300245 SE Auditory and language neuroscience (2022S)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von Do 10.02.2022 08:00 bis Do 24.02.2022 18:00
- Abmeldung bis Do 31.03.2022 18:00
Details
max. 15 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
The entirely online blocked seminar will take place over six 4-hour sessions, on Tuesday mornings from 9h – 12h during the second half of the summer 2022 term. The dates will be: May 03, 10, 17, 31, June 14 and 21st 2022.
- Dienstag 03.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
- Dienstag 10.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
- Dienstag 17.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Hybride Lehre
- Dienstag 31.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
- Dienstag 14.06. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
- Dienstag 21.06. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
The grade will be based on 1) the oral presentation of a scientific article (40% of grade), 2) one written homework assignment designed to assess integration and understanding of the material presented in the course and of mandatory readings (40% of grade), and 3) class participation (20% of grade).
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
To pass, students will be required to present a scientific paper (40%), to do a written assignment (40%), and to participate actively in the seminar, asking questions and contributing to discussions (20%). Also, to receive credit for the seminar you cannot miss more than one session, AND you can only deregister within the first 2 days after the first session – by Thursday May 5th (i.e. after that, de-registrations will result in an insufficient grade).
Prüfungsstoff
The content of the lectures, the readings and the discussions that take place during the seminar will be relevant for the homework assignment.
Literatur
The mandatory and optional readings will be made available to students who register for the course. Readings will include research papers and book chapters.Examples of mandatory readings:
• Hickok G, Poeppel D, Opinion - The cortical organization of speech processing. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8 (5):393-402 (2007).
• Elliott & Theunissen - The modulation transfer function for speech intelligibility. PLoS Comput Biol (2009).
• Wengenroth, Blatow, Hofmann et al. (2013), Increased Volume and Function of Right Auditory Cortex as a Marker for Absolute Pitch, Cereb Cortex
• Schneider P, Scherg M, Dosch HG, Specht HJ, Gutschalk A, Rupp A. (2002). Morphology of Heschl's gyrus reflects enhanced activation in the auditory cortex of musicians, Nat Neurosci. 2002 Jul;5(7):688-94. doi: 10.1038/nn871.Recommended general textbooks:
• Schnupp, Nelken, and King, MIT Press (2011): ‘Auditory neuroscience – Making sense of sound’ (a pdf of Chapter 1 is available online).
• Moore (2013, 6th edition): An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing (books available online)
• Kemmerer (2015): Cognitive Neuroscience of Language, Taylor & Francis (digital copies of the book chapters will be made available to the students).Associated website:
• http://auditoryneuroscience.com/
• Hickok G, Poeppel D, Opinion - The cortical organization of speech processing. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8 (5):393-402 (2007).
• Elliott & Theunissen - The modulation transfer function for speech intelligibility. PLoS Comput Biol (2009).
• Wengenroth, Blatow, Hofmann et al. (2013), Increased Volume and Function of Right Auditory Cortex as a Marker for Absolute Pitch, Cereb Cortex
• Schneider P, Scherg M, Dosch HG, Specht HJ, Gutschalk A, Rupp A. (2002). Morphology of Heschl's gyrus reflects enhanced activation in the auditory cortex of musicians, Nat Neurosci. 2002 Jul;5(7):688-94. doi: 10.1038/nn871.Recommended general textbooks:
• Schnupp, Nelken, and King, MIT Press (2011): ‘Auditory neuroscience – Making sense of sound’ (a pdf of Chapter 1 is available online).
• Moore (2013, 6th edition): An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing (books available online)
• Kemmerer (2015): Cognitive Neuroscience of Language, Taylor & Francis (digital copies of the book chapters will be made available to the students).Associated website:
• http://auditoryneuroscience.com/
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
MVN W-12, WZB
Letzte Änderung: Do 11.05.2023 11:28
1. To acquire a wide perspective on the research and questions in auditory and language neuroscience.
2. To develop critical reading skills.
3. To develop debating skills.Course description:
The seminar, which will take place entirely in English, will provide a broad overview of the fields of auditory and language neuroscience. Topics covered will include peripheral and central auditory physiology, non-human primate brain imaging research on gesture and communication, music neuroscience, research on the human auditory cortex in relation to language processing, neural bases of language processing in humans in the context of health, dysfunction (i.e. developmental and acquired language disorders) and expertise (e.g. expert phoneticians). There will be at least two guest lecturers during the seminar, internationally renowned experts in their fields.There will be one to two mandatory readings per session. During each session, there will be a lecture on the topic(s) of the session, followed by student presentations of the mandatory reading(s). The presentations will be done by one student or by groups of 2-3 students, depending on the number of students who register for the seminar. The presentation has to cover the study background, methods, results and discussion, and students need to critically discuss the main results of the study and its limitations. If the paper is a review or opinion paper, the student will summarize and critically discuss its contents.There are no prerequisites for taking this seminar. It will include introductions to the anatomy of the auditory system, brain imaging methods, neuroanatomy and to the functional anatomy of language. Solid knowledge of spoken and written English is, however, required.