TOMORROW!
From: Boris Cesnik
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2022 12:59 PM
To: talks@cogsci.ceu.edu
Subject: A talk by our Visiting Professor Jesse Snedeker (CEU, Harvard) on 'Top-down prediction in language comprehension: a handful of facts and a mystery' - Wednesday, Sept 21, 2022 4pm (CET) - D001 tiered QS Vienna and Zoom
Dear all,
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its talk by our:
Visiting Professor Jesse Snedeker (CEU, Harvard)
“Top-down prediction in language comprehension: a handful of facts and a mystery"
Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 – 16:00-17:30
(CET)
Host: Eva
Wittenberg
Location: D001 tiered (QS Vienna) and Zoom
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ABSTRACT:
Over the last thirty years, psycholinguists have converged on a model of language comprehension in which perceptual input (e.g., sounds) incrementally
activates higher level representations (e.g., possible messages) resulting in predictions of upcoming information at the lower levels (e.g., words or even sounds). I’ll report on some studies that probe the development, universality and limits of this system
by looking at prediction in naturalistic tasks with diverse populations (children, signers, and bilinguals). I’ll introduce a new method of collecting EEG data. Along the way I’ll try to integrate the developmental studies with my earlier work using the visual
world paradigm. But I’ll end with as many questions as answers.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: https://events.ceu.edu/host/department-cognitive-science
Boris Cesnik
Department Coordinator (Vienna)
Department of Cognitive Science
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