Functionally specific multi-sensory brain networks and their plasticity
Espace Pouillon 3 place Victor Hugo, MarseilleProfessor : Olivier Collignon Evolution has endowed humans with several senses allowing them to capture distinct forms of energies from their physical environment, opening different windows through which we can experience the world around us. Being able to capture redundant sensory information allows us to build stronger representations and react faster to an event (eg […]
The Origin of Language: Insight from neuroethology of gestural communication in nonhuman primates
Salle des voûtes, St Charles 3 place Victor Hugo, Marseille, FranceAdrien MEGUERDITCHIAN (Eq. DéPhy) Where: Salle des Voûtes Summary: Language is an unique communicative system involving hemispheric lateralization of the brain. To discuss the question of its origins, I will highlight the works on the communicative gestures in our primate cousins and their brain correlates. Indeed, nonhuman primates communicate mostly communicate not only with […]
the annual docs&postdocs workshop,
FRUMAM 3 place Victor Hugo, Marseille, FranceLanguage of sounds and sounds of language
The foundations of verbal working memory in the language system
Espace Pouillon 3 place Victor Hugo, MarseilleSteve Majorus Professeur à l’Université de Liège https://www.uliege.be/cms/c_9054334/fr/repertoire?uid=u182078 Many models of verbal working memory acknowledge interactions with verbal long-term memory. The nature of these interactions remains, however, a matter of debate. I will present a series of behavioral and neuroimaging studies showing that (1) even subtle aspects of language knowledge such as syntactic positional […]