Sökning: "Cognitive decline"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 68 uppsatser innehållade orden Cognitive decline.

  1. 1. Sex Differences in Dopamine D1-type Receptors and Episodic Memory : an Imaging Study Across the Adult Lifespan

    Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för funktionell hjärnavbildning (UFBI); Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Författare :Anton Degerfält; [2023]
    Nyckelord :dopamine; D1DR; sex; episodic memory; ageing; PET; MRI;

    Sammanfattning : Identification of the pathways that could be targeted to alleviate ageing-related cognitive decline is of prime importance. One of the most promising target mechanisms is connected to healthy dopaminergic ageing. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Episodic memory and scene perception, an eye-tracking experiment with induced cognitive load.

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Författare :Lejla Fazlic; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Keywords: Episodic memory; Scanpath Similarity; cognitive load; scene perception; eye-tracking.; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates if cognitively induced load via the Sternberg Task influences episodic memory measured through eye metrics data. An eye-tracking experiment was conducted with 34 participants to research if memory will decline when cognitive load increases. The method was a block design, controlled experiment. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Vulnerability & Resilience in an Ageing Population : A Case Study on Individual Self-Reliance & Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Policies in Japan

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Victor Bergenek; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Disaster Risk Reduction; DRR; Ageing Population; Vulnerability; Resilience; DRM; Disaster Risk Management; Individual Self Reliance; Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction; Japan; Case Study; Elderly; Vulnerable Groups.;

    Sammanfattning : Natural disasters and hazards pose significant risks and challenges for people and communities all around the world, among the groups most vulnerable to these events are elderly populations who face physical, social, and psychological hardships in the face of disasters. The vulnerability and lacking resilience of elderly are a growing global concern as their proportion of the world's population is steadily increasing with an estimated 1 in 6 people being aged 65 and over by 2050, doubling the current number. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Family caregivers experience of end-of-life carefor persons with dementia : A descriptive literature review

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap

    Författare :Qi Sun; Yifan Zhang; [2023]
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Dementia is a disease that causes significant cognitive decline and canaffect occupational, life and social functioning. As the disease worsens and symptoms ofpersons with dementia(PwD) become more severe, some end-of-life stage PwD chooseto spend their time at home, which means that the family caregivers become the mainsupport body for the PwD. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Hur mönsterseparation och igenkänningsminne förändras med tiden – En experimentell minnesstudie

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Författare :Mårten Petersson; Pelle Schumacher; [2023]
    Nyckelord :minne; MST; mönsterseparation; online-experiment; memory; pattern separation; online experiment; Social Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : I begreppet minne ryms flera kognitiva processer. En viktig minnesförmåga är mönsterseparation, som innebär att skilja nya visuella intryck från redan kända. Det datoriserade bildminnestestet MST (Mnemonic Similarity Task) har tagits fram för att testa denna förmåga. LÄS MER