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    Neural signatures of word learning in adults and children: a multi-methodological approach 

    Ramos Escobar, Neus (Date of defense: 2021-04-16)

    Language is one of the main traits of humans. Language is used to transmit information about thoughts, knowledge, and feelings in a very flexible way. Since childhood, humans show an innate ability to acquire language and ...

    Neurophysiological correlates underlying social behavioural adjustment of conformity 

    Vicente Guirado, Unai (Date of defense: 2022-06-29)

    Conformity is the act of changing one’s behaviour to adjust to other human beings. It is a crucial social adaptation that happens when people cooperate, where one sacrifices their own perception, expectations, or beliefs ...

    Procesos de reflexión conjunta entre docentes. Usos y funciones del mundo virtual 

    Paredes Ulloa, Daniel Sebastián (Date of defense: 2020-07-22)

    La presente investigación se centra en el estudio de la actividad reflexiva como un proceso conjunto mediado por la construcción y uso de representaciones sobre las situaciones que experimentan los docentes en la práctica. ...

    Searching for Worth: The Impact of Effort Throughout Reward Processing 

    López-Gamundí, Paula (Date of defense: 2023-12-11)

    [eng] What drives behavior? This fundamental inquiry has been the cornerstone of disciplines spanning from philosophy to biology. In neuroscience and economics, however, the prevailing viewpoint posits that reward plays a ...

    Spatial Structures in Analogical Reasoning 

    Hashemi, Amin (Date of defense: 2023-09-14)

    [eng] Analogical reasoning is fundamental to human thinking; it plays an important role in a variety of problem-solving contexts. Analogical problem-solving involves recognizing relational similarities between two situations ...

    Statistical Word-Learning in Catalan-Spanish Children with Specific Language Impairment 

    Ahufinger Sanclemente, Nadia (Date of defense: 2019-05-03)

    This dissertation was written to answer some questions about the different roles played by memory in school-age Catalan-Spanish children with specific language impairment (SLI). Currently, a small but growing body of work ...