麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页” | 脑与认知科学 | 9.59J 2002秋季课程：心理语言学

人类是利用空气及声波的传导，来沟通彼此的意念及想法，而这种能力本身，则是一套复杂且迷人的过程。在这门课中，我们将会探索语言在大脑中，以何种模式被表现、处理、及习得，并侧重于研讨：人们如何即时理解语言中所含的讯息。本站提供完整的阅读资料及作业，以方便选修这门课程的大学部学生查询。

The ability to communicate arbitrary ideas through thin air via sound waves is a complex and fascinating process. In this course we will study how language is represented, processed and acquired, with a concentration on how language is comprehended in real time. The site features a comprehensive reading list and assignments tailored for the undergraduates who enroll in this class.

语言处理研究中几项重要的主题，例如: 语言结构、句子处理、言谈处理、语形处理、大脑词汇库中字汇的储存及利用、口语处理、脑内工作记忆体之计算资源及语言处理机制之关系、含混讯息解析、脑内语言计算模式之探讨：连结学派理论模式、语言及思考之关系。语言习得之相关议题：重要时期现象、口语习得、字汇习得。相关研究方法如下: 自我调控式阅读、眼神追踪、跨型态字汇反应研究、神经影像测试法。

Central topics in language processing. The structure of language. Sentence processing. Discourse processing. Morphological processing. The storage and access of words in the mental dictionary. Speech processing. The relationship between the computational resources available in working memory and the language processing mechanism. Ambiguity resolution. Discussion of computational modeling, including connectionist models. The relationship between language and thought. Issues in language acquisition including critical period phenomena, the acquisition of speech, and the acquisition of words. Experimental methodologies such as self-paced reading, eye-tracking, cross-modal priming, and neural imaging methods.

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连结学派理论模式 - 连结学派属认知科学的支派，其主张为:利用分析大脑神经元的方式，来解释人类大脑整体认知的过程。
重要时期 - 指整体学习发展过程中的某一段时期，特别适合学习某种特定的行为。
跨型态字汇反应测试法 - 必须听一些意义容易混淆的字词，并同时将含有正确字义的单字卡选出来。