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Alyssa Kampa – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Human communication relies on the ability to assess what others intend to communicate beyond what they directly say. Under classic theories of communication, a critical component of this process is the evaluation of what another person knows (epistemic reasoning) and how that knowledge will affect the value of what they communicate. For example, a…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Pragmatics, Inferences, Interpersonal Communication
Wilmer, Henry H. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Mobile electronic devices such as smartphones are playing an increasingly pervasive role in our daily activities. A growing body of literature is beginning to investigate how mobile technology habits might relate to individual differences in cognitive traits. The present study is an investigation into how individual differences in intertemporal…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Correlation, Individual Differences
Grey, Sarah Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigated bilingual advantages at additional languages learning by comparing early, highly proficient bilinguals to monolinguals' learning of an additional language in adulthood. The study used both behavioral and neurocognitive measures (event-related potentials) and tested subjects along the trajectory of learning from low to high…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Bilingualism, Grammar, Language Processing