Are Socially Relevant Scenes Abnormally Processed in Complex Trauma-Exposed Children?

Are abilities abnormally interdependent in children with autism?

We propose that stronger than usual correlations between abilities indicate which cognitive processes are impaired in autism. Study 1 compared partial correlations (controlling age) between intelligence and social cognition in children with autism (n = 18), mental retardation (MR; n = 34), or no psychological disorder (n = 37). Correlations were stronger in the autism group. Study 2 compared co...

In harm's way: aiding children exposed to trauma.

Socially relevant representations in interfaces for learning

In this paper we describe a way of looking at how people learn from computer interfaces. In particular, we describe the concept of a socially relevant representation, or a representation of social context information (as opposed to domain knowledge information). We describe known or hypothesized mechanisms by which such representations might facilitate learning, and discuss implications for the...

Color in complex scenes.

The appearance of an object or surface depends strongly on the light from other objects and surfaces in view. This review focuses on color in complex scenes, which have regions of different colors in view simultaneously and/or successively, as in natural viewing. Two fundamental properties distinguish the chromatic representation evoked by a complex scene from the representation for an isolated...

Rigorous Deductive Argumentation for Socially Relevant Issues

Rigorous Deductive Argumentation for Socially Relevant Issues Dustin Wehr Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Department of Computer Science University of Toronto 2015 The most important problems for society are describable only in vague terms, dependent on subjective positions, and missing highly relevant data. This thesis is intended to revive and further develop the view that giving non-trivial, r...