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Swanson, Reid William; Gordon, Andrew S.; Khooshabeh, Peter; Sagae, Kenji; Huskey, Richard; Mangus, Michael; Amir, Ori; Weber, Rene
An Empirical Analysis of Subjectivity and Narrative Levels in Weblog Storytelling Across Cultures Journal Article
In: Dialogue & Discourse, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 105–128, 2017.
@article{swanson_empirical_2017,
title = {An Empirical Analysis of Subjectivity and Narrative Levels in Weblog Storytelling Across Cultures},
author = {Reid William Swanson and Andrew S. Gordon and Peter Khooshabeh and Kenji Sagae and Richard Huskey and Michael Mangus and Ori Amir and Rene Weber},
url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321170929_An_Empirical_Analysis_of_Subjectivity_and_Narrative_Levels_in_Personal_Weblog_Storytelling_Across_Cultures?_sg=Ck1pqxhW1uuTUe54DX5BLVYey6L6DkwTpjnes1ctAEuGQDHxoEOr887eKWjHIA0_-kk4ya9dXwEZ4OM},
doi = {10.5087/dad.2017.205},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-11-01},
journal = {Dialogue & Discourse},
volume = {8},
number = {2},
pages = {105–128},
abstract = {Storytelling is a universal activity, but the way in which discourse structure is used to persuasively convey ideas and emotions may depend on cultural factors. Because first-person accounts of life experiences can have a powerful impact in how a person is perceived, the storyteller may instinctively employ specific strategies to shape the audience’s perception. Hypothesizing that some of the differences in storytelling can be captured by the use of narrative levels and subjectivity, we analyzed over one thousand narratives taken from personal weblogs. First, we compared stories from three different cultures written in their native languages: English, Chinese and Farsi. Second, we examined the impact of these two discourse properties on a reader’s attitude and behavior toward the narrator. We found surprising similarities and differences in how stories are structured along these two dimensions across cultures. These discourse properties have a small but significant impact on a reader’s behavioral response toward the narrator.},
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Storytelling is a universal activity, but the way in which discourse structure is used to persuasively convey ideas and emotions may depend on cultural factors. Because first-person accounts of life experiences can have a powerful impact in how a person is perceived, the storyteller may instinctively employ specific strategies to shape the audience’s perception. Hypothesizing that some of the differences in storytelling can be captured by the use of narrative levels and subjectivity, we analyzed over one thousand narratives taken from personal weblogs. First, we compared stories from three different cultures written in their native languages: English, Chinese and Farsi. Second, we examined the impact of these two discourse properties on a reader’s attitude and behavior toward the narrator. We found surprising similarities and differences in how stories are structured along these two dimensions across cultures. These discourse properties have a small but significant impact on a reader’s behavioral response toward the narrator.
2.
Khooshabeh, Peter; Melo, Celso M.; Volkman, Brooks; Gratch, Jonathan; Blascovich, Jim; Carnevale, Peter
Negotiation Strategies with Incongruent Facial Expressions of Emotion Cause Cardiovascular Threat Proceedings Article
In: Cognitive Science, Berlin, Germany, 2013.
