Logic and language: Foundations of cognitive growth

逻辑和语言：认知成长的基础

• 批准号: FF0456432
• 负责人: Prof Stephen Crain
• 金额: $ 106.8万
• 依托单位: Macquarie University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Federation Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-12-29 至 2009-12-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FF0456432
• 关键词: Logic; language; Foundations; cognitive; growth

This project investigates children's competence in using language, from a biological perspective. The past twenty years has witnessed innovative developments in behavioral measures (e.g., eye-movement recording) and computational models of language development. I propose to integrate this research with the study of the neural basis of cognitive processes, using a new methodology for functional brain imaging, magnetoencephalography (MEG), The project combines behavioral, computational, and biological methods to better understand (a) the nature of linguistic knowledge, (b) how logical expressions are acquired, and (c) how knowledge of logic and language are put to use by children in production and comprehension.

这个项目从生物学的角度研究儿童使用语言的能力。过去二十年见证了行为测量（如眼球运动记录）和语言发展计算模型的创新发展。我建议将这项研究与认知过程的神经基础研究结合起来，使用一种新的脑功能成像方法，即脑磁图（MEG）。该项目结合了行为、计算和生物学方法，以更好地理解(a)语言知识的本质，(b)逻辑表达是如何获得的，以及(c)逻辑和语言知识是如何被儿童在生产和理解中使用的。