Tracing Cognitive Processes for Usability Evaluation: A Cross Cultural Mind Tape Study

2007 ◽  
pp. 336-345
Author(s):  
Jyoti Kumar ◽  
Janni Nielsen ◽  
Pradeep Yammiyavar
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Usability Evaluation ◽  
Cross Cultural

scholarly journals Cognitive processes development of future interpreters in the course of the professional training

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 303-307
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Pavlovna Timofeeva ◽  
Yuliya Aleksandrovna Fokeeva ◽  
Lidiya Arkadyevna Fedorchukova
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Theoretical Studies ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Analysis Of Results ◽  
Cultural Dialogue ◽  
Oral Skills

The paper deals with the specifics of interpretation skills development. The authors review the role of an interpreter in the act of communication, point out different aspects of interpretation, the success of which is determined by the ability for cross-cultural dialogue. As far as several sensory channels in the work of the interpreter are used, the necessity of special training of concentration, memory, thinking and oral skills and abilities is stated. Moreover the ways of cognitive processes development of future interpreters are described. It should be noted that a set of special exercises for cognitive processes perfection is given. The technique was tested during the training of third-year students studied interpreting. The paper contains a comparative analysis of results taken from diagnostics of both student groups training by the mentioned system of tasks and student groups training without this system. The studies carried out show that students training with special set of exercises focused on cognitive processes development demonstrate higher results. The data obtained can be used for further theoretical studies and for search of progressive methodical decisions.

scholarly journals Why developmental psychology is incomplete without comparative and cross-cultural perspectives

2016 ◽  
Vol 371 (1686) ◽  
pp. 20150071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Nielsen ◽  
Daniel Haun
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Animal Models ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
Link Type ◽  
History Of

As a discipline, developmental psychology has a long history of relying on animal models and data collected among distinct cultural groups to enrich and inform theories of the ways social and cognitive processes unfold through the lifespan. However, approaches that draw together developmental, cross-cultural and comparative perspectives remain rare. The need for such an approach is reflected in the papers by Heyes (2015 Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 371, 20150069. ( doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0069 )), Schmelz & Call (2015 Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 371, 20150067. ( doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0067 )) and Keller (2015 Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 371, 20150070. ( doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0070 )) in this theme issue. Here, we incorporate these papers into a review of recent research endeavours covering a range of core aspects of social cognition, including social learning, cooperation and collaboration, prosociality, and theory of mind. In so doing, we aim to highlight how input from comparative and cross-cultural empiricism has altered our perspectives of human development and, in particular, led to a deeper understanding of the evolution of the human cultural mind.

The Sense of Supernatural Agency

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Frederic Peters
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Human History ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Phenomenon ◽  
Cognitive Patterns ◽  
The Common ◽  
Supernatural Agency

Abstract The sense of supernatural agency constitutes a defining characteristic of the religious sphere of life. But what accounts for the continued cross-cultural recurrence of this psychological phenomenon over the course of human history? This paper reviews evidence indicating that the source of panhuman or universal cognitive patterns of thought and behaviour such as this lies in the common characteristics of the evolved human mind. Further, that the sense of the supernatural is constituted by a unique combination of commonly recurring cognitive processes that together give rise to a panhuman conviction in the reality of supernatural agencies able and (when minded) willing to assist each individual in situations deemed beyond the capacities of that individual. These cognitive processes are driven most acutely by existential anxiety in response to extrinsic physical, economic and social pressures indicating that religiosity is best understood as a social-psychological phenomenon.

How do cultural variations emerge from universal mechanisms?

2005 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 827-828
Author(s):  
Douglas T. Kenrick ◽  
Jill M. Sundie
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Dynamic Interaction ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Economic Behavior ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Cultural Variations

Diverse cultural norms governing economic behavior might emerge from a dynamic interaction of universal but flexible predispositions that get calibrated to biologically meaningful features of the local social and physical ecology. This impressive cross-cultural effort could better elucidate such gene-culture interactions by incorporating theory-driven experimental manipulations (e.g., comparing kin and non-kin exchanges), as well as analyses of mediating cognitive processes.

Cognitive processes and collective representations

1979 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Harris ◽  
Paul Heelas
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Collective Representations ◽  
Cross Cultural Studies

Anthropologists typically adopt the assumption of psychic unity: man universally exhibits the same fundamental cognitive processes. Hence, any apparent heterogeneity in collective representations may not be explained by psychological postulates. On the basis of recent cross-cultural studies of cognitive processes, we move beyond this standard anthropological assumption, arguing that there is cultural variability in the mode of thinking which is elaborated in specific conceptual domains. We shall also reject, however, the traditional alternatives to the assumption of psychic unity: the hypothesis that there is a pervasive mode of primitive thought or that in the course of history the intellect has marched through general stages of thinking.

