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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2012)Background: In the psychometric high-risk paradigm, contrary to the principle of informed consent, participants are not usually informed of their risk status. One argument for this nondisclosure is that risk information ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)Adolescence is a developmental period characterised by an increase in behaviours such as drinking, smoking, drug taking, dangerous driving, and unprotected sex. These risk-taking behaviours can lead to serious psychological ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2012)Mounting evidence indicates that regular engagement in aerobic exercise improves executive functioning and cerebrovascular health in older adulthood. Recent evidence also points toward some similar benefits in young adults, ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005)Decision making is fundamental to all aspects of flying operations. The results that flow from poor aeronautical decision making can be both swift and devastating. The work of this thesis uses data from a variety of ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2010)In New Zealand, University completion rates do not compare well with those in other OECD countries. For example, the New Zealand completion rate for tertiary students in 2008 was 58% in comparison to Australia whose rate ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010)Altered reinforcement sensitivity is an important characteristic of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In order to elucidate the neurobiological mechanisms behind this characteristic, an appropriate animal ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)The developmental periods of adolescence (13- to 18-years), and emerging-adulthood (18- to 25-years) are important stages for an individual’s emotional and psychological development. For most, adolescence and emerging-adulthood ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)Videoconferencing (or video chat) is now a cheap and very widely-available mode of communication. However, despite its convenience, videoconferencing is still underutilized in business settings where it has the potential ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)Schizophrenia is a chronic neurological disorder that causes significant impairment for ~1% of the population. Epidemiological studies have suggested that there is a link between prenatal exposure to infection and the ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2010)Bilateral vestibular lesions cause atrophy of the hippocampus and subsequent deficits in spatial memory and the processing of emotional stimuli. These problems are seen in both rats and humans. Vestibular lesions also ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)The phenomenon of childhood amnesia has been well-documented over the last century; in general, adults are unable to recall events that occurred during their infancy and early childhood. Although researchers have proposed ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 1994)
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2003)
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2013)In a major review of research on human memory over the last century, Wixted (2004) argued that forgetting is caused by consolidation failure due to interference before enough time has passed for the memories to consolidate. ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007)The hippocampus appears to carry out spatial memory processing and navigation. As one of the inputs to the hippocampus originates in the perirhinal cortex and the spatial behaviour is affected by lesion of the perirhinal ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)Infants remember some experimental tasks longer than others; however, previous research has shown that, if two tasks are presented within the same session, infants remember the shorter-lived task for as long as they remember ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2001)
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)The present body of research explores some of the key conditions that influence the contribution of distractor inhibition to selective attention. In particular, the present experiments addressed three questions: (1) whether ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2010)The transition to a tertiary institution is a major period of change for individuals as they encounter increased access to new experiences and opportunities while adapting to different living arrangements, styles of teaching, ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2013)Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a well defined metabolic disorder arising from a point mutation on a single gene. This mutation disrupts the metabolism of phenylalanine, which indirectly reduces the synthesis of dopamine. Severe ...
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