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Attention: Here, There and Everywhere: The Relationship between Emotional Images and Attention Distribution

Wall, Jacqueline A.H. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Within the field of cognitive psychology there are two opposing theoretical frameworks, the conceptual metaphor theory and the broaden-and-build theory, which attempt to explain the influence of emotionally valenced stimuli ...
Attributions for Brain Injured Persons' Actions: Effects of Cause of Injury and Familiarity

Foster, Lynette Ann (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

Misunderstanding the behaviours of individuals with brain injuries is common and may result in negative consequences, especially when visible markers of brain injury are absent. Previous research on this issue manipulated ...
Augmented Reality On Display: How might augmented reality technology be used to create meaningful interactive museum exhibits?

Bishop, Jonathon (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

The aim of this thesis is to explore augmented reality technology and the methods in which it can be applied to museum displays to enriching the experience of visitors. Artefacts within museums have rich histories which ...
Augmenting Access & Mobility: Designing for the Prosthetic Human

Struijck, Darni (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

With the needs of the disabled person at the forefront of research and design, this thesis questions how the ‘Prosthetic Human’ can be an architectural catalyst to augment access and mobility. Access and Mobility is ...
Augmenting Jurisdiction

Pye, Thomas (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Augmenting jurisdiction is a hypothetical scenario I have created, to explore what impact Mixed Reality (MR) could have on the Environmental Court of Aotearoa (EVC A). This Thesis has two equal sides of exploration; Physical ...
Aura of the Past: The Rehabilitation of ‘Puhipuhi Mercury Mine’

Jackson, Nicola (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Through the development of the case site ‘Puhipuhi Mercury Mines’ this design led thesis presents the fusion of ruins with new design, aiming to rehabilitate the site and its history. The delicate nature of the site’s ...
The authority of fashion: The impact of brand credibility and gender blurring on attitudes towards gendered fashion advertisements

Brownie, Daniel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Gender identity is increasingly accepted as a continuum. Consumers feel that they are no longer constrained by the norms of gendered consumptions, so they are expressing themselves and their identities through new purchase ...
Autism, Visual Thinking, and Independence

Elliott, Broughton (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

This project was to design a product that could assist a group of people who live with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The product was a personal organizer application designed to help people with ASD to manage themselves ...
Autobiographical Memory Specificity in a Community Youth Sample: Relations of Specific and Overgeneral Memories with Rumination, Executive Control, and Depression

Allan, Nic (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Depression is associated with a tendency to recall a greater number of overgeneral memories (OGM) and fewer specific memories. The CaRFAX model (Williams, 2006) poses three mechanisms maintain OGM, but little work has ...
Autoethnographic Journey to Discover the Heart and Art of My Nursing Practice

Kimble, Peter John (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

This thesis presents an autoethnographic study of the concept of 'compassionate listening' within my general and palliative care practice. I examined my care for people in critical life course moments to gain insight ...
Automatic detection of Atrial Fibrillation

Hayes, Greg (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Atrial Fibrillation is an abnormal arrhythmia of the heart and is a growingconcern in the health sector affecting 1% of the population. The incidenceof atrial fibrillation increases with age and has been found to be more ...
Automatic Shear Wave Splitting Measurements at Mt. Ruapehu Volcano, New Zealand

Wessel, Andreas (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

This thesis presents an automatic shear wave splitting measurement tool and the results from its application to data recorded in the vicinity of Mt. Ruapehu volcano on the North Island of New Zealand. The best methodology ...
Autonomous Geographies in Aotearoa: Camp for Climate Action and the Politics of Climate Change

Willoughby-Martin, Elizabeth (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

In the last two decades a new form of social movement has spread internationally, characterized by political autonomy, direct action, radical change, and decentralized organization. In response to academic misunderstandings ...
Autonomously Learning About Meaningful Actions from Exploratory Behaviour

Newton, Heidi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

The thesis addresses the problem of creating an autonomous agent that is able to learn about and use meaningful hand motor actions in a simulated world with realistic physics, in a similar way to human infants learning to ...
Autonomous Operation and Human-Robot Interaction on an Indoor Mobile Robot

Robinson, Callum (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

MARVIN (Mobile Autonomous Robotic Vehicle for Indoor Navigation) was once the flagship of Victoria University’s mobile robotic fleet. However, over the years MARVIN has become obsolete. This thesis continues the the ...
Autonomy, Choice and Treatment: Using Bourdieu's Theory of Practice to Explore Breast Cancer Patients' Preconceptions and Experiences of Public and Private Health Systems in New Zealand

Dobson, Kimberly Lyle (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This thesis analyses 11 breast cancer patients’ preconceptions and experiences of public and private health sectors in New Zealand. Previous studies exploring breast cancer have analysed a range of issues including race, ...
Avian Species Abundance and Richness in a Variably Urbanised Landscape in Wellington City, New Zealand

Vinton, Jennifer Glynn (Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)

Avian community composition fluctuates across the landscape at different scales of space and time. These fluctuations may be modified at the broader scale of landscape and at the local scale of habitat patch. A species' ...
AVO Analysis of a Weak BSR on the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

Roopa, Srinivasan Navalpakam (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Gas hydrates occur in deep, cold areas on the Hikurangi margin, New Zealand, generally at water depths of ≥ 600m and ≤ 8oC temperature. In these areas elevated hydrostatic pressures and low temperatures create stable ...
Awareness and Integration: Understanding the Challenges of Inferring Multisensory Integration Outside of Awareness

Jenkins, Daniel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Multisensory integration describes the cognitive processes by which information from various perceptual domains is combined to create coherent percepts. For consciously aware perception, multisensory integration can be ...
Aztecs at Our Place: Meaning-making in an international touring exhibition

Meads, Alice (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

While it is claimed that international touring exhibitions are highly valuable in terms of promoting intercultural understanding, there is little empirical evidence to support this claim. In particular, there is a lack of ...