Conversation limits attention: The impact of conversation complexity

Complexity matching in dyadic conversation.

Recent studies of dyadic interaction have examined phenomena of synchronization, entrainment, alignment, and convergence. All these forms of behavioral matching have been hypothesized to play a supportive role in establishing coordination and common ground between interlocutors. In the present study, evidence is found for a new kind of coordination termed complexity matching. Temporal dynamics ...

Convergence of Syntactic Complexity in Conversation

Using corpus data of spoken dialogue, we examine the convergence of syntactic complexity levels between interlocutors in natural conversations, as it occurs within spans of topic episodes. The findings of general convergence in the Switchboard and BNC corpora are compatible with an information-theoretic model of dialogue and with Interactive Alignment Theory.

Chaos and Complexity Theories: A Conversation

the impact of attending efl classes on the level of depression of iranian female learners and their attributional complexity

می توان گفت واقعیت چند لایه ا ی کلاس های زبان انگلیسی بسیار حائز اهمیت است، زیرا عواطف و بینش های زبان آموزان تحت تاثیر قرار می گیرد. در پژوهش پیش رو، گفته می شود که دبیران با در پیش گرفتن رویکرد فرا-انسانگرایی ، قادرند در زندگی دانش آموزانشان نقش مهمی را ایفا سازند. بر اساس گفته ی ویلیامز و بردن (2000)، برای کرل راجرز، یکی از بنیان گذاران رویکرد انسانگرایی ، یادگیری بر مبنای تجربه، نوعی از یاد...

Are You With Me? The Impact of Losing a Conversation Partner’s Attention to a Mobile Device

Acknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Literature Review Mere presence of the cell phone and trust and relationship satisfaction Cell phones and relationships Attention, cognition, interruption, interaction Distracted driving and other attentional studies Active distraction and cognition Mere presence and cognition Rejection sensitivity Reliable avail...