Speaker: Yosef Grodzinsky — McGill University
\nDate\/Time: Friday 3\/9 3:30 pm
\nLocation: 32-141
\nTitle: The Analysis of Negative Quantifiers: Multi-modal Evidence<\/p>\n
Abstract:<\/p>\n
\n\t \u00a0
\nRecent\u00a0discussion\u00a0of
\n \u00a0negative
\n \u00a0quantifiers
\n \u00a0(see
\n \u00a0Penka,
\n \u00a02011
\n \u00a0and
\n \u00a0references
\n \u00a0therein)
\n focuses
\n \u00a0on
\n \u00a0two
\n \u00a0main
\n \u00a0questions:
\n \u00a0do
\n \u00a0these
\n \u00a0quantifiers
\n \u00a0decompose,
\n \u00a0and
\n \u00a0if
\n \u00a0so,
\n \u00a0what
\n \u00a0are
\nthe
\n \u00a0mechanisms
\n \u00a0for
\n \u00a0decomposition?
\n \u00a0In
\n \u00a0this
\n \u00a0talk,
\n \u00a0I
\n \u00a0will
\n \u00a0describe
\n \u00a0a
\n \u00a0series
\n \u00a0of
\n \u00a0neuro-\u00ad
\n \u00a0and
\npsycholinguistic
\n \u00a0experiments
\n \u00a0my
\n \u00a0colleagues
\n \u00a0and
\n \u00a0I
\n \u00a0have
\n \u00a0conducted
\n \u00a0with
\n \u00a0healthy
\n \u00a0and \u00a0
\nbrain-damaged
\n \u00a0participants
\n \u00a0that
\n \u00a0aim
\n \u00a0to
\n \u00a0provide
\n \u00a0relevant
\n \u00a0evidence.
\n \u00a0These
\nexperiments
\n \u00a0recorded
\n \u00a0responses
\n \u00a0from
\n \u00a0several
\n \u00a0modalities,
\n \u00a0as
\n \u00a0participants
\n \u00a0were
\nanalyzing
\n \u00a0sentences
\n \u00a0with
\n \u00a0positive
\n \u00a0and
\n \u00a0negative
\n \u00a0proportional
\n \u00a0and
\n \u00a0degree
\n \u00a0quantifiers \u00a0
\nin
\n \u00a0German
\n \u00a0and
\n \u00a0English
\n \u00a0(e.g.,
\n \u00a0mehr\/weniger-\u00adals-\u00addie-\u00adH\u00e4lfte
\n \u00a0die
\n \u00a0Kreise
\n \u00a0sind
\n \u00a0Gelb<\/em>,
\nmany\/few
\n \u00a0of
\n \u00a0the
\n \u00a0circles
\n \u00a0are
\n \u00a0blue).\n<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nAll
\n \u00a0experiments
\n \u00a0used
\n \u00a0a
\n \u00a0Parametric
\n \u00a0Proportion
\n \u00a0Paradigm
\n \u00a0(PPP):
\n \u00a0participants
\nwere
\n \u00a0exposed
\n \u00a0to
\n \u00a0sentence-scenario
\n \u00a0pairs,
\n \u00a0and
\n \u00a0were
\n \u00a0requested
\n \u00a0to
\n \u00a0make
\n \u00a0truth
\n \u00a0value
\njudgments.
\n \u00a0Sentences
\n \u00a0contained
\n \u00a0a
\n \u00a0quantifier
\n \u00a0in
\n \u00a0subject
\n \u00a0position,
\n \u00a0and
\n \u00a0scenarios\t \u00a0
\ndepicted
\n \u00a0a
\n \u00a0proportion
\n \u00a0between
\n \u00a02
\n \u00a0types
\n \u00a0of
\n \u00a0objects.
\n \u00a0Proportion
\n \u00a0was
\n \u00a0a
\n \u00a0parameter,
\nsystematically
\n \u00a0varied
\n \u00a0across
\n \u00a0images
\n \u00a0that
\n \u00a0were
\n \u00a0presented
\n \u00a0with
\n \u00a0each
\n \u00a0sentence
\n \u00a0type.
