Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society |
| Editors | P Bello, M Guarini, M McShane, B Scassellati |
| Publisher | Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society |
| Pages | 976-981 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2014 |
| Event | CogSci 2014 - Québec City, Canada Duration: 23 Jul 2014 → 26 Jul 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | CogSci 2014 |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| City | Québec City |
| Period | 23/07/14 → 26/07/14 |
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Keywords
- reduction
- referring expressions
- gesture
- cognitive load
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On the automaticity of reduction in dialogue : Cognitive load and repeated multimodal references. / Masson-Carro, I.; Goudbeek, M.B.; Krahmer, E.J.
Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . ed. / P Bello; M Guarini; M McShane; B Scassellati. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society, 2014. p. 976-981.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
TY - GEN
T1 - On the automaticity of reduction in dialogue
T2 - Cognitive load and repeated multimodal references
AU - Masson-Carro, I.
AU - Goudbeek, M.B.
AU - Krahmer, E.J.
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - In conversation, speakers are likely to refer to the same objects more than once. These repeated references are reduced with respect to their initial counterparts, both in speech and gestures. In this paper we investigate the effect of cognitive load on the reduction of multimodal referring expressions. We report an experiment in which native speakers of Dutch engaged in a director-matcher task where repeated references were elicited, and a time constraint was imposed in order to increase the load. Our results show that articulatory, lexical, semantic, and gestural reduction took place irrespective of the cognitive demands. Nevertheless, we found that cognitive load moderated the extent to which these utterances were reduced, with reduction being less pronounced for speakers experiencing higher load. A subsequent perception experiment revealed that speakers with an increased load produced referring expressions that proved more informative to naïve listeners.
AB - In conversation, speakers are likely to refer to the same objects more than once. These repeated references are reduced with respect to their initial counterparts, both in speech and gestures. In this paper we investigate the effect of cognitive load on the reduction of multimodal referring expressions. We report an experiment in which native speakers of Dutch engaged in a director-matcher task where repeated references were elicited, and a time constraint was imposed in order to increase the load. Our results show that articulatory, lexical, semantic, and gestural reduction took place irrespective of the cognitive demands. Nevertheless, we found that cognitive load moderated the extent to which these utterances were reduced, with reduction being less pronounced for speakers experiencing higher load. A subsequent perception experiment revealed that speakers with an increased load produced referring expressions that proved more informative to naïve listeners.
KW - reduction
KW - referring expressions
KW - gesture
KW - cognitive load
M3 - Conference contribution
SP - 976
EP - 981
BT - Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
A2 - Bello, P
A2 - Guarini, M
A2 - McShane, M
A2 - Scassellati, B
PB - Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society
ER -