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Toste, Cindy Polak. "Characteristics of exuberance novelty-seeking, sociability or emotion? /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3449.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.Thesis research directed by: Human Development. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Schweizer, Tanja Sophie. "An Individual Psychology of Novelty-Seeking, Creativity and Innovation." [Rotterdam]: Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), Erasmus University Rotterdam ; Rotterdam : Erasmus University Rotterdam [Host], 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/1818.
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Allison, Amber. "Sensation Seeking and a Real World Stressor: Endocrine and Physiological Effects." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1275.
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We attempted to identify the psychobiological mechanisms that mediate the process by which the sensation seeking trait culminates in behavior. We used the Sensation Seeking Scales to assess the SS trait in individuals who expressed a desire to skydive. We obtained measures of autonomic (heart rate) and endocrine (salivary cortisol) activity before, during and after skydiving. To distinguish the contribution of novelty, we compared novices (N=29) to experienced jumpers (N=15). All jumpers exhibited HPA-axis activation; novices exhibited a prolonged response and more extreme peak in cortisol compared to experienced jumpers, suggesting that novelty contributes to an intense pattern of stress responding. Both groups displayed increases in heart rate; there were no significant differences between the groups, indicating that repeated exposure to the stressor did not habituate this system. We provided evidence that the stress response systems instantiate novelty and risk to motivate and reward behavioral expressions of the SS trait.
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Krebs, Lorri. "The Effectiveness of the Internet as a Marketing Tool in Tourism." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/989.
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With the ever-increasing number of people accessing the Internet and the recent explosion of e-commerce world wide, there are considerable implications for the tourism industry. Tourism suppliers are investing in the Internet via web pages, advertising and e-commerce, but what role does the Internet actually play in tourism? Before more money is placed into this new 'e-economy', it is important to study the effectiveness of the Internet as a marketing tool in tourism. In order to better address the concerns described above, this research accomplishes several tasks. First, the significance of researching Internet use within the tourism context is established. Specifically, theories and concepts from postmodernism, post-industrialism and post-structuralism are drawn upon as they frame this study. Second, this research explores motivation and decision making within tourism and how the Internet is used during stages of travel preparation, planning and activities. Third, this research explores tourist preferences for novelty and familiarity in three dimensions; travel services, social contact and destination choices, and examines how these are associated with Internet use. The general structure of tourism markets in relation to Internet use as well as novelty and familiarity preferences are also discussed. Three case studies are undertaken to examine these matters: winter tourists, summer tourists and cruise tourists. Novelty-seekers were found to be the most frequent group of Internet users, and also were the most likely to consult a wider variety of information sources when making travel-related decisions. Results also indicate that Internet use for travel varies according to seasonality and destination choices rather than primary activity.
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Diaz, Emma Brittany. "THE ASSESSMENT AND ETIOLOGY OF NOVELTY SEEKING AND RULE-BREAKING IN YOUNG CHILDREN." OpenSIUC, 2017. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2211.
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This study explored the stability and heritability of novelty seeking, defiance, and rule-breaking in early childhood using a twin sample. Parent reports of novelty seeking were assessed at ages 3 and 4, parent reports of rule-breaking were assessed at ages 5 and follow-up (6-16), and observer reports of defiance were assessed at age 5. Results showed that novelty seeking increased between ages 3 and 4, and rule-breaking remained stable from age 5 to follow-up (6-16). All constructs demonstrated significant heritability. Finally, neither novelty seeking nor defiance predicted 5-year-old rule-breaking. Defiance was the only construct that significantly predicted follow-up rule-breaking. Defiance and rule-breaking in early childhood were predictive of later rule-breaking, indicating that children may benefit from early intervention to reduce later rule-breaking behaviors.
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Strobel, Alexander. "Molekulargenetische Aspekte dopaminerger Modulation der Responsivität gegenüber Neuheit." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2005. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1115800867257-80181.
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Befunde zu Einflüssen genetischer Variation auf Temperamentsunterschiede und die Entwicklung psychiatrischer Störungen haben in den letzten Jahren bedeutende Beiträge zum eingehenderen Verständnis neurobiologischer Grundlagen von Verhaltensunterschieden geleistet. Eine der am eingehendsten untersuchten genetischen Variationen ist ein Polymorphismus des Dopamin-D4-Rezeptor-Gens (DRD4 Exon III). Nichtsdestoweniger ist seine funktionelle und verhaltenswirksame Rolle bisher weitgehend unklar: Zwar wurden bestimmte Varianten des Polymorphismus mit einer höheren Ausprägung in der Temperamentsdimension Novelty Seeking in Verbindung gebracht, Nachfolgeuntersuchungen erbrachten jedoch inkonsistente Resultate. Angesichts der methodischen und demografischen Heterogenität der einzelnen Studien war es das Anliegen zweier erster Studien der Dissertation, die Ursprungsbefunde möglichst exakt zu replizieren. Während in einer Voruntersuchung bei 136 Studierenden signifikant höhere Werte in Novelty Seeking bei Vorliegen des DRD4 Exon III 7-Repeat-Allels bzw. des 4/7-Genotyps festgestellt wurde, ergaben sich in Studie I, in der 276 Personen der selben Population mit der selben Methodik untersucht wurden, keinerlei Effekte des Polymorphismus. Auch anhand von Meta-Analysen ist gegenwärtig davon auszugehen, dass derzeit keine ausreichende empirische Grundlage für einen Haupteffekt von DRD4 Exon III auf Novelty Seeking vorliegt. Allerdings stellt ein einzelner Polymorphismus nur einen von vielen endogenen und exogenen Einflussfaktoren auf Temperamentsunterschiede dar, und inzwischen liegen auch Befunde zu Interaktionseffekten von DRD4 Exon III mit weiteren Polymorphismen vor. Derartigen Interaktionen wurde in Studie II nachgegangen, bei der für die Stichprobe aus Studie I zusätzlich zwei weitere genetische Polymorphismen genotypisiert wurden, die direkt oder indirekt die Dopamin-Funktion beeinflussen (COMT, 5-HTTLPR). In Studie II konnten die Ergebnisse einer vorhergehenden Arbeit repliziert werden, die einen Effekt des DRD4 Exon III 7-Repeat-Allels nur für bestimmte Genotyp-Gruppierungen der anderen beiden Polymorphismen zeigte. Zudem kann anhand der Befunde eine Abhängigkeit des Effektes von DRD4 Exon III von tonischen Dopamin-Niveaus vermutet werden. Ein neuerer Ansatz für die Aufklärung der funktionellen Rolle genetischer Variation geht davon aus, dass die relativ geringen Effekte von Polymorphismen auf endophänotypischer Ebene, also der Ebene etwa psychophysiologischer Maße wie dem EEG, möglicherweise besser erfassbar sind als auf Fragebogen-Ebene. Daher wurde in Studie III der Einfluss des DRD4 Exon III Polymorphismus auf einen Endophänotyp der Responsivität gegenüber Neuheit unter Berücksichtigung tonischer Dopamin-Niveaus untersucht. Als ein plausibler solcher Endophänotyp wurde die Novelty P3 des akustisch evozierten Potenzials im EEG in einer Stichprobe von 72 Personen im Hinblick auf ihre Modulation durch DRD4 Exon III untersucht. Tonische Dopamin-Niveaus wurden über die spontane Lidschlagrate als einem indirekten Indikator der Dopamin-Aktivität erhoben. Es zeigten sich keine Haupteffekte von DRD4 Exon III oder Lidschlagrate auf die akustisch evozierte Novelty P3. Es fand sich hingegen eine signifikante Interaktion der beiden Faktoren: Unter den Personen mit niedriger Lidschlagrate (=niedrigen tonischen Dopamin-Niveaus) zeigten Personen mit dem DRD4 Exon III 4/7-Genotyp eine signifikant höhere Novelty P3 in Antwort auf abweichende Reize als Personen mit dem 4/4-Genotyp. Dieses Ergebnis legt nahe, dass der Effekt von DRD4 Exon III auf die Verarbeitung abweichender Information von tonischen Dopamin-Niveaus abhängig ist. Insgesamt eröffnen die Resultate der Dissertation auch weiter gehende Erklärungsmöglichkeiten für Befunde etwa zu einer Assoziation von DRD4 Exon III mit Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit/Hyperaktivitätsstörung sowie für Zusammenhänge zwischen kognitiven, motivationalen und temperamentsmäßigen Verhaltenstendenzen.
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Strobel, Alexander. "Molekulargenetische Aspekte dopaminerger Modulation der Responsivität gegenüber Neuheit." Doctoral thesis, Technische Universität Dresden, 2004. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A24491.
