Workshop and Summer School on Dynamics of Language and Music

语言和音乐是人类智能所独有的，有些人会认为，这两种行为远远超出了其他物种中最复杂的交流系统和歌曲。 人类语言和音乐的独特之处在于，感知上的离散元素（如音节和和弦）被组织成具有层次结构的符号序列。 此外，语言和音乐在社会系统和文化中发挥着基础作用，对人类作为一个物种的智力至关重要。 然而，虽然语言和音乐都可以被视为交流系统，但研究人员仍在争论它们是否受到一套共同的大脑和行为过程的支持。在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，加州大学默塞德的凯洛博士和马特洛克博士将帮助组织一个关于语言和音乐动力学的研讨会和暑期班。 这次会议的智力动机是，语言和音乐在神经和行为活动的时间和顺序中如何表达其层次结构方面具有相同的模式。 会议将汇集人文主义者，神经科学家和认知科学家与一系列相关的背景，分享有关语言和音乐的动态模式的知识。 一个总体目标是在这些领域的交叉点上建立研究能力，在这些领域中，最先进的实验，分析和建模技术可以被用来解决关于语言和音乐之间的相似性和差异的深层次问题作为人类智力的两个顶峰。 学生将接受这些技术的培训，应用于动态理论和假设，并将设计一个演讲者和艺术表演的时间表，以刺激和加强暑期学校活动。 加州大学默塞德的学生和研究人员将与加州大学圣地亚哥分校的学生和研究人员以及位于那里的学习中心的时间动力学合作。 作为一个学习中心的NSF科学，TDLC支持研究人员的专业知识和兴趣的时间动态，和收购和学习语言和音乐技能是中央的使命的中心。 加州大学圣地亚哥分校的专业知识补充了加州大学默塞德分校的专业知识，并与各种学生申请人和邀请的全球专家一起，预计会议将激发新的想法，并为新的跨学科合作提供机会。

Lay abstract - Workshop and Summer School on Dynamics of Language and MusicLanguage and music are unique to human intelligence, some would argue, in that both kinds of behavior go well beyond even the most sophisticated communicative systems and songs found in other species. Part of what appears unique to human language and music is the complexity with which perceptually discrete elements, such as syllables and chords, are organized into hierarchically structured sequences of symbols. Also, both language and music play foundational roles in social systems and cultures that are essential to the intelligence of humans as a species. However, while language and music can both be viewed as systems of communication, researchers debate whether they are supported by a common set of brain and behavioral processes.With support of the National Science Foundation, Dr. Kello and Dr. Matlock at the University of California, Merced will help organize a workshop and summer school on dynamics of language and music. The intellectual motivation for this meeting is that language and music share patterns in how their hierarchical structures are expressed in the timing and sequencing of neural and behavioral activities. The meeting will bring together humanists, neuroscientists, and cognitive scientists with a range of relevant backgrounds to share knowledge about dynamical patterns in language and music. An overarching goal is to build capacity in research at the intersection of these fields, where state-of-the-art experimental, analytical, and modeling techniques can be brought to bear on deep questions about the similarities and differences between language and music as two pinnacles of human intellect. Students will be trained in these techniques as applied to dynamical theories and hypotheses, and a schedule of speakers and artistic performances will be designed to stimulate and enhance summer school activities. Students and researchers at UC Merced will partner with students and researchers at UC San Diego, and with the Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center located there. As an NSF Science of Learning Center, TDLC supports researchers with expertise and interest in temporal dynamics, and the acquisition and learning of languages and musical skills is central to the mission of the Center. The expertise at UC San Diego complements the expertise at UC Merced, and together with a diverse set of student applicants and invited worldwide experts, the meeting is anticipated to provoke new ideas and provide opportunities for new interdisciplinary collaborations.