Text and context are two essential elements in human communication. Text can not exist in a vacuum. Its production and comprehension are influenced and restricted by context. This paper aims to analyze the relations between context and text with the framework of both traditional context and cognitive context by Sperber & Wilson.

How are body representations updated when we perform joint rhythmic actions, such as when a jazz player synchronizes with other musicians in the ensemble? We investigated this question using a continuous tapping task where musicians and non-musicians were instructed to imitate bimanual hand movements presented in the egocentric and the mirror orientation. The observed movements increased in tem...

Edith Cowan Unive r s i t y I n c re a s i n g l y, telecommunications and information technology are being used in distance education to p rovide education to students in ru r a l and remote schools. This paper re p o rts on the insights and re s p o n s e s of a group of students who accessed the gifted and talented program via telematics during 1996-1997, using audiographic conferencing. For...

The Wilson-Cowan model describes the evolution of excitatory and inhibitory activity in a synaptically coupled neuronal network. As opposed to being a detailed biophysical model, the system is a coarse-grained description of the overall activity of a large-scale neuronal network, employing just two differential equations. Key parameters in the model are the strength of connectivity between each...

results using these two sets, we identified h1069q mutation in four patients, c.2335t > g mutation in three, c.3061-1g > a splice site mutation in five, c.3305t > c mutation in one, and c.3809a > g mutation in two patients. conclusions the multiplex arms assay used in this study can be an efficient, reliable, and cost effective method as a primary screen for patients with wilson disease. patien...