Conference: Brain activity measures in phonological research

本次会议介绍了语言使用者对语音和规则的知识，即语音学的研究，以及语音学如何在说话和倾听过程中被大脑机制使用-重点是与这些认知功能相关的大脑电活动的测量。研究报告有助于更深入地了解大脑如何支持语言的使用。通过在美国语言学会（LSA）暑期研究所举办会议，该项目有效地支持了已经参加暑期研究所的学生的参与，并有助于使本科生和研究生的广泛受众能够接触到此类研究。脑电图（EEG）测量语言处理过程中认知和感觉过程产生的电流和振荡。实验范式，如错配负性已经阐明了语言表征的哪些方面必须放入大脑语言模型，即感觉和认知系统如何检测声学信号中的语言相关信息，并将其转换为语言单位的离散心理表征。本次会议综合了EEG研究与语音理论的工作，为语言学研究开辟了新的途径。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This conference presents research on language users' knowledge of speech sounds and rules, known as phonology, and how phonology is put to use by brain mechanisms during speaking and listening - with a focus on measures of electrical activity in the brain related to these cognitive functions. The research presentations contribute to a deeper understanding of how the brain supports the use of language. By holding the conference at the Linguistics Society of America (LSA) Summer Institute, the project effectively supports attendance by students who are already participating in the summer institute and helps to make such research accessible to a broad audience of both undergraduate and graduate students.Electroencephalography (EEG) measures the electrical currents and oscillations generated by cognitive and sensory processes during language processing. Experimental paradigms such as Mismatch Negativity have elucidated which aspects of linguistic representations must be put into a brain-language model of how the sensory and cognitive system detects linguistically relevant information in the acoustic signal and translates it into discrete mental representations of linguistic units. This conference synthesizes EEG research with work in phonological theory, creating new avenues for linguistic research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.