JHU IGERT Conference 2012

Interdisciplinary Training and Cognitive Science

Symposium of past and present trainees of the JHU IGERT program in language

February 11-12, 2012 - Baltimore Maryland


Conference program can be found here. For more information, please e-mail Paul Smolensky.

Program

Saturday, February 11

8:15am-9:00am Breakfast
9:00am-9:20am Buchwald, Adam Levels of representation in speech production Video
9:20am-9:40am Davidson, Lisa & Wilson, Colin Bayesian interaction of phonetics and phonotactics in cluster production Video
9:40am-10:00am Goldrick, Matthew Gradient symbol processing in phonological grammar Video
10:00am-10:20am Coffee Break
10:20am-10:40am Fischer-Baum, Simon Why perseveration errors happen: Evidence from ERPs Video
10:40am-11:00am Medina, Jared Understanding higher-order body representations Video
11:00am-11:20am Chialant, Doriana Mild cognitive impairment: Definition and assessment Video
11:20am-11:40am Coffee Break
11:40am-12:00pm Medina, Tamara Learning word meanings without keeping track of multiple potential meanings Video
12:00pm-12:20pm Culbertson, Jennifer Uncovering learner's biases with the help of typology Video
12:20pm-12:40pm Morley, Rebecca Predicting typology: The virtues of "soup to nuts" modeling Video
12:40am-2:40pm Lunch and Poster Session
2:40pm-3:00pm Dilks, Daniel The development of face recognition Video
3:00pm-3:20pm Gregory, Emma A.H.'s mirror reflections: Implications for object representation and orientation representation
3:20pm-3:40pm Lopez-Gonzalez, Monica Neural correlates of musical creativity
3:40pm-4:00pm Coffee Break
4:00pm-6:30pm IGERT Discussion and Beer Reception
7:30-11:30pm PARTY

Sunday, February 12

8:15am-9:00am Breakfast
9:00am-9:20am Hale, John Being informed by words Video
9:20am-9:40am Chen-Main, Joan Derivations, dependency structures, and formal properties of natural language
9:40am-10:00am Savova, Virginia Grammar of vision Video
10:00am-10:20am Coffee Break
10:20am-10:40am Lakusta, Laura Prelinguistic foundations of language: Representations of sources and goals in events Video
10:40am-11:00am Ramadoss, Deepti Phonology and phonetics of tone perception Video
11:00am-11:20am Wolmetz, Michael Neural representations of lexical information and indexical detail in speech comprehension Video
11:20am-11:40am Coffee Break
11:40am-12:00pm Finley, Sara Effects of frequency in learning novel morphological processes Video
12:00pm-12:20pm Goldberg, Ariel Morphology and the dynamics of speech production Video(Part1) Video(Part2)
12:20am-12:40pm Wayment, Adam Harmonic SIRI-alism: Applications of phonological grammar to Text-To-Speech Video
12:40am-1:40pm Lunch
1:40am-3:00pm Career Discussion
3:00am-3:20pm Kaffee & Kuchen Break
2:40pm-4:40pm State of Cognitive Science Discussion
4:40pm-TBD Wine & Cheese Reception

Index of Speakers

Adam Buchwald Levels of representation in speech production
Joan Chen-Main Derivations, dependency structures, and formal properties of natural language
Dorianna Chialant Mild cognitive impairment: Definition and assessment
Jennifer Culbertson Uncovering learner's biases with the help of typology
Lisa Davidson Bayesian interaction of phonetics and phonotactics in cluster production (joint with Colin Wilson)
Daniel Dilks The development of face recognition
Sara Finley Effects of frequency in learning novel morphological processes
Simon Fischer-Baum Why perseveration errors happen: Evidence from ERPs
Ariel Goldberg Morphology and the dynamics of speech production
Matthew Goldrick Gradient symbol processing in phonological grammar
Emma Gregory Art and the brain: Effects of severe brain damage on the artist's mind
John Hale Being Informed by words
Laura Lakusta Prelinguistic foundations of language: Representations of sources and goals in events
Monica Lopez-Gonzalez Neural correlates of musical creativity
Jared Medina Transcranial magnetic stimulation improves discourse productivity in nonfluent aphasics
Rebecca Morley Predicting typology: The virtues of "soup to nuts" modeling
Tamara Medina Learning word meanings without keeping track of multiple potential meanings
Deepti Ramadoss Phonology and phonetics of tone perception
Virginia Savova Grammar of Vision
Colin Wilson Bayesian interaction of phonetics and phonotactics in cluster production (joint with Lisa Davidson)
Michael Wolmetz Neural representations of lexical information and indexical detail in speech comprehension
Adam Wayment Harmonic SIRI-alism: Applications of phonological grammar to Text-To-Speech