Brain Talk: Discourse with and in the Brain (2008)

Conference Theme

The conference will focus on the impact of the context on the neurophysiological processing of speech and language in various communicative situations.

Program and abstracts

Speakers

Kai Alter, Carly Metcalfe, Damien Gabriel, Manon Grube, Herman Ackermann, and Susanne Dietrich
Newcastle University, Université de Génève, and University of Tübingen

The processing of emotional utterances
Abstract

Mireille Besson, CNRS, Marseille

Electrophysiological studies of prosody
AbstractPresentation

Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky
Max Planck Institute, Leipzig

The role of prominence in the neurocognition of language comprehension: A new perspective on the syntax-semantics interface
Abstract

Stefan Heim, Research Center Juelich, Jülich

Neurocognitive profiles of developmental dyslexia
AbstractPresentation

Kenneth Hugdahl, University of Bergen

Speech perception and brain function: Experimental and clinical studies
AbstractPresentation

Janne von Koss Torkildsen, University of Oslo

ERP correlates of word learning in infants: Effects of productive vocabulary size
Abstract

Francisco Lacerda, Stockholm University

A biological and interactional perspective on the emergence of early linguistic functions
Abstract

Kerry Ledoux, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

On-line studies of repeated name and pronominal coreference
Abstract

Martin Meyer, University Hospital of Zurich

The laughing brain: Comparative evidence from behavioral and neuroimaging studies in human and monkey
AbstractPresentation

Inger Moen, University of Oslo

Production and perception of word tones in Norwegian patients with brain damage
AbstractPresentation

Leticia Pablos, University of Reading

NPI licensing in languages with a rich agreement system
AbstractPresentation

Ann Pannekamp and Ulrike Toepel, Humboldt University of Berlin, and University and University Hospital Lausanne

Fishing for information: How children learn to interpret focus
AbstractPresentation

Mikael Roll, Lund University

The role of left-edge intonation in Swedish language processing
Abstract

Matthias Schlesewsky, University of Marburg

Demystifying semantic P600 effects: Theoretical arguments and cross-linguistic observations
Abstract

Yury Shtyrov, Medical Research Council, Cambridge

Rapid, automatic and parallel language processing: Neurophysiological data
AbstractPresentation

Poster presentations

Giorgos P. Argyropoulos, University of Edinburgh

Neocerebellar emulation of language processing
AbstractPoster

Zoltán Bánréti, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Restricted discrimination between local economy and global economy in agrammatic aphasia
AbstractPoster

Elisabeth Bay, Marion Grande, Katja Hussmann, Swetlana Christoph, Klaus Willmes, Martina Piefke, and Walter Huber, University Hospital Aachen

Basic parameters of spontaneous language: Do they differentiate between unimpaired and aphasic speakers?
Abstract

S. M. E. Bihler, D. Saur, S. Abel, D. Kümmerer, W. Huber, J. Dittmann, and C. Weiller, University Hospital Freiburg, University of Freiburg, and University Hospital Aachen

Auditory repetition of words and pseudowords: An fMRI study
AbstractPoster

Angèle Brunellière and Ulrich Hans Frauenfelder, University of Geneva

Morpho-syntactic context effects in spoken language processing: An ERP study
AbstractPoster

F. Citron, K.A.M. Klingebiel, B.S. Weekes, and E.C. Ferstl, University of Sussex

Evaluation of lexical and semantic features for English emotion words
AbstractPoster

T. Ibertsson, L. Ásker-Arnason, K. Hansson, and B. Sahlén, Lund University

Phonological processing, speech intelligibility and reading in Swedish children with cochlear implants
Abstract

Armina Janyan, Ivo Popivanov, and Elena Andonova, New Bulgarian University and University of Bremen

Evoked gamma-band oscillations in single-word translation
AbstractPoster

H. Kreiner, S. Mohr, K. Kessler, and S. Garrod, University of Glasgow

Can context affect gender processing? Evidence from ERP about the differences between lexical and stereotypical gender
AbstractPoster

Francisco Lacerda, Ulla Sundberg, Iris-Corinna Schwarz, Ulla Bjursäter, Ellen Marklund, Eeva Klintfors, Göran Söderlund, and Lisa Gustavsson, Stockholm University

Development of lateralised speech perception
AbstractPoster

Frida Mårtensson, Merle Horne, Mikael Roll, and Pia Apt, Lund University and Malmö University Hospital

Implications of aphasia on abstract and concrete noun processing
AbstractPoster

Kathrin Pusch, Jessica Rosenberg, and Rainer Dietrich, Humboldt University

Circadian rhythm in phonetic speech perception
Abstract

Stefanie Regel, Thomas C. Gunter, and Seana Coulson, Max Planck Institute Leipzig

The impact of pragmatic knowledge on the comprehension of irony: An ERP study
Abstract

Bengt Sigurd and Bengt Nilsson, Lund University

Modelling brain activity understanding selfembedded sentences
AbstractPoster

Sverker Sikström and Petter Kallioinen, Lund University

Exploring the high dimensional semantic space in the brain
AbstractPoster

Jaana Simola, Kenneth Holmqvist, and Magnus Lindgren, Lund University

Hemispheric differences in parafoveal processing: Evidence from eye-fixation related potentials
Abstract

Call for papers (closed)

The conference organizers welcome contributions involving interdisciplinary approaches, with investigations from areas including linguistics, phonetics, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and speech pathology.

Host University

Lund University, founded in 1666, is today the largest unit for research and higher education in Sweden. Lund is located in southern Sweden and is easily reached by train/car from Copenhagen airport (Kastrup).

Welcome to Lund 2-3 June 2008!