@inproceedings{khooshabeh_negotiation_2013,
title = {Negotiation Strategies with Incongruent Facial Expressions of Emotion Cause Cardiovascular Threat},
author = {Peter Khooshabeh and Celso M. Melo and Brooks Volkman and Jonathan Gratch and Jim Blascovich and Peter Carnevale},
url = {http://ict.usc.edu/pubs/Negotiation%20Strategies%20with%20Incongruent%20Facial%20Expressions%20of%20Emotion%20Cause%20Cardiovascular%20Threat.pdf},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-08-01},
booktitle = {Cognitive Science},
address = {Berlin, Germany},
abstract = {Affect is important in motivated performance situations such as negotiation. Longstanding theories of emotion suggest that facial expressions provide enough information to perceive another person’s internal affective state. Alternatively, the contextual emotion hypothesis posits that situational factors bias the perception of emotion in others’ facial displays. This hypothesis predicts that individuals will have different perceptions of the same facial expression depending upon the context in which the expression is displayed. In this study, cardiovascular indexes of motivational states (i.e., challenge vs. threat) were recorded while players engaged in a multi-issue negotiation where the opposing negotiator (confederate) displayed emotional facial expressions (angry vs. happy); the confederate’s negotiation strategy (cooperative vs. competitive) was factorially crossed with his facial expression. During the game, participants’ eye fixations and cardiovascular responses, indexing task engagement and challenge/threat motivation, were recorded. Results indicated that participants playing confederates with incongruent facial expressions (e.g., cooperative strategy, angry face) exhibited a greater threat response, which arises due to increased uncertainty. Eye fixations also suggest that participants look at the face more in order to acquire information to reconcile their uncertainty in the incongruent condition. Taken together, these results suggest that context matters in the perception of emotion.},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Affect is important in motivated performance situations such as negotiation. Longstanding theories of emotion suggest that facial expressions provide enough information to perceive another person’s internal affective state. Alternatively, the contextual emotion hypothesis posits that situational factors bias the perception of emotion in others’ facial displays. This hypothesis predicts that individuals will have different perceptions of the same facial expression depending upon the context in which the expression is displayed. In this study, cardiovascular indexes of motivational states (i.e., challenge vs. threat) were recorded while players engaged in a multi-issue negotiation where the opposing negotiator (confederate) displayed emotional facial expressions (angry vs. happy); the confederate’s negotiation strategy (cooperative vs. competitive) was factorially crossed with his facial expression. During the game, participants’ eye fixations and cardiovascular responses, indexing task engagement and challenge/threat motivation, were recorded. Results indicated that participants playing confederates with incongruent facial expressions (e.g., cooperative strategy, angry face) exhibited a greater threat response, which arises due to increased uncertainty. Eye fixations also suggest that participants look at the face more in order to acquire information to reconcile their uncertainty in the incongruent condition. Taken together, these results suggest that context matters in the perception of emotion.
3.
Khooshabeh, Peter; Hegarty, Mary; Shipley, Thomas F.
Individual Differences in Mental Rotation Journal Article
In: Experimental Psychology, vol. 59, 2012.
@article{khooshabeh_individual_2012,
title = {Individual Differences in Mental Rotation},
author = {Peter Khooshabeh and Mary Hegarty and Thomas F. Shipley},
url = {http://ict.usc.edu/pubs/Individual%20Differences%20in%20Mental%20Rotation.pdf},
year = {2012},
date = {2012-11-01},
journal = {Experimental Psychology},
volume = {59},
abstract = {Two experiments tested the hypothesis that imagery ability and figural complexity interact to affect the choice of mental rotation strategies. Participants performed the Shepard and Metzler (1971) mental rotation task. On half of the trials, the 3-D figures were manipulated to create "fragmented" figures, with some cubes missing. Good imagers were less accurate and had longer response times on fragmented figures than on complete figures. Poor imagers performed similarly on fragmented and complete figures. These results suggest that good imagers use holistic mental rotation strategies by default, but switch to alternative strategies depending on task demands, whereas poor imagers are less flexible and use piecemeal strategies regardless of the task demands.},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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Two experiments tested the hypothesis that imagery ability and figural complexity interact to affect the choice of mental rotation strategies. Participants performed the Shepard and Metzler (1971) mental rotation task. On half of the trials, the 3-D figures were manipulated to create "fragmented" figures, with some cubes missing. Good imagers were less accurate and had longer response times on fragmented figures than on complete figures. Poor imagers performed similarly on fragmented and complete figures. These results suggest that good imagers use holistic mental rotation strategies by default, but switch to alternative strategies depending on task demands, whereas poor imagers are less flexible and use piecemeal strategies regardless of the task demands.