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Befunde zu Einflüssen genetischer Variation auf Temperamentsunterschiede und die Entwicklung psychiatrischer Störungen haben in den letzten Jahren bedeutende Beiträge zum eingehenderen Verständnis neurobiologischer Grundlagen von Verhaltensunterschieden geleistet. Eine der am eingehendsten untersuchten genetischen Variationen ist ein Polymorphismus des Dopamin-D4-Rezeptor-Gens (DRD4 Exon III). Nichtsdestoweniger ist seine funktionelle und verhaltenswirksame Rolle bisher weitgehend unklar: Zwar wurden bestimmte Varianten des Polymorphismus mit einer höheren Ausprägung in der Temperamentsdimension Novelty Seeking in Verbindung gebracht, Nachfolgeuntersuchungen erbrachten jedoch inkonsistente Resultate. Angesichts der methodischen und demografischen Heterogenität der einzelnen Studien war es das Anliegen zweier erster Studien der Dissertation, die Ursprungsbefunde möglichst exakt zu replizieren. Während in einer Voruntersuchung bei 136 Studierenden signifikant höhere Werte in Novelty Seeking bei Vorliegen des DRD4 Exon III 7-Repeat-Allels bzw. des 4/7-Genotyps festgestellt wurde, ergaben sich in Studie I, in der 276 Personen der selben Population mit der selben Methodik untersucht wurden, keinerlei Effekte des Polymorphismus. Auch anhand von Meta-Analysen ist gegenwärtig davon auszugehen, dass derzeit keine ausreichende empirische Grundlage für einen Haupteffekt von DRD4 Exon III auf Novelty Seeking vorliegt. Allerdings stellt ein einzelner Polymorphismus nur einen von vielen endogenen und exogenen Einflussfaktoren auf Temperamentsunterschiede dar, und inzwischen liegen auch Befunde zu Interaktionseffekten von DRD4 Exon III mit weiteren Polymorphismen vor. Derartigen Interaktionen wurde in Studie II nachgegangen, bei der für die Stichprobe aus Studie I zusätzlich zwei weitere genetische Polymorphismen genotypisiert wurden, die direkt oder indirekt die Dopamin-Funktion beeinflussen (COMT, 5-HTTLPR). In Studie II konnten die Ergebnisse einer vorhergehenden Arbeit repliziert werden, die einen Effekt des DRD4 Exon III 7-Repeat-Allels nur für bestimmte Genotyp-Gruppierungen der anderen beiden Polymorphismen zeigte. Zudem kann anhand der Befunde eine Abhängigkeit des Effektes von DRD4 Exon III von tonischen Dopamin-Niveaus vermutet werden. Ein neuerer Ansatz für die Aufklärung der funktionellen Rolle genetischer Variation geht davon aus, dass die relativ geringen Effekte von Polymorphismen auf endophänotypischer Ebene, also der Ebene etwa psychophysiologischer Maße wie dem EEG, möglicherweise besser erfassbar sind als auf Fragebogen-Ebene. Daher wurde in Studie III der Einfluss des DRD4 Exon III Polymorphismus auf einen Endophänotyp der Responsivität gegenüber Neuheit unter Berücksichtigung tonischer Dopamin-Niveaus untersucht. Als ein plausibler solcher Endophänotyp wurde die Novelty P3 des akustisch evozierten Potenzials im EEG in einer Stichprobe von 72 Personen im Hinblick auf ihre Modulation durch DRD4 Exon III untersucht. Tonische Dopamin-Niveaus wurden über die spontane Lidschlagrate als einem indirekten Indikator der Dopamin-Aktivität erhoben. Es zeigten sich keine Haupteffekte von DRD4 Exon III oder Lidschlagrate auf die akustisch evozierte Novelty P3. Es fand sich hingegen eine signifikante Interaktion der beiden Faktoren: Unter den Personen mit niedriger Lidschlagrate (=niedrigen tonischen Dopamin-Niveaus) zeigten Personen mit dem DRD4 Exon III 4/7-Genotyp eine signifikant höhere Novelty P3 in Antwort auf abweichende Reize als Personen mit dem 4/4-Genotyp. Dieses Ergebnis legt nahe, dass der Effekt von DRD4 Exon III auf die Verarbeitung abweichender Information von tonischen Dopamin-Niveaus abhängig ist. Insgesamt eröffnen die Resultate der Dissertation auch weiter gehende Erklärungsmöglichkeiten für Befunde etwa zu einer Assoziation von DRD4 Exon III mit Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit/Hyperaktivitätsstörung sowie für Zusammenhänge zwischen kognitiven, motivationalen und temperamentsmäßigen Verhaltenstendenzen.
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Cyrenne, De-Laine. "Developmental and sex differences in responses to novel objects : an exploration of animal models of sensation seeking behaviour." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2550.
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Human adolescents exhibit higher levels of sensation seeking behaviour than younger or older individuals, and sensation seeking is higher in males than females from adolescence onwards. Data suggest that changes in gonadal hormone levels during adolescence and differences in the dopamine neurotransmitter system are the bases for why some people exhibit sensation seeking behaviour while others do not. However, causal relationships between physiology and behaviour have been difficult to establish in humans. In order to explore the physiological influences on novelty-seeking behaviour, we looked at response to novelty in a laboratory rodent. This research examined responses to novelty in the conditioned place preference (CPP) task and the novel object recognition (NOR) task in Lister-hooded rats, and assessed the benefits and limitations of each methodology. While the CPP task was not found to provide a reliable measure of response to novelty, the NOR task was more successful. In order to understand the ontogeny of sex differences in novelty responses, both males and females were tested from adolescence through to adulthood. While no sex difference was found in adults in the NOR test, mid-adolescent males exhibited higher novelty preference behaviour than either younger or older males, or females at each stage of development. Since gonadal hormones levels rise during adolescence, a pharmacological agent (a gonadotrophin-releasing hormone antagonist) was used to suppress gonadal hormone levels from early adolescence before again examining responses on the NOR test at mid-adolescence. Gonadal hormone suppression from early adolescence onwards eliminated the sex difference in the NOR test at mid-adolescence by reducing the male response to novelty, while no difference was measured in the female animals. These findings suggest that gonadal hormones play a significant role in the development of response to novelty, especially in males, and the implications for our understanding of human sensation-seeking behaviour are discussed.
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Hunter, Jacob N. "A Nonhuman Primate Model of the Out of Africa Theory Utilizing Chinese- and Indian-Derived Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2021. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8989.
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Evidence suggests that certain genotypic variants associated with novelty-seeking and aggressiveness, such as the 7-repeat dopamine D4 receptor variant (DRD4-7R), short (s) allele of the serotonin transporter (5-HTT), and the low-activity variant of the MAOa promoter (MAOa-L), are more prevalent in human groups that radiated out of Africa than human groups that remained in Africa. Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), like humans, are a widespread species of primates that needed to adapt to different regional environments with one group, Indian-derived rhesus macaques, largely occupying predictable and resource-rich environments, while the other group, the Chinese-derived rhesus macaques, has come to occupy less predictable and resource-abundant environments. Rhesus macaques possess orthologues of these trait-related genes, making it possible to compare the frequency of genotypes associated with these traits between members of two strains. DNA was obtained from N=212 rhesus macaques (n=54 Chinese-derived, n=158 Indian-derived) and genotyped for DRD4 (n=98), 5-HTT (n=190), and MAOA (n=97). Analyses showed that Chinese-derived subjects exhibited higher frequencies of the DRD4-7R and 5-HTT-s-allele when compared to Indian-derived subjects. There were no strain differences in MAOA-L genotype groupings, but the Chinese-derived subjects exhibited a more frequent high-activity (MAOA-H-6R) allele when compared to the Indian-derived subjects. The results suggest that the Chinese-derived rhesus macaques possess a higher frequency of alleles associated with novelty-seeking, impulsivity, and aggressiveness compared to their Indian-derived peers and that those genotypically-mediated traits may have beneficial to both humans and rhesus macaques as they spread into novel and unfamiliar environments.
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Stansfield, Kirstie Helen. "Neurochemical analysis of cocaine in adolescence and adulthood." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0001132.
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Smith, Caroline Jackson. "Development of oxytocin, vasopressin V1a, and mu-opioid receptor expression in the rat brain: Implications for the regulation of juvenile social novelty-seeking behavior." Thesis, Boston College, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107311.
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Thesis advisor: Alexa H. VeemenaAcross species, the juvenile period is characterized by increased social interaction with peers and heightened novelty-seeking behavior, as compared to any other life stage. These behaviors are likely to be highly adaptive during this developmental phase. Still, an excessive novelty-seeking phenotype may predispose individuals to risk-taking and substance abuse, while too little social engagement and low novelty-seeking are characteristics of neuropsychiatry disorders such as autism. The over-arching aim of this dissertation research has been to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying juvenile social novelty-seeking behavior. Central activation of oxytocin, vasopressin V1a, and µ-opioid receptors (OTR, V1aR, and MOR, respectively) have been implicated in the regulation of adult social behavior, but our understanding of the expression and function of OTR, V1aR, and MORs in the juvenile brain is incomplete. Therefore, in Studies 1 and 2, age differences in binding density of OTR, V1aR, and MOR throughout the rat brain were identified using receptor autoradiography. Next, in Study 3, I established the social novelty preference test, a new paradigm designed to assess the preference of juvenile rats to interact with either a novel or a familiar (cage mate) conspecific. Using this social novelty preference test, in Studies 3, 4, and 5, the functional involvement of OTR, V1aR, and MOR in the regulation of juvenile social novelty preference was characterized using both intracerebroventricular and local in-vivo pharmacological manipulations. The results of these experiments demonstrate that both OTR and MOR activation in the brain are involved in the regulation of juvenile social novelty preference, particularly acting within the nucleus accumbens. Finally, in Study 5, I investigated the impact of social isolation on juvenile social novelty preference. My findings show that social isolation potently reduces social novelty preference, which, in turn, can be restored by MOR activation in the nucleus accumbens. Taken together, this body of work significantly advances our understanding of the neural systems underlying juvenile social novelty preference, and suggests that both oxytocin and opioid systems in the brain may be potential clinical targets for restoring social novelty-seeking behavior in neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism
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Sullivan, Kelly. "Indicators of Early Adult and Current Personality in Parkinson's Disease." Scholar Commons, 2011. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3371.
