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The learning outcomes are that students (i) are capable of understanding state-of-the-art psycholinguistic and cognitive research in considerable detail, (ii) can contrast psycholinguistic and cognitive theories, identify open ends and predictions of various theoretical approaches, and (iii) understand on some general level the most frequently used research methods and are able to explain the pros and cons of each method.
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This course will address current topics in psycholinguistics and cultural cognition.
Topics to be covered include: the role of prediction in language processing; embodiment in language comprehension; how social structure affects the emergence of linguistic structure; conscious and subconscious language processing; neural entrainment in language and music; individual differences in linguistic knowledge and processing; language comprehension in noisy environments; language, thought, and culture: what can we learn from comparing languages, and what can we learn from modern experimental approaches; how literacy changes mind and brain.
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