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order to supply encoded information at higher semantic and
pragmatic levels;
4. The definition of models of interaction/communication and
physical/cognitive constraints accounting for coupled
mechanisms that rule Group Cognition and Collaborative
Knowledge Building (Hargadon, 1999; Stahl, 2006);
5.
The implementation of real-time, friendly, flexible, socially, and
emotionally adaptable ICT interfaces coping with limited
memory and bounded information.
I would call such systems BEINGS, i.e. BEhavINng coGnitive
Systems.
7. Conclusions
The present paper addressed some aspects of the qualitative and
quantitative features of communicative signals, in particular signals
exchanged during human interactions. The general research idea
portrayed is that communication is a
multimodal, multifunctional,
multi-
determined
phenomenon and its components iterate its complexity.
Therefore, in order to understand the multimodal facets of human
communication it has been proposed to approach its study holistically,
accounting also for the cognitive emotional processes that are an
integrant part of it. The benefi ts of this approach will be theoretical,
technological, and societal, bringing to a new understanding of the
user's needs that simplify the everyday-life man-machine interaction
by offering natural ways of communication, motivating innovation and
technological awareness.
Acknowledgement
I want to thank James HIGHAM from the University of Chicago.
James has gone through this paper editing the English and providing
really interesting and useful comments and suggestions. The paper
would not have this form without his help. Thanks go to Maria Teresa
RIVIELLO for sharing data to support the discussion. All the mistakes
are of course mine.
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