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Swanson, Reid William; Gordon, Andrew S.; Khooshabeh, Peter; Sagae, Kenji; Huskey, Richard; Mangus, Michael; Amir, Ori; Weber, Rene
An Empirical Analysis of Subjectivity and Narrative Levels in Weblog Storytelling Across Cultures Journal Article
In: Dialogue & Discourse, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 105–128, 2017.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ARL, DoD, ICB, Narrative, UARC
@article{swanson_empirical_2017,
title = {An Empirical Analysis of Subjectivity and Narrative Levels in Weblog Storytelling Across Cultures},
author = {Reid William Swanson and Andrew S. Gordon and Peter Khooshabeh and Kenji Sagae and Richard Huskey and Michael Mangus and Ori Amir and Rene Weber},
url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321170929_An_Empirical_Analysis_of_Subjectivity_and_Narrative_Levels_in_Personal_Weblog_Storytelling_Across_Cultures?_sg=Ck1pqxhW1uuTUe54DX5BLVYey6L6DkwTpjnes1ctAEuGQDHxoEOr887eKWjHIA0_-kk4ya9dXwEZ4OM},
doi = {10.5087/dad.2017.205},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-11-01},
journal = {Dialogue & Discourse},
volume = {8},
number = {2},
pages = {105–128},
abstract = {Storytelling is a universal activity, but the way in which discourse structure is used to persuasively convey ideas and emotions may depend on cultural factors. Because first-person accounts of life experiences can have a powerful impact in how a person is perceived, the storyteller may instinctively employ specific strategies to shape the audience’s perception. Hypothesizing that some of the differences in storytelling can be captured by the use of narrative levels and subjectivity, we analyzed over one thousand narratives taken from personal weblogs. First, we compared stories from three different cultures written in their native languages: English, Chinese and Farsi. Second, we examined the impact of these two discourse properties on a reader’s attitude and behavior toward the narrator. We found surprising similarities and differences in how stories are structured along these two dimensions across cultures. These discourse properties have a small but significant impact on a reader’s behavioral response toward the narrator.},
keywords = {ARL, DoD, ICB, Narrative, UARC},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Storytelling is a universal activity, but the way in which discourse structure is used to persuasively convey ideas and emotions may depend on cultural factors. Because first-person accounts of life experiences can have a powerful impact in how a person is perceived, the storyteller may instinctively employ specific strategies to shape the audience’s perception. Hypothesizing that some of the differences in storytelling can be captured by the use of narrative levels and subjectivity, we analyzed over one thousand narratives taken from personal weblogs. First, we compared stories from three different cultures written in their native languages: English, Chinese and Farsi. Second, we examined the impact of these two discourse properties on a reader’s attitude and behavior toward the narrator. We found surprising similarities and differences in how stories are structured along these two dimensions across cultures. These discourse properties have a small but significant impact on a reader’s behavioral response toward the narrator.
2013
Khooshabeh, Peter; Melo, Celso M.; Volkman, Brooks; Gratch, Jonathan; Blascovich, Jim; Carnevale, Peter
Negotiation Strategies with Incongruent Facial Expressions of Emotion Cause Cardiovascular Threat Proceedings Article
In: Cognitive Science, Berlin, Germany, 2013.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ARL, DoD, ICB, UARC, Virtual Humans
@inproceedings{khooshabeh_negotiation_2013,
title = {Negotiation Strategies with Incongruent Facial Expressions of Emotion Cause Cardiovascular Threat},
author = {Peter Khooshabeh and Celso M. Melo and Brooks Volkman and Jonathan Gratch and Jim Blascovich and Peter Carnevale},
url = {http://ict.usc.edu/pubs/Negotiation%20Strategies%20with%20Incongruent%20Facial%20Expressions%20of%20Emotion%20Cause%20Cardiovascular%20Threat.pdf},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-08-01},
booktitle = {Cognitive Science},
address = {Berlin, Germany},
