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Rojanee Khummongkol’s research lies at the intersection of cognitive science, natural language processing, and human-robot interaction, with a focus on enabling intuitive, human-like communication between people and machines. Her central contribution is the development of computational models that simulate how humans understand spatiotemporal (or “4D”) language through mental imagery—a framework rooted in the Mental Image Directed Semantic Theory (MIDST). By modeling the cognitive processes of awareness control and mental image processing, she has proposed systems that allow ordinary, non-expert users to interact with home robots using everyday language. Her most cited work, “Computer simulation of human–robot interaction through natural language” (2016), has garnered 11 citations, reflecting its foundational role in this niche. Other notable papers, such as her 2023 proposal on human-like spatiotemporal language understanding, further advance the goal of seamless human-robot dialogue. Though her citation counts are modest, Khummongkol’s work is pioneering in its cognitive-science approach to language-centered robotics, offering a blueprint for making robots more accessible and intuitive through a deeper understanding of human mental models.