Communication is a transaction in which man invents and assigns meanings to achieve its objectives. In this context, psychological theories of communication emphasize different components of human communication, including attitudes, intentions and conditions required for effective communication. In psychological models of communication, the source is influenced by its communicational abilities,...

The brain mechanism behind human communication is an important theme in cognitive sciences. Communication does not depend solely on linguistic abilities, as demonstrated by the fact that a three-month-old baby has a natural ability to communicate with his/her parents. Even communication between monkeys involves the emergence of new movements, such as tactics and cooperation. Although linguistic...

In the context of the humanization and humanitarization of education a lot of attention is paid to individual abilities of a person. He becomes an active participant of the educational process. Studying of foreign languages becomes one of the main components assisting a child to develop his/her individuality, to form intercultural communicative competence which helps successful communication wi...

Background: Theory of Mind. Aim: the purpose of this study was to assess the self-representation abilities in 7-8 year old children and to verify the relationship between the Theory of Mind and language. Method: subjects of this study were 100 children 50 boys and 50 girls with ages between 7:2 and 8:11, divided in four groups: 7-year-old children with no communication deficits (Group 1), with ...

Intelligent software personal assistants are an active research area with the potential to revolutionize the way that human organizations operate, but there has been little research quantifying how they will impact organizational performance or how organizations will or should adapt in response. In this chapter we develop a computational model of the organization to evaluate the impact differen...

This study explores communication differences between older and younger users with a task-oriented spoken dialogue system. Previous analyses of the MATCH corpus show that older users have significantly longer dialogues than younger users and that they are less satisfied with the system. Open questions remain regarding the relationship between information recall and cognitive abilities. This stu...

BACKGROUND Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has established, improving communication as a priority for improving patient safety since 2006. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate nursing students' communication abilities to recognize their strengths and weaknesses in communication skills. METHOD This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2014. T...

T he practice of nonverbal communication relies on a range of innate and developed foundational processes. One foundation underlying the use of nonverbal communication focuses on individual differences in the abilities to communicate nonverbally. This ability, or skill, approach is akin to a personality perspective in that it focuses on individual differences in the sending (encoding), receivin...

BACKGROUND Theory of Mind. AIM the purpose of this study was to assess the self-representation abilities in 7-8 year old children and to verify the relationship between the Theory of Mind and language. METHOD subjects of this study were 100 children - 50 boys and 50 girls - with ages between 7:2 and 8:11, divided in four groups: 7-year-old children with no communication deficits (Group 1), ...

Under noisy listening conditions, visualizing a speaker's articulations substantially improves speech intelligibility. This multisensory speech integration ability is crucial to effective communication, and the appropriate development of this capacity greatly impacts a child's ability to successfully navigate educational and social settings. Research shows that multisensory integration abilitie...