Researchers agree that comprehenders regularly predict upcoming language, but they do
not always agree on what prediction is (and how to differentiate it from integration) or what …

The study of explanation, while related to intuitive theories, concepts, and mental models,
offers important new perspectives on high-level thought. Explanations sort themselves into …

One of the essential insights from psychological research is that people's information
processing is often biased. By now, a number of different biases have been identified and …

How do we learn to produce and comprehend non-literal language? Competing theories
have only partially accounted for the variety of language comprehension evoked in …

By 6 years, children have a sophisticated adult-like theory of mind that enables them not
only to understand the actions of social agents in terms of underlying mental states, but also …

Speech interfaces are growing in popularity. Through a review of 99 research papers this
work maps the trends, themes, findings and methods of empirical research on speech …

Without the benefit of paralinguistic cues such as gesture, emphasis, and intonation, it can
be difficult to convey emotion and tone over electronic mail (e-mail). Five experiments …

As you walk down a supermarket aisle, you pass an end-of-aisle display of canned tomato
soup. There is a sign on the display that says “Limit 12 per customer.” Would such a sign …

Young children's communication has often been characterized as egocentric. Some
researchers claim that the processing of language involves an initial stage that relies on …

The automotive industry has presented a variety of external human-machine interfaces
(eHMIs) for automated vehicles (AVs). However, there appears to be no consensus on which …