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Campbell, Frye, and Girard: Myths, Heroes & Ritual Violence in Literature
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-18)
In my thesis, I analyze the literary theories of Joseph Campbell, Northrop Frye, and Rene Girard for their ability to address political concerns in literature. In the movement from Campbell -- who treated politics with ...
Speaking with the Subaltern: An Exploration of the Voices of South Asian Women in Literature and Film
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-17)
If the subaltern could speak, what would she say? Would the women of India and South Asia talk about arranged marriages, sati (the sacrificial burning of widows), bride burnings, clitoridectomy, purdah, pativratadharma ...
The Effects of Withdrawal Treatment on Attentional Biases towards Drug Cues in Opioid Addiction
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-03)
To investigate attentional biases in drug addiction, the Emotional Blink of Attention paradigm was used to study opioid-dependent patients undergoing inpatient withdrawal treatment at the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital. ...
Real-time real-space density functional theory calculations of electron scattering in materials
(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2012-05-04)
Density functional theory is utilized in real-time,
real-space simulations of LEED measurements and attosecond electron
scattering. For LEED measurements, we find that our simulation results
agree well with experimental ...
Refining a Measure of Appraisal Style
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-05)
The following study addresses creating a new, more efficient measure for evaluating appraisal styles, specifically emotion-focused, or accommodative-focused, coping potential and problem-focused coping potential. The ...
Problem- Focused and Emotion-Focused Coping Potential in Adjustment to College
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-05)
An individual engages in coping when he or she uses cognitive and behavioral efforts to deal with the internal or external demands of a stressful situation to make it more congruent with his or her goals (Smith & Lazarus, ...
Impact of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy on Brain Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-03-29)
Few studies have examined the effects of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) in children or its effects beyond sensory-motor domains. Evidence from adult populations suggests that CIMT is linked with cortical ...
Working to win vs. working to keep: Prospect Theory and effort-based decision-making in humans
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-03)
Reward processing studies of anhedonia have provided a great deal of support to the idea that this common symptom of depression and schizophrenia is characterized in part by decreased motivation to pursue rewards. However, ...
Psychopathology and Treatment Seeking of Parents of Children in Treatment for Psychiatric Problems
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-03)