The taking of turns is a fundamental aspect of dialogue. Since it is difficult to speak and listen
at the same time, the participants need to coordinate who is currently speaking and when …

Researchers agree that comprehenders regularly predict upcoming language, but they do
not always agree on what prediction is (and how to differentiate it from integration) or what …

People spend a substantial portion of their lives engaged in conversation, and yet, our
scientific understanding of conversation is still in its infancy. Here, we introduce a large …

Clicking is one of the most robust metaphors for social connection. But how do we know
when two people" click"? We asked pairs of friends and strangers to talk with each other and …

Most language usage is interactive, involving rapid turn-taking. The turn-taking system has a
number of striking properties: turns are short and responses are remarkably rapid, but turns …

The core niche for language use is in verbal interaction, involving the rapid exchange of
turns at talking. This paper reviews the extensive literature about this system, adding new …

We live our lives in conversation, building families, societies and civilisations. In over seven
thousand languages across the world, the basic infrastructure by which we communicate …

Human communicative interaction is characterized by rapid and precise turn-taking. This is
achieved by an intricate system that has been elucidated in the field of conversation …

Language is more than words: it includes the prosodic features and patterns that we use,
subconsciously, to frame meanings and achieve our goals in our interaction with others …

A striking puzzle about language use in everyday conversation is that turn-taking latencies
are usually very short, whereas planning language production takes much longer. This …