Valerie K. Sims
University of Central Florida
106 Papers
277 Citations
Valerie K. Sims is an academic researcher from University of Central Florida. The author has contributed to research in topics: Spatial ability & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 103 publications.
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Papers
Responsiveness and perceived intelligence as predictors of speech addressed to cats
Valerie K. Sims,Matthew G. Chin +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a cat was examined to test whether the use of child-directed language (CDL) with a companion animal is related to perceived intelligence of a listener and/or listener responsiveness.
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Those A-Maze-Ing Robots: Attributions of Ability are Based on Form, not Behavior:
Linda Upham Ellis,Valerie K. Sims,Matthew G. Chin,Aaron A. Pepe,Clint W. Owens,Michael J. Dolezal,Randall Shumaker,Neal Finkelstein +7 more
- 01 Sep 2005
TL;DR: In this article, participants were introduced to one of three robots-a bipedal Robosapien, a treaded vehicle, and a wheeled vehicle-and used voice commands to guide this entity through a maze from a remote destination.
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Toward a User-Centered Approach for Emergency Warning Distribution:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed four guidelines supported by psychological research and inspired by currently available technologies to more appropriately tailor warning messages for each recipient to improve the response of emergency warning recipients.
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Texting as a multidimensional behavior: Individual differences and measurement of texting behaviors.
TL;DR: The Texting Behaviors Index (TBI) as mentioned in this paper is a generalized measure of texting behavior, which uses exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis on samples of undergraduate students.
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Predictors of Views about Punishing Animal Abuse
TL;DR: This article used scenarios of animal cruelty based on actual events to explore what factors predict perceptions of punishments for animal cruelty and found that response distributions were highly skewed for seven of the 15 criterion variables, highlighting the strong sentiments participants expressed against animal cruelty.
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