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Showing 1 to 20 of 88 for “"Focus of attention"”.
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Improving gesture recognition through spatial focus of attention
Gestures are a common form of human communication and important for human computer interfaces (HCI). Most recent approaches to gesture recognition use deep learning within multi- channel architectures. We show that when spatial attention is focused on the hands, gesture recognition improves …
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Focus of Attention and Saliency of Bound Morphology in Sentence-Level Input Processing
… learners performed significantly better when attention was directed to form only. Likewise, learners performed significantly better with the salient form when attention was directed to form only, and also when attention was simultaneously directed to meaning and to form. Moreover, the …
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Paying attention to what's important : using focus of attention to improve unsupervised learning
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1994.
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Eyes on the conductor: understanding musicians’ visual focus of attention while viewing a conductor
… between ensemble musicians and conductors, focusing on the visual attention and cognitive processes involved in interpreting conducting gestures. Through a review of existing literature, we establish a foundational understanding of how musicians allocate attention and process visual cues …
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The effect of music versus non-music on focus of attention in pediatric injection patients
<p>Receiving vaccinations is a part of growing up in the United States; however, as necessary as vaccinations are, many children find the process to be frightening and painful. A review of literature indicates that non-pharmacological interventions, such as distraction, are generally effective in …
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The effect of focus of attention on motor performance and learning during a sit to stand task in individuals post acute stroke
… their independence, fall risk, and quality of life. Rehabilitation and the type of instruction provided can impact these outcomes. Multiple studies completed in the healthy adult and sports populations have suggested that focusing on a target or outcome, an external focus, can lead to more …
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A psycholinguistic exploration of focus of attention in second language learning based on recent research findings from the field of motor skill learning
… skill learning research provide evidence that focus of attention (FOA), induced through instruction, impacts on performance and learning (Wulf, 2007). External FOA instructions, which direct focus to the effect of actions, enhance performance compared with internal focus instructions which …
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Functional Processing Aspects of Working Memory: Capacity Limitations and Mechanisms of Forgetting
… memory literature has considered the occurrence of an increase in reaction time following an object-switch as evidence supporting a single-item focus of attention. Much literature has also identified interference from other information as the principle cause of forgetting. These hypotheses are …
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Memory for elements of a complex scene : binding and the influence of attention
Memory of a complex event includes a multitude of features (e.g., objects, people, and actions) as well as the overall context (e.g., going to a picnic). To recall a complex event you must bind together these features and context into an episodic memory representation. This process of binding …
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Communicative value and linguistic knowledge in second language oral input processing
This study investigated the roles of communicative value and linguistic knowledge in second language input processing. It was hypothesized that focus of attention on an element of low communicative value would negatively affect input processing for meaning while focus of attention on an element of …
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Visual attention and cognitive biases to threat in anxiety
… the lifespan and are associated with a number of negative effects on an individual’s quality of life. A large body of research has adopted a cognitive approach to explore factors that are involved in the development and maintenance of elevated anxiety. Cognitive theories of anxiety emphasise …
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Exploring Spatial Operations of Distractor Suppression in the Sense of Touch
… suppressing neural information outside the focus of attention (a mechanism known as distractor suppression). Although we have a decent understanding of how the brain enhances information within the focus of attention, less is known about the mechanisms that mediate suppression of …
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ATTENTION TRAINING AND MINDFULNESS AS INTERVENTIONS FOR RUMINATION: ASSOCIATIONS WITH COGNITIVE CONTROL
… associations between the switching component of cognitive control and rumination and tested the effects of two interventions used to improve cognitive control and thereby decrease ruminative thought. Undergraduate participants completed self-report measures to assess symptoms and an internal …
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Polyscheme : a cognitive architecture for intergrating multiple representation and inference schemes
… on three principles. First, different (aspects of) situations that intelligent systems must deal with are best modeled with different schemes for representing knowledge and making inferences. Polyscheme includes several "specialists" such that each models a particular aspect of the world with …
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The anti-slavery sentiment of Virginia from 1830-1860
Slavery, often described as a "peculiar institution", "black evil", and "inhuman practice", offers one of the most interesting and far-reaching studies of early American history. When viewed in its entirety slavery is found to have had not only economic significance but also political, social, and …
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Perceptual interpretation and the transformation of events into language
… Interpretation and the Trans(X)formation of Events into Language), a system that uses focus of attention in generating and learning natural language descriptions of event perceptions. PIXEL identifies the salient features of events through cooperation between processes that are …
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"Using Communication Strategies to Design Food Marketing Strategies: The ""Pork Fat"" Rumor in Indonesia"
… can be expected to be effective in all kinds of rumor situations in all industries (even within the food industry) in all places. The effectiveness of rumor quelling strategy appears to be related to, in addition to the variables under investigation, perceived importance of the rumor topic by …
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Self and (m)other in Patrick White's fiction : an object relations approach
This thesis offers a new interpretation of Patrick White's novels, using Object Relations psychology. Object Relations psychology differs from Freudian psychology in that it shifts the focus of attention from notions of the Oedipal conflict and repression to issues of nurturing and relationships. …
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Charles Dickens and the private life of the imagination
This thesis takes as its point of departure the analysis of a certain formal element which appears in narrative during the nineteenth century. It concentrates especially on the form this element takes in Dickens's works, particularly in Great Expectations, and in so doing it joins a large group of …
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