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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"unexpectedness"”.
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Functional Unexpectedness: Reframing the role of predictability in language comprehension
This thesis explored the role of unexpected information during naturalistic language comprehension to determine if decreased predictability supported improved communication outcomes. Individuals listened to 12 short stories while measuring their electroencephalography, then were tested on their …
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Unfolding the unexpectedness of uncertainty : arts research as a triptych installation : a conversation of processes, practices, products
… frames of becoming-teacher as unfolding, unexpectedness and uncertainty. I explore how arts research opens possibilities through the act and art of sharing stories and visuals in a triptych which may be read sequentially, or out of order, as a relational experience, entering at any point …
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Semantic Priming with Art
… respond to styles of art with varying degrees of unexpectedness (realism, surrealism, and abstraction). Sixty-one participants completed the priming task. The results replicated the classic priming effect for the realistic images in which participants responded faster to related pairs of images …
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An approach to traditions of British stand-up comedy.
… and ideas of what constitutes abnormality or unexpectedness will differ from culture to culture. The three major traditions of British stand-up comedy, (the Music Hall/Variety tradition, the Working Men's Club tradition, and the Alternative Comedy tradition) are examined. In each case, the …
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Emotion In Online Distance Language Learning: Learners’ Appraisal Of Regret And Pride In Synchronous Audiographic Conferencing
… appraisals of an event that influence emotions: unexpectedness, situational state, motivational state, probability, agency, control potential and problem type (Roseman, 2001). We administered a questionnaire to a large number of distance language learners, and interviewed a sample of respondents …
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Optimization of Signal-Detection Methods in Novel Databases: a Focus on Direct-Acting Antivirals
… to measure disproportionality, which quantifies unexpectedness. The purposes of SDAs are 1) flag potential signals that might be missed, 2) prioritize resources for signal detection and clinical review on most likely candidates, 3) detect more complex patterns in the data which are harder to …
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The effects of hippocampal amnesia on retrieval orientation and novelty processing
… not seen during study to provide a source of unexpectedness or contextual novelty, and viewing instructions were manipulated to provide a contrast between novelty and familiarity orientation. Eye movement data revealed that both amnesic and comparison participants directed different levels of …