This study examines how the types of language expression and message valence used by teachers to convey classroom-compliance instructions affect elementary-school children's psychological reactance their intention follow instructions. Altogether, 178 children (54% girls) participated in a mixed-design experiment. Participants read four self-developed cartoons, where hypothetical teacher conveye...

In this paper, a parallel analysis of the enjoyment derived from humor and insight problem solving is presented with reference to a "general" Theory of the Pleasures of the Mind (TPM) (Kubovy, 1999) rather than to "local" theories regarding what makes humor and insight problem solving enjoyable. The similarity of these two cognitive activities has already been discussed in previous literature i...

With ‘original’ content from a growing diversity of languages, Netflix has become playground for audiovisual translation. Given that outsources its localisation, it been able to rely on practitioners in consolidated industries create revoiced and subtitled versions adhere industry conventions. Although subtitling long the mode localising mainstream products (films series) into English, initiate...