The Psycholinguistics Section aims
to uncover the workings of the mind
underlying the use of language, and its relation to non-linguistic
cognitive activities. We aim to achieve these goals through cooperative
interaction between cognitive psychology and linguistics. In
particular, through laboratory work we address issues surrounding the
interactions among phonological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic
aspects of language processing by human beings as well as relations
between the semantic/pragmatic aspects of language use and our
cognition of the external environment. We also try to illuminate the
cognitive interaction between non-verbal communication and language
use. Further, through cooperation with brain sciences, we explore the
neurological bases of the mental functioning underlying the use of
language. We approach the question of what made it possible for human
beings to develop language from the perspective of the use of language
by human beings.
Research
Projects
(2005)
- Bayesiaｎ Estimation of Heritability Coefficient
- A cognitive-psychological and neuro-physiological
study on language processing
- A cognitive linguistic approach to an integrated
model of linguistic diversity
- Auditory and visual information processing in human
nonverbal communication
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