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Transformer Neural Networks for Handwritten Text Recognition
Vešelíny, Peter ; Beneš, Karel (referee) ; Kohút, Jan (advisor)
This Master's thesis aims to design a system using the transformer neural network and perform experiments with this proposed model in the task of handwriting text recognition. In this thesis, a multilingual dataset with predominate Czech texts is used. The experiments examine the influence of basic hyperparameters, such as network size, convolutional encoder type, and the use of different text tokenizers. In this work, I also use text corpora of the Czech language which is used to train the network decoder. Furthermore, I experiment with the usage of additional textual information during the decoding process. This information comes from the previous line of the transcribed image. The transformer achieves a character recognition error rate of 3.41 % on the test data set which is 0.16 % worse performance than the recurrent neural network achieves. To compare this model with other transformer-based models from available articles, the network was trained on the IAM dataset, where it achieved an error of 2.48 % and therefore outperformed other models in handwriting text recognition task.
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Archery as a tool to improvechildern sof a younger schoolageattention
Chrzová, Kateřina ; Pokorný, Ladislav (advisor) ; Chvostek, Lukáš (referee)
This thesis addresses the retrieval of attention disorders in children of younger schoolage. The aim is to evaluace the effects of archery on children's attention in daily life. The first two chapters of the thesis are theoretical. The first chapter talks about the history of archery and types of archery today. The second topic is the problematics of attention in children of younger school age, what types of disorders children at this age suffer from and whether archery has a potential to help children with attention disorders. I came to the conclusions of this thesis with help of a questionnaire survey on archery awareness among the general public and an experiment based on the observation of child archers.
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Yoga and it's effect on attention in preschool and early school age
Škarvadová, Katka ; Dlouhý, Martin (advisor) ; Kainová, Lucie (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with yoga and it's effect on attention in preschool and early school age. The theoretical part talks about the issue of attention in childhood, the components of attention and the circumstances that affect child's development. There is also a description of the history and directions of yoga, the specifics of chlidren's yoga and the principles of the exercise itself. The theoretical part also describes the development of kids in preschool and early school age. The research part is devoted to research that took place in kindergarden and two primary schools in Prague. It lasted three months. There are hypotheses for this work based on the studied literature. The research set and it's creation are described here, as well as the research methods used. It describes the framework of the yoga lesson, attention test for both age groups and in the research part we can find tables of results of each class and their percentage improvement between input and output tests. KEYWORDS Yoga, attention, preschool age, early school age
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Importace of Pupil's Attention as a Condition for Personal Development the Importance of Attention to the Student as a Prerequisite for Personal
Hozáková, Kateřina ; Krykorková, Hana (advisor) ; Valenta, Josef (referee)
This bachelor thesis researches general problems concerning the development of pupil's attention. It searches for it's coherence in the context of modern society. It explains the basic terms of attention and other that are associated with this topic. It deals with conditions that affect the attention. This thesis focuses on Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and it's influence on pupil's behaviour and their learning results at school. This work offers appropriate teaching methods that help resolve the difficulties connected with teaching and learning. It offers useful activities and games to improve pupil's attention abilities. Key words Attention, concentration, attention deficit, attention deficit disorder, ADD, attention development, family, school, pedagogical work
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Attention in preschool children
Černá, Veronika ; Trpišovská, Dobromila (advisor) ; Viktorová, Ida (referee)
English abstrakt The main task of the thesis is to identify and measure the attention of children of preschool age. It is divided into two parts. Theoretical part, which is devoted to the definition of attention, provides a comprehensive overview of the history beginning with the issue, describes the different types, characteristics, attention disorders and conditions affecting the attention. An integral part is a description of the preschool child and work with children of preschool age. The second part of the research, then engaged in empirical research with preschool children. Children in kindergarten were placed on various characteristics of the tests of attention. These tests were then evaluated and processed. Were investigated differences in tasks between children and between the three established groups of children Bachelor thesis aims to answer the question, what are the differences between the four-year, five year old and six year old children and compares the performance and level of awareness among different groups of children. Key words: attention, attention characteristics, pre-school children
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Attention in preschool children
Černá, Veronika ; Trpišovská, Dobromila (advisor) ; Viktorová, Ida (referee)
English abstrakt The work has the task to identify and measure attention in preschool children and its possible influence development practice. It is divided into two parts. The theoretical part, which is drawn to the attention, provides a comprehensive overview of the history beginning with the problem, describes the different types, characteristics, attention disorders and conditions affecting attention. An integral part is a description of the Early Childhood and work with children of preschool age. The second part of the research is then engaged in empirical research with children in kindergarten and continuing for one school year. Children were awarded for various characteristics of the tests of attention and their development was investigated. The aim of this work is determine the current level of achievement in the field of attention, the group's performance compared to four years and five children, and determine the potential impact of practice on the development of attention. Key words: attention, attention characteristics, pre-school children
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Rehabilitation of Cognitive Functions by Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Chmelařová, Dana ; Beran, Jiří (advisor) ; Fiedler, Jiří (referee) ; Miňhová, Jana (referee)
Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to evaluate whether a 12-week neuropsychological rehabilitation program has a positive effect on the improvement of cognitive functions and what methods can be used to measure this effect. Furthermore, this study intended to verify the effect of the chosen training plan on the resulting state of cognitive functions, in particular with regard to the frequency and duration of the plan. Methodology: Forty-three patients diagnosed with MS were randomized into an experimental condition or the control group. The experimental condition included 26 patients (22 women and 4 men), whole the control group consisted of 17 patients (12 women and 5 men). All of these patients had a cognitive defect that was assessed at the beginning of the study and monitored using the neuropsychological tests after the participation in the training program. Participants in the experimental group received their rehabilitation of cognitive functions using a PC training program, which they completed in their home environments (30 minutes/4 times per week, for 8 consecutive weeks). Overall, there were 32 training sessions on predetermined days with a specific detailed training plan. The control group received no training. The neuropsychological tests used at the beginning and the...
