The thesis Risk Denial and Neglect: Studies in Risk Perception examines societal and individual attention to risks and focuses especially on the issue of neglect. Why do some risks get more attention than other risks and how is this difference in attention related to experts’ roles in society? What can explain people’s tendency to perceive risks as more pertinent to other people? These are some of the issues that are discussed in the thesis. The topics are of interest for, e.g., risk policies, risk management, and for designing campaigns aimed at minimizing risk-related behaviors. The dissertation is written within the field of economic psychology. The research questions are addressed in four separate papers based on three empirical studies. The Papers I and II focus on societal attention to risks. They address the issues of what risks are neglected and overemphasized in society and how the identification of risk is related to experts’ domain of expertise. Papers III and IV narrow down the discussion to individual processes of risk denial – why people tend to believe that risks are more pertinent to other people. The results show that experts in the present study tended to rate risks within their own domain as lower than other risks. They were more prone to act as promoters than protectors. In addition, the robust tendency of optimistic bias was shown to exist also for technological risks (related to the use of computers) and economic risks. Most people seem to hang on to their beliefs that risks are other people’s concerns – it simply won’t happen to them. The results of the present thesis suggest that the relevance of prior experience and the commonplaceness of the risk sources is an area that merits further investigation with respect to risk denial.

According to the Children's Bureau of Taiwan (2007), the number of Taiwanese children abused and neglected sharply increased from 6,059 to 10,094 between 2000 and 2006. Reports of abused and neglected children also rose from 8,494 to 13,986 in that period. This followed enactment of the Children and Youth Welfare Law in 2003 imposing a range of health, education and social welfare professionals, including nurses, the statutory duty to report suspected child abuse and neglect. Previous studies in Taiwan have indicated that despite the legislation, a range of factors continue to act against nurses reporting child abuse and neglect (CAN) cases according to the law. Previous research had examined factors that influence CAN reporting by health, education, and welfare professionals including registered nurses in Taiwan. The study herein sought to extend knowledge of these factors by identifying and assessing nurses' self-efficacy as a prime factor influencing professional commitment to legal reporting of CAN. The aims of this research were to: (1) examine influencing factors of nurses' likelihood to report CAN in Taiwanese health care settings, and (2) develop and test a new instrument Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Self Efficacy (CANRSE) to measure nurses' self-efficacy in CAN reporting. The research was conducted in two phases. Phase one investigated nurses' experience with CAN reporting and examined relationships between nurses' perceptions, attitudes, knowledge, and likelihood to report CAN cases. Two hundred and thirty-eight nurses from emergency departments, paediatric units and community centres in Taiwan completed a survey. The results showed that using a series of vignettes, a significant relationship existed between the likelihood to report CAN and perception, attitude, and knowledge. Notably, perception was the most significant variable in predicting nurses' likelihood to report CAN cases. Findings indicated nurses had poor perceptions of recognizing and reporting CAN and lacked faith in child protection services. Knowledge of Taiwanese CAN reporting laws was poor. In general, most nurses believed that they needed more training courses on the recognition and reporting of CAN. These findings, in particular the importance of perceptions of legal reporting behaviour, were worthy of further investigation. In Phase two, a measure of CANRSE was developed and tested. Data were collected from 496 nurses working in Taiwanese health care settings. Development of the CANRSE was guided by an extensive literature review, findings from Phase one of the study and by an expert panel. The CANRSE consisted of five sections: (1) demographic information, (2) efficacy-expectation for suspected cases, (3) efficacy-expectation for known cases, (4) outcome-expectation of CAN reporting, and (5) likelihood to report CAN. The influence of nurses' self-efficacy on their likelihood to report CAN cases was also analysed. Structure of the CANRSE was supported by structural equation modeling using AMOS 6.0. Additionally, correlation and regression analyses were applied to investigate the validity and reliability of the CANRSE. CANRSE met accepted psychometric standards for reliability and validity in this study. Nurses' CAN self-efficacy yielded strong prediction over personal characteristics, experience as a nurse, experience as a parent, and age. Thus, the research provides an important contribution to the literature relating to mandatory reporting by professional groups in particular nurses. It was the first research to successfully develop a new instrument to evaluate nurses' selfefficacy in CAN reporting. The findings provide a basis for understanding the influence of Taiwanese nurses' decision making for CAN reporting. Further research can extend the scope of CAN training programs and their evaluation.

