seek to describe the outlook and life of a practising psychiatrist. But in every other respect they differ considerably from each other. Whilst the reader may disagree with many of Dr. Myerson's views and dislike intensely his dogmatic and rather superficial methods of describing these attitudes, he cannot fail to be impressed by the sincerity of what is obviously a serious attempt to seek a ps...

We present a concept of trust that integrates the truster’s goal, the trustee’s action that ensures the achievement of the truster’s goal, and the trustee’s ability and intention to do this action. This concept of trust is formalized in modal logic and is applied to the particular domain of trust in information sources. In this context trust may be derived, in particular, from the truster’s bel...

The present study examines single-word-utterances and focuses on (1) production patterns of irony as opposed to sincerity and (2) listeners’ ability to distinguish between the two without any contextual information. The results of the acoustic measurements show a lower average F0, less F0 variability, a smaller F0 range, lower intensity and longer durations for the ironic stimuli. The perceptio...

Good communication between nurses and patients is essential for the successful outcome of individualized nursing care of each patient. To achieve this, however, nurses must understand and help their patients, demonstrating courtesy, kindness and sincerity. Also they should devote time to the patient to communicate with the necessary confidentiality, and must not forget that this communication i...

This paper reports a pilot study related to public apologies in India, with reference to certain keywords found in them. The study is of importance as the choice of lexical items holds importance which goes beyond the surface meaning of the words. The analysis of the lexical items has been done using interlinked digital lexical resources which, in future, can lend this study to computational ta...

Active listening is an essential communication technique that requires the listener to focus and provide feedback on what is heard. The ability to listen actively demonstrates sincerity, and assumes that nothing is being shrugged or taken for granted. As a result, active listeners strive to improve professional and personal relationships, decrease misinterpretation of information, strengthen co...