Thursday, October 17, 2013

Ellen Lau (University of Maryland) discusses the field of neurolinguistics,  and its approach to neural mechanisms of language.  The group discusses the Wernicke-Geschwind model, and some cognitive scientists' resistance to the idea of prediction as a driving force in language.

Duration: 42 minutes

Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

Salma Quraishi (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA)

Nicole Wicha (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Charles Wilson (Professor, UTSA)

acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.