Megha Sundara Chair, Department of Linguistics McGill University How do infants learn phonotactics? Languages differ in their phonotactics, that is, in the segments and segment sequences that are permissible. Therefore, sensitivity to phonotactics must be learned from the input infants receive. I will use behavioral looking time experiments to show that sensitivity to […]
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Tom McCoy Department of Linguistics Yale University Bridging the divide between linguistics and artificial intelligence: From vectors to symbols and back again Capturing the structure of language is a central goal of both linguistics and artificial intelligence (AI). Despite this overlap in goals, linguistics and AI differ substantially in how they handle language. […]
Jeremiah Cohen Allen Institute Structure and function of locus coeruleus norepinephrine neurons Norepinephrine (NE) is a neurotransmitter released through most of the central nervous system from neurons in the locus coeruleus (LC) in the brainstem. We found a relationship between the structure and function of these neurons in mice. Axonal projections of individual […]
Kevin Bolding Department of Neuroscience University of Pennsylvania Title and abstract forthcoming A pizza lunch will be served.