<p>The aim of this study was to, with a social constructivistic approach, examine how parents,regarded as neglecting their children, are depicted in 12 LVU-legal cases from the Supreme Administrative Court in Sweden. By using a document analysis influenced by discourse analytical tools, we found that there are repeated descriptions of the parents, which constructs an image of parents as shortcoming in the care of their children. The categories lack of emotions, mental disorder, substance abuse and physical maltreatment were the main reasons for child neglect that the parents were described from. Attitudes towards authority, aggression and immaturity, lack of insight, and deficiencies in the home were repeated in the description of the parent. We further found that mothers were regarded as more responsible of the children compared to fathers. According to Goffman, describing certain groups of individuals with discredited words has a stigmatizing effect. It helps to reinforce what is considered normal or abnormal. Furthermore, we have found that the language of the LVU-legal cases, possess a power in the construction of parents who neglect their children, which was analyzed on the basis of Foucault's theory of power.</p>

Submitted by CARLOS LEONARDO SACOMANI MARQUES (leonardomarques.fisioterapia@hotmail.com) on 2018-06-28T16:51:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Leonardo.pdf: 2058689 bytes, checksum: 1f1881acaef2c1dbbf01a2e66d1a0564 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Pizzani null (luciana@btu.unesp.br) on 2018-06-28T18:23:32Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 marques_cls_me_bot.pdf: 2058689 bytes, checksum: 1f1881acaef2c1dbbf01a2e66d1a0564 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-28T18:23:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 marques_cls_me_bot.pdf: 2058689 bytes, checksum: 1f1881acaef2c1dbbf01a2e66d1a0564 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-06-28 / Introdução: A negligência espacial unilateral (NEU) é uma manifestação prevalente entre os pacientes com acidente vascular cerebral, porém seu diagnóstico é difícil e sua mensuração e repercussão na vida do paciente carecem de métodos de avaliação. A escala de Catherine Bergego tem por objetivo mensurar esse acometimento e o impacto no cotidiano do paciente. Não há validação desta escala na população brasileira. Objetivo: Avaliar a confiabilidade, compreensão e aceitação da versão em português da escala CBS em paciente com diagnóstico clínico de negligência espacial unilateral após Acidente Vascular Cerebral. Método: CBS foi traduzida, culturalmente adaptada e aplicada por dois investigadores independentes. O estudo foi transversal, em 22 pacientes após AVC confirmado por neuroimagem, tomografia de crânio e/ou ressonância de encéfalo. tomografia computadorizada. Além da CBS, foi aplicada a NHISS na entrada do paciente no hospital e no momento da avaliação da CBS, a BIT para diagnóstico da NEU e Barthel. A consistência e coerência foram analisados por meio de α-Cronbach, confiabilidade interobservador por meio do Kappa e a correlação entre as escalas de CBS, BIT mRS, NIHSS e Barthel por meio do coeficiente de Pearson. Resultados: Foram avaliados 22 pacientes sendo encontrado consistência e coerência de  = 0,913, obtendo excelente consistência. Em análise de reprodutibilidade interobservador através do Coeficiente de Kappa, a escala para os 10 itens, mostrou uma confiabilidade razoável e alta entre os avaliadores. A CBS apresentou correlação negativa em comparação com á BIT, sendo que a taxa de concordância interobservador não diferiu significativamente entre as escalas. O resultado da correlação de Pearson realizada entre CBS e BIT foi de 0.03 para o avaliador 1 e 0.03 para o avaliador 2. Além da baixa correlação citada, não obtivemos boa correlação entre os demais escores das escalas de NIHSS, Barthel e Rankin, analisados através do coeficiente de Pearson. Conclusão: A CBS é adequada e validada para estudar pacientes com NEU após AVC em uma população brasileira, multicultural e de língua portuguesa. / Introduction: spatial unilateral neglect (SUN) is a prevalent clinical manifestation in stroke patients, however its diagnosis is difficult, also mensuration and repercussion in patients’ life lacks evaluation methods. Catherine Bergego’s scale (CBS) has the objective of evaluate the impact in quotidian life. There is no validation fo r this scale in Brazilian population. Objective: evaluate confiability, comprehension and acceptation of the Portuguese version of CBS for patients with clinical diagnosis of SUN after stroke. Methods: CBS was translated, culturaly adapted and applied by two independent investigators. It’s a transversal study that evaluated 22 patients with stroke diagnosis confirmed by computed tomography, and a previous score in modified Rankin (mRs) scale of 0. Besides CBS there was application of the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) at patients’ admission. Together with the CBS the Behaviour Innatention Test (BIT) was applied for NEU diagnosis, and Bartel scale for independency in daily life. Consistency and consistency were analyzed using α-Cronbach, inter-observer reliability using Kappa and the correlation between the CBS, BIT mRS, NIHSS and Barthel scales using the Pearson coefficient. Results: Twenty-two patients were evaluated and was observed consistency and coherence of  = 0.913. In the intra-observer reproducibility analysis using the Kappa Coefficient, the scale for the 10 items showed a reasonable and high reliability among the evaluators. CBS had a negative correlation compared to BIT, and the inter-observer agreement rate did not differ significantly between scales. The result of the Pearson correlation between CBS and BIT was 0.03 for the evaluator 1 and 0.03 for the evaluator 2. In addition to the low correlation, we did not obtain a good correlation between the NIHSS, Barthel and Rankin, analyzed using the Pearson coefficient. Conclusion: CBS is adequate and validated to study patients with SUN after stroke in a Brazilian, multicultural and of Portuguese language.

This diploma thesis deals with problems of the Elder Abuse and Neglect Syndrome, that is abuse, mistreatment and neglect of senior citizens. The diploma thesis is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part is further divided into nine chapters. Ageing, senescence as well as biological, mental and social changes are described in the first chapter. The next chapter is devoted to the phenomenon of ageism, its sources and manifestations of discrimination by caretakers. Domestic violence and its specifics are defined in the third chapter, where the myths of domestic violence are included as well. The fourth chapter deals extensively with the EAN syndrome. All possible sorts/types of the violence (i.e. physical, psychical, economical, sexual etc.) are described in this chapter. The following chapter is devoted to the root causes, risk factors, diagnosis and possible consequences of abuse and neglect of senior citizens. General profile of the victim/abuser, preventive measures and possible solutions of this phenomenon are described in this chapter too. General information about where to get help if needed can be found in chapter six. The last three chapters of this diploma thesis dwell on the social work with senior citizens, crisis intervention in person and crisis intervention by phone. The second part of this diploma thesis is of practical nature. The purpose of it was to find out whether selected social workers (caring professional staff) are well informed of and familiar with the EAN syndrome, whether they have direct experience with any abused elderly person, and what tools are being used when dealing with the studied phenomenon. I used the qualitative research design for the data gathering, the method of questioning and the technique of semi-controlled interview. The qualitative research was executed in the period of November 2012 to February 2013 in the form of semi-structured interview in Třebíč and in České Budějovice. The selected workers - social workers, caretakers and nurses - participated in the research conduct. The workers of selected facilities were chosen according to whether they fitted in with the elaborated framework of quota sampling. The final group was made up of 10 respondents (10 women). The respondents were between the ages of 35 to 55 years. The semi-controlled interview with selected social workers was made on the basis of predetermined questions in a fixed order. Outcomes of the interviews were processed in the form of interview analysis. After the processing of the results I found out, that all workers in selected facilities in Třebíč and in České Budějovice are not sufficiently aware of the problems of the EAN Syndrome. Furthermore, the research revealed that 8 out of 10 respondents had direct experience with mistreated, abused and neglected elderly person. Economic abuse was the most common one along with self-neglect and rude behavior from the caring staff. The last, third aim of the practical part of my diploma thesis was to find out what tools of social work are being used by workers when dealing with elderly persons suffering the EAN Syndrome. Interview was the most commonly used tool of social workers in selected facilities. The next tools are reporting the situation to the superior staff, getting in touch with experts in the field (i.e. psychologist, psychiatrist), social unions and the police. After the processing of the results I reached the conclusion. Despite the fact that selected workers face various kinds of abuse, mistreatment and neglect of elderly persons, they are insufficiently informed about the EAN Syndrome.

