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Martin J Pickering1, Simon Garrod

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, United Kingdom Martin.Pickering@ed.ac.uk.

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|February 5, 2008
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Interlocutors align their mental models through priming in dialogue, a process largely automatic. This interactive-alignment model offers insights into cognitive psychology and social interactions.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Computational Linguistics

Background:

  • Dialogue is a fundamental aspect of human interaction.
  • Existing models often lack a detailed cognitive explanation for alignment.
  • Understanding alignment is crucial for explaining conversational dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present the interactive-alignment model of dialogue.
  • To explain how interlocutors align mental models via priming.
  • To explicate the automaticity of alignment and its minimal reliance on other modeling.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical development of the interactive-alignment model.
  • Analysis of alignment across multiple linguistic representation levels.
  • Discussion of the relationship between monologue and dialogue.

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Main Results:

  • Interlocutors align mental models through automatic priming mechanisms.
  • Alignment occurs at various linguistic levels.
  • The role of inferring others' mental states ('other modeling') is minimal.

Conclusions:

  • The interactive-alignment model provides a cognitive-level explanation for dialogue.
  • The model has implications for social and developmental psychology.
  • Computational modeling could further validate and extend the interactive-alignment model.