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Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Series Editor's Foreword -- About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- PART I: COMMUNICATION SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY -- 1 Introduction -- Introduction -- Communication and Biology: A Brief History -- Structure of the book -- Note -- References -- 2 Building Communication Science Through the Blueprints of D. C. Dennett and Robert Pirsig -- Craig's Meta-model -- The Epistemologies of Pirsig and Dennett -- How to Play Chess -- Research in Bio-Behavioral Aspects of Communication -- Objections to Biological Approaches to Communication Theory -- A Bright Future -- Note -- References -- PART II: EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES -- 3 Natural Selection and the Nature of Communication -- Some Physics Escapes the Realm of Entropy -- Natural Selection and Replicative Functional Order -- Replicative Order and Frame of Reference -- Genetic and Environmental Inheritance -- The Coevolution of Genome and Environment -- Communication and Systems of Evolved Meaning -- Evolution, Replicative Order, and Shannon's Theoryof Communication -- Communication and Learning -- Conflict and Deception as Features of Inter-Individual Communication -- Language Acquisition Involves Evolved Systems of Meaning -- Communication and Human Coalitions -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Costly Signaling in Human Communication -- The Costly Signaling Mechanism -- Cost Types -- Receiver-IndependentCosts -- Receiver-Dependent Costs -- Applications of Costly Signaling to Human Communication -- Aggressive Intent Signals Maintained by Retaliation Costs -- Laughter as a Trust Barometer Maintained by Vulnerability Costs -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Evolution, Structure, and Functions of Human Laughter. , The Acoustic Structure of Laughter -- Laughter Phylogeny -- Social Functions of Laughter -- Colaughter -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Behavior Genetics and Twin Studies: Principles, Analytical Techniques, and Data Resources for Innovative Communication Research -- Principles of Behavior Genetics and Twin Studies -- Collecting and Analyzing Twin Data -- Analytical Approaches -- ACE Model Specifications and Fit -- Application of ACE Modeling -- Theoretical Implications -- Innovative Aplications in Communication Research -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7 Evolutionary Reasoning in Communication Scholarship: Generating and Testing Sound Hypotheses -- Nature Blindness in Media Research -- A Distorted Image of Biology -- Tinbergen's Four Whys -- Deriving and Testing Sound Hypotheses in Evolutionary Media Research -- Biology of the Human Mind -- Evolved Psychological Mechanisms as an Access Route for Empirical Testing -- Philosophy of Science in Evolutionary Psychology: Popper or Lakatos -- Conclusion -- References -- PART III: COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA NEUROSCIENCE -- 8 Mediated Messages and Synchronized Brains -- Capturing Collective Engagement -- Examining How Messages Convey Meaning -- Shared Processing Among Social Groups -- Future Research on Mediated Messages and Synchronized Brains -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 9 The Neuroscience of Persuasion and Information Propagation: The Key Role of the Mentalizing System -- What is Mentalizing? -- The Involvement of Mentalizing in Persuasion, Socialinfluence, and Information Propagation -- Mentalizing in Communicators Increases Success of Social Influence -- Individual Differences in Mentalizing Are Associated with Successful Influence -- Mentalizing in Receivers Leads to Increased Likelihood of Social Influence -- Mentalizing Supports Information Transfer Between Communicators and Receivers. , Moderators of Mentalizing and Future Directions -- Message-Level and Contextual Considerations -- Development -- Cultural and Environmental Considerations -- Dynamic Brain and Social Networks -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Social Media in Neuroscience Research -- Social Networks -- Social Network Size -- Social Network Density -- Intensity of Online Social Networking -- Problematic Online Social Network Use -- Social Influence -- Sharing Information -- Financial Decision-Making -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective on Political Knowledge, Misinformation, and Memory for "Facts" -- Memory in Public Opinion and Political Communication Research -- A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective on Memory -- Multiple Memory Systems and Political Performance -- A False Memory Perspective on Political Misinformation -- Using Event-Related Potentials to Investigate False Memories -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 12 Advancing the Synchronization Theory of Flow Experiences -- The Synchronization Theory of Flow -- Networks of Attention -- Emerging Empirical Evidence -- Hypothesis 1: Synchronization -- Hypothesis 2: Optimization -- Hypothesis 3: Outcomes -- Advancing the Synchronization Theory of Flow -- Theoretical Advance: Beyond the Tripartite Network Model -- Theoretical Advance: Individual Differences in Capacity and Control -- Methodological Advance: Dynamic Brain Networks -- Methodological Advance: Social Demand Tasks vs. Visuo-Motor Demand Tasks -- Applying Sync Theory -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 13 Attention, Working Memory, and Media Multitasking -- Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Atention and Multitasking -- Top-Down and Bottom-Up -- Large-Scale Dynamic Networks -- The Task-Positive Network -- The Task-Negative Network -- The Task-Switching Network -- Plasticity in Large-Scale Networks. , The Role of Media in Media Multitasking -- Motivational -- Accessible -- Cross- and Inter-Modal -- Non-Exhaustive -- Neurophysiological Dimensions of Media Multitasking -- Multiplexing -- Motivation -- Control -- Multitasking from a New Perspective -- References -- 14 Video Gaming: A Challenge for the Brain's Reward System? -- Classifying Problematic Video Gaming Behavior -- Neuroanatomy Overview -- The Reward System -- The Motor System -- Emotional Memory -- Cognitive Function -- Cue Exposure -- Attentional Bias -- Inhibition -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 15 Biological Perspectives of Media Violence and Aggression -- Neurobiology of Trait Aggression -- Neuroimaging in Aggressive Individuals -- Neurogenetics of Aggression -- Neurobiology of State Aggression -- Paradigms for Aggression Research -- Taylor Aggression Paradigm -- Neuroimaging -- Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm -- Verbal Provocation Tasks -- Frustration Tasks -- Imagined Aggression -- Neurobiology of Media Aggression and Violence -- Media Violence and Aggression Networks -- Effects of Media Violence Exposure -- Media Violence and the Brain Reward System -- Conclusion -- References -- 16 Virtual Reality for Communication Neuroscience -- Basic Questions -- Why Is VR Interesting? -- How Does VR Work? -- Technical Components -- Varieties of Experience -- Advantages and Limitations of the VR Medium -- Advantages of the VR Medium -- Limitations of the VR Medium -- Fundamental Issues -- Perception-Action Coupling -- Toward a "Virtuality Network" -- When Virtual Reality Becomes Useful -- New Methods and Phenomenology -- Additional Considerations -- Emerging Challenges -- Opportunities for Open Science -- Future Directions -- Additional Information -- References -- 17 Is There a Cultural Brain? Analyzing Individual Differences in Processing Media Messages -- Individual Differences. , First Approach to Individual Differences: Ignore Them -- Second Approach to Individual Differences: Beg the Question -- Third Approach to Individual Differences: Treat Them as a Nuisance -- Fourth Approach to Individual Differences: Leverage Them -- Leveraging Neural Variability to Understand Communication Phenomena -- Incorporating Culture and Loking to the Future -- Notes -- References -- 18 Neuromarketing: How to Choose the Right Measures -- Review of Pretesting Research -- The Promise of Neuromarketing Measures -- Pretesting Advertising with Traditional Measures -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Studies -- Electroencephalogram (EEG) Studies -- Physiological Measures -- Summary -- Choosing the Right Vendor -- A Framework for Choosing Vendors -- Conclusion -- References -- 19 Investigating Communication Using Peripheral Nervous System Measurement -- A Brief Description of the Peripheral Nervous System -- Measuring Cardiac Activity -- Measuring Visual Attention -- Measuring Electrodermal Activity -- Measuring Electromyographic Activity -- Conclusion -- References -- 20 The State of the Art and the Future of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Communication Research -- A Whirlwind Tour of fMRI -- Some Words of Caution -- Current Advances in Communication Neuroscience -- The Brain-as-Predictor Approach (BAP): From Neural Activity to Population Outcomes -- Intersubject Correlation Analysis (ISC): Synchrony Across Brains -- Multivoxel Pattern Analysis (MVPA): Decoding Brain Activity -- Future Avenues for fMRI in Communication Research -- Combining fMRI and Computational Content Analysis -- Hyperscanning -- Real-time fMRI (Neurofeedback) -- Notes -- References -- PART IV: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION -- 21 Emotion and Emotional Communication -- Alexithymia -- Psychological and Relational Outcomes -- Physiological Outcomes. , Social Anhedonia.

