Glushko Dissertation Prize Symposium
2013; Wiley; Volume: 35; Issue: 35 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1551-6709
AutoresDouglas K. Bemis, Neil Cohn, George Kachergis, Andrew Lovett, Robert L. Goldstone,
Tópico(s)Language Development and Disorders
ResumoGlushko Dissertation Prize Symposium Participants Douglas Knox Bemis (doug.bemis@gmail.com) Neil Cohn (neilcohn@emaki.net) George Kachergis (george.kachergis@gmail.com) Andrew Lovett (andrew@cs.northwestern.edu) NSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit CEA/SAC/DSV/DRM/Neurospin Center F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, FRANCE Center for Research in Language University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093-0526, USA Cognitive Psychology Unit Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition NL-2333 AK Leiden, The Netherlands Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208-3118, USA Chair Robert L. Goldstone (rgoldsto@indiana.edu) Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Program in Cognitive Science Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 Keywords: language; cognitive modeling. narrative; statistical learning; Simple Composition During Language Processing: An MEG Investigation Motivation Douglas Knox Bemis – 2012 PhD from New York University Keywords: language; minimal phrases; magnetoencephalo- graphy. Abstract: Language derives its expressive power from the ability to combine simple elements into complex ideas. To date, however, the vast majority of neurolinguistic investigations into combinatorial language processing have focused not on this transition from simple to complex, but rather on manipulations of complexity itself or measuring neural activity related to expectation violation. In this talk, I will present a novel neurolinguistic paradigm designed to isolate brain activity related to simple compositional mecha- nisms by combining the fine spatio-temporal resolution of MEG with the processing of minimal adjective-noun phrases (e.g. “red boat”). First I will demonstrate the ability of this paradigm to identify neural correlates of basic combinatorial processes that underlie the comprehension of such phrases. Then, I will present several experiments that probe the scope of these core processes both within language – comparing comprehension to production – and beyond – investigating combinatorial processing within both the pictorial and mathematical domain. The Annual Glushko Dissertation Prize in Cognitive Science was established in 2011 as a way to promote future growth in cognitive science, and encourage students to engage in interdisciplinary efforts to understand minds. The prize is jointly sponsored by the Cognitive Science Society and the Robert J. Glushko and Pamela Samuelson Foun- dation, and honors young researchers conducting ground breaking research in cognitive science. The immediate goal is to recognize outstanding efforts to bridge between the areas that impinge on cognitive science and create theories of general interest to the multiple fields concerned with scientifically understanding the nature of minds and intelligent systems. Encouraging junior researchers to engage in these enterprises is one of the best ways to assure a robust future for cognitive science. The overarching goal is to promote a unified cognitive science, consistent with the belief that understanding how minds work will require the synthesis of many different empirical methods, formal tools, and analytic theories. This symposium showcases the PhD research projects of the 2013 winners of the Glushko Dissertation Prizes. 2013 marks the first year that a symposium has been formed to assemble and showcase Glushko Prize winners’ research. The prize-winning projects involve research on linguistic compositionality, understanding pictorial narratives, lear- ning object-to-name mappings from complex environments, spatial problem solving, and visual awareness. The recruited research methods include neuroimaging, computational modeling, formal linguistic modeling, corpus analysis, psychological experiments, and theoretical analysis. Taken as a whole, the research projects strongly reinforces the view that contemporary cognitive science research is highly diverse, rigorous, creative, and fertile. Structure, Meaning, and Constituency in Visual Narrative Comprehension Neil Cohn – 2012 PhD from Tufts University Keywords: narrative; grammar; comics. Abstract: Narrative has been formally studied for at least two millennia, dating back to the writings of Aristotle. Contemporary research on the structure and comprehension of narratives has examined the discourse of spoken language. However, visual narratives in the form of
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