BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16706-8ac0f65573864da832fb921bea0e5ced@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20261017T051818Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161021T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161021T130000 SUMMARY:Dr. Zhenghan Q presents \"Neural preparedness and plasticity of languag e acquisition\" DESCRIPTION:\nDr. Zhenghan Qi will be presenting a \;CBBC Seminar&nb sp\;titled "Neural preparedness and plasticity of language acquisition" next \;Friday\, October 21stfrom \;12-1 p.m. \;in room 130 M oore Building. The title and abstract can be found below:\n\nNeural Prep aredness and Plasticity of Language Acquisition\n\nThe majority of us ea sily picked up our mother tongue as we started to make sense of the worl d. However\, it is not always the case that language learning happens ef fortlessly. Some children struggle to master their first language for ef fective communication\, and almost all adults find it challenging to lea rn a new language. In this talk\, I will describe my investigations into the human language network that either constrains or supports language learning by focusing on the most basic element of language: phonology. I will start with some behavioral and neural evidence of typical phonolog ical development. Then I will present two challenging cases of phonologi cal learning: 1) children with autism who suffers from language-related learning difficulty and 2) adults who need to learn a foreign language i n a classroom setting. Together\, these studies speak to the hemispheric specialization underlying language learning and have important implicat ions for the neurobiological models of language disorders.\n\nFor more d etails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/dr-zhenghan-q-presents-neural-pr eparedness-and-plasticity-of-language-acquisition/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Dr. Zheng han Qi will be presenting a CBBC Seminar titled "Neural preparedness and plasticity of language acquisitio n" next Friday, October 21st from 12-1 p.m. in room 130 Moore Building. The title and abstract can be foun d below:

Neural Preparedness and Plasticity of Language Acquisition< /span>


The major ity of us easily picked up our mother tongue as we started to make sense of the world. However, it is not always the case that language learning happens effortlessly. Some children struggle to master their first lang uage for effective communication, and almost all adults find it challeng ing to learn a new language. In this talk, I will describe my investigat ions into the human language network that either constrains or supports language learning by focusing on the most basic element of language: pho nology. I will start with some behavioral and neural evidence of typical phonological development. Then I will present two challenging cases of phonological learning: 1) children with autism who suffers from language -related learning difficulty and 2) adults who need to learn a foreign l anguage in a classroom setting. Together, these studies speak to the hem ispheric specialization underlying language learning and have important implications for the neurobiological models of language disorders.



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