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The interaction between dialogue and visuospatial task performance| old_uid | 13556 |
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| title | The interaction between dialogue and visuospatial task performance |
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| start_date | 2014/03/07 |
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| schedule | 16h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | The simultaneous performance of a linguistic task together with a visual, spatial, and/or motor task is of special importance for researchers interested in the connection between language and other cognitive systems. According to modular approaches, there should be little interference between different modalities, and, to the extent that interference occurs, it should occur across the board and not differ between processes within each domain. One particularly salient example of such interference occurring is talking on the phone while driving. While there has been much work on this topic, none of the research thus far has considered the specific question of why such interference occurs and whether and how it is related to the intricate dynamics of conversation. Identifying and differentiating between the specific aspects of conversation that affect performance on other tasks is necessary for the understanding of both why and when language interferes. I will present three studies that we conducted in order to examine the subtle dynamics of conversation and its effects on a concurrent visuomotor task. Our results show that the difficulty of the visual motor task, the type of conversational turn (speaking vs. listening vs. planning what to say next), the familiarity with the interlocutor, and the spatial direction from which the voice of the interlocutor is heard all modulate the amount of interference. I will discuss the implications of these findings for theories of language and spoken dialogue. |
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| responsibles | Strickland |
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