In this paper, an overview of human–robot interactive communication is presented, covering
verbal as well as non-verbal aspects. Following a historical introduction, and motivation …

Traditional mechanistic accounts of language processing derive almost entirely from the
study of monologue. Yet, the most natural and basic form of language use is dialogue. As a …

We describe the key features of the visual world paradigm and review the main research
areas where it has been used. In our discussion we highlight that the paradigm provides …

The human ability to reason about the causes behind other people'behavior is critical for
navigating the social world. Recent empirical research with both children and adults …

Classic approaches to word learning emphasize referential ambiguity: In naming situations,
a novel word could refer to many possible objects, properties, actions, and so forth. To solve …

We investigated the coupling between a speaker's and a listener's eye movements. Some
participants talked extemporaneously about a television show whose cast members they …

We describe a “centipede's dilemma” that faces the sciences of human interaction. Research
on human interaction has been involved in extensive theoretical debate, although the vast …

Traditionally, prediction has been considered an inefficient and cognitively expensive
processing mechanism in the domain of language comprehension, where there are many …

When do listeners take into account who the speaker is? We asked people to listen to
utterances whose content sometimes did not match inferences based on the identity of the …

During conversation, interlocutors build on the set of shared beliefs known as common
ground. Although there is general agreement that interlocutors maintain representations of …