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The Body That Speaks: Recombining Bodies and Speech Sources in Unscripted Face-to-Face Communication
This article examines advances in research methods that enable experimental substitution of the speaking body in unscripted face-to-face communication. A taxonomy of six hybrid social agents is presented by combining three types of bodies (mechanical, virtual, and human) with either an artificial or...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015481/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27660616 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01300 |
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author | Gillespie, Alex Corti, Kevin |
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description | This article examines advances in research methods that enable experimental substitution of the speaking body in unscripted face-to-face communication. A taxonomy of six hybrid social agents is presented by combining three types of bodies (mechanical, virtual, and human) with either an artificial or human speech source. Our contribution is to introduce and explore the significance of two particular hybrids: (1) the cyranoid method that enables humans to converse face-to-face through the medium of another person's body, and (2) the echoborg method that enables artificial intelligence to converse face-to-face through the medium of a human body. These two methods are distinct in being able to parse the unique influence of the human body when combined with various speech sources. We also introduce a new framework for conceptualizing the body's role in communication, distinguishing three levels: self's perspective on the body, other's perspective on the body, and self's perspective of other's perspective on the body. Within each level the cyranoid and echoborg methodologies make important research questions tractable. By conceptualizing and synthesizing these methods, we outline a novel paradigm of research on the role of the body in unscripted face-to-face communication. |
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spelling | pubmed-50154812016-09-22 The Body That Speaks: Recombining Bodies and Speech Sources in Unscripted Face-to-Face Communication Gillespie, Alex Corti, Kevin Front Psychol Psychology This article examines advances in research methods that enable experimental substitution of the speaking body in unscripted face-to-face communication. A taxonomy of six hybrid social agents is presented by combining three types of bodies (mechanical, virtual, and human) with either an artificial or human speech source. Our contribution is to introduce and explore the significance of two particular hybrids: (1) the cyranoid method that enables humans to converse face-to-face through the medium of another person's body, and (2) the echoborg method that enables artificial intelligence to converse face-to-face through the medium of a human body. These two methods are distinct in being able to parse the unique influence of the human body when combined with various speech sources. We also introduce a new framework for conceptualizing the body's role in communication, distinguishing three levels: self's perspective on the body, other's perspective on the body, and self's perspective of other's perspective on the body. Within each level the cyranoid and echoborg methodologies make important research questions tractable. By conceptualizing and synthesizing these methods, we outline a novel paradigm of research on the role of the body in unscripted face-to-face communication. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5015481/ /pubmed/27660616 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01300 Text en Copyright © 2016 Gillespie and Corti. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Gillespie, Alex Corti, Kevin The Body That Speaks: Recombining Bodies and Speech Sources in Unscripted Face-to-Face Communication |
title | The Body That Speaks: Recombining Bodies and Speech Sources in Unscripted Face-to-Face Communication |
title_full | The Body That Speaks: Recombining Bodies and Speech Sources in Unscripted Face-to-Face Communication |
title_fullStr | The Body That Speaks: Recombining Bodies and Speech Sources in Unscripted Face-to-Face Communication |
title_full_unstemmed | The Body That Speaks: Recombining Bodies and Speech Sources in Unscripted Face-to-Face Communication |
title_short | The Body That Speaks: Recombining Bodies and Speech Sources in Unscripted Face-to-Face Communication |
title_sort | body that speaks: recombining bodies and speech sources in unscripted face-to-face communication |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015481/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27660616 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01300 |
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