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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.
201907.27 Non-linguistic bases of language and its acquisition (Symposium) Posted in RESEARCH
Speakers
- “Auditory processing and second language acquisition.“ Adam Tierney (Birkbeck, University of London)
- “Neural mechanisms of hierarchical structure building in language and mathematics.” Michiru Makuuchi (National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities)@
- “Neurocognitive Correlates of Scientific Text Comprehension: Individual Differences in Executive Functions, Electronic Device Usage and Reading Habits.” Chun-Ting Hsu (Pennsylvania State University/ Kyoto University)
- “The role of social cognition in language learning.” Hyeonjeong Jeong (Tohoku University)
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Does a language-specific neural substrate really exist? At least in various language-non-specific brain mechanisms play an important role in daily language use and acquisition of it ability. An international symposium focusing on non-verbal neural basis of language function and its acquisition was held at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (July 25-28, 2019. Toki Messe, Niigata, Japan).(Sugiura)