IRCS/CCN Brain and Language Group

Spring term, 2003:

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic	Advance Readings
2/5/03	Casey Halpern	University of Pennsylvania	Dissociation of number knowledge and object naming in corticobasal degeneration and semantic dementia
2/19/03	David Poeppel, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, Department of Linguistics and Department of Biology	Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and itsrole in studying language processing
3/5/03	Murray Grossman, Ph.D., M.D.	Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania	Is a Pizza More than a Quarter? Studies of Semantic Categorization
3/19/03	Laura Gonnerman, Ph.D.	Department of Psychology Lehigh University	Morphology in the Mental Lexicon: If teachers teach and bakers bake, what do grocers do?
4/2/03	John-Claude Baron, M.D.	Kenneth Appel Professor, Department of Neurology; University of Cambridge, UK	Mapping the neural substrates of cognitive impairment in neurological disorders	1. Aupée, A-M, Desgranges, B, Eustache, F, Lalevée, C, De La Sayette, V, Viader, F, Baron, J-C.: Mapping the functional anatomy of the amnesic syndrome with resting 18 FDG-PET and SPM. NeuroImage, 2001, 13:1164-1173. 2. Baron JC, Chételat G, Desgranges B, Perchey G, Landeau B, de la Sayette V, Eustache F.. In vivo mapping of gray matter loss with voxel-based morphometry in mild Alzheimer's disease. NeuroImage, 2001, 14:298-309. 3. Desgranges B, Baron J-C, Lalevée C, Giffard B, Viader F, de la Sayette V, Eustache F. The neural substrates of verbal episodic memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease : shift of resting CMRGlc correlations from hippocampus to neocortex with memory deterioration. Brain, 2002, 125:116-1124. 4. Desgranges B., Baron J-C, Giffard B, Lalevée C, Viader F, de la Sayette V, Eustache F. The neural basis of intrusions in free and cued recall: a PET study in Alzheimer`s disease. NeuroImage, 2002, 17 :1658-1664. 5. Blaizot, K. Meguro, I. Millien, J-C Baron, C. Chavoix. Correlations between visual recognition memory and neocortical and hippocampal glucose metabolism after bilateral rhinal cortex lesions in the baboon: implications for Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 2002, 22 :9166-9170. 6. Chételat G, Desgranges B, de la Sayette V, Viader F, Eustache F, Baron J-C. Mapping gray matter loss with voxel-based morphometry in mild cognitive impairment. NeuroReport 2002, 13:1939-1943.
4/16/03	Argye Hillis, M.D.	Johns Hopkins University	Neural Correlates of Hemispatial Neglect	Hillis, A.E. & Caramazza, A. (1995). A framework for interpreting distinct patterns of hemispatial neglect. Neurocase, 1, 189-207. Hillis, A.E., Wityk, R., Barker, P.B., Caramazza, A. (2003). Neural regions essential for writing verbs. Nature Neuroscience, 6, 19-20. Hillis, A.E., Wityk, R.J., Barker, P.B., Beauchamp, N.J., Gailloud, P., Murphy, K., Cooper, O., Metter, E.J. (2002). Subcortical aphasia and neglect in acute stroke: the role of cortical hypoperfusion, Brain, 125, 1094-1104.
5/7/03	John Kounios, Ph.D.	University of Pennsylvania	Concreteness effects in semantic processing	Kounios, J., & Holcomb, P.J. (1994). Concreteness effects in semantic processing: ERP evidence supporting dual-coding theory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20 , 804-823. Kounios, J. (1996). On the continuity of thought and the representation of knowledge: Electrophysiological and behavioral time-course measures reveal levels of structure in semantic memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 3, 265-286. Holcomb, P.J., Kounios, J., Anderson, J.E., & West, W.C. (1999). Dual coding, context availability, and concreteness effects in sentence comprehension: An electrophysiological investigation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , 20, 804-823. Kounios, J. (2002). A neural mechanism for non-verbal discourse comprehension. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 6, 272-275.

Fall term, 2002:

 

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic	Advance Readings
2/06/2002	P. Thomas Schoenemann	Department of Anthropology - UPenn	Research on the evolution of brain and language	Schoenemann (1999). Syntax as an emergent characteristic of the evolution of semantic complexity. Minds and Machines 9, 309-346.Schoenemann et al. (2000) Brain size does not predict general cognitive ability within families. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97, 4932-4937.
2/20/2002	Steven L. Small, Ph.D, M.D.	Department of Neurology - University of Chicago and Brain Research Imaging Center	Naturalistic Language Imaging Using Hierarchical Event Analysis	Copies of these suggested readings can be obtained at IRCS at the reception desk; those marked with an * can be viewed online at http://www.idealibrary.com: Small, S., Flores, D., Noll, D. (1998). Notes and Discussion: Different Neural Circuits Subserve Reading before and after Therapy for Acquired Dyslexia. Brain and Language, 62, 298-308 (article number BL981951). Burton, M., Noll, D., Small, S. (2001). *The Anatomy of Auditory Word Processing: Individual Variability. Brain and Language, 77, 119-131. Small, Steven L. (2000). *The Future of Aphasia Treatment. Brain and Language, 71, 227-232. Burton, M., Small, S. Blumstein, Sheila. (2000). The Role of Segmentation in Phonological Processing: An fMRI Investigation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 12:4, pp. 670-690. Nusbaum, H., Skipper, J., Small, S. (2001). A Sensory-Attentional Account of Speech Perception. Commentary on: O'Regan, J. Kevin and Noe, Alva: A sensorimotor account of vision and visual consciousness, Behavioral and Brain Sciences (in press).
3/06/2002	John Detre, M.D.	Department of Neurology - UPenn	Perfusion fMRI
3/20/2002	Paul Eslinger, M.D.	Professor of Neurology, Behavioral Science and Pediatrics, Penn State University	Exploring the role of prefrontal cortex in cognitive and social development	Eslinger PJ, Biddle KR & Grattan LM (1997). Cognitive and social development in children with prefrontal cortex lesions. In Krasnegor NA, Lyon GR & Goldman-Rakic PS (eds.) Development of the Prefrontal Cortex: Evolution, Neurobiology,and Behavior, pp295-335. Baltimore: Paul H Brookes Publ Co.
4/03/2002	Michael Ullman, Ph.D.	Brain and Language Laboratory Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences Georgetown University	Memory or rule? Sex differences in the neurocognition of language
4/17/2002	Janet Monge, Ph.D. & Marc Meyer	Department of Anthropology - UPenn	How big is the human brain? A reassessment of human cranial volume using the 19th Century Morton Cranial Collection	Conroy et al. (2000). Endocranial capacity in Sts 71 (Australopithecus africanus) by Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography. Anatomical Record, 258, 391-396 (with responses by Lockwood, CA, Kimbel, WH, Hawks, J., Wolpoff, MH). Gould. The Mismeasure of Man, New York: WW Norton. Chapter 2.Rushton, JP Race, Evolution and Behavior, 2000, Chapter 4, The Charles Darwin Research Insitute: Port Huron, MI
5/01/2002	Myrna Schwartz, Ph.D.	Moss Rehab Research Institute	Context-sensitive Naming Disorders in Aphasia
5/15/2002	Irene Kan & Marina Bedny	Department of Psychology UPenn	Bilingualism and the brain

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