Journal

Volume 18, Issue 2 (June 30, 2017)

7 articles

• Emotion and Attention: When the Heart’s Eye Guides the Mind’s Eye
  by Sowon Hahn
  J. CS. 2017, 18(2), 103-115;
  Abstract The dichotomy between “cold” cognition and “hot” emotion is deeply rooted in our understanding of the human mind. Traditional research in cognitive science often ignores the role of emotion when pursuing an information processing model. Recently, however, research has supported the critical role of ... [Read more].
  Abstract The dichotomy between “cold” cognition and “hot” emotion is deeply rooted in our understanding of the human mind. Traditional research in cognitive science often ignores the role of emotion when pursuing an information processing model. Recently, however, research has supported the critical role of emotion in many cognitive processes, including attention, memory, and decision-making. The interaction between attention and emotion is especially important in the adaptive sense because the ability to quickly respond to meaningful stimuli is essential for survival. The current review uses the distinction between top-down (goal-directed) and bottom-up (stimulus-driven) attention to investigate the relationship between emotion and attention. In particular, this review focuses on the relationship among visual selective attention and affective states, individual differences of emotional processing, and neural bases for the interaction between emotion and attention. Converging evidence shows that emotion can prioritize stimuli in the environment and that attention plays a role in controlling emotional processing. [Collapse]
• Cultural Specifcity in “State” Senses Representation in Modern English
  by Anna Pavlova
  J. CS. 2017, 18(2), 117-125;
  Abstract Objectives: Under the cognitive linguistic framework the paper discusses the relationships between culture and language within the integrated theory of knowledge representation in language (N.N. Boldyrev). Based on the assumption that cultural knowledge takes an important place in human’s conceptual... [Read more].
  Abstract Objectives: Under the cognitive linguistic framework the paper discusses the relationships between culture and language within the integrated theory of knowledge representation in language (N.N. Boldyrev). Based on the assumption that cultural knowledge takes an important place in human’s conceptual system this paper focuses on revealing culture-derivative “state” senses and aims at defining language means of their representation in modern English. Methods: The language units representing the interpretative stative function of linguistic cognition form the category of linguistic stativity, which is analyzed with the help of the Prototype theory. The method of cognitive-discursive interpretant provides revealing cultural specifcity in “state” senses representation in modern English. Findings: The result of the analysis states that cultural specifcity appears on the systematic and discursive levels. The system of the English language abounds in lexical and syntactical ways of expressing culture-specific “state” senses. Among the most numerous are phraseological units, motion verbs reinterpreted in connection with inner organs, emotive interjections, English proverbs and sayings as verbalizations of psychologically significant states. Improvement: The study of cultural specificity in “state” senses representation in modern English contributes, on the one hand, to explaining the correlation between language and cognitive structures and, on the other – to issues of intercultural communication. [Collapse]
• The Effects of Word Predictability and Contextual Uncertainty in the Processing of Korean Dative Sentences: An Eye-Movement Rea
  by Hongoak Yun,Dongsu Lee,&Upyong Hong
  J. CS. 2017, 18(2), 127-152;
  Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the conjoined roles of word predictability and contextual uncertainty in modeling readers’ processing difficulty in the integration of recipients or patients into Korean dative sentences, by observing readers’ eye movements in reading. The recipients and ... [Read more].
  Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the conjoined roles of word predictability and contextual uncertainty in modeling readers’ processing difficulty in the integration of recipients or patients into Korean dative sentences, by observing readers’ eye movements in reading. The recipients and patients were arranged in a canonical order (i.e., recipient before patient) or a non-canonical order (i.e., patient before recipient). Using a cloze task, we measured a word’s conditional probability to estimate the degree of predictability for a target word given a context. The outputs from the cloze- type listing task were used to compute entropy-based contextual uncertainty corresponding to the degree of contextual constraint at the point in which target words would appear. While the effect of word predictability on eye movement in reading was being taken into account in linear mixed-effect models, the significant effect of contextual uncertainty emerged only in the processing of target words in non-canonical sentences in a way that words were read more rapidly as the strength of contextual uncertainty increased. Including the contextual-uncertainty factor in the model of word predictability improved the goodness of the model fit significantly in the condition of canonical sentences and marginally significantly in that of non-canonical sentences. Our results suggest that the role of contextual uncertainty is important to improve the model performance accounting for expectation-based probabilistic readers' behaviors during sentence comprehension. A weak context (i.e., high contextual uncertainty) in which a wide distribution of possible choices is constructed contributes to the reduction of processing difficulty, in particular, when readers do not make a strong commitment for upcoming structural information. [Collapse]
