The Linguistic Effects of Context Specificity: Exploring Affect, Cognitive Processing, and Agency in Physicians’ Think-Aloud Reflections
Abstract
The literature suggests that affect, higher-level cognitive processes (e.g. decision-making), and agency (the capacity to produce an effect) are important for reasoning; however, we do not know how these factors respond to context. Using situated cognition theory as a framework, and linguistic tools as a method, we explored the effects of context specificity [a physician seeing two patients with identical presentations (symptoms and findings), but coming to two different diagnoses], hypothesizing more linguistic markers of cognitive load in the presence of contextual factors (e.g. incorrect diagnostic suggestion).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Apr 17, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1515/dx-2019-0103
Entities
People
- Abigail Konopasky
- Alexis Battista
- Anthony R. Artino
- Divya Ramani
- Steven J. Durning
Organizations
- George Washington University
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences