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Language and communication
Humans create a society through communication, and language is its powerful tool to convey feelings and move people. Elucidation of the neural bases of these functions and their acquisition is expected to contribute to understanding humanity and to educational applications.
201912.03 Commonality between self-recognition and second language skills in brain science (UCL-Tohoku Univ. Symposium) Posted in RESEARCH
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There are several aspects of self-cognition. Physical self-recognition and public self-consciousness can be explained by sensorimotor integration and perception of interpersonal relationships, respectively. Second language communication skills can be explained in similar hierarchical cognitive processes and their neural bases. I gave a lecture entitled “From Sensorimotor Integration to Social Interaction” at ESRC UK-Japan Symposium: Neurocognitive Foundations of Foreign Language Learning in London. [Movie](Sugiura)