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The complete bibliography of works that inform Valoquent's conversation engine, depth tracking, memory architecture, and social-context positioning. Organized alphabetically by first author. Use the search and filters to find specific studies or topics.

50+ entries 6 research areas Last reviewed May 2026
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RLHF Creates Systematic Conflicts with Complex Emotional Personas
Abdulhai et al. · NeurIPS · 2025
PersonaCharacter Voice
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Act2P: LLM-Driven Online Dialogue Act Classification
ACL Findings · 2025
Dialogue ActsThe Meter
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Social Penetration: The Development of Interpersonal Relationships
Altman and Taylor · 1973
TrustDisclosure
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Alexa Prize Conversational Bot Challenge: Turn-Level Annotation Framework
Amazon · 2016 to 2018
The MeterSignal Selection
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The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness: 36 Questions for Increasing Closeness
Aron, Melinat, Aron, Vallone and Bator · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 1997
TrustDisclosure Tiers
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Cognitive Crutch: The Effect of AI Tutoring on Knowledge Retention (RCT)
Barcaui · SSRN / ScienceDirect · 2026
Cognitive LoadMetacognition
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Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals
Benjamin S. Bloom et al. · 1956
Educational AIQuestion Depth
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Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection
John T. Cacioppo and William Patrick · W.W. Norton · 2008
Social ContextNeurobiology
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ChatChecker: A Framework for Dialogue System Testing and Evaluation
ChatChecker · 2025
The MeterTest Methodology
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Using Language
Herbert H. Clark · Cambridge University Press · 1996
Common GroundMemory
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The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens
Common Sense Media · 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023
AdolescentsAccessibility
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Contextual Dialogue Act Classification for Open-Domain Conversational Agents
2020
Dialogue Acts
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi · 1990 (and earlier research from the 1970s)
FlowEngagement States
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The Path to Purpose: How Young People Find Their Calling in Life
William Damon · Stanford Center on Adolescence · 2008
AccessibilityAdolescents
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Self-Determination Theory: Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior
Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan · 1985
FlowMotivation
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Survey on Evaluation Methods for Dialogue Systems
Deriu, Rodrigo, Otegi, Echegoyen, Rosset, Agirre and Cieliebak · PMC · 2021
The Meter
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The Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood
Susan Engel · 2015
AccessibilityChildhood
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Mistakenly Seeking Solitude
Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 2014
Social Context
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The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance
K. Anders Ericsson, Ralf T. Krampe and Clemens Tesch-Römer · 1993 (and continuing work)
Skill DevelopmentV3 Vision
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Talking to Children Matters: Early Language Experience Strengthens Processing and Builds Vocabulary
Anne Fernald and Adriana Weisleder · Psychological Science · 2013
ChildhoodAccessibility
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The Family Dinner Project: Research on Family Conversation as Substantive Engagement
Anne Fishel and the Harvard Family Dinner Project · ongoing since 2010
Family Dynamics
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Predictive Engagement: An Efficient Metric for Automatic Evaluation of Open-Domain Dialogue Systems
Ghazarian, Sankar, Sethi and Galstyan · AAAI · 2020
The MeterCore Architecture0.85 correlation with human judgment
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Conversational Turns at 18-24 Months Predict Verbal IQ and Language Skills at Age 9-14
Gilkerson, Richards, Warren et al. · LENA Foundation · Pediatrics and Frontiers in Psychology · 2017-2020
ChildhoodAccessibility
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The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt · 2024
AdolescentsSocial Context
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Language as Social Semiotic: Stratified Register Theory
M.A.K. Halliday · 1978 (and the ongoing systemic functional linguistics tradition)
Multi-Axis DepthFoundations
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Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children
Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley · Brookes Publishing · 1995
ChildhoodAccessibility
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Brain-to-Brain Coupling: A Mechanism for Creating and Sharing a Social World
Hasson, Ghazanfar, Galantucci, Garrod and Keysers · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 2012 (and PNAS 2010)
Neural CouplingFoundations
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EduFlow-2: Validation of an Educational Flow Scale
Heutte, Fenouillet, Kaplan, Martin-Krumm and Bachelet · Frontiers in Psychology · 2021
FlowLearning
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Mass Communication and Para-Social Interaction
Donald Horton and R. Richard Wohl · Psychiatry · 1956
Parasocial Research
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WeSEE: Weakly Supervised Turn-level Engagingness Evaluator
Jiang et al. · CHIIR · 2023
The Meter
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Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone
Eric Klinenberg · 2012
Social Context
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Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life
Annette Lareau · 2003 (updated 2011)
Family DynamicsAccessibility
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Google LearnLM RCT: Challenge-and-Pushback Improves Novel Problem Solving by 5.5%
Google DeepMind · 2024-2025
Educational AIPersona
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Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks Over Two Decades
Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin and Matthew E. Brashears · American Sociological Review · 2006
Social ContextPublic Health
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Eavesdropping on Happiness: Well-Being Is Related to Having Less Small Talk and More Substantive Conversations
Matthias R. Mehl, Simine Vazire, Shannon E. Holleran and C. Shelby Clark · Psychological Science · 2010
FlowSocial Context
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Monitoring the Future: National Survey on Drug Use, Attitudes and Behavior Among Adolescents
University of Michigan · ongoing since 1975
Adolescents
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Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: Surgeon General's Advisory
Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., U.S. Surgeon General · May 2023
Public Health
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Protecting Youth Mental Health: Surgeon General's Advisory
Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., U.S. Surgeon General · December 2021
AdolescentsPublic Health
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Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine · 2020
Public HealthOlder Adults
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Teens, Social Media & Technology Series
Pew Research Center · annual since 2014
Adolescents
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Robert D. Putnam · 2000 (with The Upswing follow-up in 2020)
Social CapitalPublic Health
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Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
Robert D. Putnam · 2015
Family DynamicsClass Gap
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Beyond the 30-Million-Word Gap: Children's Conversational Exposure Is Associated With Language-Related Brain Function
Romeo, Leonard, Robinson, West, Mackey, Rowe and Gabrieli · Psychological Science · 2018
ChildhoodAccessibility
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A Simplest Systematics for the Organization of Turn-Taking for Conversation
Harvey Sacks, Emanuel A. Schegloff and Gail Jefferson · Language · 1974
Conversation AnalysisFoundations
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Social Interactions and Well-Being: The Surprising Power of Weak Ties
Gillian M. Sandstrom and Elizabeth W. Dunn · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 2014
Social Context
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The State of American Friendship: Change, Challenges, and Loss
Survey Center on American Life · American Enterprise Institute · 2021
Social ContextFriendship
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Cognitive Load Theory
John Sweller et al. · 1988 (and continuing work)
Cognitive LoadLearning
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Origins of Human Communication
Michael Tomasello · MIT Press · 2008
Theory of MindFoundations
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Topic Break Detection in Interview Dialogues Using Sentence Embedding
PMC · 2022
The MeterTopic Detection
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Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Sherry Turkle · MIT · 2015
Social ContextDigital Displacement
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Less In-Person Social Interaction with Peers Among U.S. Adolescents in the 21st Century and Links to Loneliness
Jean M. Twenge, Brian H. Spitzberg and W. Keith Campbell · Journal of Social and Personal Relationships · 2019
Adolescents
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The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness (Harvard Study of Adult Development)
Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz · 2023 (study ongoing since 1938)
Social ContextRelationships
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A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Flow and Academic Outcomes
Zhang and Fang · Frontiers in Psychology · 2023
FlowLearning
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