Is a neural theory of language possible? Development of unified representations in natural and artificial systemsWorkshop internazionale su Linguistica, Robotica e Neuroscienze (Lecce, 28-30 Giugno 2007)

Presentazione

CRIL Centro di Ricerca Interdisciplinare sul Linguaggio

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The CONTACT Project "Learning and development of Contextual Action"

Presentano

Is a neural theory of language possible?
Development of unified representations in natural and artificial systems

Workshop internazionale su Linguistica, Robotica e Neuroscienze
28-30 Giugno 2007

Lecce, Hotel President
Via Salandra, 6

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Agenda

Programma

GIOVEDÌ, 28 GIUGNO

8:45 Registrazione

9:15 Saluti di benvenuto e introduzione:
        Mirko Grimaldi Università del Salento
        Giulio Sandini Università di Genova

9:30 Luigi Rizzi Università di Siena
        Linguistic computations in the mind/brain

Discussione

Unified representations for speech and action
Presiede: Paul Fitzpatrick (Università di Genova)

10:15 Luciano Fadiga Università di Ferrara
         Action and language

11:00 Pausa caffè

11:30 Intervengono:
         Jacques Mehler SISSA Trieste
        Andrea Calabrese University of Connecticut

13:00 Pausa pranzo

The phonetic-phonological interface
Presiede: Francisco Lacerda (Università of Stockholm)

15:30 Douglas Whalen Haskins Laboratories - Connecticut
         Gestures, features, and mirror neurons

16:15 Pausa Caffè

16:30 Marina Nespor Università di Ferrara / SISSA Trieste
         Rhythm and language acquisition

17:15 Intervengono:
          Nick Clements CNRS / Paris 3
          Bert Vaux University of Cambridge __________________________________________________________________________

VENERDÌ, 29 GIUGNO

Natural and artificial structures of language and communication
Presiede: Laila Craighero (Università di Ferrara)

9:30 Bruno Galantucci Haskins Laboratories - Connecticut
       The emergence of human communicative gestures

10:15 Pausa Caffè

10:45 David Poeppel University of Maryland
         Dave Embick University of Pennsylvania
        Syntactic computation and neurobiology

11:30 Intervengono:
          Alec Marantz New York University
         Andrea Moro Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano

13:00 Pausa Pranzo

Lexical competence and semantic processes
Presiede: Giorgio Metta (Università di Genova)

14:45 Art Glenberg Università of Michigan
          Premotor cortex, action control, and language

15:30 Pausa Caffè

 15:45 Friedemann Pulvermüller University of Cambridge
           Max Garagnani University of Cambridge
           Towards a mechanistic theory of language grounded in perception-action circuits of the human brain

16:30 Intervengono:
          Gennaro Chierchia Harvard University
          Stefano Cappa Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano

Gita a Gallipoli e Cena Sociale sul mare

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SABATO, 30 GIUGNO

Unified representations in natural and artificial systems
Presiede: José Santos-Victor (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)

9:00 Joseph Perkell Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT Movement
       Movement goals and feedback and feedforward mechanisms in speech production

Discussione

9:45 Yiannis Aloimonos Computer Vision Laboratory, University of Maryland
       HAL: Human Activity Language

Discussione

10:15 Pausa Caffè

10:45 Jean-Luc Schwartz Institut de la Communication Parlée, Grenoble
         Morphogenesis of language units in a perceptuo-motor framework

Discussione

11:30 Roger Moore University of Shieffield
          Predictive Sensorimotor Control and Emulation (PRESENCE): Implications for Future Spoken Language Technology

Discussione

12:15 Frank Guenther Boston University
        Auditory, somatosensory, and motor interactions in speech production

Discussione

Conclusione