Dynamic Perspectives · Unravelling perspective-taking: Examining the influence of multiple constraints on perspective selection and multimodal behavior through a dynamical systems' approach
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2016-08-22 → 2019-08-21
- EU contribution
- €253,955
- Participants
- 2
- Scheme
- MSCA-IF
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Results in brief
Unravelling perspective-taking: Examining the influence of multiple constraints on perspective selection and multimodal behavior through a dynamical systems' approach
People coordinate with one another routinely throughout daily life—from moving a couch in tandem, to planning a trip jointly, to putting together a collaborative grant. Many of these tasks involve considering the perspectives of others, including tracking where our task partners are in space, what they know, or what we have already discussed. Despite advances in our understanding of how people act jointly, the mental underpinnings of the fundamental social skill of perspective-taking remain underexplored. The objectives of this project have been to investigate: i. the time-course of perspective-taking ii. the integration of different sources of information during perspective-taking iii. the stabilization of task partners on a perspective choice This project adopted a dynamical systems approach to examine the joint contribution of multiple cues (social and environmental) to perspective-taking, by conceptualizing them as weighted information evolving over time. By parameterizing cues that may constrain perspective choice (e.g., the orientation of task objects relative to social perspectives) or interpersonal coordination (e.g., task type), the project contributes to theoretical models of dialogue and joint action. By modelling perspective-taking and identifying behavioural signatures of successful coordination, the project can inform the protocols used in applied settings such as health care, aviation, and more.
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Project objective
Speakers routinely adapt their utterances and behaviour to converge on a shared perspective with their conversational partners. However, several aspects of perspective-taking are still underexplored. These include (i) the time course with which the partner’s perspective is considered, (ii) how the partner’s perspective interacts with other environmental and social cues, and (iii) how perspective choices are indexed by speakers’ behaviour. The proposed project addresses these issues by examining micro-behavioural measurements in (a) a set of mouse-tracking studies in which listeners respond to spatial instructions from an assumed partner, (b) a set of interactive studies in which dyads collaborate in a spatial task while multiple channels of their behaviour are sampled, and (c) a model based on the latter experimental data aiming to predict perspective from signatures in the dynamics of dyads’ multimodal behaviour. The empirical findings of the project can shed new theoretical light on the constraints of perspective-taking, but also supply clues for optimizing task and technology design. Dr Alexia Galati will pursue this project with Dr Rick Dale at the Cognitive and Information Sciences unit at the University of California, Merced (UCM), which comprises a critical mass of experts in dynamical systems. The embedded training in dynamical approaches involves novel and transferable technical tools that can be applied to activities ranging from user interface development, data visualization and synchronization, statistical analysis, and modelling. During the return phase, Dr Galati will transfer her new knowledge and skills to her collaborators and mentees at the University of Cyprus (UCY), under the supervision of Dr Marios Avraamides.
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Participants
- UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS · NicosiaCoordinatorCyprus
- THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA · OaklandUnited States
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