In a recently published paper 1, I asked, “Could Robert Motherwell have been as great an artist if he were not so articulate?” I proposed that the answer to this question is, no. While we might ...

One thing is for sure; spontaneous exclamations are a colorful aspect of any language and we have lots of them. They used to be words or phrases such as “Golly!” and “Gosh!” and “For heaven’s sake!” ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Following a cognitively-oriented framework, this study builds upon the authors' previous work (Elola and Mikulski 2013; Mikulski and Elola ...

We like to think we can read people like a book, relying mostly on tell-tale facial expressions that give away the emotions inside: the way the brows lift slightly with alarm, or the crow’s feet that ...

Personal robots are purpose-built machines designed to assist with a multitude of everyday tasks. These adaptable devices come in various forms and are capable of performing diverse functions, ...