To study the development of graphical conventions we had members of a simulated community play a series of graphical interaction games with partners drawn from the same pool (Experiment 1). Once the community was established, a conventional graphical referring scheme emerged that facilitated high levels of semantic coordination, with reduced communicative effort. Next, a forced choice reaction ...

When established communication systems cannot be used, people rapidly create novel systems to modify the mental state of another agent according to their intentions. However, there are dramatic inter-individual differences in the implementation of this human competence for communicative innovation. Here we characterize psychological sources of inter-individual variability in the ability to buil...

The purpose of this work is to assess the societal value a Service-Learning (SL) project carried out during Covid-19 pandemic by Faculty Information Science Complutense University Madrid (UCM) in collaboration with two Senior Centers City Madrid. aim was support elderly’s integration online activities and train them use Communication Technologies (ICT). analysis based on case study varied range...

The departure point of this paper is the use of visualization as a tool in action case research. In the action case research the researcher is balancing between interpretation of qualitative data and intervention to solve the problem of the research partner. The communicative and knowledge aspects of visualization are highlighted. The research partner in this paper, Flower Systems Ltd is a soft...

Effective communication between TBI patients and caregivers is often a decisive factor in treatment outcome. The goal of our research was to evaluate the effectiveness of the “Academy of Life” therapy program in the rebuilding of damaged relationships, the reduction of barriers to effective communication, and the elimination of social isolation. We studied 200 families, in which one member (a s...

BACKGROUND language and communication disorders are proposed as one of the three fundamental criteria for the description or diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), along with social disabilities and a narrow focus of interest. This way, the determination of simple procedures that can be used by health and education professionals to identify the persons that need specialized servi...

The article focuses on the strategies of persuasiveness in insincere discourse, based material from modern English fiction. In deceit, hypocrisy, and manipulation are foregrounded. semantic basis discourse is an expression mentality inherent linguistic personality. With help persuasive strategies, speaker influences interlocutor through appeals to their consciousness, inviting them own critical...

Intraspecific group hunting has received considerable attention because of the close links between cooperative behaviour and its cognitive demands. Accordingly, comparisons between species have focused on behaviours that can potentially distinguish between the different levels of cognitive complexity involved, such as "intentional" communication between partners in order to initiate a joint hun...

PURPOSE This article describes the effects of a new intensive dysarthria treatment program (Be Clear) on speech intelligibility in adults with dysarthria secondary to stroke and traumatic brain injury. METHOD A small group-repeated measures research design was used to examine the effects of treatment on the speech of 8 participants with nonprogressive dysarthria. Treatment consisted of a 1-hr...