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This medical PowerPoint presentation is about language acquisition, a complex process that involves various cognitive processes, such as perception, attention, memory, and reasoning. Cognitive science is a field of study that aims to understand how these processes contribute to the acquisition of language.

One of the most influential theories of language acquisition is the nativist theory proposed by Noam Chomsky. According to this theory, humans are born with an innate ability to learn language, which is called the language acquisition device (LAD). The LAD is a hypothetical module in the brain that allows children to rapidly and unconsciously acquire the grammar of their native language.

Another theory of language acquisition is the usage-based theory, which emphasizes the role of social interaction and experience in language learning. According to this theory, children learn language by actively using it in social contexts and by noticing patterns in the language they hear. This process leads to the gradual construction of a mental grammar that reflects the regularities of the language they are exposed to.

Cognitive science research has also focused on the brain mechanisms involved in language processing and production. Studies using brain imaging techniques, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG), have shown that different brain regions are involved in various aspects of language processing, such as phonology, syntax, and semantics.

Overall, cognitive science has provided valuable insights into the complex processes involved in language acquisition and processing, and has led to the development of new theories and models of language learning.

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COGNITIVE SCIENCE 17 Hello…How Are You? Jaime A. Pineda, Ph.D.
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Communication Different forms Verbal (speech) Sign (gestures) Writing (symbols) Important social behaviors Have made cultural evolution possible Enabled discoveries to be cumulative Knowledge passed from generation to generation
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Language Acquisition Modularity (Chomsky, 1959) Is there a language “mental organ”? Or does it arise from more primitive functions? Is it unique to humans? What causes the difference? Evolution of Language: Gestures were important Language and thought Are they interrelated? Universal grammar?
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Birdsong Similar to human languages in sensitive period Stages of development: Initial exposure to the song of tutor (father) Successive approximation of produced song to the stored model Crystalization of the song in permanent form Deafening and distorting studies by Konishi Brain damage studies confirm vocal control centers view neurogenesis
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Nonhuman Primates Vocalizations look preprogramed, serving specific purposes only Initiated by sub-cortical areas like limbic system But for vocalization and decoding, they also use left hemisphere Unique cases Kanzi Washoe (ASL) Sarah (tokens)
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What is Language? Grammar Phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics Symbol usage Ability to represent real-world situations Ability to articulate something new Intention to communicate Duality, productivity, arbitrariness, interchangeability, specialization, displacement, and cultural transmission (Linden 1974) “An infinitely open system of communication” Rumbaugh, 1977
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Why language is important Only species to use language with syntactic and productive properties. Syntax: rules governing legal word order. We have implicit knowledge of syntax. Sentence meaning depends on word meaning & word order. Language & Cognition The dog bit the man. The man bit the dog. Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.
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Why language is important Language comprehension is rapid and automatic. Involves integration of word meaning, syntax, context & knowledge. Take roughly 250 msec to read individual words. State color of ink used for following words: RED GREENBLUE GREENRED BLUE Language and Cognition Stroop task
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Why language is important Language production is rapid. Involves overlapping stages of planning message, selecting words and structure, sequencing production of component sounds and controlling articulation. [Levelt, 1987] Dialog is rapid and highly interactive. Suggests interactive sequence of comprehension, cognition & production. Language & Cognition Alex
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Teaching Language to Apes Why teach language to apes? Throughout the history, all efforts to teach speech to animals have failed ASL was taught to chimpanzees to some extent Lana Project at Emory University: Try to teach Yerkish to chimps (computerized symbols) Chimps are able to form novel and meaningful chains
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Teaching Language to Apes Why [try to teach apes language]? What is there to suggest we would listen to anything an ape could tell us? Or that he would be able to tell us of his life in a language that hasn't been born of that life?... Maybe it is not that they have yet to gain a language, it is that we have lost one (Adams & Carwardine 1993)