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Introduction: Previous epidemiologic studies suggest that the personality of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients differs from that of controls, and laboratory evidence supports a potential common pathophysiology of personality traits and PD. One nested case-control study found that PD cases were significantly more anxious than controls before the clinical onset of the disease, and additional data suggest that certain occupations may be risk factors for the disease. Additionally, the latent period that precedes the onset of motor symptoms of PD is unknown.
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the association of PD with objective indicators of current and pre-morbid personality, to determine the correlation of early-adult life personality indicators with current personality characteristics and to evaluate the role of personality as indicated by occupational choice and employment patterns in the risk for PD using the Dictionary of Occupational Titles job classification system.
Methods: Eighty-nine cases and 99 controls completed in-person structured interviews. Assessments included measures of current personality characteristics and indicators of early-adult (ages 20-35 years) personality, such as activities and lifestyle patterns. Associations between these latent personality variables and current personality characteristics were studied using correlation, partialling out the effects of age, sex and education. Multiple logistic regression was used to evaluate the associations of early-adult personality and occupational characteristics and the risk for Parkinson's disease.
Results: Cases with Parkinson's disease reported higher levels of neuroticism (OR=1.05 (95% CI 1.00-1.11)) and harm-avoidance (OR = 1.07 (95% CI 1.00-1.15)) compared with controls on measures of current personality. A stable association among many traits, particularly traits such as novelty-seeking, which are driven by dopaminergic function, was present not only among controls with presumably normal dopaminergic function throughout their lives, but also among cases. Early-adult life routinization was correlated with current levels of neuroticism (cases: r=0.33, p=0.01; controls: r=0.26, p=0.04), extraversion (cases: r=-0.33, p=0.01; controls: r=-0.33, p=0.04), novelty-seeking (cases: r=-0.33, p=0.015; controls: r=-0.34, p=0.007) and harm-avoidance (cases: r=0.47, p=0.0003; controls: r=0.45, p=0.0002) and for the association of early-adult life activity risks with harm-avoidance (cases: r=-0.47, p=0.0004; controls: r=-0.42, p=0.0006). Taking or wanting to take "activity risks," such as riding on roller coasters as a young adult was found to reduce the odds of Parkinson's disease (OR = 0.78 (95% CI 0.63-0.97)) in the entire sample, while higher levels of early-adult routinization were associated with a greater risk for Parkinson's disease among women (OR=1.63 (95% CI 1.05-2.53)). Parkinson's disease was inversely associated with the total number of jobs held (OR=0.87 (95% CI 0.75-0.99)) but not with the number of job categories or duration of the primary occupation. Increased complexity of work with people was associated with PD among women (OR=0.69 (95% CI 0.53-0.89), as was less complex work with things (OR=1.45 (95% CI 1.11-1.88). The complexity of work with data, people or things was not associated with the risk for PD among men or in the sample as a whole. Men with PD whose work involved greater complexity with data took fewer activity risks (r=0.32, p=0.02) and reported greater routinization (r=-0.34, p=0.01) as a young adult.
Conclusions: This evaluation of early-adult risk factors advances current knowledge about the premorbid period of PD and supports the hypothesis that a long period of subclinical disease precedes the onset of motor symptoms. These findings validate the association of these early-adult personality traits and PD and support the idea that behaviors associated with PD personality exist many years before the presentation of motor symptoms. Dopaminergic aspects of personality were related to occupational choices and future consideration of this hypothesis is warranted. Since PD is a degenerative disorder, determining the age of onset of this illness is important in the search for modifiable risk factors and neuroprotective strategies.
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Strobel, Alexander, Frank M. Spinath, Alois Angleitner, Rainer Riemann, and Klaus-Peter Lesch. "Lack of Association between Polymorphisms of the Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene and Personality." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-134660.
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Recent studies have suggested a role of two polymorphisms of the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4 exon III and –521C/T) in the modulation of personality traits such as ‘novelty seeking’ or ‘extraversion’, which are supposed to be modulated by individual differences in dopaminergic function. However, several replication studies have not provided positive findings. The present study was performed to further investigate whether DRD4 exon III and –521C/T are associated with individual differences in personality. One hundred and fifteen healthy German volunteers completed the NEO-Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and were genotyped for the two DRD4 polymorphisms. We found no association between DRD4exon III and –521C/T, respectively, and estimated novelty seeking, NEO-FFI extraversion or other personality factors. Our findings are in line with several earlier studies which have failed to replicate the initial association results. Hence, our data do not provide evidence for a role of DRD4 exon III and the –521C/T polymorphism in the modulation of novelty seeking and extraversionDieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich
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Strobel, Alexander, Frank M. Spinath, Alois Angleitner, Rainer Riemann, and Klaus-Peter Lesch. "Lack of Association between Polymorphisms of the Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene and Personality." Karger, 2003. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A27586.
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Recent studies have suggested a role of two polymorphisms of the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4 exon III and –521C/T) in the modulation of personality traits such as ‘novelty seeking’ or ‘extraversion’, which are supposed to be modulated by individual differences in dopaminergic function. However, several replication studies have not provided positive findings. The present study was performed to further investigate whether DRD4 exon III and –521C/T are associated with individual differences in personality. One hundred and fifteen healthy German volunteers completed the NEO-Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and were genotyped for the two DRD4 polymorphisms. We found no association between DRD4exon III and –521C/T, respectively, and estimated novelty seeking, NEO-FFI extraversion or other personality factors. Our findings are in line with several earlier studies which have failed to replicate the initial association results. Hence, our data do not provide evidence for a role of DRD4 exon III and the –521C/T polymorphism in the modulation of novelty seeking and extraversion.Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
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Mitchell, Alicia. "Desperately seeking subversive masculinities in three contemporary feminist novels /." Title page and introduction only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arm6774.pdf.
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Wang, Chen. "What satisfies a curious mind? curiosity prompts novel reward seeking." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46501.
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In this age of information overload, consumers are bombarded with various curiosity-inducing stimuli from newspapers, TV programs, movies, web banners, etc. Despite its ubiquity in the consumption world, curiosity has surprisingly received little attention in cognitive psychology and consumer behavior research (Kang et al. 2009; Menon and Soman 2002). In the limited research on state curiosity, most attention has been directed to its impact on people’s search for domain-specific information that closes the knowledge gap (Menon and Soman 2002; van Dijk and Zeelenberg 2007). However, as curiosity is also an appetitive state that possesses driving forces (Blumenberg 1983; Loewenstein 1994), it is possible that curiosity could motivate reward-seeking behaviors other than information seeking.
My dissertation investigates the impact of curiosity, a cognitive deprivation arising from the perception of a gap in knowledge (Loewenstein 1994), on consumers’ subsequent reward-seeking behaviors. I find that curiosity motivates people to seek rewards, particularly novel rewards, in other unrelated domains, such as physical domains (e.g., money, food) and social domains (e.g., social friendship, charitable donation). This effect occurs as a result of a general appetitive drive and an open mindset, which are both activated by exposure to curiosity cues. I further identify that information content moderates this effect; when people are curious about threatening information, the effect of curiosity on the spillover reward-seeking tendency is mitigated.
This research contributes to both the curiosity and the reward-seeking literature. While prior research has shown that curiosity motivates people to seek rewards in the cognitive domain by searching for the missing information, I show that this general motivational dimension of curiosity can prompt people to engage in reward-seeking behaviors in other unrelated domains. Further, I add to the existing spillover reward-seeking studies by showing that such effect induced by curiosity is particularly pronounced for novel rewards. This research also contributes to the reward-seeking literature by exploring how the spillover reward-seeking effect extends to the intangible cognitive and social domains (e.g., cognitive deprivation, social rewards).
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Filho, Edson Costa de Barros Carvalho. "Investigation of Boolean neural networks on a novel goal-seeking neuron." Thesis, University of Kent, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.277285.
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Martin, Shelby J. "Increasing Help-Seeking for Eating Pathology among Collegiate Athletes: An Examination of a Novel, Customized Intervention." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1570654813689071.
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Andrade, Marta Fernandes Pereira. "Produtos retro : atitudes dos consumidores portugueses." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/13152.
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Mestrado em MarketingA expressão retro tem ganho uma importância cada vez maior ao longo dos anos, despertando curiosidade um pouco por todos os mercados. O que significa que diversos produtos, serviços e marcas que eram utilizados no passado estão a regressar ao presente com alguma força. Esta investigação tem como objetivo entender as atitudes face aos produtos retro numa amostra de consumidores portugueses, isto é, averiguar qual a influência que a nostalgia, o colecionismo, a experiência com o passado, o interesse para com o passado, o materialismo, a procura da novidade e a necessidade de se sentirem únicos exercem sobre as atitudes de um grupo de consumidores portugueses ao adquirirem estes bens. De modo a alcançar este objetivo foi realizada uma pesquisa de natureza descritiva, utilizando-se um método quantitativo, neste caso, o inquérito por questionário como forma de recolha de dados, no qual as questões fundamentais foram elaboradas tendo em consideração escalas desenvolvidas anteriormente por alguns autores. Este inquérito por questionário foi divulgado online, registando como amostra 320 consumidores portugueses. Constatou-se assim, que tanto a nostalgia como o colecionismo e a experiência que estes consumidores tiveram no passado influenciam positivamente as suas atitudes para adquirirem produtos retro no presente. A variável materialismo não apresentou fiabilidade, enquanto que, as restantes variáveis (interesse para com o passado, procura da novidade e necessidade de se sentirem únicos) não apresentaram significado estatístico, o que significa que não influenciam as atitudes dos consumidores portugueses (presentes nesta amostra) face aos produtos retro.
