Social interaction is found to have significant impacts in our quality of life. Information and communications technology (ICT) has been designed to improve our social interaction and well-being. Elderly people face challenges in learning and using IC . . .

Two studies explored the nature and psychological implications of individual differences in emotional complexity, defined as having emotional experiences that are broad in range and well differentiated. Emotional complexity was predicted to be associa . . .

Interpersonal communication problems are common among persons with schizophrenia and may be tied, in part, to deficits in theory of mind - the ability to accurately perceive the attitudes, beliefs, and intentions of others. Particular difficulties mig . . .

Previous research (Greitemeyer & Weiner, 2003) has demonstrated that compliance, because of an anticipated reward is attributed more to the person than compliance because of an anticipated punishment. The present research extended these findings to an . . .

Establishing a common ingroup identity (CII) can reduce intergroup bias. Appeals to CII made by an outgroup member could, however, increase negative intergroup outcomes if perceivers believe that the speaker defines the superordinate group differently . . .

The authors investigated the relationship between marital adjustment and ethnic minority status, depressive symptomatology, and cognitive failures among 78 married, community-dwelling, and predominantly non-European-American older women (ages 57 to 89 . . .

In this study, we investigate the relationship between uncertainty and trust in exogenous shifts in modes of social exchange (i.e., those that are not initiated by the individuals in a given exchange system). We explore how transitions from a high unc . . .

Infant-directed speech is an important but difficult-to-measure aspect of caregiver-infant interaction. Specialized training in speech science is required and processing is computationally intensive and time consuming. We developed a computer-assisted . . .