Psychology & Neuroscience Theses: Recent submissions
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Varieties of common ground : common knowledge, common ignorance, and co-presence
(2022-11-29) - ThesisCommon ground is seen as the basis for human communication and cooperation. Within common ground research, the main focus has always been on the knowledge that partners know together, i.e., "common knowledge". However, ... -
Decision-making, environmental enrichment and the mesolimbic dopamine system in adult and aged rats
(2023-06-15) - ThesisThe dopaminergic system plays a crucial role in learning, reward-processing, motivation, motor control and attention. The population of midbrain dopamine neurons projects extensively to many areas of the brain. This system ... -
The functional significance of the sodium-potassium pump in motor control and movement disorders
(2022-11-29) - ThesisThe sodium-potassium pump (NKA) is a ubiquitously expressed membrane protein. Mammalian neurons express two isoforms of the NKA’s catalytic α-subunit, the ubiquitous α1, and the neuron-specific α3. Mutations in the α3-NKA ... -
The ontogeny of pant hoot vocalisations and social awareness in wild chimpanzees
(2023-06-15) - ThesisWhile some scholars have regarded primate vocal communication as innate, inflexible, and insensitive to the context, recent advances suggest instead that vocal behaviours can be flexible, insofar as they are affected by ... -
The effect of self-correction on implicit and explicit representational change in children’s problem-solving
(2022-11-29) - ThesisChildren’s understanding of problems becomes more abstract and sophisticated as they gain experience with solving them. This thesis uses the framework of the Representational Redescription Model (RRM; Karmiloff-Smith, 1992) ...