There is no abstract available for this thesis. / School of Physical Education

The creative project dealt with the artist creating a vocabulary of images derived from past and present cultures in order to create a series of highly personalized anthropological narratives. The artist intended the narrative drawings to invoke archaic moods rather than summon literal responses.The accomplishments of this creative project were further development of the artist's personal imagist style, success in relating personal anthropological observations through narratives, and progress in media experimentation. By creating more contrast between forms, by varying value against value and deep space against shallow space, the artist was able to achieve superior compositional studies. / Department of Art

The aim of this doctoral dissertation was to examine effects of olfactory imagery on other sensory and perceptual processes, and to explore brain areas involved in generation of olfactory mental images. Four studies, three behavioral and one functional neuroimaging (Positron Emission Tomography, or PET), were conducted, and healthy volunteers participated in all four studies. In Study 1, participants were better at detecting weak odors when they simultaneously imagined the same compared with a different odor as the one being detected. This effect of olfactory imagery was specific, as the request to imagine objects visually did not have any effect on detection of weak odors. In Studies 2 and 3, effects of presented and imagined odors on taste perception were compared. Effects of imagined odors were equivalent to the effects of presented odors when an objective measure of taste perception (detection of a weak tastant, Study 3) was used, and comparable but more limited when a subjective measure of taste perception (intensity ratings, Study 2) was used. In Study 4, PET technology was used to investigate changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) associated with odor imagery. Participants were screened and selected for their odor imagery ability, using the behavioral paradigm developed in Study 1. Increased CBF associated with odor imagery was revealed in several areas relevant for olfaction: the left primary olfactory cortical region including piriform cortex, the left secondary olfactory cortical region (posterior orbitofrontal cortex), and the rostral insula bilaterally. Interestingly, increased activity in the primary olfactory cortex and the rostral insula was observed both in the odor imagery and the odor perception subtraction. Based on the obtained findings, I concluded that the effects of imagined odors on sensory processes are specific when compared with visual imagery, and similar to the effects of presented odors. Furthermore, the neural

The purpose of this thesis is to show how the image of contemporary green buildings is being used to promote and uphold the idea of sustainability. The thesis focuses on two fundamental aspects: the role of the image in sustainability and the consumption of that image by the broader community. / I discuss how consumer culture constantly raises the standards of what constitutes a normal lifestyle in modern society and is used as a measure of social, cultural and economic status. These rising expectations affect material consumption which negatively impacts on the environment, societies and cultures. Consumption, therefore does not only involve the consumption of goods and services but also the symbolic value to them, and this is of great importance in any discussion of sustainability in architecture and design. / Thesis (MArchitecture)--University of South Australia, 2006

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2009. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 177 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1995. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 32-33).

Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2008. / Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 65 p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2007. / Thesis directed by Brad S. Gibson for the Department of Psychology. "April 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-134).

Honors Project--Smith College, Northampton, Mass., 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-42).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1993.