We give an overview of SynFace, a speech-driven face animation system originally developed for the needs of hard-of-hearing users of the telephone. For the 2009 LIPS challenge, SynFace includes not only articulatory motion but also non-verbal motion of gaze, eyebrows and head, triggered by detection of acoustic correlates of prominence and cues for interaction control. In perceptual evaluations...

BACKGROUND This study examines non-verbal (design) and verbal (phonemic and semantic) fluency in prodromal Huntington's disease (HD). An accumulating body of research indicates subtle deficits in cognitive functioning among prodromal mutation carriers for HD. METHODS Performance was compared between 32 mutation carriers and 38 non-carriers in order to examine the magnitude of impairment acros...

In the present paper we address the old question of respiratory planning in speech production. We recast the problem in terms of speakers' communicative goals and propose that speakers try to minimize respiratory effort in line with the H&H theory. We analyze respiratory cycles coinciding with no speech (i.e., silence), short verbal feedback expressions (SFE's) as well as longer vocalizations i...

to emotions are supposed to be important for both emotional research and cultural psychology. Research over the past two decades shows that culture has an important influence in experiencing, expressing and labeling emotions. If we ask ourselves why does this happen?, then we must answer very relevant questions concerning culture, as for example the meaning of culture, or which are the most imp...

The article presents and analyzes the examples of creolized texts English-language methodological discourse in order to identify describe relationship between verbal non-verbal components. importance referring such a semiotically complicated type modern linguistics is discussed. author supports idea that methodical discourse, which part institutional one, dialogic nature, where communication pa...

Non-verbal communication is the way through which we express ourselves without necessarily using words. It involves sending messages through various expressions or signs on our body parts such as changing our facial expressions or varying our tones as we speak. Many people tend to overlook various body signs and may end up not understanding or even ignoring the intended message. However this is...

Working memory (WM) involves the ability to maintain and manipulate information held in mind. Neuroimaging studies have shown that secondary motor areas activate during WM for verbal content (e.g., words or letters), in the absence of primary motor area activation. This activation pattern may reflect an inner speech mechanism supporting online phonological rehearsal. Here, we examined the causa...

We are motivated by building a system for an autonomous robot companion that collaborates with a human partner for achieving a common mission. The objective of the robot is to infer the human’s preferences upon the tasks of the mission so as to collaborate with the human by achieving human’s non-favorite tasks. Inspired by recent researches about the recognition of human’s intention, we propose...