• Data-driven Modeling and Service based on Big Data Analytics and Perception Process
  by Wooyung Lee,Eunji Jang,&Joon Lee
  J. CS. 2017, 18(2), 153-173;
  Abstract In this paper, we propose a data-driven service and model which trades the data products generated by the big data analytics and perception process. Existing global data brokers have traded the data products in categorized and listed. Data has been traditionally managed in closed form or limited to ... [Read more].
  Abstract In this paper, we propose a data-driven service and model which trades the data products generated by the big data analytics and perception process. Existing global data brokers have traded the data products in categorized and listed. Data has been traditionally managed in closed form or limited to speci c industries and eco-systems. However, we are faced on the fourth Industrial Revolution, where diverse data is based on utilization, data is becoming a core competence for change and the future. Finding the value in Big Data has been generalized and responded to the change. Also, there is a great demand for revitalization of data processing and utilization of data for industrial application. To support these requirements, the data must be traded in a way that can be easily utilized according to the data analytics and perception process. This is a key technology in the data broker industry, which will enhance data-driven industries. [Collapse]
• Usability Study on the Use of Eye Mouse Based on All the Functions of Conventional Mouse
  by Daehwan Jin, Minjee Kim, Ilsun Rhiu,&Myunghwan Yun
  J. CS. 2017, 18(2), 153-173;
  Abstract Eye mouse is an input device which uses a person's gaze and eye movements as input to operate a mouse cursor by using the eye tracking technology. Eye mouse is an input device which can reflect cognitive intentions of a user immediately from a user’s eye(s). In this study, the functions of eye mouse... [Read more].
  Abstract Eye mouse is an input device which uses a person's gaze and eye movements as input to operate a mouse cursor by using the eye tracking technology. Eye mouse is an input device which can reflect cognitive intentions of a user immediately from a user’s eye(s). In this study, the functions of eye mouse, such as click, double-click, drag and scroll, was investigated and evaluated by supposing real computer interaction situation. In this study, usability of the different operation methods of eye mouse which correspond to the functions of conventional mouse was investigated and evaluated. The experimental result showed that there was performance difference between the different operation methods of eye mouse. The questionnaire result also showed that there was satisfaction difference between the different operation methods of eye mouse. The result of this study made us know what is the pros and cons about usability on the use of eye mouse. The result of this study can help to comprehend interfaces for eye mouse, and can contribute to the establishment of guidelines for development in interface design and operation methods for eye mouse. [Collapse]
• The Comprehension of Body-Part Idioms by EFL Learners: A Cognitive Linguistics-Inspired Approach
  by Monira Ibrahim Al-Mohizea
  J. CS. 2017, 18(2), 175-200;
  Abstract his paper addresses the comprehension of body-part idioms by Arabic- speaking EFL learners from a cognitive linguistics-inspired perspective. A test was devised to examine participants’ receptive knowledge of body-part idioms. Participants’ performance was assessed in relation to similarity of idiom... [Read more].
  Abstract his paper addresses the comprehension of body-part idioms by Arabic- speaking EFL learners from a cognitive linguistics-inspired perspective. A test was devised to examine participants’ receptive knowledge of body-part idioms. Participants’ performance was assessed in relation to similarity of idioms to L1 and their level of transparency, moderated by language proficiency. The variables were carefully operationalised, and the data was analysed following a mixed method design employing think-aloud (TA) protocols. The findings reveal that language proficiency and the scores on the test of idioms correlate significantly. Similarity to L1 and the level of transparency of idioms also correlated significantly with the scores on the test of idioms. The findings also show interesting insights related to body-part lexis, such as imageability, concreteness and familiarity. [Collapse]
• Metaphoric Conceptualizations of Death in Gĩkũyũ
  by Moses Gatambuki Gathigia
  J. CS. 2017, 18(2), 215-235;
  Abstract Using the dictum that metaphor is a conceptual mapping from a concrete source domain to an abstract target domain, this paper identifies and categorizes the metaphors of death in Gĩkũyũ using the Conceptual Metaphor Theory. To achieve this objective, a purposive sample of twenty speakers of Gĩku... [Read more].
  Abstract Using the dictum that metaphor is a conceptual mapping from a concrete source domain to an abstract target domain, this paper identifies and categorizes the metaphors of death in Gĩkũyũ using the Conceptual Metaphor Theory. To achieve this objective, a purposive sample of twenty speakers of Gĩkũyũ was interviewed. The study collected 47 metaphors of death as the target domain. Having employed the mnemonics “TARGET DOMAIN IS SOURCE DOMAIN” as posited by Lakoff and Johnson (1980), the study identi ed four conceptual metaphors of death in Gĩkũyũ as follows: DEATH IS A JOURNEY; DEATH IS THE END; DEATH IS A REST; and DEATH IS A SUMMON. The study concludes that the Cognitive linguistics model provides tools for understanding, interpreting and accounting for metaphors of death in Gĩkũyũ. [Collapse]