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Deep Down and Internal Representation Savage-Rumbaugh believes that Language ability of chimps is underestimated Chimps can understand speech (but can’t produce) Language comprehension comes before speech for several million years Intention to communicate is important Pinker says “they just don’t get it…”
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Language Disorders Egyptians reported speech loss after blow to head 3000 years ago Broca (1861) finds damage to left inferior frontal region (Broca’s area) of a language impaired patient, in postmortem analysis
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Language Disorders In language disorders 90-95% of cases, damage is to the left hemisphere 5-10% of cases, to the right hemisphere Wada test is used to determine the hemispheric dominance Sodium amytal is injected to the carotid artery First to the left and then to the right
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Brain areas involved in Language
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Lateralization of the Brain LH more specialized for the analysis of sequences of stimuli that occur quickly but sequentially (comprehension and production). RH more specialized for the analysis of space and geometrical shapes and forms that occur simultaneously. Involved in organizing a narrative (selecting and assembling the elements of what we want to say) understanding prosody (rhythm and stress) recognizing emotion in the tone of voice Understanding jokes
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Lateralization of functions Left-hemisphere: Sequential analysis Analytical Problem solving Language Right-hemisphere: Simultaneous analysis Synthetic Visual-Spatial skills Cognitive maps Personal space Facial recognition Drawing Emotional functions Recognizing emotions Expressing emotions Music
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Language Disorders Paraphasia: Substitution of a word by a sound, an incorrect word (“treen” instead of “train”) Neologism: Paraphasia with a completely novel word (colloquialism or slang) Nonfluent speech: Talking with considerable effort Agraphia: Impairment in writing Alexia: Disturbances in reading
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Three major types of Aphasia Broca’s aphasia Slow, laborious, nonfluent speech Wernicke’s aphasia Fluent speech but unintelligible Global aphasia Total loss of language Others: Conduction, Subcortical, Transcortical Motor/Sensory
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Broca’s AphasiaBrodmann 44, 45 Lesions in the left inferior frontal region (Broca’s area), head of caudate nucleus, thalamus, etc. Nonfluent, labored, and hesitant speech (articulation) Most also lose the ability to name persons or subjects (anomia) Can utter automatic or overlearned speech (“hello”; songs) Have difficulty with function (the, in, about) vs content words (verbs, nouns, adjectives) (agrammatism) Comprehension relatively intact when other cues available (The man swat the mosquito vs the horse kicks the cow) Most also have partial paralysis of one side of the body (hemiplegia) If extensive, not much recovery over time
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Broca’s Aphasia Broca’s area contains “memories of the sequences of muscular movements (tongue, lips, jaw, etc) that are needed to articulate words” Wernicke (1874) But also more than just this…
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Wernicke’s AphasiaBrodmann 22, 30 Lesions in posterior part of the left superior temporal gyrus, extending to adjacent parietal cortex Unable to understand what they read or hear (poor comprehension) Unaware of their deficit Fluent but meaningless speech Can use function but not content words Contains many paraphasias “girl”-“curl”, “bread”-“cake” Syntactical but empty sentences Cannot repeat words or sentences Usually no partial paralysis
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Wernicke-Geschwind Model1. Repeating a spoken word Arcuate fasciculus is the bridge from the Wernicke’s area to the Broca’s area
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Wernicke-Geschwind Model2. Repeating a written word Angular gyrus is the gateway from visual cortex to Wernicke’s area This is an oversimplification of the issue: not all patients show such predicted behavior (Howard, 1997)
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Sign Languages Full-fledged languages, created by hearing- impaired people (not by Linguists): Dialects, jokes, poems, etc. Do not resemble the spoken language of the same area (ASL resembles Bantu, Navaho, and Japanese more than English) Pinker: Nicaraguan Sign Language Another evidence of the origins of language (gestures) Most gestures in ASL are with right-hand, or else both hands (left hemisphere dominance) Signers with brain damage to similar regions show aphasia as well
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Signer Aphasia Young man, both spoken and sign language: Accident and damage to brain Both spoken and sign languages are affected Deaf-mute person, sign language: Stroke and damage to left-side of the brain Impairment in sign language 3 deaf signers: Different damages to the brain with different impairments to grammar and word production
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Spoken and Sign Languages Neural mechanisms are similar fMRI studies show similar activations for both hearing and deaf But in signers, homologous activation on the right hemisphere is unanswered yet
