Neurolinguistics
| Title | Νευρογλωσσολογία / Neurolinguistics |
| Code | Γλ 558 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600016498 |
Programme of Study: PMS THEŌRĪTIKĪS KAI EFARMOSMENĪS GLŌSSOLOGIAS
Registered students: 12
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLŌSSOLOGIA | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2018 – 2019 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Class ID | 600138244
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600138244
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students:
1. should be able to discuss major claims about neurolinguistic processing and discuss how these claims impact our understanding of and approach to language
2. should be able to understand the basics of neurocognition, including basic knowledge of brain anatomy and neuroimaging methods
3. should be more confident in reading, critiquing, and discussing original neurolinguistic research articles
4. should have acquired the nessecary methodological and statistical skills that will allow them to conduct novel research in the field and to write a master's thesis on a selected topic in the field of neurolinguistics
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course offers an introduction to the architectures and mechanisms behind our ability to speak and understand language. Topics discussed include the brain bases of morphological processing at the word level, language production and comprehension at the interfaces, executive functions and bilingualism effects on the linguistic and cognitive abilities of adults with aphasia (Broca, Wernicke) and various cognitive impairments (Primary Progressive Aphasia, Alzheimer's disease), as well as children with neurodevelpomental disorders, like Specific Language Impairment and High Functioning Autism. The course also draws on a range of state-of-the-art functional neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, TMS and EEG/ERP) in language production and comprehension. Finally, special attention will be given to how models of linguistic computations and representations can inform, and be informed by, our understanding of the brain, as well as to experimental methodologies (self-paced reading/listening, eye-tracking, cross-modal priming), data analysis and interpretation.
Keywords
neuroimaging, language disorders, interfaces in language processing, novel research design, data analysis & interpretation
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.4 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 78 | 2.8 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Written assigments | 158 | 5.7 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 275 | 10 |
Student Assessment
Description
There will be an oral presentation of a research article and a written essay at the end of the course.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Hillis, A. (2002). The Handbook of Adult Language Disorders. New York, NY: Psychology Press.
Additional bibliography for study
Ahlsén, E. (2006). Introduction to neurolinguistics. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Ansaldo, A. I. , Marcotte , K., Scherer , L. , & Raboyeaua, G. (2008). Language therapy and bilingual aphasia: Clinical implications of psycholinguistic and neuroimaging research. Journal of Neurolinguistics 21, 539–557.
Aron, A. R. (2007). The neural basis of inhibition in cognitive control. Neuroscientist, 13 (3), 214-228.
Costa, A. & Sebastián-Gallés, N. (2014). How does the bilingual experience sculpt the brain? Nature Reviews-Neuroscience, vol. 15, 336-345.
Fabbro, F. (1999). The neurolinguistics of bilingualism. Sussex: Psychology Press.
Mesulam M. M. (1982). Slowly progressive aphasia without generalized dementia. Annals of Neurology, 11, 592–598.
Novick, J. M., Kan, I. P., Trueswell, J. C., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2009). A case for conflict across multiple domains: Memory and language impairments follow damage to ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 26 (6), 527-567.
Novick, J. M., Trueswell, J. C., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2005). Executive control and parsing: reexamining the role of Broca’s area in sentence comprehension. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 5, 263-281.
Paradis, J. (2007). Bilingual children with specific language impairment: Theoretical and applied issues. Applied Psycholinguistics 28, 551–564.
Perani, D., & Abutalebi, J. (2005). The neural basis of first and second language processing. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 15, 202-206.
Peristeri, E., & Tsimpli, I. M. (2013). Pronoun processing in Broca’s aphasia: Discourse–syntax effects in ambiguous anaphora resolution. Aphasiology, 27 (11), 1381-1407.
Sabourin, L. (2014). fMRI Research on the Bilingual Brain. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 34, 1–14.
van der Lely, H. K. & Pinker, S. (2014). The biological basis of language: insight from developmental grammatical impairments. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 18 (11), 586-595.
Last Update
23-11-2018
