Using Pointing and Describing to Achieve Joint Focus of Attention in Dialogue Export

@article{citeulike:3078036, abstract = {Pointing was shown to focus attention in dialogue. Pairs of people talked and gestured to identify targets from arrays visible to both of them. Arrays were located at five distances: arm length (0 cm), 25 cm, 50 cm, 75 cm, and 100 cm. Some pairs could point; others could not. People relied more on pointing and less on language as distance decreased. Pointing especially suppressed descriptions of target location, suggesting that it was used to focus attention on a spatial region.}, address = {Stanford University}, author = {Bangerter, Adrian}, citeulike-article-id = {3078036}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00694.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/118793093/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00694.x}, journal = {Psychological Science}, keywords = {communication, deixis, joint-attention, language-games}, number = {6}, pages = {415--419}, posted-at = {2009-04-27 17:26:47}, priority = {4}, title = {Using Pointing and Describing to Achieve Joint Focus of Attention in Dialogue}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00694.x}, volume = {15}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3078036 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3078036 N2 - Pointing was shown to focus attention in dialogue. Pairs of people talked and gestured to identify targets from arrays visible to both of them. Arrays were located at five distances: arm length (0 cm), 25 cm, 50 cm, 75 cm, and 100 cm. Some pairs could point; others could not. People relied more on pointing and less on language as distance decreased. Pointing especially suppressed descriptions of target location, suggesting that it was used to focus attention on a spatial region. IS - 6 JF - Psychological Science AD - Stanford University EP - 419 TI - Using Pointing and Describing to Achieve Joint Focus of Attention in Dialogue VL - 15 SP - 415 KW - communication KW - deixis KW - joint-attention KW - language-games AU - Bangerter, Adrian PY - 2004/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00694.x ER -