学术报告
题目：The Crosslinguistic Brain:Insights from Neurocognitive Studies of Chinese as L1 and L2（汉语作为母语和第二语言的认知神经机制）
报告人： Ping Li （李平教授）
Department of Psychology & Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition，Pennsylvania State University （美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学）
报告时间：2013年6月28日（周五）下午3点至5点
报告地点：心理学院楼710室
报告内容：A large body of knowledge has accumulated over the past decades on the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying language processing and language acquisition. Much of this knowledge, however, has been derived from studies of Indo-European languages. Recent interests in the study of Chinese have shed new light on long-standing debates regarding language universals and language specificity. In particular, Chinese provides a unique test ground for neurocognitive and neurolinguistic theories due to its specific properties in phonology, grammar, and lexicon. In this talk, I present evidence from neurocognitive studies of Chinese as first language (L1) and second language (L2), using methodologies from psycholinguistics and cognitive neuroscience. Our studies focus on the dynamic processes in the language representation and processing systems and the dynamic changes that occur in the language learner. They indicate that language-specific properties, linguistic experience, and developmental characteristics of the learner jointly shape the cognitive and neural representations of native and non-native languages. Neurocognitive studies have thus enabled us to gain new insights into the complex relationships among language, culture, cognition and brain.
李平教授简介：Ping Li received his undergraduate education from Peking University, China and his graduate training from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, the Netherlands, and obtained his Ph.D. in 1990. He subsequently did postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Diego in the Center for Research in Language and the McDonald Pew Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. He took a faculty position at the Chinese University of Hong Kong between 1992 and 1996, and moved to the University of Richmond in 1996, where he became Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science. He is currently Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Information Sciences and Technology, and Director of the University Park Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Co-Director of the Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition, and Co-Director of the Advanced Joint Center for the Study of Learning Sciences. Li's research focuses on the neural and computational bases of language. He uses a variety of behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging tools to study mechanisms underlying the acquisition and representation of native and non-native languages. He has published widely in the areas of psycholinguistics, bilingualism, and cognitive neuroscience. His research has led to over 100 publications, including books such as The Acquisition of Lexical and Grammatical Aspect (co-authored with Yasuhiro Shirai, 2000, Mouton de Gruyter), The Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics (three volumes co-edited with colleagues, 2006, Cambridge University Press), The Expression of Time (co-edited with W. Klein, 2009, Mouton de Gruyter), The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism (co-authored with François Grosjean, 2013, Wiley), and Having Success with NSF: A Practical Guide (co-authored with Karen Marrongelle, 2013, Wiley). He is Editor of the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, Associate Editor of Journal of Neurolinguistics, and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Language Science. He has previously served as President of the Society for Computers in Psychology, Director for the Cognitive Neuroscience Program and the Program in Perception, Action, and Cognition at the US (NSF), as well as principal investigator, co-investigator, and consultant for many projects funded by NSF. For more information about Li’s research, teaching, and administration, please visit http://cogsci.psu.edu/.or.http://blclab.org/