Robin L Hill

University of Edinburgh, Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation, Faculty Member

University of Edinburgh, Politics and International Relations, Faculty Member

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A lecturer in Cognitive Science, I work on understanding the cognitive aspects of information processing with the aim of improving usability and accessibility. This encompasses investigating how people interact with audio-visual stimuli, whether through mainstream broadcasts, social media, or directly in face-to-face communication and dialogue, combined with their use of different technologies. I also strive to emphasise the importance of considering and accommodating the human user when designing technology. In turn, I use advanced technology in my experiments on human behaviour, language and perception to monitor psycho- and bio-physical reactions, such as eye-tracking, electroencephalography (EEG) and heart rate. This multidisciplinary combination of social and computing science is reflected in my joint appointment at Edinburgh University, where I’m in both the College of Humanities and Social Science and the College of Science and Engineering. In the Neuropolitics Research Laboratory I analyse emotional engagement, visual attention and affective responses to contemporary news and political events. Currently, the main focus is on people’s attitudes towards immigration and the EU referendum (and the perceived overlap between these). For Design Informatics, I teach user-centric design, evaluation and research methodology, enabling an optimal fusion of art and science in product development and data visualisation.Current roles: Senior Laboratory Manager for Informatics covering the Joint Eye-tracking Laboratory (JEL), Sound Studios, Perception Labs, VR and the Neuropolitics Research Laboratory.

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Eye movements: A window on mind and brain

by Robin L Hill and Wayne Murray

Eye-movement recording has become the method of choice in a wide variety of disciplines investiga... more Eye-movement recording has become the method of choice in a wide variety of disciplines investigating how the mind and brain work. This volume brings together recent, high-quality eye-movement research from many different disciplines and, in doing so, presents a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in eye-movement research. Sections include the history of eye-movement research, physiological and clinical studies of eye movements, transsaccadic integration, computational modelling of eye movements, reading, spoken language processing, attention and scene perception, and eye-movements in natural environments.

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UC Merced Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Title What Tunes Accessibility of Referring Expressions in Task-Related Dialogue? Publication Date What Tunes Accessibility of Referring Expressions in Task-Related Dialogue?

Ariel (1988) proposes that the grammatical form of any referring expression can be predicted from... more Ariel (1988) proposes that the grammatical form of any referring expression can be predicted from the deemed accessibility of its referent to the intended audience. The term 'deemed' is critical: it allows the speaker an egocentric perspective and frees choice of expression from the actual contingencies of the situation in which it is uttered. We analyze 1775 first mentions of visible objects within a multi-modal corpus of cooperative task-related dialogues (Carletta et al., under revision) for effects of situation (communication modalities, actions involving the named entity) and of responsibilities assigned to speakers and listeners. Accessibility distributions show statistically significant effects of three kinds: circumstances readily available to the listener (concurrent movement of the named object); circumstances private to the speaker (hovering the mouse over the object, when the listener cannot see the mouse), and speakers' assigned roles.

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