{"pk":25689,"title":"Communicative Efficiency and Miscommunication: The Costs and Benefits of\nVariable Language Production","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Although negotiating joint action through dialogue can be\ndifficult, dyads may be able to improve collaborative\nperformance by managing communicative efficiency in\nlanguage production, balancing effort (words per turn) with\noutput (turn-level success). Comparing dyads with high,\nmedium, and low levels of accuracy in communication, growth\ncurve modeling revealed a negative relationship between\nsuccess and excessive variability in levels of efficiency. Dyads\nperformed better by maintaining moderately fluid efficiency\n(seen in high-success dyads) or minimizing efficiency\nvariability (seen in medium-success dyads), rather than\nscrambling for efficiency only as needed (seen in low-success\ndyads). Balancing efficiency variability in language production\nmay create flexible but relatively stable interaction structures,\nlaying the groundwork for successful communication","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"miscommunication; growth curve; production\neffort; interaction; joint action"}],"section":"Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9kp2r9z9","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Alexandra","middle_name":"","last_name":"Paxton","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Merced","department":""},{"first_name":"Jennifer","middle_name":"M","last_name":"Roche","name_suffix":"","institution":"Kent State University","department":""},{"first_name":"Michael","middle_name":"K","last_name":"Tanenhaus","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Rochester","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2015-01-01T13:00:00-05:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/25689/galley/15313/download/"}]}