A new look at joint attention and common knowledge

Indigenous knowledge of flood management and floodwater spreading in Qazvin traditional garden; deserves a new look at conservation and restoration

In arid and semi-arid regions of the world including Iran, floodwaters are the main resource to supply irrigation water. Floodwater spreading also plays an effective role in replenishing groundwater, stabilization of alluvial soil, and vegetation restoration. Qazvin traditional garden is an example of such floodwater spreading mechanism, dating back to over a thousand years ago, according to hi...

Social Attention Theory : a New Look at Knowledge Formation in Groups

Title of Document: SOCIAL ATTENTION THEORY: A NEW LOOK AT KNOWLEDGE FORMATION IN GROUPS Garriy Shteynberg, Doctor of Philosophy, 2009 Directed By: Professor Michele J. Gelfand, Psychology Individuals in crowded theaters, stadiums and lecture halls know that they attend to the events on the stage, on the field, and at the podium with others. Extending the literature on social foundations of know...

A new look at cardiac defense: attention or emotion?

The study of cardiac defense has a long tradition in psychological research both within the cognitive approach--linked to Pavlov, Sokolov, and Graham's work on sensory reflexes--and within the motivational one--linked to the work of Cannon and subsequent researchers on the concepts of activation and stress. These two approaches have been difficult to reconcile in the past. We summarize a series...

Chronic Gi Disease: a New Look at Some Common Problems

Joint Attention and Vocabulary Development: A Critical Look

Joint attention - parents' and children's coordinated attention to each other and to a third object or event - is believed to play a causal and critical role in early word learning. However, joint attention, as conventionally defined and measured, relies only on overt indicators of attention, is studied predominantly in the visual modality, and varies by culture. Moreover, word learning can occ...