abstract = {Affect is important in motivated performance situations such as negotiation. Longstanding theories of emotion suggest that facial expressions provide enough information to perceive another person’s internal affective state. Alternatively, the contextual emotion hypothesis posits that situational factors bias the perception of emotion in others’ facial displays. This hypothesis predicts that individuals will have different perceptions of the same facial expression depending upon the context in which the expression is displayed. In this study, cardiovascular indexes of motivational states (i.e., challenge vs. threat) were recorded while players engaged in a multi-issue negotiation where the opposing negotiator (confederate) displayed emotional facial expressions (angry vs. happy); the confederate’s negotiation strategy (cooperative vs. competitive) was factorially crossed with his facial expression. During the game, participants’ eye fixations and cardiovascular responses, indexing task engagement and challenge/threat motivation, were recorded. Results indicated that participants playing confederates with incongruent facial expressions (e.g., cooperative strategy, angry face) exhibited a greater threat response, which arises due to increased uncertainty. Eye fixations also suggest that participants look at the face more in order to acquire information to reconcile their uncertainty in the incongruent condition. Taken together, these results suggest that context matters in the perception of emotion.},
keywords = {ARL, DoD, ICB, UARC, Virtual Humans},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Affect is important in motivated performance situations such as negotiation. Longstanding theories of emotion suggest that facial expressions provide enough information to perceive another person’s internal affective state. Alternatively, the contextual emotion hypothesis posits that situational factors bias the perception of emotion in others’ facial displays. This hypothesis predicts that individuals will have different perceptions of the same facial expression depending upon the context in which the expression is displayed. In this study, cardiovascular indexes of motivational states (i.e., challenge vs. threat) were recorded while players engaged in a multi-issue negotiation where the opposing negotiator (confederate) displayed emotional facial expressions (angry vs. happy); the confederate’s negotiation strategy (cooperative vs. competitive) was factorially crossed with his facial expression. During the game, participants’ eye fixations and cardiovascular responses, indexing task engagement and challenge/threat motivation, were recorded. Results indicated that participants playing confederates with incongruent facial expressions (e.g., cooperative strategy, angry face) exhibited a greater threat response, which arises due to increased uncertainty. Eye fixations also suggest that participants look at the face more in order to acquire information to reconcile their uncertainty in the incongruent condition. Taken together, these results suggest that context matters in the perception of emotion.
2012
Khooshabeh, Peter; Hegarty, Mary; Shipley, Thomas F.
Individual Differences in Mental Rotation Journal Article
In: Experimental Psychology, vol. 59, 2012.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ARL, DoD, ICB, Virtual Humans
@article{khooshabeh_individual_2012,
title = {Individual Differences in Mental Rotation},
author = {Peter Khooshabeh and Mary Hegarty and Thomas F. Shipley},
url = {http://ict.usc.edu/pubs/Individual%20Differences%20in%20Mental%20Rotation.pdf},
year = {2012},
date = {2012-11-01},
journal = {Experimental Psychology},
volume = {59},
abstract = {Two experiments tested the hypothesis that imagery ability and figural complexity interact to affect the choice of mental rotation strategies. Participants performed the Shepard and Metzler (1971) mental rotation task. On half of the trials, the 3-D figures were manipulated to create "fragmented" figures, with some cubes missing. Good imagers were less accurate and had longer response times on fragmented figures than on complete figures. Poor imagers performed similarly on fragmented and complete figures. These results suggest that good imagers use holistic mental rotation strategies by default, but switch to alternative strategies depending on task demands, whereas poor imagers are less flexible and use piecemeal strategies regardless of the task demands.},
keywords = {ARL, DoD, ICB, Virtual Humans},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Two experiments tested the hypothesis that imagery ability and figural complexity interact to affect the choice of mental rotation strategies. Participants performed the Shepard and Metzler (1971) mental rotation task. On half of the trials, the 3-D figures were manipulated to create "fragmented" figures, with some cubes missing. Good imagers were less accurate and had longer response times on fragmented figures than on complete figures. Poor imagers performed similarly on fragmented and complete figures. These results suggest that good imagers use holistic mental rotation strategies by default, but switch to alternative strategies depending on task demands, whereas poor imagers are less flexible and use piecemeal strategies regardless of the task demands.