[lingtalks] COGS 200 Monday: Mark Jung-Beeman

[Janet Hui-wen Hsiao]

This announcement is for Cognitive Science 200, Fall 2006.
Readings for this week are available on the course website:
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Monday's (November 20, 2006) speaker:

Mark Jung-Beeman
Associate Professor of Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience Program
Cognitive Brain Mapping Group


When: 3:00-4:30PM (Wine & Cheese to follow, Cog Sci courtyard)
Where: COGS 180

Title: Bilateral semantic processing: Inferences in language, insight in
problem solving

Abstract:

When it comes to language, it appears the right hemisphere (RH) may be more
than the brain's spare tire after all. I will present evidence for multiple,
bilateral, semantic processes: semantic activation, semantic integration,
and semantic selection. Within each process, the RH engages in relatively
coarse semantic coding, and the LH in relatively fine semantic coding. This
processing asymmetry may be partially rooted in asymmetric neural
microcircuitry, and allows the brain to pursue multiple approaches to
information processing. This processing flexibility facilitates higher level
language processing, such as helping people draw causal inferences during
story comprehension. Further, this bilateral approach allows cognitive
flexibility during problem solving, particularly when people solve problems
with insight. Behavioral, neuroimaging, and electrophysiological evidence
demonstrate how we read between the lines of stories and achieve Aha!
moments in problem solving.

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