Alexis K. Black will give a res earch seminar.
Title: Decoding words: using brain and behaviour to understand how we perceive and learn about chunks of sound
Ab stract: In this talk\, I will discuss two lines of research in my lab that aim to understand how we perceive and learn about words. In the fi rst half\, I will focus on how adult listeners perceive known words and nov el word forms. Using machine-learning based classifiers\, we demonstrate cl assic word competition dynamics in raw EEG signals. This neural decoding ap proach to neuroimaging data may yield robust measures of individual differe nces in perception (and learning)\; I will discuss our preliminary work exp loring this aim\, as well as current limitations and pitfalls. In the seco nd part of the talk I turn to word learning. Recent replication failures an d meta-analytic results suggest that classic language acquisition phenomena are less stable than expected. I will discuss our ongoing work that attemp ts to clarify these findings.
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