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Ecological validity research of Attention test
Bláhová, Lucie ; Preiss, Marek (advisor) ; Rendl, Miroslav (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the issue of attention research, mainly from the neuropsychological point of view. It is an empirical study divided into two parts: The first theoretical part introduces the history of attention research, defines attention and presents the current theories of attention: Broadbent's Filter model, The Feature-Integration theory from Anne Treisman, David LaBerge's theory and Michael Posner's concept of attention. The second part of the work, the empirical part, is based on the discussed concept of attention, mainly from neuropsychologist Michael Posner. The purpose of the research study is to explore the ecological validity of Michael Posner's attention test - Attention network test (ANT). The following questionnaires were chosen as the methods for measuring the real-life attention: CFQ (Cognitive failure questionnaire), EMQ (Everyday memory questionnaire) and DEX (Dysexecutive questionnaire). The results of the study did not confirm the significant statistical correlation between results in Attention Network Test and scores in self-reported questionnaires, but the bachelor thesis' contribution's to ecological validity research can still be seen. KEYWORDS: Attention, Attention research, Ecological validity, ANT, Cognitive failure
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The PASS Theory - from research to intervention
Khánská, Lenka ; Morávková Krejčová, Lenka (advisor) ; Kaplan, Cyril (referee)
This bachelor thesis focused on the origin and principles of the PASS theory (Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, and Successive Processing processomg). It introduces the the information processing theory by A. R. Luria, from which the PASS theory stems. It also describes CAS and CAS2 (Cognitive Assessment System) tools, which enable the assessment of PASS processes. The work offers an overview of some possible interventions that are based on the PASS theory. The work includes a number of studies that examined how CAS is able to recognize specific groups of children (e.g. Children with ADHD, Down syndrome, etc.), and how to verify whether interventions are effective. The research proposal examines how the PASS processes influence school activities focusing on pupils in primary schools. This research could serve as the basis for the use of interventions within the frame of school education and thus it could help for the effective development of the PASS processes. Keywords: PASS Theory, Planning, Attention, Simultaneous Information Processing, Successive Information Processing, Cognitive Assessment System, Intervention
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Impact of a cognitive function therapy on people with dementia
Nová, Jarmila ; Krivošíková, Mária (advisor) ; Piťhová, Zuzana (referee)
This thesis occupies with a cognitive training efficiency with a focus on memory and attention of dementia diagnosed people, especially people with vascular dementia, mixed dementia or Alzheimer's disease. The theoretical part deals with dementia issues and current knowledge on the field of a cognitive and occupational therapy. The main empirical part goal is a determination of the cognitive training by dementia diagnosed people. The next goal is to find out, how much clients are satisfied with the cognitive function therapy. The cognitive function training is made within a period of 8 weeks in social institutions in Jirkov and Chomutov. The research sample is consisted of 24 clients (at the age of 65 and more) with diagnosed Alzheimer's disease, vascular or mixed dementia, they were divided into an experimental and comparative group. Clients are evaluated before the intervention and after the intervention using Mini-Mental Examination test (MMSE), Trail Making test, part A (TMT:A and Swwartz scale of the therapy evaluation (SOS-10). Statistically significant results of set significance rate (p < 0,05) were found by the test MMSE (0,01 < 0,05) and scale SOS-10 (0,02 < 0,05), but the test TMT:A (0,09 > 0,05) hasn't confirmed therapy efficiency from the reason of the small research sample. Those...
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