The retro expression has gained increasing importance over the years, arousing curiosity a little in all markets and in people of all ages. This means that many products, services and brands that were used in the past are returning with some force. This research aims to understand the attitudes towards retro products in a sample of portuguese consumers, that is, finding out what influence the nostalgia, antiquarianism, experience with the past, interest in the past, materialism, consumer novelty seeking and need for uniqueness have on the attitudes of a group of portuguese consumers to purchase these goods. In order to achieve this objective it was conducted a descriptive study, using a quantitative method, in this case the survey as means of data collection, in wich the key questions have been prepared taking into account previously developed scales from some authors. This survey was published online by registering as a sample 320 portuguese consumers. It was found that both nostalgia and antiquarianism and experience that these consumers had in the past, have a positive influence in their attitudes to acquire retro products at the present. The variable materialism was not reliable, while the remaining variables (interest in the past, novelty seeking and need for uniqueness) did not present statistical significance, wich means that they don't influence the attitudes of portuguese consumers (presente in this sample) compared to retro products.
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Chaudary, Fariha. "Hiding and seeking identity : the female figure in the novels of Pakistani female writers in English : a feminist approach." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2013. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/17563/.
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Pakistani female writers in English continue to highlight the struggles of women within patriarchal Pakistani society. The emphasis of my research project has been to explore and analyse the struggle and resistance of female figures against patriarchal structures as presented through the fiction of my chosen female writers. I have analysed the works of Pakistani Anglophone women writers, Bapsi Sidhwa and Qaisra Shahraz. The thesis concludes with the analysis of a novel by a contemporary Urdu Pakistani female writer, Umera Ahmad. Analysing an Urdu feminist writing along with feminist writing in English has allowed my thesis a broader scope as Urdu feminist writings are an indispensible part of the Pakistani literary canvas in general and feminist literary canvas in particular. Through sexual awakening, sexual victimisation (rape, forced marriage) and sexual discrimination Sidhwa, Shahraz and Ahmad’s women learn of the gendered oppression that works through their bodies. Grappling with a range of victimisations, the female figures, from across the chosen works, expose how female sexuality and bodies are defined, controlled and exploited by men under the guise of socio-cultural and religious traditions. My research explores both the violent and subtle ways in which patriarchy represses female sexuality to control and restrict women in Pakistani society. A further underlying motive of my research has been to stress the importance of writing in allowing the female figures a ‘voice’ to aid their struggle against patriarchal structures. I believe feminist writings, specifically by female authors, both in English and Urdu, are a much needed contribution to the already existing Pakistani literary canon. Therefore, the works of chosen female writers are critically examined in order to understand their role and importance towards addressing, exploring and devising solutions, through a literary medium, to the issues women face in patriarchal society.
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Rensvold, Roger Bury. "The effects of performance, individual differences, and arousal on feedback-seeking behavior in a novel computer-based task." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/30649.
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Bordoloi, Jayanta Kumar. "Early detection of the process of vascular calcification with novel bone seeking radiopharmaceuticals using SPECT-CT and P ET-CT." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2015. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/early-detection-of-the-process-of-vascular-calcification-with-novel-bone-seeking-radiopharmaceuticals-using-spectct-and-p-etct(30929d3f-4816-406e-bd02-058b751b7920).html.
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Positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) are clinically established sensitive molecular imaging modalities. However, their use in clinical cardiology remains limited. Early or intermediate stages of vascular calcification are thought to enhance plaque vulnerability. Computed tomography (CT), the “gold standard” for clinical imaging of calcification, fails to detect the early stages of calcification. PET and SPECT imaging may be used to detect the early stages of calcification in vivo. The aim of the project was to evaluate novel and clinically established bone seeking SPECT and PET agents for imaging vascular calcification using experimental animal models. Technetium-99m labelled methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP), fluorine-18 sodium fluoride (18F-NaF) and the novel bone seeking agents technetium-99m labelled dipicolylamine alendronate (99mTc-DPA Ale) and nitrido bis(dithiocarbamatebisphospho nate) (99mTc-N (DTCBP)2) were tested in vitro and for imaging in vivo using rat models of medial vascular calcification. In the initial in vitro studies the bone seeking radiotracers described here demonstrated their potential for avid binding with different minerals, both of biological and synthetic origin, with 99mTc-DPA-Ale and 18F-NaF binding most efficient. Rat models for vascular calcification were established by diet modification and sub-cutaneous injections. For optimising the in vivo imaging protocol, a robust rat model with extensive calcification was established by feeding a special warfarin diet and sub-cutaneous administration of vitamin D3. Another model, with slow and progressive calcification, was achieved by feeding rats with warfarin diet only, and was found to be an ideal candidate for the longitudinal imaging study. In vivo imaging with animal models for vascular calcification revealed that the radiotracers can detect vascular calcification earlier than computed tomography. Longitudinal studies with the calcified rat model showed that the radiotracers can also play a role in monitoring disease progression. However, the study also revealed several unexpected findings. SPECT and PET images showed radiotracer uptake in the abdominal aorta and mesenteric artery. Histological evidence of calcification was seen in the thoracic aorta which was not detected on SPECT and PET imaging. Histological sections also revealed that the calcified regions in the abdominal aorta are in proximity to the lumen whereas in the thoracic aorta they are deep seated, close to the adventitia which may account for the differential in uptake. The longitudinal imaging study showed that uptake of the radiotracers also reduced with maturity in calcification. These findings raise some intriguing questions, and answering them would help in a better understanding of the process of vascular calcification and developing strategies for in vivo imaging with SPECT-CT and PET-CT. In conclusion, bone seeking radiopharmaceuticals have the potential to be used as agents for early diagnosis of vascular calcification and further study needs to be done to address the interesting questions raised in this thesis.
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Cheng, Hao-Wen, and 鄭皓文. "Novelty-Seeking Segmentation of B&B Tourists." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/m4qpqk.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
餐旅管理與教育研究所
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The present study aimed to segment the bed and breakfast (B&B) market in Taiwan mainly based on travelers’ novelty seeking types (Lee and Crompton, 1992). Applying both techniques of electronic survey and written questionnaire, a total of 906 valid responses were obtained (96%). A series examination of scale validation was done to ensure the measurements of novelty seeking and B&B characteristics had reasonable reliability and validity. The cluster analysis identified four distinct segments of the B&B market-- boredom alleviators, surprise seekers, routine escapees, and thrill seekers. The boredom alleviators preferred the B&B accommodations styling with distinguishing features. The surprise seekers tended to choose B&Bs providing packaged services. B&Bs possessing natural resources and cultural traits would attract routine escapees, while thrill seekers would desire the interaction with the B&B host and experiential activities. Finally, more implications were discussed, and the marketing strategies were outline for the industry accordingly.
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Jhang, Jr-Mei, and 張志梅. "The Effect of Novelty Seeking on Revisit Intention." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/g5427u.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
園藝暨景觀學系
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Once a brand new tourist attraction is opened, it often attracts lots of first time visitors, while repeat visitors are the key factor for tourist attraction to maintain its revenue. In general, people decide to revisit a spot according to their past experience. Visitors may return to the destination when they have a satisfied experience with it. However, some visitors won’t return to it though they had a satisfied experience. The difference between these two groups may due to one’s novelty seeking degree and changes of willingness to revisit a place by time. The purpose of this study is to discuss about whether different types of destinations will affect the relevance between one’s novelty seeking level and intention of revisiting a place. The study selected beach activities, hiking and mountain climbing to distinguish different types of activities. The study divided novelty seeking into four aspects including thrill, change from routine, boredom alleviation and surprise. The time periods of willing to revisit a place were sort into one year, three years and five years. The study used an online questionnaire to survey, and a total of 302 valid questionnaires were collected, including 121 data of beach activities, 241 data of hiking, and 87 data of mountain climbing. The results showed that in beach activities, change from routine and surprise were negatively related to revisit intentions within next one year and next three years. The data of hiking showed that change from routine were negatively related to revisit intentions within next one year and next three years, and surprise were negatively related to revisit intentions within next one year. The data of mountain climbing showed that change from routine were negatively related to revisit intentions within next one year. The study used regressions to analyze the influence of novelty seeking, distance, satisfaction, and time factor on the revisit intentions of different activities, and on one hand, it showed that the novelty seeking was negatively affect revisit intentions, satisfaction was positively affect revisit intentions, and time factor was positively affect revisit intentions both in beach activities and hiking. On the other hand, in mountain climbing activities, satisfaction and time factor were positively affect revisit intentions.
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Polgar, Martina. "Vliv polymorfismů "dopaminových genů" na chování typu novelty seeking." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-368061.
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This diploma thesis examines the linkage between -141C Ins/Del polymorphism in dopamine receptor D2 gene and novelty seeking behavior (NSB). Novelty seeking is a personality trait characterized as a tendency to seek out various, complex and intense sensations and experiences at the cost of physical, social, legal, and financial risk. It also appears to be related to the onset of young drug use and aggressive behavior. It has been suggested that there is a relatively high occupancy of dopamine receptors in the brain of individuals with this characteristic feature. Generally, dopamine receptors are extensively studied in relation to many psychiatric diseases or personality disorders. Although there are studies focusing on personality traits such as novelty seeking, subjects of their research are mainly dopamine receptors D1, D3 or D4. Very little is known about dopamine receptor D2 and its relation to NSB despite the fact, that DRD2 is the key negative regulator of dopamine action. Currently, determination of occupancy of dopamine D2 receptors in the brain is possible with positron emission tomography (PET). However, using PET in neuropsychological research is not always financially viable. To date, only few studies associated with PET and NSB vs D2 receptors occupancy have appeared in published...
