (ru.nl)
  • Hence triggering, or motivation, of behaviours are a consequence of prediction errors from the body resulting from biological variables moving away from homeostasis. (lu.se)
  • The field of comparative cognition has generated a wealth of research into the cognitive processes underpinning animal behaviour, yet the evolutionary forces that have driven and shaped these processes are poorly understood. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • According to Hutchins, cognition involves not only the brain but also external artifacts, work teams made up of several people, and cultural systems for interpreting reality (mythical, scientific, or otherwise). (wikipedia.org)
  • investigate the contribution of evolutionary approaches and primate research to understanding the biological basis of human brain development and behaviour. (bbk.ac.uk)
  • Named to acknowledge the role of glial cells in the process, the "glymphatic system" relies on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) filling spaces next to smaller blood vessels leading to the brain. (alive.com)
  • There has been an unprecedented interest in the modulatory effects of intranasal oxytocin on human social cognition and behaviour, however as yet no study has actually demonstrated that this modality of administration increases concentrations of the peptide in the brain as well as blood in humans. (nature.com)
  • Injuries to the brain from a stroke impair cognition and behaviour, typically with limited recovery. (hrc.govt.nz)
  • Cortex is an international journal devoted to the study of cognition and of the relationship between the nervous system and mental processes, particularly as these are reflected in the behaviour of patients with acquired brain lesions, normal volunteers, children with typical and atypical development, and in the activation of brain regions and systems as recorded by functional neuroimaging techniques. (scienceblog.com)
  • My work in cognition and learning in the wild has included a demonstration that complexity of sexual display relates to brain size, and that cognition may be an important factor in mechanisms of sexual display and mate choice. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • The module describes important methods for studying cognitive functions and mental processes (e g reaction times, performance measures) as well as the activity of the brain and functional anatomy (e g lesion and patient data, brain imaging methods). (lu.se)
  • What makes the mediator of cognition - the brain - change? (lu.se)
  • Drawing on these results we will be able to partly recreate the cognition of long extinct species, by making brain models based on fossils. (lu.se)
  • An older couple were connected into an active ageing class offered by Sport Taranaki to help strengthen their muscles and bones, improve cognition responses and social connections. (who.int)
  • The evolution of cognition is one of the most important, yet poorly understood issues in modern biology. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • Answers to each of these questions are all significant steps in themselves, and each individually deepens our understanding of the evolution of cognition, but the real strength of this project is that they can be addressed in synchrony in a single, free-living study system. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • We have very few insights into what principles underly the evolution of cognition. (lu.se)
  • DCog is a useful approach for designing the technologically mediated social aspects of cognition by putting emphasis on the individual and his/her environment, and the media channels with which people interact, either in order to communicate with each other, or socially coordinate to perform complex tasks. (wikipedia.org)
  • To assess the influence of differential selection pressures on variation in aspects of cognition, we used a common garden approach to examine the response to novelty and problem-solving abilities of two populations of black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus). (researchgate.net)
  • Nevertheless, our results support the idea that environmental severity may be an important factor in shaping certain aspects of cognition. (researchgate.net)
  • the idea that environmental severity may be an impor tant factor in shaping cer tain aspects of cognition. (researchgate.net)
  • In the Bachelor of Psychological Science, you'll take a behind the scenes look at the social, psychological, and biological factors that shape human behaviour. (edu.au)
  • The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) has recently emerged as playing a key role in human social cognition and behaviour. (nature.com)
  • I am interested in why highly developed technical abilities have evolved in humans, how we learn and pass on these skills to others, and what we can learn from relevant behaviour in non-human species, especially tool use and nest building in birds and mammals. (dur.ac.uk)
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 50, 179-211. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • AI is the ability of machines to replicate human behaviours like learning and cognition. (firstatlanticcommerce.com)
  • In relation to these technological developments, we build fundamental knowledge and insights regarding the psychological processes that underlie learning and human cognition (e.g. regarding the retention of training). (tno.nl)
  • LU Humanities Lab ( www.humlab.lu.se ) is an infrastructure for the study of human behaviour in a broad sense (abbreviated as cognition, communication, and culture) at Lund University. (lu.se)
  • Finally, the power and persuasive influence of narrative communication is also discussed and examined as it relates to the fields of crisis management, health communication, public policy issues and consumer behaviour. (instituteforpr.org)
  • These concepts include notions of cognition, judgment and decision-making processes, consumer behaviour and the role of experience in decision-making. (msa.ac.uk)
  • Finally the course concludes by covering supporting positive behaviour and how to support individuals with autism to live a healthy, happy and fulfilled life. (ncchomelearning.co.uk)
  • You will cover the person-centred approach and influence of positive communication methods, how to support positive behaviour, and how individuals with autism can be supported to live healthy and fulfilled lives. (barnsley.ac.uk)