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Note: Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- Invited Talks -- Computing Useful Recommendations: Still Requires Knowledge -- Learning to Compare with Few Data for Personalised Human Activity Recognition -- Contents -- Invited Paper -- Learning to Compare with Few Data for Personalised Human Activity Recognition -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reasoning with Sensor Data for HAR -- 2.1 HAR Using selfBACK Accelerometer Data -- 2.2 Multi-modal Exercise Recognition with MEx Data -- 2.3 Personalisation with Non-iid Data -- 3 Learning to Personalise with Few Data -- 3.1 Learning to Match -- 3.2 Learning to Relate -- 3.3 Learning to Adapt -- 4 Evaluations -- 4.1 HAR Comparative Study -- 4.2 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Technical Session: Workflows -- A*-Based Similarity Assessment of Semantic Graphs -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Semantic Graphs -- 2.2 Approaches to Similarity Assessment of Multi-labeled Graphs -- 2.3 Semantic Graph Similarity Following the Local-Global Principle -- 2.4 A*-Based Similarity Search -- 3 Improving the A*-Based Similarity Search -- 3.1 Search Space Reduction -- 3.2 Adaptive Mapping Orientation -- 3.3 More Informed Heuristic -- 3.4 Heuristic-Based Element Selection -- 4 Experimental Evaluation -- 4.1 Similarity Computation with Ensured Optimality -- 4.2 Similarity Computation Without Ensured Optimality -- 5 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- A Time-Series Similarity Measure for Case-Based Deviation Management to Support Flexible Workflow Execution -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Deviation Management for Flexible Workflows -- 2.1 Workflow Flexibility -- 2.2 Constraint-Based Workflow Engine -- 2.3 Case-Based Deviation Management -- 3 Similarity Measures for Time Series -- 3.1 Dynamic Time Warping -- 3.2 Smith-Waterman-Algorithm -- 3.3 Weighted Vector Similarity -- 4 Similarity Measure for Deviating Workflows. , 4.1 Characteristics of Similarity for Deviating Workflows -- 4.2 Pre-processing of the Case Base -- 4.3 Similarity Assessment -- 5 Evaluation -- 6 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Process Trace Classification for Stroke Management Quality Assessment -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Medical Process Trace Classification -- 3.1 Classification Through Semantic Trace Comparison -- 3.2 Deep Learning Classification -- 4 Experimental Results -- 4.1 Semantic Trace Comparison: Classification Results -- 4.2 Deep Learning: Classification Results -- 5 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Technical Session: Applications in Health -- Using Case-Based Reasoning to Predict Marathon Performance and Recommend Tailored Training Plans -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 A CBR Approach to Marathon Training -- 3.1 From Training/Workout Sessions to Cases -- 3.2 Task 1: Predicting Goal Race-Times -- 3.3 Task 2: Recommending Tailored Training Programmes -- 3.4 From Single Weeks to Multiple Weeks -- 4 Evaluation -- 4.1 Setup -- 4.2 Prediction Error by Training Week -- 4.3 Prediction Stability -- 4.4 Prediction Error by Ability -- 4.5 Evaluating Training Plan Recommendations -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Classifying Breast Cancer Tissue Through DNA Methylation and Clinical Covariate Based Retrieval -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Research Background -- 3 Methods -- 3.1 Data Preprocessing -- 3.2 System Overview -- 3.3 Distance Measures -- 3.4 Retrieval Framework -- 3.5 Feature Selection -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Test