Doctoral theses defended in the Institute of Psychology
2023
64. Kadri Arumäe
Personality traits and body weight: from accurate descriptions to tests of causation
62. Nino Gugushvili
Digital communication technologies and mental health: an interplay between usage types and user characteristics
2022
61. Martin Kolnes
Appraisal driven modulation of attention control
60. Hedvig Sultson
Refining the constructs of positive and negative emotional eating
2021
59. Rene Randver
Parkinson’s disease and depression: brain mechanisms and non-invasive brain stimulation based treatment strategies
58. Gerly Tamm
Multiple sources of variation in perception and working memory for facial emotional expressions
2020
57. Katrin Kukk
Risk factors of binge eating and overeating – towards an integrated model
2019
56. Kadi Tulver
An investigation of individual differences in the effects of priors on visual perception
55. Dmitri Rozgonjuk
Problematic smartphone use: behavioral, psychopathological, dispositional, and educational correlates
54. Jaan Tulviste
Modulation of decision-making by transcranial magnetic stimulation
2018
53. Helen Uusberg
Studying the psychological mechanisms of affective individual differences with EEG correlates
52. Nele Põldver
An experimental exploration of automatic processes in visual perception
2017
51. Aire Mill
Exploring the role of personality traits and age in the experience and recognition of emotions
2016
50. Astra Schults
First words of Estonian children: early communicative development
49. Mariliis Vaht
Genes and alcohol use: effects of common genetic polymorphisms in general population
2015
48. Inga Karton
Deceptive communication: the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation and the signatures of electroencephalography
47. Kelli Lehto
Depression- and anxiety-related gene variants: effects on personality traits and health-related behaviour
46. Anni Tamm
Conflicts and their management in early childhood and adolescence
45. Renate Rutiku
Refining the methodology for investigating the neural correlates of consciousness
44. Uku Vainik
Towards a comprehensive framework for the psychological mechanisms of obesity and overeating
43. Mari-Liis Kaldoja
Mild traumatic brain injury in childhood: pre-injury social-emotional behavior, social-emotional and cognitive outcome and implications for attention rehabilitation
2014
42. Carolina Murd
Mechanisms of processing visual motion information: Psychophysical, bioelectrical and transcranial magnetic stimulation investigations
41. Andero Uusberg
Electroencephalographic insights into affective attention" (Elektroentsefalograafiline vaade emotsionaalse tähelepanu mehhanismidele)
40. Kariina Laas
Neuropeptide S and mental health: A functional receptor gene variant and environment shaping traits and contributing to psychiatric disorders
39. Maria Tamm
Psychological and physiological implications of time perception
2013
38. Henrik Dobewall
Human values and subjective well-being: An exploration of individual and cultural differences, change across life span, and self-other agreement
2012
37. Liisi Kööts-Ausmees
Emotional Experience: Relations to Personality, Subjective Well-Being, Recollection and External Influences
36. Triin Kurrikoff
Interpersonal relationships and behaviour: moderation by functional gene variants
35. Aire Raidvee
Pooling of elementary motion, colour, and orientation signals into global perception
34. Pirko Tõugu
"Where did we go last weekend?" Socialization of children through past-event reminiscing in various cultural contexts
33. Karin Täht
The cross-cultural view on students' motivation to learn
2011
32. Triin Hannust
Children's knowledge about the Earth and gravity and its change in the course of development and learning
31. Margus Kanarik
Inter-individual differences in vulnerability to depression: regional brain energy metabolism, serotonergic function and behaviour in animal models
30. Kersti Luuk
Antecedents and concomitants of adult psychological distress
2010
29. Kirsti Akkermann
Serotonin-related biomarkers and symptoms of eating disorders
27. Denis Matrov
Cerebral oxidative metabolism and effects of chronic variable stress in animal models of human affective styles
26. Iris Podar
Eating disorders, personality and cultural differences
2009
25. Rene Mõttus
Universal and specific features of personality traits in their various representations
2008
24. Aet Alttoa
Neurochemical regulation of rat exploratory behaviour: focus on dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurotransmission
2007
22. Kaia Laidra
Adolescent personality: Development, interrater agreement, and relation to academic achievement
21. Iiris Luiga
Interaction of object perception and visual attentional selection processes
20. Marika Paaver
Types of impulsivity, their behavioural expression and association with the markers of vulnerability of serotonin system
2006
19. Toivo Aavik
Lexical analysis of Estonian personal values vocabulary and relation to socially desirable responding and pareting practices
18. Kenn Konstabel
The structure and validity of self- and peer-reported personality traits
17. Margus Tõnissaar
Stress and sociability: individual differences and their neurochemical substrate
2005
16. Evelyn Kiive
Studies on peripheral markers of central serotonergic activity and behaviour
15. Helle Pullmann
The development of intelligence and personality traits among Estonian schoolchildren
2004
14. Riina Häidkind
Monoaminergic mechanisms in mood-associated behaviours and neurochemistry in rats
13. Kairi Kreegipuu
Availability and accessibility of information in perception of moving stimuli
2003
12. Luule Mizera
Socialization in Estonian families: attitudes and behavior in comparative perspective
2002
11. Anu Aluoja
Depression in the population: Assessment, prevalence, and realtionships with socio-demographic factors and cognitive aspect of social adjustment
10. Talvi Kallasmaa
Personality traits and ways of coping: Their characteristics and interrelations
2001
9. Anneli Kolk
Cognitive development of children with non-progressive unilateral brain lesion
8. Aune Valk
Two facets of ethnic identity: pride and differentiation
2000
7. Aaro Toomela
Cultural-historical psychology: three levels of analysis
1999
6. Anu Realo
Individualism and collectivism: An exploration of individual and cultural differences
1997
5. Eve Kikas
Conceptual development in school-aged children: The impact of teaching
1996
4. Ritva Fagerström
The correlations between psychological factors and vision in aged cataract operation patients
1995
3. Dagmar Kutsar
Transformation in Estonia as reflected in families: Insight into social stress and poverty
2. Aleksander Pulver
Measurement of elementary movement vectors in human visual system
1994
1. Jüri Kruusvall
Environmental and social influence on human activity
