A more sound approach to the neurobiology of language

语言神经生物学的更合理方法

• 批准号: DP220101853
• 负责人: Prof Greig de Zubicaray
• 金额: $ 32.05万
• 依托单位: Queensland University of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2022-05-01 至 2025-06-27
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP220101853
• 关键词: more; sound; approach; neurobiology; language

How does the brain attain spoken language? Current neurobiological models assume either implicitly or explicitly that there is no relationship between a word's sound and its meaning. Yet considerable evidence shows this strong assumption about the arbitrariness of language is invalid. This project will use a combination of behavioural, neuroimaging and computational studies to characterise how the brain processes statistical regularities in sound-to-meaning correspondences as probabilistic cues to attain spoken language. The outcome will be a better neural account of language comprehension and production. The benefit of this new account will be a stronger basis for assessment and treatment of developmental and acquired language impairments.

大脑是如何获得口语的？目前的神经生物学模型或隐含或明确地假设，一个单词的发音和它的意思之间没有关系。然而，大量证据表明，这种关于语言任意性的强烈假设是站不住脚的。该项目将结合行为学、神经成像和计算研究来描述大脑如何将声音到意义对应的统计规律作为概率线索来处理，从而获得口语。结果将是一个更好的语言理解和产生的神经解释。这个新帐户的好处将是评估和治疗发育和获得性语言障碍的一个更强大的基础。