for Confounding Clinical Variables -- 4.2 Classification Tasks -- 4.3 First Task: Cancer Classification -- 4.4 Second Task: Cancer Subtype -- 4.5 Initial Findings -- 4.6 Effect of Clinical Covariate Integration -- 4.7 Case Refinement for Subtype Classification -- 5 Discussion -- References. , A New Adaptation Phase for Thresholds in a CBR System Associated to a Region Growing Algorithm to Segment Tumoral Kidneys -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Materials and Methods -- 3.1 COLISEUM-3D -- 3.2 CBR System for Segmentation of Pathological Kidney -- 3.3 Adaptation Phase -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Database, Initial Hypothesis and Conditions, and Evaluation Process -- 4.2 Determination of Optimal Weights -- 4.3 Comparaison with OV2ASSION Approach for Segmentation of Tumoral Kidneys -- 5 Discussion and Future Work -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Predicting the Personal-Best Times of Speed Skaters Using Case-Based Reasoning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Introduction to Speed Skating -- 2.1 The Anatomy of Speed Skating: Skaters and Races -- 2.2 The Importance of Pacing -- 2.3 The Dutch Speed Skating Data Set -- 2.4 Research Questions -- 3 Predicting Track-Specific Race-Times -- 3.1 From Races to Cases -- 3.2 Adapting for Track Variations -- 3.3 Generating Predictions -- 4 Evaluation -- 4.1 Data and Methodology -- 4.2 Prediction Error vs k -- 4.3 Best Performers -- 4.4 On Gender and Age -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Technical Session: New Paradigms -- Clood CBR: Towards Microservices Oriented Case-Based Reasoning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work in CBR Development Architectures -- 3 Microservices Design Paradigm for CBR -- 3.1 Clood Architecture -- 3.2 The Casebase -- 3.3 Local Similarity -- 3.4 Global Similarity -- 3.5 Implication for CBR Cycle -- 4 Clood CBR System -- 4.1 Casebase Using Elasticsearch -- 4.2 Clood Similarity Functions -- 4.3 REST API -- 4.4 Clood CBR Dashboard -- 5 Evaluation -- 5.1 Experimental Setup and Dataset -- 5.2 Results and Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Holographic Case-Based Reasoning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Holographic Systems -- 3 Holographic CBR -- 4 Realization of a Holographic Reasoner. , 5 Discussion and Related Work -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Technical Session: Explanations -- Good Counterfactuals and Where to Find Them: A Case-Based Technique for Generating Counterfactuals for Explainable AI (XAI) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Counterfactual Explanation: Promise, Problems and Prospects -- 2.1 Counterfactual Promise -- 2.2 Counterfactual Problems -- 2.3 CBR's Prospects for Counterfactuals -- 3 Experiment 1: Plotting Counterfactual Potential -- 3.1 Method: Data Sets and Procedure -- 3.2 Results and Discussion -- 4 A Case-Based Technique for Good Counterfactuals -- 4.1 Explanatory Competence -- 4.2 Leveraging Counterfactual Cases for Explanation -- 4.3 A Case-Based Approach to Generating Good Counterfactuals -- 5 Experiment 2: Evaluating Explanation Competence -- 5.1 Method: Data and Procedure -- 5.2 Results and Discussion: Explanatory Competence -- 5.3 Results and Discussion: Counterfactual Distance -- 6 Conclusions and Future Directions -- References -- CBR-LIME: A Case-Based Reasoning Approach to Provide Specific Local Interpretable Model-Agnostic Explanations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Background -- 4 The CBR-LIME Method -- 4.1 Case Base Elicitation -- 4.2 Case-Based Explanation -- 5 Evaluation -- 5.1 Offline Evaluation -- 5.2 