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Thomas Holtgraves¹, Tai-Lin Han

¹Department of Psychological Science, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 47306, USA. 00t0holtgrav@bsu.edu

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Researchers developed a novel conversational bot to study real-time social and cognitive processes during human interaction. This tool measures comprehension speed and allows for secondary tasks to analyze online conversational processing.

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Area of Science:

Psycholinguistics
Human-Computer Interaction
Cognitive Science

Background:

Investigating real-time cognitive and social processes during conversation is challenging.
Limited research exists on how individuals process utterances during live interaction.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel tool for examining online social and cognitive processes in conversational interactions.
To facilitate research into the dynamics of real-time language comprehension during dialogue.

Main Methods:

Development of a conversational bot simulating instant messaging.
Implementation of features to record participant comprehension speed.
Integration capabilities for secondary cognitive tasks, such as lexical decision tasks.

Main Results:

The study reports the successful development of a functional conversational bot.
The bot is designed to capture nuanced data on online conversational processing.
The system allows for flexible integration with other experimental paradigms.

Conclusions:

The developed conversational bot offers a new avenue for studying real-time interaction.
This tool can significantly advance research in psycholinguistics and cognitive science.
Future research can leverage this platform to explore various aspects of online communication.