This is an introduction to the biological underpinnings of human language. It is aimed at students of psychology, linguistics and social sciences, including those who have limited background in biology and neuroscience. The course will emphasize the value of biological and neuroscience research for questions traditionally addressed in cognitive, behavioral and linguistic research.
Poslední úprava: Smolík Filip, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (11.09.2024)
Podmínky zakončení předmětu - angličtina
1. Participation in class, activity, activity in reading assignments.
2. Adequate performance on the midterm and final multiple-choice or short-answer tests.
3. Short paper (2-3 pages) suggesting a research topic and method of interest to the student, with brief literatrue review.
Poslední úprava: Smolík Filip, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (11.09.2024)
Literatura - angličtina
Basic readings
Ju, W. et al.: Neuroscience: Canadian 1st Edition Open Textbook. University of Toronto. Available online at http://neuroscience.openetext.utoronto.ca/ (selected chapters)
Hagooert, P. (ed.) (2019). Human language: From genes and brain to behavior. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (selected chapters from the volume)
Devanna, P., Dediu, D., & Vernes, S. C. (2019). The Genetics of Language: From complex genes to complex communication. In S.-A. Rueschemeyer, & M. G. Gaskell (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Psycholinguistics (2nd ed., pp. 865-898). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Fisher, S. E. (2019). Key issues and future directions: Genes and language. In P. Hagoort (Ed.), Human language: From genes and brain to behavior (pp. 609-620). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Readings for class presentations (subject to revision every year)
Rogalsky, C., Basilakos, A., Rorden, C., Pillay, S., LaCroix, A. N., Keator, L., ... & Hickok, G. (2022). The neuroanatomy of speech processing: a large-scale lesion study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34(8), 1355-1375.
Slioussar, N., Kireev, M. V., Chernigovskaya, T. V., Kataeva, G. V., Korotkov, A. D., & Medvedev, S. V. (2014). An ER-fMRI study of Russian inflectional morphology. Brain and language, 130, 33-41.
Gnedykh, D., Tsvetova, D., Mkrtychian, N., Blagovechtchenski, E., Kostromina, S., & Shtyrov, Y. (2022). Broca’s area involvement in abstract and concrete word acquisition: tDCS evidence. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 192, 107622.
Rice, M. L., Taylor, C. L., Zubrick, S. R., Hoffman, L., & Earnest, K. K. (2020). Heritability of specific language impairment and nonspecific language impairment at ages 4 and 6 years across phenotypes of speech, language, and nonverbal cognition. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(3), 793-813.
Verhoef, E., Shapland, C. Y., Fisher, S. E., Dale, P. S., & St Pourcain, B. (2021). The developmental origins of genetic factors influencing language and literacy: Associations with early‐childhood vocabulary. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62(6), 728-738.
Newbury, D. F., Bonora, E., Lamb, J. A., Fisher, S. E., Lai, C. S., Baird, G., ... & Monaco, A. P. (2002). FOXP2 is not a major susceptibility gene for autism or specific language impairment. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 70(5), 1318-1327.
Duda, P., & Zrzavý, J. (2019). Towards a global phylogeny of human populations based on genetic and linguistic data. Modern Human Origins and Dispersal. Words, Bones, Genes, Tools: DFG Center for Advanced Studies Series, 1, 331-59.
Additional readings
Raviv, L., & Kirby, S. (2023). Self domestication and the cultural evolution of language. In J. J. Tehrani, J. Kendal, & R. Kendal (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.60.
Dediu, D. (2015). An introduction to genetics for language scientists: Current concepts, methods, and findings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Basic readings
Ju, W. et al.: Neuroscience: Canadian 1st Edition Open Textbook. University of Toronto. Available online at http://neuroscience.openetext.utoronto.ca/ Hagooert, P. (ed.) (2019). Human language: From genes and brain to behavior. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (selected chapters from the volume) Devanna, P., Dediu, D., & Vernes, S. C. (2019). The Genetics of Language: From complex genes to complex communication. In S.-A. Rueschemeyer, & M. G. Gaskell (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Psycholinguistics (2nd ed., pp. 865-898). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Fisher, S. E. (2019). Key issues and future directions: Genes and language. In P. Hagoort (Ed.), Human language: From genes and brain to behavior (pp. 609-620). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Readings for class presentations (subject to revision every year)
· Rogalsky, C., Basilakos, A., Rorden, C., Pillay, S., LaCroix, A. N., Keator, L., ... & Hickok, G. (2022). The neuroanatomy of speech processing: a large-scale lesion study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34(8), 1355-1375. · Slioussar, N., Kireev, M. V., Chernigovskaya, T. V., Kataeva, G. V., Korotkov, A. D., & Medvedev, S. V. (2014). An ER-fMRI study of Russian inflectional morphology. Brain and language, 130, 33-41. Gnedykh, D., Tsvetova, D., Mkrtychian, N., Blagovechtchenski, E., Kostromina, S., & Shtyrov, Y. (2022). Broca’s area involvement in abstract and concrete word acquisition: tDCS evidence. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 192, 107622. Rice, M. L., Taylor, C. L., Zubrick, S. R., Hoffman, L., & Earnest, K. K. (2020). Heritability of specific language impairment and nonspecific language impairment at ages 4 and 6 years across phenotypes of speech, language, and nonverbal cognition. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(3), 793-813. Verhoef, E., Shapland, C. Y., Fisher, S. E., Dale, P. S., & St Pourcain, B. (2021). The developmental origins of genetic factors influencing language and literacy: Associations with early‐childhood vocabulary. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62(6), 728-738. Newbury, D. F., Bonora, E., Lamb, J. A., Fisher, S. E., Lai, C. S., Baird, G., ... & Monaco, A. P. (2002). FOXP2 is not a major susceptibility gene for autism or specific language impairment. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 70(5), 1318-1327. Duda, P., & Zrzavý, J. (2019). Towards a global phylogeny of human populations based on genetic and linguistic data. Modern Human Origins and Dispersal. Words, Bones, Genes, Tools: DFG Center for Advanced Studies Series, 1, 331-59.
Additional readings
Raviv, L., & Kirby, S. (2023). Self domestication and the cultural evolution of language. In J. J. Tehrani, J. Kendal, & R. Kendal (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.60. Dediu, D. (2015). An introduction to genetics for language scientists: Current concepts, methods, and findings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Poslední úprava: Smolík Filip, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (11.09.2024)
Metody výuky - angličtina
Presentations by the lecturer, discussions of readings and assigned audiovisual materials,o summaries of readings by students.
Poslední úprava: Smolík Filip, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (11.09.2024)
Sylabus - angličtina
Topics:
1. Neuron, neural system, action potential, brain and its parts. 2. Methods: PET, fMRI, EEG/ERP, MEG, NIRS, pupillometry. Brain areas related to language. 3. Aphasias: basic classification, classic models. 4. Aphasia: modern research fidnings. 6. Electrophysiology research: N400, P600, ELAN, use of MMN. 7. Neuroimaging research on word perception/production, semantics, conceptual representations 8. Neuroimaging research on syntactic and sentence-level sematnic representations. 9. Current models of langauge representation. 10. Developmental language disorders. Heritability of language. 11. Human genetics: basic concepts. Heritability, research methods in behavioral/cognitive genetics. 12. Nature and nurture in language: conceptual and methodological considerations: 13. Genetics and the study of languages across the world, diachronic research.
Poslední úprava: Smolík Filip, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (11.09.2024)