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許鈞凱. "The effects of novelty seeking, novel attributes and product novelty on consumer’s attitude: Using tourism product as an example." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15131606782020798816.
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碩士國立政治大學
廣告研究所
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This research focuses on what factors based on novelty seeking will be influencing tourists’ attitude toward the tourism product. Many scholars have already mentioned that different degree of novelty seeking among tourists may influence their choices of different sightseeing activities and trip destination. Therefore, whether the travel programs provide novel experiences to the tourists(namely novel attributes) or any novelty of the product itself should be able to attract tourists with different degree of novelty seeking. However, researches on novel attributes in the past mostly put emphasis on substantial products and seldom discussed on service products. In addition, there is a lack of literature regarding product novelty as well. For these reasons, the purpose of this research is to observe the factors which influence attitudes of tourists with different degree of novelty seeking by means of manipulating novel attributes and product novelty. The result of this research shows that travel journey with novel attributes or just a tourism product with high degree of novelty don’t necessarily make better impressions on tourists. When facing travel journey with no novel attributes or just a product with low degree of novelty (package tour), tourists with low degree of novelty seeking show more favor towards the product than those with high degree of novelty seeking, but they as well have positive attitude when there is travel journey with novel attributes or just a product with high degree of novelty (semi-independent travel). On the other hand, the tourists with high degree of novelty seeking comparatively tend to show preference for the travel journey with novel attributes or just a product with high degree of novelty (semi-independent travel). Here what calls our attention is that, when the tourism product is with high degree of novelty (semi-independent travel) and is combined with the travel journey with novel attributes at the same time, it may cause information overload for consumers thus raise their learning cost instead. This even causes consumers to produce negative or confused attitude when evaluating the product. Hence, for the (tourism product) suppliers who want to release new products to the market, I suggest that product design should be emphasize on adding appropriate novelty. For example, semi-independent travel attracts consumers with both high and low degree of novelty seeking; tour package with novel attributes is also safe for tourists. What we should be aware of is that too much novel information increases consumer’s learning cost, and once it causes consumer’s information to overload, it may cause negative effect instead.
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Narangarav, Tuvdennyam. "A Study among Destination Image, Novelty Seeking and Intention to Visit Mongolia." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/vut6c3.
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碩士大葉大學
國際企業管理學系碩士班
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Tourism is one of the largest industries and it is open to everybody but destinations are different because of tourist’s behavior and what they want to see and feel. There are many topics and issues around tourism because of the globalization. Everybody wants to go to another place where they are not known. The travel agency needs to provide travel services that are consistent with that desire. Therefore, this study aims to investigate destination image of Mongolia by Taiwanese and Taiwanese novelty seeking how influence on intention to visit to Mongolia. This study involved questionnaire survey, comprised of three scales concerning destination image, novelty seeking and intention to visit. Examination of this study used 271 collected samples. There were not invalid respondents so response rate was 100%. Quantitative statistical methods included descriptive analysis, reliability test, regression analysis and Pearson correlation. For result of this study, positive relation between destination image and intention to visit, novelty seeking and intention to visit and positive moderating effect between destination image and intention to visit. In summary, this study will be helpful for future researchers who interested in topic around tourism.
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Coimbra, Bárbara Guimarães Salazar. "Effects of prenatal exposure to glucocorticoids in impulsivity and novelty-seeking behavior." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/24479.
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Dissertação de mestrado em Ciências da SaúdeEarly life stress (ELS) or elevated levels of glucocorticoids (GCs) may result in persistent effects in the central nervous system that can lead to maladaptive behavior in adult life and increase the vulnerability to develop psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety, depression or drug addiction. In clinics, synthetic GCs are often prescribed in pregnancies in risk of pre-term labor, to ensure fetal lung maturation. Regardless of its beneficial effect, elevated levels of GCs during this period can lead to deleterious and permanent effects on brain function and development. The mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic circuit, also known as the ‘reward’ system, seems to be a key target of stress/GCs, since it has been shown that animals exposed to GC in utero (iuGC) have structural and molecular alterations in several brain regions of this pathway. Importantly, such changes may underlie the observed addictive-like behavior of iuGC animals. Vulnerability for addictive behavior may be modulated by individual emotional condition and/or specific personality traits. iuGC animals present anxious and depressive-like behavior, but less is known about their novelty-seeking and impulsivity traits, two behavioral dimensions that contribute substantially to drug-seeking behavior. In this perspective, we evaluated iuGC animals in novelty-dependent behavioral tests. iuGC animals did not present major differences in noveltyinduced locomotor activity nor in general exploratory behavior (Novelty Place Preference and Novel Object Recognition). However, iuGC rats explore familiar and novel objects similarly in the 24h retention time test, suggesting long-term memory impairment. In addition, we assessed impulsive action, using the 5-Choice Serial Reaction Time Task (5-CSRTT) and impulsive choice, using the Delay Discounting (DD) test. Whereas no significant differences were found in 5-CSRTT performance, iuGC animals present alterations in the DD task. Since DD task is strongly dependent on the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and also the amygdala, we analyzed the neuronal activation pattern of these brain regions upon task performance. iuGC treatment induced significant changes in c-fos positive cell density in the orbitofrontal cortex, medial PFC and less so in the amygdala, which could potentially explain the observed behavioral differences. Altogether, our results suggest that iuGC treatment does not seem to affect novelty-seeking behavior, but it has an effect in impulsive choice, which may contribute for the observed enhanced drug-seeking behavior.
Exposição a stress pré-natal ou a níveis elevados de glucocorticóides (GC) podem resultar em alterações persistentes no sistema nervoso central, aumentando a vulnerabilidade para o desenvolvimento de doenças psiquiátricas tais como a ansiedade, depressão ou dependência de drogas. Na clínica, os GCs sintéticos são vulgarmente prescritos em casos de risco de parto prematuro, para assegurar a maturação pulmonar fetal. Independentemente do seu efeito benéfico, níveis elevados de GCs durante este período podem levar a efeitos nefastos e permanentes na função e desenvolvimento cerebral. O circuito mesocorticolímbico, conhecido como o sistema de recompensa, parece ser um alvo preferencial do stress /GCs, uma vez que foi demonstrado que animais expostos in útero a GCs (iuGC) têm alterações estruturais e moleculares neste circuito. De salientar que tais mudanças podem ser a base do comportamento aditivo observado nestes animais. A vulnerabilidade para o comportamento aditivo pode ser modulada pela condição emocional e/ou características da personalidade do indivíduo. Os animais iuGC são ansiosos e apresentam características do tipo depressivo, mas pouco se sabe sobre o seu efeito em características como a procura de sensação/novidade e impulsividade, duas dimensões comportamentais que contribuem substancialmente para o comportamento aditivo. Nesta perspectiva, estes animais foram avaliados em testes comportamentais baseados na resposta à novidade. Os animais iuGC não apresentam diferenças substanciais na atividade locomotora induzida pela novidade nem no comportamento exploratório geral (Novelty Place Preference e Novel Object Recognition). Contudo, os indivíduos iuGC exploram objectos familiares e novos de forma semelhante no teste com tempo de retenção de 24h. Adicionalmente, avaliámos a acção impulsiva, através do 5-Choice Serial Reaction Time Task (5-CSRTT) e a escolha impulsiva, utilizando o teste Delay Discounting (DD). O grupo iuGC apresenta alterações na tarefa DD, mas não na performance no 5-CSRTT. Como o teste DD é dependente do córtex pré-frontal (PFC) e da amígdala, foi analisado o padrão de activação neuronal destas regiões usando imunohistoquímica para c-fos. O tratamento iuGC induziu alterações na densidade de células cfos positivas no córtex orbito frontal e PFC medial, com menor efeito na amígdala, o que pode ajudar a explicar as diferenças observadas. Em suma, os nossos resultados sugerem que o tratamento iuGC não parece afetar o comportamento exploratório, mas tem um efeito deletério na memória de longo prazo. Em simultâneo, os animais iuGC apresentam maior escolha impulsiva, o que pode contribuir para a maior vulnerabilidade para comportamentos aditivos.
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Hung, Sheng-Yen, and 洪聖晏. "Novelty-seeking, Past Behaviors, and Tourism Activities among Japanese Tourists in Taiwan." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39236704376077322446.
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碩士中國文化大學
觀光事業研究所
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Based on WTO (World Tourism Organization) 2006 world tourism analysis reports, the tourism industry has become one of the main streams in increasing incomes in many countries. In light of the increase in the tourism population, WTTC (World Tourism and Travel Council) estimated that the global tourism income will reach US 5.9 trillion in 2008. Thus, the tourism industry plays an important role and the travel behaviors of tourists are worth examining. Travel is a special form of consumption behavior involving an intangible, a heterogeneous purchase of an experiential product. Models of consumer behavior normally see tourists’ intentions as the immediate antecedent of purchases. Scholars have confirmed that tourists’ intentions reflect actual purchases in consumer decision models. The difference between tourism planned behaviors and actual behaviors has been discussed in North America through 1) a study probing tourists who traveled to Alachuca County in Florida; and 2) Europeans and North American tourists who have traveled to Prince Edward Island in Canada. However, the situation in Asia of the gap between planned behavior and actual behavior is still unknown. Therefore, this research tries to understand the relationship between planned behaviors and realized behaviors in Taiwan. The respondents are Japan tourists. In addition, novelty-seeking and their past behaviors such as the frequency of trips to Taiwan are also explored. The survey instruments were based upon various tourism marketing researches. The questionnaire was conducted with a convenience sample of 393 Japan tourists between February 2 to May 15 , 2008. The research findings are as follows: 1. In terms of the number of indulged travel activities, realized tourism behaviors are greater than planned ones; 2. The stronger Japanese tourists’ novelty-seeking reflects that the greater differences exist between their planned behaviors and realized behavior; and 3. The past behavior doesn’t influence the gap existing between planned behaviors and realized behaviors. Implications for future research and marketing strategies for relevant tourism industries and government agents are also discussed.
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Chu, Shi-Ting, and 朱熙廷. "Novelty-Seeking and Tourist Behavior: An Example of Aboriginal Cultural Villages in Taiwan." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43829494095021026522.
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碩士中國文化大學
觀光事業研究所
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The research on aboriginal tourism has been ongoing for decades but reached its peak since 90’s and ever since it become one of the attractions to appeal tourists. Abo-riginal culture parks can reflect authentic aboriginal culture and satisfy tourists’ needs of novelty-seeking, visiting aboriginal culture parks is one of the very few ways for tour-ists to interact with aboriginal culture. Therefore, more and more tourists visiting abo-riginal culture parks by different travel types. The main objectives of this study are as follows: 1. To classify aboriginal tourists into different segmentations by using Lee and Crompton’s (1992) novelty seeking scale, meanwhile, to understand the difference on tourist behaviors caused by different clus-ters of “novelty-seeking” motivation. 2. To identify the traveling type (package and self-guided) of Taiwanese tourists who participate aboriginal tourism have different tourist behaviors. A self-administered questionnaire was used as the research instrument. Due to the nature of the domestic travel, the unit of analysis is local Taiwanese. Two-stage cluster, discriminant, chi-square, t-test, and one-way ANOVA analysis are used in this study. The finding show as follows: First, “Prepared Travelers”, “Moderate Life change Trav-elers” and “High Novelty-Seekers” can be successfully classified by replicating Lee and Crompton’s (1992) novelty seeking scale, they are different in activity preference and social contact dimension of aboriginal tourist behaviors. Secondly, there are no differ-ences between package and self-guided tourists in aboriginal tourist behaviors. For the further research, studies that investigate novelty-seeking of inbound tour-ists’ in Villages and eco-tourism oriented aboriginal region is also recommended. For practitioners'' marketing concerns, since “High Novelty Seekers” are the main target of aboriginal tourism, therefore, it is vital to anticipate and to satisfy this type of tourists'' needs and wants. Acknowledgements: Many thanks for the partial financial support from the Social Sci-ences and Humanities Research Council of Canada through a grant held by Professor Geoffrey Wall.
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Muller, Jacomien. "The influence of harm avoidance and novelty seeking temperament traits on emotional processing." Diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30076.
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The purpose of this study is to explore the differences within specific temperament traits on emotional processing bias. Participants with extremes in temperament traits Harm Avoidance and Novelty Seeking were categorised and their performance on a computerised neuropsychological test battery was investigated. First year psychology students at a residential university in South Africa were invited to participate in the original study. Processing of the data yielded a realised sample of 431 participants who completed the Emotions battery, which comprised of four tasks. The results show that processing of affective valence varies according to individual differences within specific temperament traits. The findings suggest a negative emotion processing bias in the High HA group in comparison to the low HA group. Furthermore, the impulsive and extroverted High NS group show an increased ability to process emotional faces in comparison to the low NS group. The implications of these findings are discussed in the context of putative risk factors for psychopathological disorders.Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Gous, Leah. "An exploratory study of Novelty Seeking tendencies and students' performance on executive functioning tasks." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31610.
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In light of collated research linking temperament traits and executive performance, the aim of this study is to explore, in a large non-clinical sample, the differences in executive performance profiles among participants with different intensities of the trait Novelty Seeking (NS). A further aim is to establish which facets of NS contribute to these differences. The NS temperament dimension and its subscales were operationalised as scores on the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), which is based on the psychobiological theory of personality. The University of Pennsylvania Computerised Neuropsychological Test Battery (PennCNP) of executive functioning (EF) and abstract reasoning was used to measure participants’ neuropsychological EF. The total sample of participants (n= 461) was divided into high NS (n= 216) and low NS (n= 245) groups to investigate any significant differences between them. Further analysis was then conducted in order to analyse the relationship between the NS scale, the four subscales (Exploratory Excitability, Impulsiveness, Extravagance, and Disorderliness), and performance in executive tasks. The findings of this study indicated significant differences between groups with different intensities of NS, with the high NS group functioning notably better in performance and reaction time. Furthermore, this study showed that facets of NS, such as impulsiveness was a significant contributor to EF performance outcomes.Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Luo, Shejuang, and 羅旭壯. "The Impact of Novelty Seeking on Revisit Intention: Vivid Memory as the Moderating Variable." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/57659819521177827530.
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管理學院博士班
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According to past studies about the leisure and tourism industry, for those tourists who either have positive or negative effects of novelty seeking had been found to have more revisit intention. The purpose of this study was to explore whether novelty seeking has the effect on the tourists’ revisit intention, as well as whether vivid memory can bring about significant effects on their revisit intention. A total sample of 1129 inbounding tourists from Mainland China and outbounding Taiwanese tourists was recruited as subjects to conduct with a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. These subjects were administered the pre-test and questionnaire survey. The Structural Equation Modeling was employed to measure the data analysis. The results indicated that novelty seeking has a positive effect on tourists’ revisit intention. Novelty seeking on the influence of tourists’ revisit intention may be affected by the moderating variable of vivid memory in a positive direction. However, there is insignificant difference between tourists from China and Taiwan. The relationship between novelty seeking and revisit intention has the positive effect in this study. In other words, tourists with more novelty seeking have more revisit intention. If tourists have stable and beautiful memory, their revisit intention will be enhanced. Additionally, if travel agencies deliver a higher level of service quality by arousing tourists’ memory, making different types of tourists and keeping the vivid travel memory, tourists’ higher interest of revisit intention will then be aroused. A conclusion and recommendation would be provided in this study to expound further theory on the revisit intention. A practical recommendation would also be provided for the tour operators and tourist managers as a means to increase the development of tourism industry and its promotion as well.
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Chiang, Chun-Huei, and 江俊輝. "Japanese and American Tourists on Novelty-Seeking at Night Markets in Taiwan:A Segmentation Approach." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93230269713312676812.
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碩士中國文化大學
觀光事業研究所
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Night markets play an essential role in Taiwanese daily life. Tourists wish to experience new things and visit different environments away from their familiar places. As a result, night markets in Taiwan can stimulate international tourists’ novelty-seeking motives when visiting Taiwan. The major aims of this research are as follows: 1. To segment Japanese and American tourists by using Jiang’s ITR (International Tourist Role) scale on their novelty-seeking motives in visiting night markets. 2. To profile Japanese and American tourists by delineating their background information and comparing the differences of motivations according to the demographic variables and travel characteristics. With respect to the market segmentation on international tourists’ novelty-seeking in visiting night markets, significant differences are found in gender, marital status, age, occupation, and purpose of travel among Japanese and American tourists. In addition, statistical differences are found in numbers of visits and companions on tourists’ traveling characteristics when both American and Japanese tourists visited night markets. For the further research, studies that investigate more inbound international tourists and night markets are recommended. For practitioners’ marketing concerns, it is vital to anticipate and to satisfy different types of tourists’ needs and wants.
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Wang, Peng-Yao, and 王鵬堯. "Effects of Tourist Experience, Novelty Seeking and Satisfaction on Behavioral Intention: Case of Amusement Parks." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65213164746596337705.
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碩士國立交通大學
運輸科技與管理學系
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There has been increased attention given in the tourism study to the relationship between consumer behavioral intention and experiential marketing, consumption experience, and/or experiential value etc. Most of these empirical studies suggested finally that if the tourism industry could improve the lack or insufficiency of experiential factors which represented unsatisfactory, it should be able to enhance the tourist’s satisfaction, intention to return and willingness to recommend the destination. However, it’s indeed important to the tourism industry, but perhaps not necessarily to tourist. According to the concept of “novelty seeking”, people may travel because they want to experience something new and different. Therefore, this study assumed further that another behavioral intention termed “exploratory intention” might exist, and compared with intention to return and willingness to recommend, exploratory intention perhaps can explain the destination decision even more. From the point of view of tourist, this study focused on the relationship between the tourist experience, novelty seeking, satisfaction, willingness to recommend, intention to return and exploratory intention. 600 tourists at two popular amusement parks were investigated from February 2007 and a structural equation model (SEM) was used for theory testing and development. The results show tourist actual owned the exploratory intention, not only derived from one’s level of novelty seeking, but gained from once wonderful travel experience. Despite a wonderful travel experience can increase one’s satisfaction and intention to return, it also stimulates people to visit another destination by the same way to fulfill the desire of next travel. At last, the study provides some theoretical and management suggestions for follow-up studies and tourism industries respectively.
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WENG, SHU-CHEN, and 翁淑珍. "The Relationship Study between Personality Traits and Overall Image－Novelty Seeking on Travel as a Mediator." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/y5s98p.
