Workshop and Summer School on Dynamics of Language and Music

语言和音乐动力研讨会和暑期学校

• 批准号: 1251685
• 负责人: Christopher Kello
• 金额: $ 4.95万
• 依托单位: University of California - Merced
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1251685&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Summer; Dynamics; Language; Music

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.

有些人会说，语言和音乐是人类智慧所独有的，因为这两种行为甚至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，感知上离散的元素，如音节和和弦，被组织成层次结构的符号序列的复杂性。此外，语言和音乐在社会系统和文化中都发挥着基础作用，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，但研究人员对它们是否受到一套共同的大脑和行为过程的支持存在争议。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学校。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它们的层次结构方面具有共同的模式。这次会议将汇集人文学家、神经科学家和具有一系列相关背景的认知科学家，分享语言和音乐动态模式的知识。一个首要的目标是在这些领域的交叉点建立研究能力，在那里，最先进的实验，分析和建模技术可以用来承担关于语言和音乐作为人类智力的两个顶峰之间的异同的深层问题。学生们将接受这些应用于动力学理论和假设的技术培训，并将安排一系列演讲和艺术表演，以刺激和加强暑期学校的活动。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圣地亚哥的学习时间动态中心合作。作为美国国家科学基金会的科学学习中心，TDLC支持研究人员在时间动力学方面的专业知识和兴趣，语言和音乐技能的获取和学习是中心的使命。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，并与各种各样的学生申请者和受邀的全球专家一起，预计会议将激发新的想法，并为新的跨学科合作提供机会。