[CaCL] Fwd: Seminar Series for this Friday, October 2nd

[Schuler, William]

See a talk Friday by our excellent collaborator Ev Fedorenko!

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Hello CCBS Community Members,

This is an announcement about an exciting colloquium opportunity.
This week, as part of the CCBBI seminar series we will hear from Ev Fedorenko, a faculty at MIT, whose abstract is listed below.
The talk will be held on Zoom at 1pm this Friday, October 2nd.
The link to the zoom room is: https://osu.zoom.us/j/91663959745?pwd=VVZKaE81Ty8zZjBUSlZnNjRoOWNVQT09


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Title: The language system in the human mind and brain


Abstract: The goal of my research program is to decipher the representations and computations that support linguistic ability.  I will discuss three discoveries my lab has made over the last decade. First, I will show that the language network is selective for language processing over a wide range of non-linguistic processes. Next—challenging a common view whereby syntax is dissociable from meaning—I will show that every brain region that responds to syntactic processing is at least as sensitive to word meanings. Finally, I will show that linguistic composition is the core driver of the response in the language-selective areas: as long as nearby words can combine into phrases/clauses, the language areas respond as strongly as they do to their preferred stimulus—naturalistic sentences. Taken together, these results argue against an abstract and domain-general syntactic processing mechanism, and support strong integration between the lexicon and syntax. They further suggest that the language network is more concerned with meaning than structure, in line with the communicative function of language.

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Rest of the schedule for the semester:



10/9 student-only meeting *CCBBI student group series

10/16 student talks/TBD

10/23  Joseph Keller<https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/activities/aaasfellows/bios/keller.jsp> <https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/activities/aaasfellows/bios/keller.jsp> (STP fellow AAAS, APA) *Professional dev. talk

10/30 Jean Zarate<https://www.nature.com/neuro/about/editors> <https://www.nature.com/neuro/about/editors> (Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience) *Professional dev. talk

11/6  Dwight Kravitz<https://cogneurolab.columbian.gwu.edu/> (Faculty, George Washington Univ.)  *CCBBI seminar series

11/13 Helena Hartman, student-only meeting *CCBBI student group series
11/20 Student talks: Heather Hansen & Tim Broom

11/27 Indigenous Peoples' Day, no class

12/4 TBD, CCBBI research day





Hope to see you there!



best,

zs


--
Zeynep M. Saygin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
The Ohio State University
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Best,
CCBS
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