Online Evaluation with Users -- 6 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- A User-Centric Evaluation to Generate Case-Based Explanations Using Formal Concept Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Explanation System -- 3.1 Matrix Factorization Recommender System -- 3.2 Retrieving Explanatory Items -- 3.3 Generating Explanations Using FCA -- 4 User-Centric Evaluation -- 4.1 Data -- 4.2 Experimental Setup -- 4.3 Results -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Technical Session: Deep learning. , Improved and Visually Enhanced Case-Based Retrieval of Room Configurations for Assistancepg in Architectural Design Education -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Concepts and Foundations of the System -- 2.1 Artificial Intelligence Methods -- 2.2 Room Configuration -- 2.3 Architectural Room Zones -- 2.4 Zoned Connection Map -- 3 Combined Retrieval + UI System -- 3.1 Data Augmentation -- 3.2 Context-Based Preselection of Cases -- 3.3 Graph Matching -- 3.4 User Interface: RoomConf Editor -- 4 Evaluation -- 4.1 Quantitative Analysis -- 4.2 User Study -- 4.3 General Results -- 4.4 Feedback on Use in Education -- 5 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Using Siamese Graph Neural Networks for Similarity-Based Retrieval in Process-Oriented Case-Based Reasoning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Foundations and Previous Work -- 2.1 Semantic Workflow Representation -- 2.2 Similarity Assessment -- 2.3 MAC/FAC Retrieval for POCBR -- 3 Similarity Learning for Workflow Graphs with Siamese Graph Neural Networks -- 3.1 Encoding Semantic Graphs for Similarity Learning -- 3.2 Similarity Learning for Workflow Graphs -- 3.3 Siamese GNN-Based Workflow Retrieval -- 4 Experimental Evaluation -- 4.1 Experimental Setup -- 4.2 Experimental Results -- 5 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Applying Class-to-Class Siamese Networks to Explain Classifications with Supportive and Contrastive Cases -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 The Class-to-Class (C2C) Approach -- 2.2 Siamese Networks -- 2.3 Explanation by Cases in CBR -- 3 Class-to-Class Siamese Networks -- 3.1 Benefits of the C2C-SN Approach -- 3.2 Building a C2C-SN -- 4 Experiments -- 4.1 Classification Accuracy of Pairs -- 4.2 One-Shot Learning -- 4.3 Explanation by Cases -- 4.4 Finding Prototypical Cases -- 4.5 Using Prototypical Cases in Classification of a Case -- 5 Additional Results and Future Directions -- 6 Conclusion. , References.

Note: Intro -- Was Sie in diesem essential finden können -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- 1 Lehrendes Lernen: Studierende gestalten Exkursionen -- 2 Grundlagen einer Didaktik interaktiver Exkursionen -- 3 Das „exkursionsdidaktische Drehbuch" zur Vorbereitung interaktiver Exkursionen -- 3.1 Idee des exkursionsdidaktischen Drehbuchs -- 3.2 Entwicklung exkursionsdidaktischer Drehbücher -- 3.2.1 Bausteine der Drehbuchentwicklung -- 3.2.2 Planung der Eröffnungs- und Abschlussstandorte -- 4 Wahl, Ausgestaltung und Vorbereitung von Exkursionsstandorten -- 4.1 Standortwahl und Standortverknüpfung -- 4.2 Standortrecherche -- 4.3 Exemplarischer Aufbau eines Standorts -- 4.4 Individuelle Vorexkursion zur Vorbereitung -- 5 Aktivierung der Teilnehmenden auf der Exkursion -- 5.1 Aktivierung durch Fragen -- 5.2 Aktivierung durch Gruppenarbeiten -- 5.3 Aktivierung in Gesprächen mit Expert*innen -- 5.4 Aktivierung durch Exkursionen als „forschendes Lernen" -- 6 Impulse und Materialen zur Veranschaulichung und Aktivierung -- 7 Nachbereitung: Arbeiten im Anschluss an die Exkursion -- Was Sie aus diesem essential mitnehmen können -- Literatur.