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碩士大葉大學
觀光餐旅碩士在職學位學程
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The number of Taiwanese people traveling abroad has been rising year by year, and there have been growing trends on traveling to Japan, South Korea, and Thailand. This thesis is to study the tourists who have traveled to Tokyo, Seoul and Bangkok, and also study the relationship between personality traits and overall image while those tourists’ novelty seeking is a mediator. In order to proceed with further research, first of all, using the relevent theories on the personality traits, novelty seeking, and overall image to analyze the definition and measurement in order to provide a good theoretical basis for following research. The research methods are based on the framework, hypotheses, questionnaire design, sampling methods, and data analysis methods. In the questionnaire survey of the study, an online questionnaire was used. There were 318 valid respondents who had visited Tokyo, 214 valid respondents who had visited Seoul, and 239 valid respondents who had visited Bangkok.There are 771 valid respondents totoally. Subsequently, the SSPS was used to analyze the descriptive statistics, variances analysis, reliability and validity analysis, correlation analysis of variables, regression analysis of variables, and research hypothesis results. As a result, it was found that the personality traits have a positive effect on the overall tourism image, the personality traits have a positive effect on the novelty seeking, and the novelty seeking has a positive effect on the overall image of tourism.. The results of this study can provide a reference for the government, tourism industry and travel planning.
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"Novel Cues Reinstate Cocaine-Seeking Behavior and Induce Fos Protein as Effectively as Conditioned Cues." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14612.
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abstract: The capability of cocaine-associated stimuli in eliciting craving in human addicts, even after extended periods of abstinence, is modeled in animals using cue reinstatement of extinguished cocaine-seeking behavior. This study aimed to examine brain activation in response to cocaine cues in this model apart from activation produced by test novelty using a novel cue control. Rats trained to self-administer cocaine paired with either an oscillating light or tone cue underwent daily extinction training and were then tested for reinstatement of extinguished cocaine-seeking behavior elicited by response-contingent presentations of either their assigned cocaine-paired cue or the alternate, novel cue. Additional controls received saline infusions and cue presentations yoked to a cocaine-trained rat. Brains were harvested for Fos immunohistochemistry immediately after the 90-min reinstatement test. Surprisingly, conditioned and novel cues both reinstated responding to a similar degree; however magnitude of reinstatement did vary by cue modality with the greatest reinstatement to the light cues. In most brain regions, Fos expression was enhanced in rats with a history of cocaine training regardless of cue type with the exception of the Cg1 region of the anterior cingulate cortex, which was sensitive to test cue modality. Also Fos expression within the dorsomedial caudate-putamen was correlated with responding in the novel, but not conditioned, cue groups. In subsequent experiments, we observed a similar pattern of reinstatement in rats trained and tested for sucrose-seeking behavior, whereas rats trained and tested with the cues only reinstated to a novel light and tone, but not a familiar cue. The results suggest that novel cues reinstate responding to a similar extent as conditioned cues regardless of whether animals have a history of operant-delivered drug or a natural reinforcer. Furthermore, similar brain circuits as those involved in cocaine-seeking behavior are activated by novel cues, suggesting converging processes exist to drive conditioned and novel reinforcement seeking.Dissertation/Thesis
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Wang, Hua-Lan, and 王花蘭. "Effects of Ecologically Conscious Consumer Behavior and Consumer Novelty Seeking on the Intention of Adopting Solar Photovoltaic." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07327918304850321686.
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碩士國立交通大學
管理學院碩士在職專班經營管理組
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The purpose of this research is to investigate the trend and adoption of ecologically conscious consumer behavior (ECCB) and consumer novelty seeking (CNS) on households installed with the solar water heaters. This research received 216 effective samples from the total 500 mailed and Internet questionnaires and In-depth interviews. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Multiple Regression Analysis analyze the data. The result indicates that household consumers who will have higher intentions of adopting the Solar Photovoltaic are people aged from 41 to 51, with higher family income, previous experiences of buying expensive solar water heaters and willingness to make recommendations after use. The higher ECCB and CNS will lead to greater intention of adopting the Solar Photovoltaic. Additionally, by using the Path Analysis, the research found the CNS has mediating effect on ECCB to affect the willingness of adoption of Solar Photovoltaic. In practical aspects, the research conclusion provides suggestions to Taiwan Power Company with a strategy of the Demand Side Load Management in response to the peak load problem.
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Jang, Yung-Chin, and 張詠欽. "The Study of the Influence of Experiential Marketing on the Customer Satisfaction – Novelty Seeking as Moderator Variable." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bdkpad.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
文化創意產業經營學系
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With the advent of the experience economy, many business managers begun to introduce experiential marketing elements into their products and services considering the changes and wealth brought by “experiences”. Currently, the cultural and creative industry in Taiwan is also developing toward providing greater customer experiences, particularly the experiences of cultural and creative aesthetics in life. The lifestyle industry, a sub-industry that belongs to the design category of the cultural and creative industry, has been defined as an industry dedicated to providing in-depth experiences and high-quality aesthetics. It offers six kinds of experiences. This development shows the close relationship between cultural and creative development and applications of experiential marketing. Previous literature shows that the effect of experiential marketing on customer satisfaction varies by provider and customer. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of experiential marketing using Xitou Monster Village as an example. This research subject features products, services, and surprise created out of general issues. This study also considered novelty seeking in the model to examine if the relationship between experiential marketing and customer satisfaction is moderated by thrill, change from routine, boredom alleviation or surprise. Results showed that all the five strategic experiential modules (SEMs) had a significant and positive effect on customer satisfaction. That is, sense, feel, think, act, and relate experiences can help create higher customer satisfaction. The test of moderating effect found that sense, feel, and act experiences led to significantly higher customer satisfaction among tourists seeking a change from routine; sense experience led to significantly higher customer satisfaction among tourists seeking surprises. The moderating effects of the other dimensions of novelty seeking were not significant. As to the strategic and managerial implications of the results, this study presented four suggestions as follows: pay attention to safety, integrate historical and cultural contexts, consider current poor economic conditions, and reduce the negative cost of surprise.
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Chen, Chunchun, and 陳均淳. "The relationship among novelty seeking, serious leisure and tourist satisfaction: An empirical study of aboriginal-themed museums in Taipei." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47777874036327809102.
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碩士中國文化大學
觀光事業學系
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The main purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between novelty seeking, serious leisure and satisfaction of aboriginal-themed museums. The scope of this study is three aboriginal-themed museums in Taipei, mainly focusing on the tourists who visited aboriginal-themed museums. This research adopts a conventional sampling and analyze questionnaires results through descriptive statistical analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis and structural equation modeling to understand the relationship among the degree of novelty seeking, the characteristics of serious leisure and the satisfaction of museums. The results indicate that there is a positive significant relationship between novelty seeking and serious leisure; serious leisure and museums satisfaction also have a positive significant relationship. However, novelty seeking is likely to influence satisfaction via serious leisure; that is, tourists who wish to experience and understanding aboriginal culture or are attracted by the display themes would result in novelty seeking. After visiting the aboriginal-themed Museum, the novelty seeking is full-filled, so leading to the desire to visit or participate in museum activities in the long-term. As tourists are actively participating in museum activities, it corresponds with serious leisure; therefore, museum satisfaction of tourists are enhanced.
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Huang, Pao-Mei, and 黃寶梅. "Investigating structural relationships between Experiential Quality, Experiential Value, Novelty Seeking, Satisfaction and Behavioral Intention for tourist: Evidence from Huashan 1914 Creative Park." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/xsmgy4.
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碩士稻江科技暨管理學院
休閒遊憩與旅運管理學系碩士班
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Cultural and Creative Industry were the most potential industry in 21 century, providing opportunities for local development. It not only promotes economic development and industry upgrading, but also creates a lot of work opportunity. Cultural and creative industries as the country’s economic development have been the global trend. Cultural and Creative Park provide communication, learning and promotion, promote creative product spaces for artists. The product includes tangible creative products and intangible services and recreation experience. Visitor’ experience and evaluation will affect their revisit or recommend intention. Therefore, it's important for Cultural and Creative Park manager to provide great experience and value. This study aims to investigate the relationships between experiential quality, experiential value, satisfaction and behavioral intention for Huasan 1914 Cultural and Creative Park visitors through a regression analysis. The convenience sampling technique was employed to collect data for empirical analysis. Descriptive statistics, validity analysis, reliability analysis, and regression analysis were applied to examine the proposed research framework. A better understanding of these relationships can provide tourism managers insights into knowing the visitors’ experiences and behavioral intentions, and adjust their services to meet visitors’ needs.
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Brunt, Richard Jason. "Tracking linguistic and attentional influences on preferential looking in infancy." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/29553.
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One unresolved issue in early word learning research is the relationship between word learning, categorization, and attention. Two distinct cognitive processes, attentional preferences related to categorical processing and inter-modal matching are involved in this relationship. Keeping the effects of these processes separate and controlled can be a difficult task. Not doing so can potentially confound the interpretation of research in this area. In a series of four preferential looking studies, the effects of referential assignment and novelty seeking in infancy were teased apart. In Study 1, 13-month olds preferred to look toward a monitor on which the stimuli changed category on every trial, and away from a monitor on which the stimuli were drawn from a single category. This preference developed in conditions in which infants listened to labels, non-language sound, or participated in silence. In Study 2, 18-month-olds developed the same preference when listening to non-language sounds or when participating in silence, but developed no preference when listening to labels. Results of studies 3 and 4 suggest that the lack of preference by 18-month-olds in the label condition result from competing behaviors of novelty seeking and referential assignment.text
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YEH, I.-CHEN, and 葉怡貞. "A Study on the Relationships between Novelty Seeking and Self-perceived Health to Continuous Involvement of the City Farm Participants－The Mediation of Experience Value." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/d9z588.
