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Groups are not always the same
1993
The idea of supporting group meetings at the same time and at the same place by computer raises the problem of how salient features of group behaviors are understood in meetings. In this paper we take a critical look at several beliefs about group behaviors in research dealing with electronic meeting systems (EMS). The paper argues based on an empirical study that the concept of a small, cohesive business team, so widely held, in all EMS research is not necessarily a valid starting point in thinking of meeting support. In particular, the paper critically evaluates a number of beliefs of user aspects, group features such as composition, structure and protocols, and task characteristics such …
Can Artificial Intelligence Interprete Legal Norms? A Problem of Practical Reason
2021
La formalización del razonamiento jurídico y, específicamente, de la interpretación es un viejo sueño de nuestra cultura. Hoy, la Inteligencia Artificial parece lista para cumplir esa tarea. Teóricos computacionales y lógicos están desarrollando herramientas técnicas para estructurar modelos formales de interpretación jurídica útiles para la Inteligencia Artificial. Sin embargo, estos esfuerzos han conseguido sólo formalizaciones abstractas, que no son capaces de resolver cuestiones materiales sobre la respuesta correcta ante un caso nuevo. Los algoritmos no pueden descubrir, ni evaluar, problemas humanos sin la ayuda de programadores; no pueden decidir entre hipótesis interpretativas alter…
Discourse Markers in Speech: Distinctive Features and Corpus Annotation
2017
It is generally acknowledged that discourse markers are used differently in speech and writing, yet many general descriptions and most annotation frameworks are written-based, thus partially unfit to be applied in spoken corpora. This paper identifies the major distinctive features of discourse markers in spoken language, which can be associated with problems related to their scope and structure, their meaning and their tendency to co-occur. The description is based on authentic examples and is followed by methodological recommendations on how to deal with these phenomena in more exhaustive, speech-friendly annotation models.
What Would a Unified Field of Listening Look Like? A Proposal Linking Past Perspectives and Future Endeavors
2008
Most reviews of “listening research” are narrow in scope, focusing only on research published by listening and communication scholars. Given that unique contributions to listening have been provided by scholars from disciplines as varied as psychology, anthropology, management, and linguistics, this review explores connections and divergences that span the academic landscape. After briefly introducing and reviewing listening related research from three primary areas—information processing, competent behavior, and individual differences—we offer a heuristic framework that ties these lines of study together and provides a structure for assessing and generating new listening research. A conclu…
Explorations of familiarity produced by words with specific combinations of letters
2010
We explore familiarity-based recognition using a paradigm devised by Parkin et al. (2001). The task consists of the creation of two lists of words written with one of two different subsets of letters of the alphabet. We manipulated study time (50, 100, 200, 500 ms per word) of words with different letter probabilistic structure to those originally used by Parkin et al. Letter-based familiarity responding was robust and present even at rates producing otherwise chance performance. A second experi- ment and structural equation modelling led us to interpret the results from the point of view of a theory that takes into account the processing of similarities and differences (Hunt & MacDaniel, (…
A Proposal to Model Ancient Silk Weaving Techniques and Extracting Information from Digital Imagery - Ongoing Results of the SILKNOW Project
2019
Three dimensional (3D) virtual representations of the internal structure of textiles are of interest for a variety of purposes related to fashion, industry, education or other areas. The modeling of ancient weaving techniques is relevant to understand and preserve our heritage, both tangible and intangible. However, ancient techniques cannot be reproduced with standard approaches, which usually are aligned with the characteristics of modern, mechanical looms. The aim of this paper is to propose a mathematical modelling of ancient weaving techniques by means of matrices in order to be easily mapped to a virtual 3D representation. The work focuses on ancient silk textiles, ranging from the 15…
Becoming Dialogical: Psychotherapy or a Way of Life?
2011
After birth the first thing we learn is becoming a participant in dialogue. We are born in relations and those relations become our structure. Intersubjectivity is the basis of human experience and dialogue the way we live it. In this paper the dilemma of looking at dialogue as either a way of life or a therapeutic method is described. The background is the open dialogue psychiatric system that was initiated in Finnish Western Lapland. The author was part of the team re-organizing psychiatry and afterwards became involved in many different types of projects in dialogical practices. Lately the focus has shifted from looking at speech to seeing the entire embodied human being in the present m…
Introduction to the Book
2016
This chapter sets the scene for the book. The three sections, respectively: state the purpose and scope of the book; present two attempts at answering the question ‘what is a tool?’; and outline the structure of the book.
Reviewing the impact of problem structure on planning: a software tool for analyzing tower tasks.
2010
Cognitive, clinical, and neuroimaging studies on planning abilities most frequently implement the Tower of London task or one of its variants. Yet, cumulating evidence from a series of experiments suggests that the commonly used approximation of problem difficulty in terms of the minimum number of moves for goal attainment is too coarse a measure for the underlying cognitive operations, and in some cases may be even misleading. Rather, problem difficulty can be more specifically characterized by a set of structural task parameters such as the number and nature of optimal and suboptimal solution paths, the required search depths, the patterns of intermediate and goal moves, goal hierarchies …
Los fundamentos del enfoque cualitativo en la innovación de la enseñanza geográfica
2018
In the paradigmatic and epistemological advances of the 20 th century, the qualitative approach stands out as a reference for building social knowledge, understanding the validity of traditional foundations in geographical education and proposing pedagogical and didactic contributions in the innovation of its educational work. This led us pose the following question: What task do the foundations of the qualitative approach fulfill in the innovation of the teaching of Geography? In this regard, a bibliographical review was carried out to structure a methodology that analyzes the qualitative approach in the teaching of Geography. Likewise, aspects derived from an investigation that claims the…