Interpretation of a cross-cultural usability evaluation: A case study based on a hypermedia system for rare species management in Namibia

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Paterson ◽  
Heike Winschiers-Theophilus ◽  
Tim T. Dunne ◽  
Britta Schinzel ◽  
Les G. Underhill
Keyword(s):  
Rare Species ◽  
Usability Evaluation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Species Management ◽  
Hypermedia System ◽  
Cultural Usability

Language, Orthography and Cognitive Processes: Chinese Perspectives for the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

1986 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rumjahn Hoosain
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Form Perception ◽  
Linguistic Relativity ◽  
Verbal Information ◽  
Visual Form Perception

The traditional approach to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis looks at language and categorically different perception or interpretation of the environment. Another aspect of linguistic relativity relates language to the process of cognition itself, including the ease or facility of cognitive processes. With particular reference to the Chinese language and its unique orthography, some evidence for language-related differences in the manner of information processing is reviewed. These include visual form perception, manipulation of numbers, and memory versus manipulation and elaboration of verbal information. These differences have implications for cognitive development as well as cross-cultural testing and comparison.

scholarly journals Extending NGOMSL Model for Human-Humanoid Robot Interaction in the Soccer Robotics Domain

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Elara Mohan ◽  
Carlos Antonio Acosta Calderon ◽  
Changjiu Zhou ◽  
Pik Kong Yue
Keyword(s):  
Human Computer Interaction ◽  
Mobile Robots ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Interaction Design ◽  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Humanoid Robots ◽  
Usability Evaluation ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Robot Interaction ◽  
Commercial Markets

In the field of human-computer interaction, the Natural Goals, Operators, Methods, and Selection rules Language (NGOMSL) model is one of the most popular methods for modelling knowledge and cognitive processes for rapid usability evaluation. The NGOMSL model is a description of the knowledge that a user must possess to operate the system represented as elementary actions for effective usability evaluations. In the last few years, mobile robots have been exhibiting a stronger presence in commercial markets and very little work has been done with NGOMSL modelling for usability evaluations in the human-robot interaction discipline. This paper focuses on extending the NGOMSL model for usability evaluation of human-humanoid robot interaction in the soccer robotics domain. The NGOMSL modelled human-humanoid interaction design of Robo-Erectus Junior was evaluated and the results of the experiments showed that the interaction design was able to find faults in an average time of 23.84 s. Also, the interaction design was able to detect the fault within the 60 s in 100% of the cases. The Evaluated Interaction design was adopted by our Robo-Erectus Junior version of humanoid robots in the RoboCup 2007 humanoid soccer league.

scholarly journals Cognitive Collaborations: Sounding Southeast Asian Sensibilities in Thai and Balinese Rituals

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Made Mantle Hood ◽  
Bussakorn Binson
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Explanatory Models ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Healing Rituals ◽  
Musical Structures ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Relationship

This article assesses the relationship between Thai and Balinese healing rituals focusing on music and indigenous explanatory models about emotional and cognitive processes. Emphasis is placed on how music and cognitive processes are conceptualised in both historical literature and contemporary interpretive frameworks in two geographically distinct areas of Southeast Asia. Both authors have spent decades observing rituals, performing music, and analysing musical structures. Yet there have been few opportunities to collaborate on a comparison of their findings. This essay will articulate how music is thought to have a direct physiological affect on its participants. The article first examines cross-cultural discourses in the literature that contain theoretical approaches to music and cognition. Then the article describes and compares Thai and Balinese healing rituals that address not only cognitive, but also corporeal and spiritual concepts that relate to broader Southeast Asian approaches to music and the mind.

scholarly journals Debatable Questions Concerning Cross Cultural Researches on Effect of Literacy on Cognitive Development and the Concept of Sympractical Society

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.V. Ponomariov
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Dynamic System ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Cross Cultural

In the polemic with the book by the leading Western cross_cultural psychologists S. Scribner and M. Cole The Psychology of Literacy the author verifies and clarifies the concept of sympractical society. The paper discusses the influence of literacy on cognitive processes development and the effectiveness of tests in investigating this influence. Along with reviewing main theoretical differences between the research conducted by S. Scribner and M. Cole and the Middle Asian research conducted by A.R. Luria in early 1930s, the author substantiates the heuristic notion of 'a dynamic system of meaning' proposed by L.S. Vygotsky and integrates it into the concept of sympractical society. The latter enables him to provide a fuller interpretation of the data included in The Psychology of Literacy within the framework of the cultural_historical theory.

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