Search for dissertations about: "cross-modal interaction"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words cross-modal interaction.
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1. Voicing on the borders of language
Abstract : My research engages with the varieties of relationship between verbal and non-verbal forms of language and communication. I approach the issue through three people who live or work with non-verbal people on the autistic spectrum: Phoebe Caldwell, Fernand Deligny and Iris Johansson. READ MORE
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2. Virtually hearing, seeing, and being : room acoustics, presence, and audiovisual environments
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3. Modalities of Mind : Modality-specific and nonmodality-specific aspects of working memory for sign and speech
Abstract : Language processing is underpinned by working memory and while working memory for signed languages has been shown to display some of the characteristics of working memory for speech-based languages, there are a range of anomalous effects related to the inherently visuospatial modality of signed languages. On the basis of these effects, four research questions were addressed in a series of studies:1. READ MORE
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4. The effect of haptic feedback in visual-manual human-machine interaction
Abstract : Humans use all their senses when they explore and interact with the environment. In human-machine interaction (HMI) vision is the dominant sense, followed by audition. Haptic information - information concerning the sense of touch - is not commonly available. READ MORE
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5. Varieties of Supernatural Experience : the Case of High-Functioning Autism
Abstract : It is argued in the cognitive science of religion (CSR) that the empathic ability to ‘mindread’ others underpins the experience of supernatural communication with gods, ghosts, and spirits. As autism is characterized by mentalizing difficulties, CSR scholars have expected autistic individuals would find supernatural agency incomprehensible. READ MORE