2022/12/26
Public seminar by Arild Hestvik
TExL（早稲田大学理論言語学・実験言語学研究グループ）、WIAS（早稲田大学高等研究所）、および CELESE（早稲田大学理工学術院英語教育センター）では、University of Delaware 教授・早稲田大学高等研究所訪問研究員のArild Hestvik教授を講師として、心理言語学・神経言語学に関する連続講演会を開催します。
Hestvik教授は、この分野においてFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, Brain and Languageなどに精力的に論文を掲載して活躍されています（Google Scholar）。今回の連続講演会では、脳波計測を中心とした成人と幼児、音韻処理から意味処理までの多彩なテーマについて、最新の研究成果についてご発表いただきます。
各回の講演日時、会場、タイトルおよび概要については下記をご覧ください。なお、すべての講演は早稲田大学西早稲田キャンパスで実施されますが、1月27日（金）および30日（月）と、28日（土）で会場が異なりますのでご注意ください。セミナーの使用言語は英語です。
1. Implications of within-category MMN with varying standards
Date/Time/Venue: January 27 / 13:30 pm – 15:00 pm / Building 51 5F Room05-12, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Nishiwaseda Campus, Waseda University
Abstract: Phillips et al (2000) argued that varying the standards within phonemic category causes the abstract phoneme to be inserted as the memory trace for the Mismatch Negativity mechanism, allowing for measurement of the pure phoneme in the absence of phonetic processing. If true, this predicts that there should be no MMN to a within-category deviant when standards are varied. In a series of experiments we show that this prediction is wrong, and additional experiments indicate that participants instead generate MMN by creating a statistical summary of the varying standards. We discuss the implications for research that relies on this assumption. (Joint work with Chao Han and Bill Idsardi.)
2. N170 evidence for early processing of binding and no intrusion effects
Date/Time/Venue: January 28 / 13:30 pm – 15:00 pm / Building 55S 1F Conference Room (1-02), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Nishiwaseda Campus, Waseda University
Abstract: In an experiment with visually presented stimuli, we measure the effect of agreement violations between antecedents and reflexives where interference from ungrammatical antecedents are available. We find that the visual N170 response provide indications of a very early processing of grammatical antecedents that are not affected by the presence of alternative, ungrammatical antecedents. (Joint work with Myung Hye Yoo.)
3. Non-incremental processing of negation
Date/Time/Venue: January 28 / 15:30 pm – 17:00 pm / Building 55S 1F Conference Room (1-02), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Nishiwaseda Campus, Waseda University
Abstract: Fischler’s classic experiment demonstrating that negation does not affect the N400 has been criticized for using negation in a way that is pragmatically uninformative. We replicated Fischler’s experiment with an added condition that meets this criticism, and still observe “N400 blindness”, providing new support for a two-stage, non-incremental model of negation interpretation. (Joint work with Bilge Palaz and Ryan Rhodes)
4. Children with specific language impairment exhibits syntactic prediction failure
Date/Time/Venue: January 30 / 13:30 pm – 15:00 pm / Building 51 5F Room05-12, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Nishiwaseda Campus, Waseda University
Abstract: Using the ELAN event-related potential, we demonstrate that children with language impairment fail to predict gap-positions during syntactic processing of filler-gap dependencies, suggesting a possible root cause for their impairment. (Joint work Valerie Shafer, Richard Schwartz and Baila Epstein)
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連絡先:
酒井 弘
hsakai@waseda.jp
