Workshop and Summer School on Dynamics of Language and Music

语言和音乐的动力学研讨会和暑期班语言和音乐是人类智力中独一无二的，因为这两种行为都远远超出了其他物种中最复杂的交流系统和歌曲的范畴。人类语言和音乐独一无二的部分原因在于，音节和和弦等感知上离散的元素被组织成具有层级结构的符号序列的复杂性。此外，语言和音乐在社会制度和文化中都扮演着基础性的角色，这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得到了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态的研讨会和暑期班。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等级结构方面具有共同的模式。这次会议将聚集具有一系列相关背景的人文学家、神经学家和认知学家，分享关于语言和音乐动态模式的知识。一个最重要的目标是在这些领域的交叉点建立研究能力，在那里可以利用最先进的实验、分析和建模技术来解决关于语言和音乐作为人类智力的两个顶峰之间的相似和不同的深层次问题。学生将接受应用于动力学理论和假设的这些技术的培训，并将设计演讲者和艺术表演的时间表，以刺激和加强暑期学校活动。加州大学默塞德分校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时间动力学学习中心合作。作为美国国家科学基金会的学习科学中心，TDLC支持在时间动力学方面具有专业知识和兴趣的研究人员，而语言和音乐技能的获得和学习是该中心使命的核心。加州大学圣地亚哥分校的专业知识与加州大学默塞德分校的专业知识相辅相成，与一系列不同的学生申请者和受邀的全球专家一起，会议有望激发新的想法，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.