讲座题目：The Cross-linguistic Brain:
Neurocognitive Signatures of Successful Second Language Learning
主 讲 人：Ping Li
Department of Psychology
Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition
Institute for CyberScience
Pennsylvania State University
讲座时间：2014年12月11日（周四）13:30—15:30
讲座地点：紫金港校区东五-201（东）
讲座内容简介:A large number of studies have examined behavioral changes associated with second language (L2) performance. But what changes take place in the brain as a result of L2 learning experience? Can brain changes be induced by short-term as well as long-term L2 learning or training? Can we capture individual differences in L2 learning by examining differences in brain change as well as behavioral performance? To answer these questions, we use neurocognitive approaches to identify both cognitive behavioral indices and functional/structural neural signatures associated with L2 learning, and mechanisms underlying individual differences in learning. Our findings indicate that successful learners develop more integrated and more efficient brain networks in key brain regions responsible for linguistic processing and semantic integration. More importantly, such brain network patterns may predict learning outcomes even before L2 experience begins. Our research portrays a picture of a highly dynamic and interactive system in the acquisition and representation of multiple languages, in which neurocognitive patterns are jointly determined by the learning and learner variables such as nature of the input, timing of learning, extent or intensity of learning, and context and method of learning. Our research provides new insights into the understanding of the linguistic ability of the individual, and the relationships among language, culture, and the brain.
Ping Li is Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Information Sciences and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University, where he is also Co-Chair of the Inter-College Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Co-Director of the Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition, and Associate Director of the Institute for CyberScience. His research interests are in the cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience of language acquisition and bilingualism, and his publications include co-authored books such as Acquisition of Lexical and Grammatical Aspect; Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics; the Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism; and Having Success with NSF: A Practical Guide. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurolinguistics and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences. He has previously served as Editor of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, President of the Society for Computers in Psychology, and Director for the Cognitive Neuroscience Program and the Program in Perception, Action, and Cognition at the National Science Foundation. For more information about his research see http://blclab.org/.
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