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Neural and Computational Bases of Language Symposium

Illustration for Neural and Computational Bases of Language Symposium

Monday, September 11, 2000
1-3 p.m.

NIH
Clinical Center, Building 10
Lipsett Auditorium
Bethesda, MD

Open to the Public--No Registration Required

The symposium highlights leading contemporary approaches to the study of human language. The speakers will present and discuss new research employing techniques of brain imaging, computational modeling, and linguistic analysis. The development of language across the lifespan and the effects of brain injury on language performance will be major themes.

Presenters and Abstracts:

Elizabeth Bates, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Brain and Language in Children and Adults: Moving Beyond Phrenology
David Caplan, Ph.D., M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital Functional Brain Imaging Studies of Syntactic Processing
Mark S. Seidenberg, Ph.D., University of Southern California A New Framework for Thinking About Language

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Directions and Maps:

For more information, contact:

Judith Cooper, Ph.D.
Chief, Scientific Programs Branch
Division of Extramural Research

NIDCD
6120 Executive Blvd.
EPS-400-C MSC 7180
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: (301) 496-5061
Fax: (301) 402-6251
E-mail: Judith_Cooper@nih.gov

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