Admission requirements
MSc Psychology (research) students
Description
This course is intended to review and discuss state-of-the-art developments in the cognitive neuroscience of human language processing. Topics include the representations and structures of language, as well as the cognitive architectures which underlie speaking, listening, reading and writing. In addition, the existing brain imaging literature on word and sentence processing will be critically reviewed, as well as contributions from research on brain lesions. Finally, we discuss the prospects and problems of brain imaging techniques for the study of language.
On the basis of further reading assignments, each student will orally present a topic and stimulate, lead and organize further discussion in the group.
Course objectives
Students acquire in-depth knowledge of the results of behavioural and neuroscientific research on language processing and critically reflect on the use of brain-imaging methods in this field.
Timetable
Cognitive Neuroscience of Language (2013-2014)
Mode of instruction
seminar
discussion of papers
Assessment method
The assessment for this course is based on:
an oral presentation of a topic
a written exam
From January 1, 2006 the Faculty of Social Sciences has instituted the Ephorus system to be used by instructors for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. Please see the information concerning fraud .
Blackboard
Information on blackboard.leidenuniv.nl
Reading list
Trevor Harley. (2008). The Psychology of Language. From Data to Theory, 3rd edition. Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis.
Articles, that will be made available on Blackboard
Contact information
Prof. dr. N.O. Schiller
Room: 2A47
Tel: +31 (0)71 527 5686
E-mail: n.o.schiller@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Remarks
Lecturers
Prof. dr. Niels O. Schiller
Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition
Van Wijkplaats 4 (building 1166), room 104c
Tel: 071 527 4171
E-mail: n.o.schiller@hum.leidenuniv.nlDr. Fenna Poletiek
Cognitive Psychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Wassenaarseweg 52, room 2B24
Tel: 071 527 3641
E-mail: poletiek@fsw.leidenuniv.nlDr. Ingrid Christoffels
Cognitive Psychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Wassenaarseweg 52, room 2B16
Tel: 071 527 5689
E-mail: ichristoffels@fsw.leidenuniv.nl