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Slight variations in components ratio affect odor pleasantness of a blending mixture
2009
International audience; Odors rely mainly on the perception of odorants mixtures but are commonly perceived as single undivided entities; nevertheless, the processes involved remain poorly explored. It has been reported that perceptual blending, based on configural olfactory processing, can lead odorant mixtures to give rise to an emergent odor quality not present in the components. Furthermore, very slight variations (just noticeable differences, jnd) in components concentrations were shown to be sufficient to modify the odor quality of a blending mixture. In the present study, we set out to examine whether jnd in components concentrations could also affect the odor pleasantness of a blend…
The interaction of temporal-aspectual features in modal polysemy: a case-study from Sicilian
2009
THE INTERACTION OF TEMPORAL-ASPECTUAL FEATURES IN MODAL POLYSEMY: A CASE-STUDY FROM SICILIAN. We intend to analyse a number of Sicilian constructions involving the modal vuliri “want” and the modal periphrasis aviri a “have to+ infinitive”. They are used to express both modal values and futurity (Sicilian, but not Italian, lacks a synthetic future). Our analysis is largely based on Cognitive Grammar, according to which modality is a strategy of grounding, involving different kinds of subjectification (Langacker 1991; Traugott 1989), variously grammaticalised in languages. The scalar nature of grammaticalisation processes (Heine et al. 1991) also accounts for the polysemous behaviour of moda…
External Developmental Assets and Positive Identity Among Emerging Adults in Norway, Romania, Slovenia, and Turkey
2021
The present study adopts The Developmental Assets and Positive Youth Development (PYD) perspectives which (in contrast to the deficit-based approaches which highlight risks and deficit in youth development) claim that young people have potencies to achieve optimal development if supported by their social environment. Extant research indicates that developmental assets are linked with a variety of thriving indicators. The present research aimed to contribute to the PYD research by examining the external developmental assets (support, empowerment, and boundaries and expectations) emerging adults (N= 2055; age range = 18–28) perceived in their social environment and the level of their positive…
Logical Intelligence Enhancement Test: a measure for the evaluation of logical skills in primary school
2019
Il presente lavoro si inserisce in uno studio pilota condotto nell’anno scolastico 2018-2019per valutare l’efficacia del Logical Intelligence Enhancement Programme (LIEP, Calvani, Peru,& Zanaboni, 2019), un programma composto da tavole di logica verbale e numerica volte asviluppare il ragionamento logico e le capacità metacognitive di studenti di quinta primaria.All’interno di questo studio è stato sviluppato il Logical Intelligence Enhancement test perstimare gli effetti del training sulle abilità logico-verbali. Il contributo presenta la costru-zione del test, le sue caratteristiche psicometriche e la validazione. A tal fine, lo strumentoè stato somministrato a un campione di 173 stud…
4 - 6 gadus vecu bērnu izziņas aktivitātes veicināšana praktiskā darbībā
2017
Bakalaura darba autore: Daila Liekne - Siliņa Zinātniskā darba vadītāja: profesore, dr. paed. Elita Volāne Bakalaura darba temats: „4 – 6 gadus vecu bērnu izziņas aktivitātes veicināšana praktiskā darbībā” Darbā ir izmantota pedagoģisko un psiholoģisko avotu analīze, bērnu vērošana, datu piefiksēšana un to analīze. Bakalaura darba mērķis: pētīt vidējā pirmsskolas vecuma bērnu izziņas aktivitātes sekmēšanas iespējas praktiskā darbībā. Hipotēze: pirmsskolas vecumposma bērnu izziņas aktivitāte izpaužas aktīvāk, ja pedagogs piedāvā praktiskos darbus: 1.Atbilstoši bērnu spējām, vecumposma attīstības īpatnībām, kurus risinot, tiek respektēts bērna viedoklis, redzējums par savu darbu; 2.No dažādie…
Evaluation of metacognitive regulation skills in writing tasks in L1 and EFL in pre-service teachers
2020
The objective of this thesis is to diagnose the strategies of metacognitive control in writing of pre-service teachers (PSTs) in the deferred revision of two writing tasks in L1 (Spanish/Catalan) and English as a foreign language (EFL). Two exploratory studies were designed. In the first one, ninety-eight (N=98) PSTs took part they were split into higher (B2&C1) or lower (A1-B1) EFL proficiency and wrote either an essay (knowledge-transforming) or a summary (knowledge-telling) in their L1 or EFL. Texts were revised two days later so that text quality could be improved. The metacognitive control was assessed following mostly Allal's (2000) taxonomy. Each aspect of those changes or transforma…
L'effetto della tessitura interna sulle preferenze cognitive
2008
In questo lavoro vengono esplorati gli effetti della tessitura interna di un'immagine sulle preferenze cognitive relative alla simmetria percepita. A questo scopo è stato preparato un test su soggetti umani basato sulla identificazione della simmetria principale in una figura geometrica al variare della sua tessitura interna, i cui esiti sono stati comparati con l'analisi effettuata da un modello di ricerca della simmetria fuzzy che incorpora elementi di preferenza ricalcati sull'esperienza umana. Dai risultati ottenuti si può vedere come, in accordo con il modello gestaltico, la preferenza cognitiva relativa alla simmetria viene influenzata anche da fattori considerati secondari come la te…
Mathematics Competence Level: The Contribution of Non-symbolic and Spatial Magnitude Comparison Skills.
2019
Magnitude comparison skills have been related to mathematics competence, although results in this area vary. The current study aimed to describe the performance of 75 children (aged 4-5 years) in two comparison tasks; and examine the strength of the relationship between each of the two tasks and mathematics competence level (MCL). Participants were assessed with the Early Numeracy Test which provides a global MCL score. Magnitude comparison skills were assessed with two tasks: a non-symbolic number comparison task and a spatial comparison task. Results of the Pearson correlation analysis showed a relationship between the two tasks with better performance in the spatial comparison task. Regr…
Psychopathology and female detention at the “Pagliarelli” jail of Palermo: preliminary results
2018
Most of the studies carried out on prisoners have considered male samples or they investigated specific psychiatric disorders. The present study aims to estimate the presence of current and lifetime psychiatric disorders among female inmates. Secondary aims are to evaluate the correlation between a current psychiatric disorder and other variables, and the association with a psycho-pharmacotherapy and a request for a clinical psychological interview. The study included 25 women with a final sentence at the “Casa Circondariale Pagliarelli” from October 2016 to July 2017. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) was used to assess the presence of any current or lifetime psychia…
Patients’ conceptions of undergoing physiotherapy for persistent low back pain delivered in Finnish primary healthcare by physiotherapists who had pa…
2020
To explore the conceptions of patients with persistent low back pain (LBP) of undergoing physiotherapy delivered in Finnish primary healthcare by physiotherapists who had participated in brief training in Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT). As part of a feasibility implementation study exploring CFT in management of LBP in the Finnish primary healthcare system, we interviewed nine patients from four geographical areas in Finland after receiving care. We used a phenomenographic approach to explore the variation in their conceptions. The analysis revealed four descriptive categories: “hung out to dry,” “stuck,” “making sense and taking control,” and “holistic approach to care and living,” tha…