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Norah E. Dunbar

Researcher at University of California, Santa Barbara

Publications -  95
Citations -  2764

Norah E. Dunbar is an academic researcher from University of California, Santa Barbara. The author has contributed to research in topics: Deception & Interpersonal communication. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 83 publications receiving 2359 citations. Previous affiliations of Norah E. Dunbar include University of Arizona & University of Oklahoma.

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Testing the Interactivity Principle: Effects of Mediation, Propinquity, and Verbal and Nonverbal Modalities in Interpersonal Interaction

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report an experiment in which physical proximity and availability of nonverbal cues affect communication processes, social judgments participants make about each other, and task performance, and discuss implications about gains and losses due to presence of non-verbal features.
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A Review of Humor in Educational Settings: Four Decades of Research

TL;DR: The authors provided a summary of extant research regarding humor in the classroom, with an emphasis on identifying and explaining inconsistencies in research findings and offering new directions for future studies in this area and providing advice for educators and suggesting potential future research directions for scholars.
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Perceptions of power and interactional dominance in interpersonal relationships

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between dominance and power and the behavioral manifestations of power in close relationships using dyadic power theory and found that individuals' perceptions of power led to more dominant communication behavior during discussions with their partner.
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Testing the interactivity model: communication processes, partner assessments, and the quality of collaborative work

TL;DR: Results show that interfaces that promote higher mutuality and involvement lead to more favorable perceptions of partners' credibility and attraction, and those perceptions are systematically related to higher-quality decisions and more influence.
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Oral Communication Skills in Higher Education: Using a Performance-Based Evaluation Rubric to Assess Communication Skills

TL;DR: This paper used The Competent Speaker, a rubric developed by the National Communication Association (S. P. Morreale, M. R. Moore, K. P Taylor, D. Surges-Tatum, & R. Hulbert-Johnson, 1993), to evaluate student performance in general education public speaking courses.