Browsing by Author "Wright, David"
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Brain Networks and Behavior in Aging Females: Impacts of Menopause, Sex Hormones, and Sleep Patterns Ballard, Hannah K (2022-06-07)With both healthy aging and age-related disease, there are sex differences in brain and behavioral outcomes. Collectively, the literature suggests that females experience more severe aging impacts than males. Emerging ...
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Mooti, Rami Mohamad (2020-04-27)Spatial awareness of our orientational reference is derived from a network of sensory feedback modalities, collaborating to create a singular egocentric spatial representation of the body. With specific regards to the ...
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Cordova, Alberto (2012-02-14)The primary intent of this study was to gain insight into children's ability to use visual information in planning reaching movements. More specifically, the work presented here examined, from a developmental perspective, ...
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Lopes Brandao Areosa Rodrigues, Luis Paulo (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)A contemporary view of early childhood motor development considers environmental influences as critical factors in optimal growth and behavior, with the home being the primary agent. However, minimal research exists examining ...
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Kaur, Navneet (2010-07-14)The purpose of this thesis was to determine whether practice-induced adjustments and retention of a goal directed isometric motor accuracy task were similar between ipsilateral upper and lower limb and whether there is an ...
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Black, Charles Beyer (Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Three experiments compared learning of relative and absolute timing of a sequential key-pressing task by physical and observational practice. Experiment 1 compared a task with a complex internal structure (goal proportions ...
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Riccio, Cynthia A.; Gabbard, Carl; Byrns, Glenda; Wright, David (2012-10-19)Recently, research has postulated that stuttering is a motor disorder that results from brain abnormalities within the central nervous system. Based on evidence of numerous irregularities within various motor systems, it ...
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Hwang, Gyu-Young (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The skill of putting in golf contributes approximately 40 percent to ones total score making it an important skill to master in golf. One of the critical means of improving putting skill is through practice. The purpose ...
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Oliver, Brittney (2011-08-08)This study examined the age-related ability of children (7 to 11 years) and adults to use visual imagery in tasks requiring the subprocesses of imagery generation, maintenance and inspection. Previous work had shown that ...
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Aviles, Jessica (2017-04-24)Approximately half of all falls among adults age 65 and older result from tripping. Therefore, improving the ability to recover balance after tripping may be an effective approach for reducing the number of falls among ...
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Kim, Won Dae (2009-05-15)This study examined the generalization of the Dynamic Dominance Hypothesis (DDH) in regard to limb dominance, limb selection, and limb action. This study was inspired by the finding that limb selection changes from ...
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Wright, David (2014-04-24)This dissertation argues for a particular interpretation of John Stuart Mill’s utilitarianism, namely that Mill is best read as a sanction utilitarian. In general, scholars commonly interpret Mill as some type of act or ...
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Wright, David (2012-10-19)This thesis aims to provide the appropriate historical context for interpreting John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. The central question considered here concerns two views of Mill's intentions for Utilitarianism, and whether ...
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Cacola, Priscila Martins (2012-10-19)The primary intent of this study was to gain insight into the developmental nature of spatial perception and representation. More specifically, the work presented here examined 1) the age-related ability to modulate peri- ...
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Dean, Noah J. (2010-07-14)One experiment was adminstered to address three issues central to identifying the processes that underlie our ability to learn through observation. One objective of the study was to identify the movement features (relative ...
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Wilde, Heather Jo (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)The ability of spatial transfer to occur in movement sequences is reflected upon in theoretical perspectives, but limited research has been done to verify to what extent spatial characteristics of a sequential learning ...
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Ammar, Diala Fouad (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)The primary intent of this study was to explore fundamental questions about the role and relationship between motor (MI) and visual (VI) imagery within the context of estimating reach. Experiment 1 examined and compared ...
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Handa, Atul (2012-11-30)Robust offline performance gains, beyond those that would be anticipated by being exposed to additional physical practice, have been reported during procedural learning. However, practice of unrelated procedural task ...
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Armstrong, Eryn (2023-08-04)Motor actions can be trained through physical and observational practice. The use of noninvasive brain stimulation during motor skill training has had facilitative effects on performance. The strengthening of new motor ...