  • Both facilitating and debilitating cross-behaviour cognitions need to be studied within a unified multiple behaviour research framework. (unifi.it)
  • Distributed cognition is an approach to cognitive science research that was developed by cognitive anthropologist Edwin Hutchins during the 1990s. (wikipedia.org)
  • know advanced, contemporary research methods to either develop or evaluate health-promoting interventions or to conduct scientific research to better understand health, behaviour and well-being (such as Ecological Momentary Assessment, log data analysis, mixed-method studies and data mining). (utwente.nl)
  • While industry professionals continue to successfully change attitudes and behaviours, research in the fields of social cognition and neuroscience are beginning to reveal the underpinnings of this communication. (instituteforpr.org)
  • Subsequent explanations of these effects were grounded in the research of Tversky and Kahneman (1974) on heuristics, mental shortcuts used to make processing of stimuli more efficient. (instituteforpr.org)
  • Research in heuristics, how we make quick judgments through mental shortcuts, would pave the way for the new discoveries tying communication, persuasion, and cognition. (instituteforpr.org)
  • The research on formative assessment and feedback is reinterpreted to show how these processes can help students take control of their own learning, i.e. become self-regulated learners. (researchgate.net)
  • Lund University Corvid Cognition Station and Primate Research Station Furuvik . (lu.se)
  • Despite the extremely long existence of cognition, most cognitive research has focused on relative newcomers in the tree of life, such as ourselves and our close great ape cousins, as well as on some modern birds. (lu.se)
  • In a new major project called "Dinosaur cognition", Mathias Osvath and his research team want to understand the basis for the birds' cognitive evolution. (lu.se)
  • Changing health behaviour : intervention and research with social cognition models / edited by Derek Rutter and Lyn Quine. (who.int)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Cross-behaviour cognitions contribute to single behaviour theory and may explain how individuals regulate more than one health behaviour. (unifi.it)
  • Cognitive processes are linked to behaviour and phenomena in everyday life, for example social cognition and how we perceive and judge other people as well as draw conclusions about the underlying reasons for their actions. (lu.se)
  • In public relations, where the goal is to drive both thought and action in a particular direction, the internal processing of the content determines the changes in an individual's attitudes, beliefs and intentions. (instituteforpr.org)
  • This paper is an introduction to the major topics and methodologies of the field, including social categorisation, unconscious and 'implicit' cognition, decision making, emotions, attitudes, and prejudice. (otago.ac.nz)
  • understand the major methods applied in neuroscience and behaviour genetics. (bbk.ac.uk)
  • This study assessed whether bilingual memory is susceptible to the extreme processing demands of professional simultaneous interpreters (PSIs). (cambridge.org)
  • A survey of major approaches to the study of personality with a particular focus on the processes involved in adjustment. (uwindsor.ca)
  • Study the relationship between health, body, mind, and behaviour in order to promote healthier lifestyles and support people coping with diseases . (utwente.nl)
  • Social cognition is the study of how information about other people - and about ourselves - is processed, stored, and used in judgements, thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. (otago.ac.nz)
  • Nutritional supplementation could support developmental myelination, a critical process in learning and development, in growing infants and young children, according to a new industry funded study. (nutraingredients.com)
  • The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent adherence in an Internet-based intervention can be predicted by motivational and volitional factors outlined in the health action process approach (HAPA). (jmir.org)
  • Cognition is a difficult process to study evolutionarily, because it is in its nature flexible. (lu.se)
  • we study cognition. (lu.se)
  • Analysis and Visualization of the Dynamics of Recurrent Neural Networks for Symbolic Sequences Processing. (stuba.sk)
  • Hence, cognition is situated in a larger context of staying alive, but efforts are also made to zoom in on exactly how some important cognitive processes may plausibly work, on the level of neural units and networks. (lu.se)
  • How attitudes and beliefs are cultivated, processed and then potentially changed through communicative activities are outlined and connections draw to the practice. (instituteforpr.org)
  • With the rise of mass media, questions of its effects on attitudes and behaviour began to emerge. (instituteforpr.org)
  • 2022. Acute and chronic ingestion of polyethylene (PE) microplastics has mild effects on honey bee health and cognition. (concordia.ca)
  • The processes responsible for treatment adherence in Internet-based interventions are still poorly understood. (jmir.org)
  • METHODS: Nested path models were specified to investigate the importance of cross-behaviour cognitions over and above behaviour-specific predictors of physical activity and healthy nutrition. (unifi.it)
  • Cross-behaviour cognitions are related to a healthy lifestyle. (unifi.it)
  • Transfer cognitions encourage the engagement in a healthy lifestyle. (unifi.it)
  • During the course Health Promotion , you will plan and design an academically substantiated (eHealth) intervention for a specific target group in our society, aiming to stimulate healthy behaviour. (utwente.nl)
  • A new RCT investigating the effect of Lion's Mane intakes on cognition and stress in healthy, young adults reports significant improvements in short and long-term cognition, when compared to control groups. (nutraingredients.com)
  • Studies also show that excessive noise adds to emotional stress and increases anxiety-like behaviour. (alive.com)
  • all of which have consequences for cognitive and emotional processing. (nih.gov)