A fundamental question of human existence is how much control we have on our behaviour. This dissertation aims to add to our understanding of cognitive control by characterising how a particular failure of performance, Goal Neglect (GN), is affected by different forms of complexity manipulations. In Chapter 2, I develop a new task to test GN and unlike previous studies, I manipulate complexity qualitatively by altering the instructional cues - the cues instructing the participant to shift to a different rule set. GN was sensitive to this kind of complexity manipulation and this is linked to a failure in recognizing the significance of the instructional cues. In Chapter 3, I propose a new entropy-like measure to quantify the temporal clustering of GN and use this to test the differential temporal patterns that are predicted by two theoretical models of GN. The results suggest that both models are likely to be operant, but with their relative dominance being different across time: GN early on in the task appears to be mostly driven by failures which are “task model” like, whilst GN which manifests later on is better aligned with the “monitoring” account. Chapter 2 also revealed that GN can be sensitive to manipulations of complexity during task performance, which motivated the question of whether previously published studies suggesting the contrary, were perhaps due to insufficient complexity. Hence, in Chapter 4, using the new GN task, I investigate this further. Overall, the results were mixed and indicated that complexity does not appear to affect GN unless the complexity manipulation is more closely associated to the critical event. Throughout this dissertation, I refer to models and empirical evidence from the Prospective Memory (PM) literature given the apparent similarity between PM and GN experimental paradigms. In Chapter 5, I take this further and investigate how PM failures and GN are different, if at all, with the broader aim to integrate what are otherwise isolated domains. I found a mixture of null findings which suggest that it is not entirely clear if GN and PMf reflect different capacities. Nonetheless, while investigating the differences between GN and PMf, a much more interesting question emerged with respect to what structural features of a task predict different signatures of GN-like and PMf-like errors. The key finding to this theory-neutral approach was a general rule about task structure: a combination of extended practice and low frequency of critical events predict both a larger amount of errors and with more of these occurring late in the task. Overall, this research has shed further light on task conditions that may result in different error signatures and that may reflect different cognitive resources.

Orientador: Rodrigo Bazan / Resumo: Introdução: A negligência espacial unilateral (NEU) é uma manifestação prevalente entre os pacientes com acidente vascular cerebral, porém seu diagnóstico é difícil e sua mensuração e repercussão na vida do paciente carecem de métodos de avaliação. A escala de Catherine Bergego tem por objetivo mensurar esse acometimento e o impacto no cotidiano do paciente. Não há validação desta escala na população brasileira. Objetivo: Avaliar a confiabilidade, compreensão e aceitação da versão em português da escala CBS em paciente com diagnóstico clínico de negligência espacial unilateral após Acidente Vascular Cerebral. Método: CBS foi traduzida, culturalmente adaptada e aplicada por dois investigadores independentes. O estudo foi transversal, em 22 pacientes após AVC confirmado por neuroimagem, tomografia de crânio e/ou ressonância de encéfalo. tomografia computadorizada. Além da CBS, foi aplicada a NHISS na entrada do paciente no hospital e no momento da avaliação da CBS, a BIT para diagnóstico da NEU e Barthel. A consistência e coerência foram analisados por meio de α-Cronbach, confiabilidade interobservador por meio do Kappa e a correlação entre as escalas de CBS, BIT mRS, NIHSS e Barthel por meio do coeficiente de Pearson. Resultados: Foram avaliados 22 pacientes sendo encontrado consistência e coerência de  = 0,913, obtendo excelente consistência. Em análise de reprodutibilidade interobservador através do Coeficiente de Kappa, a escala para os 10 itens, mostrou uma confiabilidade... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Introduction: spatial unilateral neglect (SUN) is a prevalent clinical manifestation in stroke patients, however its diagnosis is difficult, also mensuration and repercussion in patients’ life lacks evaluation methods. Catherine Bergego’s scale (CBS) has the objective of evaluate the impact in quotidian life. There is no validation fo r this scale in Brazilian population. Objective: evaluate confiability, comprehension and acceptation of the Portuguese version of CBS for patients with clinical diagnosis of SUN after stroke. Methods: CBS was translated, culturaly adapted and applied by two independent investigators. It’s a transversal study that evaluated 22 patients with stroke diagnosis confirmed by computed tomography, and a previous score in modified Rankin (mRs) scale of 0. Besides CBS there was application of the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) at patients’ admission. Together with the CBS the Behaviour Innatention Test (BIT) was applied for NEU diagnosis, and Bartel scale for independency in daily life. Consistency and consistency were analyzed using α-Cronbach, inter-observer reliability using Kappa and the correlation between the CBS, BIT mRS, NIHSS and Barthel scales using the Pearson coefficient. Results: Twenty-two patients were evaluated and was observed consistency and coherence of  = 0.913. In the intra-observer reproducibility analysis using the Kappa Coefficient, the scale for the 10 items showed a reasonable and high reliability among the e... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

