Labs
Computational Linguistics Lab, Prof. Roni Katzir
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Research Topic: Computational methods are used to investigate human language acquisition. Researchers in the lab seek to offer a perspective on learning and learnability that is informed by work in theoretical linguistics, cognitive psychology, and computer science. The lab’s overarching research project is the creation of a fully general model of language acquisition that will allow divergent representations of grammar proposed in the linguistic literature to be evaluated and compared on a computationally and cognitively sound basis. Research Methods: Computer simulation of grammar induction tasks; Minimum Description Length (MDL); Markov-Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods. Research Projects: (1) Comparison of grammatical systems based on the MDL learners they induce; (2) Induction of lexicon and phonological constraints in Optimality Theory; (3) Induction of phonological rule systems and acquisition of rule interactions. |
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Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics Research Lab, Prof. Aya Meltzer-Asscher
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Research Topic: Investigating the cognitive and neurophysiological basis of language processing and production in the adult, healthy brain, using a linguistics-oriented interdisciplinary approach. Research Methods: Behavioral measures (accuracy, reaction times, self-paced reading), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG). Research Projects: (1) Investigating the influence of contextual and lexical information on syntactic processing in the left inferior frontal gyrus; (2) Identifying cortical regions involved in the processing of different lexical categories and their interrelations; (3) Elucidating the neural mechanisms involved in the lexical and syntactic manipulation of verb argument structure. |
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