  • The results showed that rats consuming the berry diets exhibited enhanced motor performance and improved cognition, specifically working memory. (cambridge.org)
  • Which principles lurk behind the strategies that aim to influence behaviour and how are messages framed by the media, business world and government in order to persuade and motivate people? (ru.nl)
  • This suggests that lexical enhancements in PSIs are confined to their specifically trained abilities (vocabulary search, interlingual reformulation), with no concomitant changes in other word-processing mechanisms. (cambridge.org)
  • It is intended to support decision-making process by being the foundation of agent reasoning mechanisms (Chin, Gan, Alfred, & Lukose, 2014). (msa.ac.uk)
  • If you are fascinated by people's behaviour this programme is for you. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • The authors' thesis is that visual segmentation suggested by the social semiotic approach is traceable in the behaviour of the viewers who perceive images while creating meaning. (lu.se)
  • Depending on circumstance and the nature of the particulars of the ecological niche, an organism may require the ability to find the way to a goal-site containing food or water, perceive its surroundings in order to trigger allostatic behaviour, make choices and priorities, and predict outcomes. (lu.se)
  • Herbal extract supplement use expected to interfere with cognition or mood and are not willing to cease use for four weeks prior to (and duration of) the intervention. (who.int)
  • Our current results show that virgin polyethylene microplastics at non-lethal levels have consequences on cichlid behaviour and cognition but not growth. (concordia.ca)
  • The profile area will also aim at understanding the complex consequences of collective behaviour for both the natural and artificial entities and address challenges connected with the large-scale automation of society. (lu.se)
  • Cognitive processes may be distributed in the sense that the operation of the cognitive system involves coordination between internal and external (material or environmental) structure. (wikipedia.org)
  • Consequently, there must be a placement of cognition in a larger zoological context, that takes into consideration animals' ethologies, ecologies and adaptations, as well as developmental and learning processes. (lu.se)
  • That is, cognition can buffer out changes in the environment that could have led to bodily adaptations. (lu.se)
  • Cichlids were exposed to microplastics for 10 days, during which we analyzed their foraging behaviour and competitive aggression during days 1, 6 and 10 of the experiment. (concordia.ca)
  • The profile area will focus on ecosystem-based approaches which offer an integrative and systemic framework that contends that mobilising ecosystem processes for climate mitigation and adaptation can create co-benefits for biodiversity and societies. (lu.se)
  • These two lineages are separated by about 325 million years of evolution, but interestingly today birds and mammals show major similarities in their cognition. (lu.se)
  • Animal Cognition and Behaviour, especially Concept discrimination and foraging decisions in birds and mammals. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • Following the 10-day exposure, we measured exploratory behaviour in a simple maze trial by quantifying latency to exploration, maze completion and shoaling. (concordia.ca)
  • Fish exposed to microplastics exhibited higher latency to exploration, lower rates of maze completion and a larger change in their behaviour on the second day. (concordia.ca)
  • In an educational context, dance offers children an opportunity to learn by involving the whole body in kinaesthetic exploration, cognitive processing, aesthetic experimentation and social engagement. (vic.gov.au)
  • It posits that cognitive processes primarily are means to maintain allostasis in organisms whose ecological niches require movement to approach food-resources and avoid predation. (lu.se)
  • Volitional mediators of cognitive-behaviour consistency: Self-regulatory processes and action versus state orientation. (bvsalud.org)
  • Despite most of the 24 reviewed meta-analyses reporting a positive overall effect, our assessment reveals evidence of low statistical power in the primary RCTs, selective inclusion of studies, publication bias and large variation in combinations of pre-processing and analytic decisions. (nature.com)
  • For psychologists, this is a learning path that builds on a range of courses which includes the Behaviour & Environment 1 & 2 domain courses and the core theme courses Language and Communication, Culture and Behaviour, Eating Behaviour and Conscious and Unconscious Processes. (ru.nl)
  • This internal processing of communication has long been a central focus for researchers in the fields of social cognition. (instituteforpr.org)
  • Increased intake of beneficial bacteria from fermented foods and prebiotic and probiotic dietary supplements are associated with better cognition, says a new analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). (nutraingredients.com)
  • We call our field cognitive zoology to reflect the fact that we believe that cognition is an integral part of all facets of animal life. (lu.se)
  • Mathias Osvath, associate professor of cognitive zoology In his studies, he has repeatedly demonstrated the advanced learning processes and social behaviour of ravens. (lu.se)
  • Beyond single behaviour theory: Adding cross-behaviour cognitions to the health action process approach. (unifi.it)
  • In the context of diet and physical activity, we investigated the extent to which cross-behaviour cognitions, namely transfer cognitions and compensatory health beliefs, contribute to single behaviour theory. (unifi.it)
  • RESULTS: Across both health behaviours, transfer cognitions were positively associated with intention and self-regulatory strategies. (unifi.it)
  • World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. (nature.com)
  • Once you have gained your qualification and had the necessary practical experience and supervision, you can then go on to qualify as Occupational and Health Psychologist (Psycholoog Arbeid en Gezondheid NIP). (ru.nl)
  • You will also learn about child development, personality differences, how people act in groups or organizations, health-related behaviours, and various aspects of typical and atypical behaviour. (queensu.ca)