Kluth, Thomas: Modeling the Contribution of Visual Attention to Spatial Language Verification. 2019
Inhalt
- Title
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abstract
- Zusammenfassung
- Motivation
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Spatial Language
- 1.1.1 Spatial Prepositions
- 1.1.2 Language and Perception: The Case for Space
- 1.1.3 Spatial Prepositions and Attentional Shifts
- 1.1.4 The AVS Model
- 1.2 Thesis Outline
- 2 Non-Linguistic Processing of Spatial Relations
- Computational and Empirical Studies
- 3 The Reversed AVS Model
- 3.1 Motivating rAVS Variations
- 3.2 Model Evaluation
- 3.2.1 Goodness-of-Fit and Simple Hold-Out: Method
- 3.2.2 Logan and Sadler (1996) and Hayward and Tarr (1995)
- 3.2.3 Proximal and Center-of-Mass Orientation (Exps. 1–3)
- 3.2.4 Dissociate Center-of-Mass from Midpoint (Exp. 4)
- 3.2.5 Grazing Line Effect (Exps. 5 & 6)
- 3.2.6 Effect of Distance (Exp. 7)
- 3.2.7 All Experiments from Regier and Carlson (2001)
- 3.3 Discussion of Evaluation of rAVS Variations
- 4 Empirically Assessing Model Predictions
- 5 Model Simulations
- General Discussion
- 6 Towards a Comprehensive Model of Spatial Language Processing
- 6.1 Summary of Findings
- 6.2 Levels of Analysis: Marr's Three-Level Proposal
- 6.2.1 AVS-like Models and Marr's Levels
- 6.2.2 Extending the Computational Level
- 6.2.3 Explicating the Algorithmic and Representational Level
- 6.2.4 Extending the Implementational Level
- 6.3 Summary of Ideas for Future Model Enhancements
- 6.4 Conclusion: Does Directionality of Attention Matter?
- Appendix
- A List of Abbreviations
- B Empirical Study
- C Model Flexibility Analysis
- D Defense Theses
- E Image Credits
- F List of Figures
- G List of Tables
- Bibliography