Epistemic action and language : a cross-linguistic study

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dc.contributor.advisorMalcolm-Smith, Susanen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorNunez, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKing, Warrenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-30T19:52:43Z
dc.date.available2014-12-30T19:52:43Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 106-113).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractEpistemic actions are physical actions which increase the speed, accuracy, and/or robustness of internal computation by allowing cognitive work to be off-loaded to the environment, thus simplifying internal computation. Previous studies on epistemic action are limited in that they demonstrate that epistemic actions may only improve task performance within tasks which are inherently spatial in nature. In this regard, a cross-linguistic replication of an experiment by Maglio et al. (1999) which required participants to produce as many words as possible within five minutes from a string of seven random letters was performed in order to investigate epistemic actions in a verbal task domain.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKing, W. (2008). <i>Epistemic action and language : a cross-linguistic study</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10641en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKing, Warren. <i>"Epistemic action and language : a cross-linguistic study."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10641en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKing, W. 2008. Epistemic action and language : a cross-linguistic study. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - King, Warren AB - Epistemic actions are physical actions which increase the speed, accuracy, and/or robustness of internal computation by allowing cognitive work to be off-loaded to the environment, thus simplifying internal computation. Previous studies on epistemic action are limited in that they demonstrate that epistemic actions may only improve task performance within tasks which are inherently spatial in nature. In this regard, a cross-linguistic replication of an experiment by Maglio et al. (1999) which required participants to produce as many words as possible within five minutes from a string of seven random letters was performed in order to investigate epistemic actions in a verbal task domain. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Epistemic action and language : a cross-linguistic study TI - Epistemic action and language : a cross-linguistic study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10641 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10641
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKing W. Epistemic action and language : a cross-linguistic study. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10641en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPsychological Researchen_ZA
dc.titleEpistemic action and language : a cross-linguistic studyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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