His inability to interpret basic social cues results in great moments of deadpan comedy, with strangers as well as with his patient, long-suffering father.
Alcohol has a psychopharmacological effect of reducing inhibitions, clouding judgements and impairing the ability to interpret cues.
Research has shown that dogs are capable of interpreting subtle social cues, and appear to recognize when a human or dog's attention is focused on them.
In this case, auditory cues help interpret visual cues.
To meet these needs a plant is able to interpret important endogenous and environmental cues such as changes in levels of plant hormones and seasonable temperature and photoperiod changes.
Certain people have difficulty interpreting social cues correctly.
A dog being scolded does not need to understand every word of its admonishment, but is able to grasp the message by interpreting cues such as the owner's stance, tone of voice, and body language.
He swished the wine around his mouth and paused, his mind interpreting cues from his palate.
The brain interprets sound cues like volume, pitch, the distance from the ear or the delay between reaching different ears to figure out where the sound is coming from.
