Alexandra Paxton

Alexandra Paxton

she/her

I'm an associate professor in the Psychological Sciences Department at UConn, and I take a data-rich approach to understanding human social dynamics.

Refereed conference proceedings

Driver psychology latent classes as predictors of traffic incident occurrence in Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) data

Recommended citation: Sharmin, S., Ivan, J. N., Kerry, M. L., Paxton, A., & Tucker, A. (forthcoming, 2022). Driver psychology latent classes as predictors of traffic incident occurrence in Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) data. To appear in Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 2022 Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Gesture-speech physics in fluent speech and rhythmic upper limb movements

Recommended citation: Pouw, W., de Jonge-Hoekstra, L., Harrison, S. J., Paxton, A., & Dixon, J. (2020). Gesture-speech physics in fluent speech and rhythmic upper limb movements. In A. Grimminger (Ed.), Proceedings of the 7th Gesture and Speech in Interaction. Paderborn: Universitaetsbibliothek Paderborn.

Acoustic specification of upper limb movement in voicing

Recommended citation: Pouw, W., Paxton, A., Harrison, S. J., & Dixon, J. (2019). Acoustic specification of upper limb movement in voicing. In A. Grimminger (Ed.), Proceedings of the 6th Gesture and Speech in Interaction. Paderborn: Universitaetsbibliothek Paderborn.

The case for intersectionality in ecological psychology

Recommended citation: Paxton, A., Blau, J. J. C., & Weston, M. (2019). The case for intersectionality in ecological psychology. In L. van Dijk and R. Withagen (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action XX: Proceedings from the Twentieth International Conference on Perception and Action. Enschede: Ipskamp Printing.

Nest-ed affordances

Recommended citation: Chiovaro, M., & Paxton, A. (2019). Nest-ed affordances. In L. van Dijk and R. Withagen (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action XX: Proceedings from the Twentieth International Conference on Perception and Action. Enschede: Ipskamp Printing.

Scale-independent aggression

Recommended citation: Blau, J. J. C., & Paxton, A. (2019). Scale-independent aggression. In L. van Dijk and R. Withagen (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action XX: Proceedings from the Twentieth International Conference on Perception and Action. Enschede: Ipskamp Printing.

Failure to (mis)communicate: Linguistic convergence, lexical choice, and communicative success in dyadic problem solving

Recommended citation: Paxton, A., Roche, J. M., Ibarra, A., & Tananhaus, M. K. (2014). Failure to (mis)communicate: Linguistic convergence, lexical choice, and communicative success in dyadic problem solving. In P. M. Bello, M. Guarini, M. McShane, & B. Scassellati (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Leveraging linguistic content and debater traits to predict debate outcomes

Recommended citation: Paxton, A., & Dale, R. (2014). Leveraging linguistic content and debater traits to predict debate outcomes. In P. M. Bello, M. Guarini, M. McShane, & B. Scassellati (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Network analysis of multimodal, multiscale coordination in dyadic problem solving

Recommended citation: Paxton, A., Abney, D., Kello, C. K., & Dale, R. (2014). Network analysis of multimodal, multiscale coordination in dyadic problem solving. In P. M. Bello, M. Guarini, M. McShane, & B. Scassellati (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

From minor mishap to major catastrophe: Lexical choice in miscommunication

Recommended citation: Roche, J. M., Paxton, A., Ibarra, A., & Tanenhaus, M. K. (2013). From minor mishap to major catastrophe: Lexical choice in miscommunication. In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Complexity matching in dyadic interaction

Recommended citation: Abney, D., Paxton, A., Kello, C.T., & Dale, R. (2013). Complexity matching in dyadic interaction. In P. Passos, J. Barrieros, R. Cordovil, D. Araújo, & F. Melo (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action XII. Proceedings from the Seventeenth International Conference on Perception and Action.