85-345 Meaning in Mind and Brain

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

What does it mean to say that an object, word, event or sentence means something What is the nature of semantic representations that are activated in the brain during comprehension, and how are they related to perceptual, linguistic, mnemonic and motor representations How do these representations emerge over the course of development, and how can they be selectively impaired by brain damage This course examines these and related questions by drawing on findings from a broad range of methodologies, including developmental studies of young children, behavioral studies of adults, neuropsychological studies of braindamaged patients, neurophysiology and functional brain imaging, and computational modeling. The course will take a seminar format in which students read, present and discuss the current literature.

Prerequisites: 85-213 or 85-219 or 85-211

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