My Diploma Thesis themed ``the Crisis centre for children and family in the South Bohemian Region within an intervention care{\crqq} has a research character. This thesis is divided into two large parts and consists of a theory and practice. The theoretical part is divided into five major chapters. The first one describes the Crisis centre for children and family in the South Bohemian Region. The second one is devoted to CAN syndrome. The third one deals with the most important legislation solving breaking of the basic children rights. In the fourth chapter I focus on family and the last one is devoted to divorces, serious child suits, solving of divorce suits in a Crisis centre. The practical part is research oriented. The aim of the thesis was to find out to what extent the intervention care is implemented in the work of the Crisis centre for children and family in the South Bohemian Region during a divorce period and after. In the first hypothesis I supposed that the clients who used the support to families in a difficult life situation in the Crisis centre for children and family in the South Bohemian Region managed to keep their role of parentage also after the divorce and finished conflicts and child manipulation. In the second hypothesis I supposed that clients managed to keep their role of parentage also after the divorce and finished conflicts and child manipulation regardless of being married, divorced or single and whether they care together for own or adopted child. To confirm or disconfirm the defined hypotheses I used the method of a questionnaire. The questionnaires were intended for employees of the Crisis centre for children and family, the clients of the Crisis centre for children and family in the South Bohemian Region and to public. I prepared a different type of questionnaire for each group. In total I handed out 115 questionnaires. All of them were returned to me. The return was 100%. The hypotheses are analysed at the end of the practical part. They were confirmed. In the conclusion of the thesis the knowledge based on the theoretical and practical parts are included. The last part includes annexes referring to the actual matters (e.g. an International co-operation within a child care, casuistry, the leaflet of the Crisis centre for children and family in the South Bohemian Region).

Investigações epidemiológicas apontam que as taxas de incidência e prevalência da negligência são as mais altas em vários países do mundo, bem como no Brasil. No nosso contexto, as investigações sobre o tema são raras e o conhecimento limitado. Buscando contribuir para uma melhor compreensão da negligência no contexto Brasileiro, o presente estudo teve como objetivo estudar a manifestação da negligência em casos notificados ao Conselho Tutelar, tentando apreender os mecanismos de produção subjacentes, de modo a se estabelecer parâmetros com vistas à avaliação dos casos. Para tal, utilizou-se proposições teóricas já estabelecidas pela literatura científica atinentes a critérios relacionados à manifestação do problema e aos mecanismos relacionados à sua produção. O delineamento metodológico foi o de Estudo de Casos Múltiplos, dentro de uma abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa. A coleta de dados ocorreu no contexto de vida das famílias, em um contexto de acompanhamento psicossocial, que teve a duração de 10 meses, utilizando-se de observação participante, entrevistas e utilização de instrumentos padronizados. No total, 12 famílias foram estudadas. As informações, coletadas por meio das diferentes estratégias, foram reagrupadas de modo a compor um conjunto único de dados, referente a cada caso. Buscou-se, então, verificar se as proposições teóricas fixadas a priori podiam ou não ser demonstradas em cada caso, para em seguida se efetuar análises de comparação, buscando-se por semelhanças e diferenças, no sentido de encontrar agrupamentos possíveis, com relação ao conceito de negligência empregado. Os resultados distinguiram três grupos. Um primeiro foi denominado \"Negligência Confirmada\", formado pelas famílias cujas informações coletadas preencheram a todos critérios pré-estabelecidos; um segundo, \"Em Risco de Negligência\", constituído pelas famílias cujas informações indicaram o não cumprimento aos critérios relativos à manifestação, mas os cumpriam no plano dos mecanismos de produção da problemática sinalizando, então, que a instalação da negligência estaria em curso; e um terceiro grupo, que foi chamado de \"Negligência Não Confirmada\", reuniu as famílias cujas informações não cumpriam, concomitantemente, a todos os critérios estabelecidos. Pode-se dizer que as crianças no grupo 1 foram àquelas que apresentavam a maior gama de necessidades não respondidas associadas a um grande número de conseqüências. Este grupo também se diferenciava dos outros, pelo isolamento social em que vivia a família e número reduzido de interações positivas entre cuidadores-crianças. No grupo 2, observou-se que significativos problemas de comportamento que as crianças apresentavam geravam reações dos diversos ambientes sociais (principalmente, na escola) e se tornavam uma fonte significativa de estresse na família, concorrendo para a diminuição das interações parento-filiais, com o incremento de punições corporais, além de produzir isolamento social das famílias. O grupo 3 se diferenciou pelo apoio social recebido, apontando para a importância crucial dessa variável, no sentido de darem conta das necessidades de desenvolvimento infantil, em meio a uma gama variada de adversidades. Os critérios