Month: December 2023

Most Americans Lose Sleep to ‘Digital Distractions’

It has likely happened to everyone at some point: You are poised to go to sleep, but instead a “digital distraction” keeps you up hours later than you had planned. “Bedtime procrastination is a common problem, as people often stay up later than intended while binge-watching… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David […]

Published on December 11, 2023

Perspective Taking Reflects Beliefs About Partner Sophistication: Modern Computer Partners Versus Basic Computer and Human Partners

Abstract We investigate partner effects on spatial perspective taking behavior in listeners, comparing behavior with a human versus a computer partner (Experiments 1 and 2), and with computer partners of different perceived capabilities (Experiment 3). Participants responded to spoken instructions from their partner which could be interpreted egocentrically (from their own perspective) or othercentrically (from […]

Published on December 11, 2023

Rational Sentence Interpretation in Mandarin Chinese

Abstract Previous work has shown that English native speakers interpret sentences as predicted by a noisy-channel model: They integrate both the real-world plausibility of the meaning—the prior—and the likelihood that the intended sentence may be corrupted into the perceived sentence. In this study, we test the noisy-channel model in Mandarin Chinese, a language taxonomically different […]

Published on December 11, 2023