In their recent publication, Fineberg et al examined word use in first-person accounts of schizophrenia in comparison with word use in first-person accounts of mood and anxiety disorders. One of their hypotheses concerned the use of the first-person singular pronoun ‘I’. On the basis of research showing patients with mood disorders to be particularly self-focused, as well as phenomenological re...

Making a reference in a common frame of reference, known as pointing, is an important part of communication between collaborators. We research a pointing mechanism called semantic pointing in collaborative applications where the collaborators’ representation of the interface varies. A telepointer, commonly used for pointing in a collaborative application, is not adequate. We demonstrate semanti...