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Dyslexia Problem in learning to read Common in boys and left-handed High IQ, so related with language only Postmortem observation revealed anomalies in the arrangement of cortical cells Micropolygyria: excessive cortical folding Ectopias: nests of extra cells in unusual location Might have occurred in mid-gestation, during cell migration period
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Acquired Dyslexia = Alexia Disorder in adulthood as a result of disease or injury Deep dyslexia (pays attn. to wholes): “cow” -> “horse”, cannot read abstract words Fails to see small differences (do not read each letter) Problems with nonsense words Surface dyslexia (pays attn. to details): Nonsense words are fine Suggests 2 different systems: One focused on the meanings of whole words The other on the sounds of words
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Electrical Stimulation Penfield and Roberts (1959): During epilepsy surgery under local anesthesia to locate cortical language areas, stimulation of: Large anterior zone: stops speech Both anterior and posterior temporoparietal cortex: misnaming, impaired imitation of words Broca’s area: unable comprehend auditory and visual semantic material, inability to follow oral commands, point to objects, and understand written questions
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Studies by Ojemann et al. Stimulation of the brain of an English-Spanish bilingual shows different areas for each language Stim of inferior premotor frontal cortex: Arrests speech, impairs all facial movements Stim of areas in inferior, frontal, temporal, parietal cortex: Impairs sequential facial movements, phoneme identification Stim of other areas: lead to memory errors and reading errors Stim of thalamus during verbal input: increased accuracy of subsequent recall
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PET by Posner and Raichle Passive hearing of words activates: Temporal lobes Repeating words activates: Both motor cortices, the supplemental motor cortex, portion of cerebellum, insular cortex While reading and repeating: No activation in Broca’s area But if semantic association: All language areas including Broca’s area Native speaker of Italian and English: Slightly different regions
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PET by Damasios Different areas of left hemisphere (other than Broca’s and Wernicke’s regions) are used to name (1) tools, (2) animals, and (3) persons Stroke studies support this claim Three different regions in temporal lobe are used ERP studies support that word meaning are on temporal lobe (may originate from Wernicke’s area): “the man started the car engine and stepped on the pancake” Takes longer to process if grammar is involved
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Williams Syndrome Caused by the deletion of a dozen genes from one of the two chromosomes numbered 7 Shows dissociation between language and intelligence, patients are: Fluent in language But cannot tie their shoe laces, draw images, etc. Developmental process is altered: Number skills good at infancy, poor at adulthood Language skills poor at infancy, greatly improved in adulthood Guest speaker in the colloquium, Annette Karmiloff-Smith, claims the otherwise: Development alters the end result of the syndrome (?)
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Split-brain Epileptic activity spread from one hemisphere to the other thru corpus callosum Since 1930, such epileptic treated by severing the interhemispheric pathways At first no detectible changes (e.g. IQ) Animal research revealed deficits: Cat with both corpus callosum and optic chiasm severed Left-hemisphere could be trained for symbol:reward Right-hemisphere could be trained for inverted symbol:reward
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Left vs. Right Brain Pre and post operation studies showed that: Selective stimulation of the right and left hemisphere was possible by stimulating different parts of the body (e.g. right/left hand): Thus can test the capabilities of each hemisphere Left hemisphere could read and verbally communicate Right hemisphere had small linguistic capacity: recognize single words Vocabulary and grammar capabilities of right is far less than left Only the processes taking place in the left hemisphere could be described verbally
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Normal Cortical Connections Callosal Connections Language Dominant Side Broca’s Area What changes if the corpus callosum is damaged?
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The Split Brain Studies Language Dominant Side Broca’s Area How about the Bunny?
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The Split Brain Studies Language Dominant Side Broca’s Area The left hand can point to it, but you can’t describe it!
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Other studies Right ear advantage in dicothic listening: Due to interhemispheric crossing Words in left-hemisphere, Music in right Supported by damage and imaging studies But perfect-pitch is still on the left Asymmetry in planum temporale: Musicians with perfect-pitch has 2x larger PT Evident in newborns, thus suggesting innate basis for cerebral specialization for language and speech
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Finally Precision of stimulus analysis in the brain is reduced on the midline areas of the body Speech organs (vocal tract, tongue, larynx, etc.) are in the midline Asymmetry of motor control of speech areas (sidedness in language) provides unchallenged control Observed in songbirds too But hemispheric dominance is not absolute, both sides are necessary: After commisurotomy, left is better than right, but both are affected