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碩士大葉大學
休閒事業管理學系碩士在職專班
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The aim of this study was to discuss the relationships among novelty seeking, experience value and self-perceived health to continuous involvement of the city farm participants, while analyzing the differences between different demographic variables in novelty seeking, experience value, self-perceived health and continuous involvement of the city farm participants. The objects were the city farm participants living in Taipei city and New Taipei city. Sampling was conducted the questionnaire survey. Total 400 questionnaires were distributed and 363 samples were retrieved, with an effective response rate of 92.6 percent. The statistic software SPSS 22 was applied for data analysis. The statistical methods included descriptive statistic, independent-samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The major findings of this study were summarized as follows. The different demographic variables have partial significant differences in novelty seeking, experience value, self-perceived health and continuous involvement. Novelty seeking has significant positive correlation on experience value, self-perceived health and continuous involvement. Experience value has significant positive correlation on self-perceived health and continuous involvement. Self-perceived health has significant positive correlation on continuous involvement. Regarding mediator effect, experience value has partial mediation on the relationships between novelty seeking and continuous involvement. Experience value has partial mediation on the relationships between self-perceived health and continuous involvement. Novelty seeking, experience value and self-perceived health can effectively predict continuous involvement. The study makes up the gaps of previous studies in using novelty seeking, experience value and self-perceived health to predict continuous involvement. The findings of this study not only have managerial implications but also provide suggestions for future research.
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JANDOVÁ, Linda. "Možná asociace polymorfismů v genu pro dopaminový receptor D2 (\kur{DRD2}) s lidským chováním." Master's thesis, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-394613.
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This study is focused on the dopamine D2 receptor and the linkage between TaqIA and - 141C Ins/Del polymorphisms in DRD2 gene and novelty seeking behaviour, as well as the linkage between Val158Met polymorphism in COMT gene and novelty seeking behaviour. Novelty seeking behaviour is characterized as a personality trait with a tendency to look for novel stimulation and extravagances at any cost of legal, physical and social risk to reward cues. DRD2 and COMT genes are associated with the function of dopamine, which is essential for motoric function and reward-motivated behaviour. Therefore, the aim of this study is to ascertain the potential linkage among the three studied polymorphisms and novelty seeking behaviour.
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Ting, Lee Ying, and 李逸婷. "Seeking her in thousands: Analysis and discussion ofthe female roles in Mirjam Pressler's novels." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/p6t4fv.
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碩士國立臺東大學
兒童文學研究所
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Using females as the main characters in her four Chinese-translated novels── Wenn das Glück kommt (當幸福來臨時), Bitterschokolade (苦澀巧克力), Malka Mai (瑪卡‧麥), and Die Zeit der schlafenden Hunde (狗兒沈睡時分) , Mirjam Pressler, a German female writer, develops a way of critiquing social values from the feminine viewpoints and presents the female's body endurance for cultural inscription as well as their attitudes towards authority. Based on the roles of girls, teen-aged girls, and mothers in these four novels, the present study explored females' autonomy toward extrinsic appearances and the wake of intrinsic eroticism. It also discussed the process of their search for self-identity from their self-other relationship in their families, love, and marriage. No matter a good loving wife and mother or a rebellious teen-aged girl, their voices became an exit for breaking the contention of silence and expressed the female's resistance against single-value social standard. Even though the family angel and the rebellious girl formed two opposite narrative powers in the novels at first glance, they in fact represented the experiences of female interaction with the structure of social values. They also represented the split self-images of female writers contending with the authority as well as the close relationship between them and feminine writing. Hence, Mirjam's junior novels mirrored her own life experiences. Nevertheless, Mirjam put much emphasis on shaping female roles, constructing the atmosphere of female sentiments, and portraying the mother-daughter relationship. She established the feminine center viewpoint in order to strengthen the existence of feminine subjectivity; nonetheless, shaping the role of fathers seemed weak by contrast and fell into a convention. This then unintentionally revealed the blind points hidden in the viewpoints and showed the breakthrough and limitations of feminine writing.
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Hsiao-WenSu and 蘇筱雯. "Love Seeking as an Attempt to Settle Down?--A Study of John Sheng Kuo's Novels (1980-2015)." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68fc9c.
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碩士國立成功大學
台灣文學系
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To sum up, we first point out that John Sheng Kuo’s later works (2010-2015) have so far earned him more prestige than his earlier works (1980-1997), and that this is best explained in terms of the literary trends celebrated at different times in the Taiwanese literature field. We then draw on Kuo’s works to carry out textual analyses, with a special focus on ‘self in love’ and ‘individuals in the world’. With these efforts, we are able to trace Kuo’s writing career from 1980-1997 to 2010-2015, and the differences between works completed in these two periods, Kuo’s pursuit of ‘love’ and ‘ways to settle down’, and Kuo’s dialectical reasoning over time are thus brought to the fore.
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LEE, CHING-HAN, and 李清翰. "The Impact of Different Personalities on Variety Seeking Tendency of Novel Ingredients - Using Price as Moderator." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ya285z.
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碩士國立中正大學
企業管理系行銷管理研究所
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Taiwanese restaurant industry has thrived in these years, and hot pot industry is the most popular among all types of restaurants. Facing enormous pressure of competition, hot pot restaurant owners must seek differentiation to surpass competitors. Regarding differentiation of restaurant industry, some literature focused on the impact customization and service involvement has on consumer satisfaction. Much of previous literature also focused on the impact quality of food and types of music played in-store have on purchase intention. However, little was focused on studying novel ingredients as a type of differentiation. Taking all-you-can-eat hot pot restaurant as example, this study includes six different scenarios. After conducting path analysis, multiple-group analysis, ANOVA and interaction effect analysis of 345 effective samples, seven research results follow: (1)Conscientiousness has negative effect on variety seeking tendency, (2)Openness to experience has positive effect on variety seeking tendency, (3)Variety seeking tendency has positive effect on purchase intention of novel food, (4)Price has negative effect on average variety seeking tendency, (5)Provision of crayfish has positive effect on average variety seeking tendency, (6)The interaction of price and provision of crayfish has positive effect on average purchase intention. This study hopes to help hot pot restaurant owners attract consumers with higher purchase intention and set reasonable prices. This study suggests that future research may consider using novel ingredient as a way of differentiation.
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Lee, Shu-O., and 李旭娥. "A Study of the relationship between novel seeking toword service innovation and fashion consumption intention among the vocational high school students." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42776837056058797486.
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碩士國立高雄第一科技大學
行銷與流通管理研究所
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A study on the effect of popular consumption under vocational high school students’ attitude of trying new things in the innovative service surroundings., as following: 1. Recognition of vocational students in the service innovation, early adopters and the psychological impact of popular consumer intentions. 2. Analysis of different background variables (gender, school grade, pocket money and work experience) of vocational students in service innovation, early adopters of consumer intentions and popular psychology difference between the situations. 3. the service innovation of vocational students in recognition of degrees, and further explore the psychology of the early adopters of its popular consumer intent if there is significant correlation, as well as popular consumer service innovation and the intention is a significant correlation. Research methods used questionnaires to collect research data supplemented by focus group interviews to ninety-nine national vocational students academic year the population. This study used convenience sampling, due to geographic proximity, taking three hundred ninety-four a sample of vocational students in Tainan , three hundred fifty-six questionnaires were indeed have three hundred and sixteen copies of valid questionnaires, the questionnaire was available 88.76%. In this study, statistical methods: descriptive statistics, single-factor analysis of variance and regression. The Institute attainable specific conclusions are: 1. The vocational students aware of some of the services will positively affect their innovative popular consumer intentions. 2. Some early adopters of vocational students will positively affect their psychological perception of popular consumer intentions. 3. The vocational students will not be background variables (gender, school grade, a month pocket money, work experience and can lead to the pursuit of popular object of desire) is different in service innovation and early adopters are different on the psychology of perception. 4. The amount of pocket money per month vocational students, the popular perception on consumer intentions is different.
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Montague, Jane, and Melanie Haith-Cooper. "A study to assess the feasibility of using a novel digital animation to increase physical activity levels in asylum seeking communities." 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/18609.
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NoThe mental health benefits of physical activity and exercise are well-documented and asylum seekers who may have poor mental health could benefit from undertaking recommended levels of physical activity or exercise. Digital mobile applications are increasingly seen as feasible to precipitate behaviour change and could be a means to encourage asylum seekers to increase their levels of physical activity and exercise. This paper reports on a study that aimed to assess the feasibility of asylum seekers using the digital animation as a tool to change behaviour and increase their physical activity and exercise levels. A feasibility study underpinned by the principles of the COM-B behaviour change model was undertaken in West Yorkshire, UK, in 2019. Thirty participants were purposively recruited and interviewed. Peer interpreters were used as necessary. Deductive thematic analysis was undertaken to analyse the data. Overall, participants were positive about the feasibility of asylum seekers using the application as a behaviour change intervention. All expressed the view that it was easy to follow and would motivate them to increase their physical activity levels. Participants identified facilitators to this as the simplicity of the key messages, the cultural neutrality of the graphics and the availability of the mobile application in different languages. Identified barriers related to the dialect and accents in the translations and the over-simplicity of the application. This study has identified that a targeted digital animation intervention could help asylum seekers change their behaviour and hence improve their health and well-being. In designing such interventions, however, researchers must strongly consider co-design from an early stage as this is an important way to ensure that the development of an intervention is fit for purpose for different groups.
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