utilizados para a avaliação dos casos, além de permitirem visualizar a complexidade do fenômeno, possibilitaram a identificação de suas diferentes manifestações. Futuras investigações, com diferentes amostras, podem ajudar na consolidação dos critérios de avaliação e confirmação de casos no contexto brasileiro. / Epidemiological investigations reveal that the incidence and prevalence rates of negligence are the highest in several countries in the world, as it is in Brazil. In our context, the investigations around the theme are rare and the knowledge is limited. Seeking to contribute to a better comprehension of negligence in the Brazilian context, the present study has the intention of analyzing the manifestation of negligence in cases notified to the protective service, trying to apprehend the underlying production mechanisms, so that it is possible to establish parameters concerning the evaluation of the cases. In order to do so, theoretical propositions were used which already established by scientific literature related to the criteria concerning the manifestation of the problem and the mechanisms associated to its production. The methodological framework was the Multiple Case Study, in a qualitative approach of research. A data gathering took place in the life background of the families, in a context of psychosocial attendance, which had a 10 month duration, making use of participating observation, interviews and the use of standardized instruments. Overall, 12 families were studied. The information collected by the different strategies was regrouped so that a single group of data was composed related to each case. It is, then, sought to verify if the theoretical propositions determined a priori could or not be demonstrated in each case, so that, next, an analysis of comparison could be made, seeking for similarities and differences, in the sense of finding possible groupings concerning the concept of negligence employed. The results sorted out three groups. The first one was named \"Confirmed Negligence\", formed by the families which collected information met all the pre-established criteria; a second one was named \"In Risk of Negligence\", formed by the families which information indicated the non accomplishment of the criteria relative to manifestation, but met those in the sphere of the production mechanisms of the problem, thus indicating that the onset of negligence is in its course; and a third group, called \"Non-confirmed Negligence\", assembled the families which information didn\'t meet, concomitantly, all the established criteria. It can be said that the children from group 1 were those who presented the greatest variety of needs that were not met associated to a great number of consequences. This group also differed from the others by the social isolation in which the family lived and by the reduced number of positive interactions between children and caretakers. In group 2, it could be observed that significative behavior problems presented by the children created reactions from the various social environments (especially school) and became a significative font of stress in the family, leading to the reduction of parent-child interactions, with the increase of corporal punishment, in addition to producing the social isolation of the families. Group 3 stood out for the social support received, pointing to the critical importance of this variable, in the sense of meeting the necessities of children development in a wide range of adversities. The criteria used for the evaluation of the cases not only allowed the complexity of the phenomena to be visualized, it also made the identification of its different manifestations possible. Future investigation, with different samples, can help to consolidate the criteria of evaluation and confirmation of the cases in the Brazilian context.

At the beginning of this work, recent studies had evidenced a tight link between serial order in verbal working memory and space processing. In a first study, we investigated the nature of this link. By discarding the possibility that it results from conceptual associations, our results favoured the idea that the representation of serial order is intrinsically of a spatial nature. This led us to hypothesize that a deficit of space processing should be accompanied by a deficit of serial order. To test this hypothesis, we investigated verbal working memory abilities in a group of brain-damaged patients with hemispatial neglect, a syndrome characterized by a deficit of spatial attention. We showed that these patients have a specific deficit for serial order, as they showed difficulties when judging the ordinal relations between memorized items, whereas they were able to judge the identity of these items. This deficit of serial order was related to hemispatial neglect severity and to posterior parietal lesions. We formulated the hypothesis that the link between serial order and space results from the overlap of brain networks subtending these cognitive processes, at the level of the posterior parietal cortex. To test this hypothesis, we used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to temporarily disrupt this area in healthy participants, with the prediction that TMS would induce a similar bias when judging the position of a landmark on horizontal lines (spatial task), and when judging the position of an item in memorized sequences (ordinal task). In line with previous studies, TMS induced a bias in the spatial task. However, contrary to our prediction, TMS over the same area in the same participants did not induce a similar bias in the ordinal task. / Doctorat en Sciences psychologiques et de l'éducation / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished