Iva Ivanova

ABSTRACT This study asks whether filled pauses actively engage attention and whether such engagement influences structural processing, measured through structural alignment. Participants orally described a series of pictures, then listened to a short informational passage and answered questions about it, and then described another series of pictures. Participants completed this twice: The first passage had double-object targets, and the second passage had passive targets.

We’ve all experienced moments when we procrastinate because we are not sure how to approach a problem. I am not ashamed to admit it still happens to me quite often but that’s the job of a data scientist. We have to be product experts on a plethora of topics, senior engineers, and let’s not forget — highly skilled statisticians. The truth is no one is all three and that’s fine.