How much does nonverbal communication conform to entropy rate constancy?: A case study on listener gaze in interaction
Y. Wang, Y. Xu, G. Skantze, H. Buschmeier, in: Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics ACL 2024, Bangkok, Thailand, 2024, pp. 3533–3545.
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Wang, Yu;
Xu, Yang;
Skantze, Gabriel;
Buschmeier, Hendrik
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According to the Entropy Rate Constancy (ERC) principle, the information density of a text is approximately constant over its length. Whether this principle also applies to nonverbal communication signals is still under investigation. We perform empirical analyses of video-recorded dialogue data and investigate whether listener gaze, as an important nonverbal communication signal, adheres to the ERC principle. Results show (1) that the ERC principle holds for listener gaze; and (2) that the two linguistic factors syntactic complexity and turn transition potential are weakly correlated with local entropy of listener gaze.
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Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics ACL 2024
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3533–3545
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62nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Wang Y, Xu Y, Skantze G, Buschmeier H. How much does nonverbal communication conform to entropy rate constancy?: A case study on listener gaze in interaction. In: Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics ACL 2024. ; 2024:3533–3545.
Wang, Y., Xu, Y., Skantze, G., & Buschmeier, H. (2024). How much does nonverbal communication conform to entropy rate constancy?: A case study on listener gaze in interaction. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics ACL 2024, 3533–3545.
@inproceedings{Wang_Xu_Skantze_Buschmeier_2024, place={Bangkok, Thailand}, title={How much does nonverbal communication conform to entropy rate constancy?: A case study on listener gaze in interaction}, booktitle={Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics ACL 2024}, author={Wang, Yu and Xu, Yang and Skantze, Gabriel and Buschmeier, Hendrik}, year={2024}, pages={3533–3545} }
Wang, Yu, Yang Xu, Gabriel Skantze, and Hendrik Buschmeier. “How Much Does Nonverbal Communication Conform to Entropy Rate Constancy?: A Case Study on Listener Gaze in Interaction.” In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics ACL 2024, 3533–3545. Bangkok, Thailand, 2024.
Y. Wang, Y. Xu, G. Skantze, and H. Buschmeier, “How much does nonverbal communication conform to entropy rate constancy?: A case study on listener gaze in interaction,” in Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics ACL 2024, Bangkok, Thailand, 2024, pp. 3533–3545.
Wang, Yu, et al. “How Much Does Nonverbal Communication Conform to Entropy Rate Constancy?: A Case Study on Listener Gaze in Interaction.” Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics ACL 2024, 2024, pp. 3533–3545.
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