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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Verbal behaviour"”.
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Verbal behaviour development for children with autism
… in establishing the emergence of generalised verbal behaviour in children with autism was evaluated through a programme of research that also investigated ways in which interactions between speaker and listener behaviour can be manipulated to maximise the effectiveness of language-based …
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Non-Verbal Behaviour of a VR Agent Playing a Board Game
… other things, his personality and shows non-verbal behaviour such as looking at the user and showing impatience. The focus of this project is to increase the believability of the agent, by improving its non-verbal expression capabilities during a board-game. This was done by collecting and …
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Designing Robot Non-Verbal Behaviour: Using Performing Art Techniques as Frameworks for Human–Robot Interaction
… concern in human–robot interaction (HRI). Robot behaviour design plays a key role in enabling interpretable and effective interaction. This thesis adopts a bibliometric approach to review robot behaviour research from 2005 to 2025. Results show rapid growth in publications, indicating high …
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Showup identifications: the effects of presence of stolen property and suspect’s denial on identification performance
… the effects of stolen property, suspects’ verbal behaviour, and target-presence on eyewitness identification performance. I used a 2 (suspect: innocent, guilty) X 2 (stolen property: present, hidden) X 3 (verbal behaviour: denial with explanation, denial, silence) between-subjects factorial …
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What aspects of realism and faithfulness are relevant to supporting non-verbal communication through 3D mediums
… and faithfulness are relevant to supporting non-verbal communication through visual mediums. The mediums examined are 2D video, 3D computer graphics and video based 3D reconstruction. The latter is 3D CGI derived from multiple streams of 2D video. People’s ability to identify behaviour of …
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The Impact of courtroom demeanour and non-verbal communication on the verdict
… in the trial process, namely demeanour and non-verbal communication. Neither of these areas have enjoyed the benefit of substantial theory building by scholars. The ability to correctly deal with evidence is a core competency for any presiding officer and legal practitioner as it impacts on the …
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Multimodal (im)politeness: the verbal, prosodic and non-verbal realization of disagreement in German and New Zealand English
… act analysis. It investigates the disagreeing behaviour of Germans and New Zealanders exhibited during televised panel discussions on a verbal, prosodic, and non-verbal level. More specifically, the present study aims to uncover whether there are differences in the use of prosodic and …
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Conversations with children : interviewer style in evidential and therapeutic interviews
… of outcome, and that therapists' in-session behaviours differ in high and low alliance therapies. This study was undertaken to investigate how police officers build rapport in evidential interviews with children, and to explore difference in interviewer verbal behaviour between police …
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Effects of non-verbal reactions on viewers' perceptions of candidates in a televised election debate : implications for ETV
… manipulation of camera angles and display of non-verbal behaviour on viewers' reactions to candidates in Canadian election debates. A twenty-two minute videotape of extracts from the English TV Debate of October 25, 1988, consisting of the over-the-shoulder two-shots in the ninety-minute debate, …
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Video based reconstruction system for mixed reality environments supporting contextualised non-verbal communication and its study
… that the spatial and visual aspects of non-verbal behaviour can be communicated.The system supports live distribution and simultaneous rendering in multiple locations enabling the apparent teleportation of people and objects. Additionally, the system allows for the recording of live sessions …
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Exploring the Sequence of Establishing Derived Relational Responding in Children with Global Developmental Delay
… one child with Down's syndrome, were exposed to verbal assessments (the Verbal Behaviour Milestones Assessment and Placement Program, VB-MAPP; the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, K-BIT; and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, PPVT) following which they were exposed to relational responding …
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A comparison of mental strategies used by skilled and unskilled mental calculators
… were audio-taped, transcribed and coded. Non verbal behaviour was recorded on a separate sheet during the interview. The data were analysed to determine what differences existed between high and low performing mental calculators in relation to the strategies they used to solve division …
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Do children with autism use the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) to make spontaneous requests?
… basing the judgment on<br/>different patterns of behaviour. Skinner’s (1957) analysis of verbal behaviour and the<br/>continuum model of spontaneity (Carter, 2002,2003a; Carter & Hotchkis, 2002;<br/>Chiang & Carter, 2008) can be used to understand the development of self-initiated<br/>requesting …
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Analysing Relational Responding Skills and Verbal Ability in Children with Autism, and Typically-developing Children
Skinner’s (1957) pioneering behavioural account of language identified verbal behaviour as fundamentally functional. This account of language has been the basis for effective teaching programmes for children with developmental disabilities (Sundberg & Michael, 2001). However, despite the well …
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Patterns in verbal interaction: the effect of situational influences on the language performance of eight-year-old children
… proceeded on the assumption that a sample of verbal behaviour elicited in one type of situation is typical of the child’s language in general. Frequently, the sample has been obtained in a laboratory-type, setting and sometimes with activities that involved either no other people or only …
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A serious game to provide social skills training for people with Asperger's Syndrome/High-Functioning Autism
… but socio-communicative deficits in non-verbal and verbal behaviour. As individuals with HFA transition into adolescence and adulthood, they struggle to sustain education, employment, and social relationships. Socio-communicative deficits can be positively addressed through social skills …
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Attitudes of staff and students towards vocational education at a case study school
… were formally interviewed. A measure of the non-verbal behaviour of staff and students during the interviews was also undertaken using a five point scale from negative to positive. The research was undertaken in a single metropolitan senior high school in Western Australia and the sample …
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A sociolinguistic analysis of communication patterns between midwives and mothers in antenatal clinics in Great Britain and Germany
… aim of the investigation was to analyse both the verbal and non-verbal communication strategies used by both midwives and mothers in antenatal clinics in Great Britain and Germany, data was collected in the form of videotaped recordings of consultations during pregnancy. Socio-demographic data was …
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An in-depth, naturalistic study of the regulation of learning in collaborative groups in upper secondary school classrooms
… Four episodes were video recorded, and both verbal and non-verbal behaviour was transcribed and coded to identify regulatory acts from both students and teachers. This data was visualised using directed graphs and combined with analysis of stimulated recall interviews conducted within 24 …
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An investigation into deviant morphology : issues in the implementation of a deep grammar for Indonesian
… particular we focus on the implementation of the verbal suffix -kan. This suffix has been described as having many functions, which alter the kinds of arguments and the number of arguments the verb takes (Dardjowidjojo 1971; Chung 1976; Arka 1993; Vamarasi 1999; Kroeger 2007; Son and Cole 2008). …
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