202409.19
Publication of an International Joint Research Paper on Language Behavior During Disasters
Posted in RESEARCH
Successful disaster management requires appropriate language communication and correct behavioral choices. In today’s global society, these skills are necessary in both native and foreign languages. In this context, linguists and neuroscientists from Tohoku University and University College London conducted an international joint study, examining the cognitive processes of language behavior in disaster situations using fMRI. The results of this research have been published in the top-tier journal in linguistics, "Studies in Second Language Acquisition. This study represents a world-first achievement in the following two areas, with the potential to greatly influence the field and beyond. (Jeong)
Innovation in Linguistics
This study is the first to directly investigate cognitive processing in the brain during natural speech, using a new approach that integrates linguistics, psychology, disaster science, and neuroscience.
Significance in Disaster Research
This research is the first in the world to examine how human language behavior and choices during disasters change depending on language and task difficulty. By analyzing natural speech and using fMRI instead of traditional surveys, the study reveals how cognitive processes in the brain shift during realistic disaster scenarios.
Revesz A, Jeong H, Suzuki S, Cui H, Matsuura S, Saito K, Sugiura M (2024). Task-generated Processes in Second Language Speech Production: Exploring the Neural Correlates of Task Complexity during Silent Pauses, Studies in Second Language Acquisition. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263124000421
Innovation in Linguistics
This study is the first to directly investigate cognitive processing in the brain during natural speech, using a new approach that integrates linguistics, psychology, disaster science, and neuroscience.
Significance in Disaster Research
This research is the first in the world to examine how human language behavior and choices during disasters change depending on language and task difficulty. By analyzing natural speech and using fMRI instead of traditional surveys, the study reveals how cognitive processes in the brain shift during realistic disaster scenarios.