The document discusses topics related to artificial intelligence, cognition, language, dialogue, and interaction. It summarizes research areas like emotion modeling, speech recognition, dialogue management. It then describes a simulation study that modeled group conversations between individuals from different cultures (American, Mexican, Arabic) by varying parameters like proxemics, gaze, and turn-taking based on literature. The study found culture-specific behaviors were detectable in the virtual simulations based on user evaluations.

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3. Human Brain

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15. Limbic system

26. Literature on Proxemics (eg.Shuter’76) 83cm 79 cm 75 cm 60 cm 56 cm 51 cm 83 cm 71 cm 75 cm 65 cm 50 cm 61 cm M-M M-F F-F M-M M-F F-F Anglo Anglo Anglo Mexican Mexican Mexican Outdoor Adults Indoor Adults Gender Ethnic Groups

27. Simulated Proxemics (Hall’68) > 2.7 1.2-2.7 0.45-1.2 < 0.45 American English > 1.5 0.7-1.5 0.45-0.7 < 0.45 Arabic Levantine > 2.0 1.0-2.0 < 0.45-1.0 < 0.45 Mexican Spanish Public (m) Social (m) Personal (m) Intimate (m) Proxemic zone/ Ethnic group

28. Amount of Gaze: Triads and Dyads (Exline’60, Argyle & Ingham’72,’76) 65.7 77.9 47.9 37.9 56.1 73.8 31.1 23.4 37.3 42.4 36.9 7.5 23.2 29.8 25.6 3.0 Mean gaze While listening While talking Mutual gaze Female dyads Male dyads Female triads Male triads Gender/ Gaze (%)

29. Simulated Gaze Arabic Levantine American English Mexican Spanish Ethnic group 80% 60 % 80% Chance to gaze at speaker

33. Anglo-American 1

34. Mexican 1

35. Arabic 1