With the goal of automated reading comprehension, we apply a neural network with Bidirectional Attention Flow (BiDAF) to the Stanford Question Answering Dataset (SQuAD) and achieve F1 and Exact Match (EM) scores close to the original paper with a single model. We obtain a test F1 score of 76.037 and test EM score of 66.663. Our model includes Character-level CNN embeddings, a Highway Network la...

Two experiments are reported which examine how manipulations of visual attention affect adult speakers’ linguistic choices regarding word order and verb use when describing simple visual scenes. Participants in Experiment 1 were presented with scenes designed to elicit the use of one of two perspective verbs (e.g., “A dog is chasing a man”/“A man is running from a dog”). Speakers’ visual attent...

OBJECTIVE the investigators examined relations between mindfulness and health behaviors in college students, as well as the role of stress in mediating these effects. PARTICIPANTS participants were 553 undergraduates (385 females; mean age = 18.8 years, SD = 2.1) recruited from a university in the northeastern United States. METHODS participants completed questionnaires assessing mindfulnes...