WORKSHOP: Cognitive, computational, and neural processing--Constraints on theories of language production -New York University - July 2012

语言产生是一种非常复杂的认知能力，它需要多个认知/神经加工水平的成功整合。对语言产生机制的研究是从不同的学科角度进行的，包括心理语言学、神经语言学、理论语言学、计算语言学、认知神经心理学和沟通科学与障碍。然而，对语言产生的完整理解需要将我们的发现置于更广泛的背景下，解决一般认知、神经和计算处理原则对语言产生理论的限制。该奖项为一次特别研讨会提供支持，讨论语言产生理论上的认知、计算和神经限制。这次会议将是2012年7月在纽约大学举行的语言产出国际研讨会的一部分。特别会议将由五位顶尖科学家发表演讲，他们对认知、神经和计算过程的研究可以直接约束语言产生的理论。在过去的七年里，语言产出国际研讨会已经成为专门关注语言产出的首要会议，因此是举办专门讨论语言产出理论制约因素的讲座和讨论的理想场所。这一特别会议将向语言产出研究人员通报关于语言产出理论制约因素的最新发现，他们可以将这些发现纳入他们的研究中，还将提供机会，让专注于语言产出的研究人员与其他关注更一般认知、神经和计算问题的研究人员形成合作。

Language production is a remarkably complex cognitive ability which requires the successful integration of multiple levels of cognitive/neural processing. Research on the mechanisms underlying language production is performed from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics, cognitive neuropsychology, and communication sciences and disorders. However, a complete understanding of language production requires situating our findings in a broader context that addresses the constraints that are placed on theories of language production by general cognitive, neural and computational processing principles. This award provides support for a special workshop session addressing cognitive, computational and neural constraints on theories of language production. The session will be part of the July 2012 meeting of the International Workshop on Language Production at New York University (NYU). The special session will consist of presentations by five leading scientists whose research on cognitive, neural and computational processes can directly constrain theories of language production. Over the past seven years, the International Workshop on Language Production has become the premier meeting focused solely on language production, and is thus the ideal venue to hold a special session of lectures and discussions addressing constraints on language production theories. This special session will inform language production researchers about state-of-the-art findings on the constraints on language production theories, which they can incorporate into their research, and will also provide opportunities to form collaborations between researchers who focus on language production with others who focus on more general cognitive, neural and computational issues.