NOTE: This is a tentative schedule that could possibly change throughout the course of the semester.
| Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Assignment Due |
| 01/19 |
Lecture: Class Intro (Syllabus), Course Overview, Course Topics, Discussion Leader (DL) Assignment | pdf |
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01/24
01/26 |
Lecture: The Brain, Evolution & Innateness | pdf
Discussion [Due Jan 22 by midnight]
DL: Roche |
O&G Ch 2; B&M Ch 1
Arbib 2005, Christiansen & Kirby 2003 |
Chapter |
01/31
02/02 |
Lecture: Neurolinguistics, Language, Mind and Culture | pdf
DL: Bigelow, Johnson, Moore |
O&G Ch 1; B&M Ch 2
Kuhl et al 2001 |
Topic & Papers for approval |
02/07
02/09 |
Lecture: Speech Perception | pdf
DL: Dibiccari, Nair |
B&M Ch 3
Ausillo et al 2009, Rosenblum 2008 |
Ann. Bib. 1 |
02/14
02/16 |
Lecture: Modularity | pdf
DL: Fleming, Weiller |
B&M Ch 4
Baddeley & Larsen 2007, Newport 2010 |
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02/21
02/23 |
Lecture: Linguistic Models | pdf
DL: Del Prato, Stasenko |
B&M Ch 5-6
Chater & Manning 2006, Perlovsky 2009 |
Ann. Bib. 2 |
02/28
03/01 |
Lecture: Morphology, Lexicon, Semantics & Syntax | pdf
DL: Donahue, York, Picozzo |
TBA
Marslen-Wilson & Tyler 2007, Vigneua 2006 |
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03/06
03/08 |
Lecture: Language in the Brain | pdf
DL: Galicia-Almanza, Vandewalle |
B&M Ch 7
Hagoort 2008, Sakai 2004 |
Ann. Bib. 3 |
03/10-
03/18 |
Spring Break |
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03/20
03/22 |
Lecture: Imaging | pdf
DL: Quackenbush, Cannon, Davison |
B&M Ch 8
MacSweeney et al 2008, Poeppel et al 2008 |
Intro |
03/27
03/29 |
Lecture: None/Research Day |
|
Methods Outline (in class) |
04/03
04/05 |
Lecture: Parallel Systems | pdf
DL: Furnace, Sharp |
B&M Ch 9
Badzakova & Trajkov 2010, Keller et al 2009 |
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04/10
04/12 |
Lecture: Language Breakdown | pdf
DL: Huang, Wannon |
B&M Ch 10
Apostolova et al 2008, Williams et al 2008 |
Methods |
04/17
04/19 |
Aphasias | pdf
DL: Weiss, Verhoeven, Cooley |
O&G Ch 4-6
Gorno & Tempini 2011, Rorden et al 2008, Schlaug et al 2011 |
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04/24
04/26 |
Lecture: Developmental Reading Disorders | pdf
DL: Edwards, Herbert, Bernstein |
B&M Ch 11
Pennington & Bishop 2009, Rubensten & Dyscalculia 2008 |
Results & Discussion |
05/01
05/03 |
Final Class: Bilingualism
DL: Shi, Zhou |
B&M Ch 12-13 OR vanHueven 2010, Wang et al 2009 |
Title Page, Abstract, References
Reading Period Begins |
05/7-
05/14 |
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Final Paper due online |