\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\u00a0
\nOur
\n \u00a0first
\n \u00a0experiment
\n \u00a0used
\n \u00a0functional
\n \u00a0MR
\n \u00a0imaging
\n \u00a0to
\n \u00a0extract
\n \u00a0a
\n \u00a0signal
\n \u00a0that
\nrepresents
\n \u00a0localized
\n \u00a0brain
\n \u00a0activity.
\n \u00a0It
\n \u00a0aimed
\n \u00a0to
\n \u00a0identify
\n \u00a0brain
\n \u00a0loci
\n \u00a0that
\n \u00a0evince
\n \u00a0an
\nintensity
\n \u00a0differential
\n \u00a0between
\n \u00a0the
\n \u00a0contrasting
\n \u00a0stimuli.
\n \u00a0Signal
\n \u00a0intensity
\n \u00a0for
\n \u00a0sentences
\nwith
\n \u00a0negative
\n \u00a0quantifiers
\n \u00a0was
\n \u00a0higher
\n \u00a0than
\n \u00a0that
\n \u00a0for
\n \u00a0their
\n \u00a0positive
\n \u00a0counterparts
\n \u00a0only
\n \u00a0in
\nBroca’s
\n \u00a0region.
\n \u00a0Importantly,
\n \u00a0no
\n \u00a0other
\n \u00a0localizable
\n \u00a0intensity
\n \u00a0contrasts
\n \u00a0were
\n \u00a0found.
\n \u00a0\n<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
A
\n \u00a0second
\n \u00a0experiment
\n \u00a0(currently
\n \u00a0only
\n \u00a0a
\n \u00a0pilot)
\n \u00a0confronted
\n \u00a0English
\n \u00a0speaking,
\nfocally
\n \u00a0brain
\n \u00a0damaged,
\n \u00a0Broca’s
\n \u00a0aphasic
\n \u00a0patients
\n \u00a0with
\n \u00a0the
\n \u00a0same
\n \u00a0task.
\n \u00a0However
\n \u00a0here,
\nthe
\n \u00a0dependent
\n \u00a0measure
\n \u00a0was
\n \u00a0error
\n \u00a0rate.
\n \u00a0The
\n \u00a0results
\n \u00a0suggest
\n \u00a0a
\n \u00a0remarkably
\n \u00a0selective\t \u00a0
\ndeficit:
\n \u00a0While
\n \u00a0patients
\n \u00a0performed
\n \u00a0near-normally
\n \u00a0on
\n \u00a0the
\n \u00a0positive
\n \u00a0quantifiers,
\n \u00a0their
\nscores
\n \u00a0were
\n \u00a0drastically
\n \u00a0reduced
\n \u00a0when
\n \u00a0the
\n \u00a0stimuli
\n \u00a0contained
\n \u00a0negative
\n \u00a0quantifiers.
\n \u00a0\n\t<\/p>\n\u00a0
\nA
\n \u00a0third
\n \u00a0experiment
\n \u00a0attempted
\n \u00a0to
\n \u00a0take
\n \u00a0a
\n \u00a0deeper
\n \u00a0look
\n \u00a0at
\n \u00a0the
\n \u00a0behavioral
\nsignature
\n \u00a0of
\n \u00a0quantifier
\n \u00a0analysis
\n \u00a0through
\n \u00a0a
\n \u00a0study
\n \u00a0of
\n \u00a0complex
\n \u00a0RT
\n \u00a0functions
\n \u00a0obtained
\nfrom
\n \u00a0healthy
\n \u00a0participants.
\n \u00a0Here,
\n \u00a0too,
\n \u00a0we
\n \u00a0observed
\n \u00a0that
\n \u00a0the
\n \u00a0signature
\n \u00a0of
\n \u00a0negative
\nquantifiers
\n \u00a0is
\n \u00a0quite
\n \u00a0distinct
\n \u00a0from
\n \u00a0that
\n \u00a0of
\n \u00a0their
\n \u00a0positive
\n \u00a0counterparts.
\n \u00a0\n\t<\/p>\n\u00a0
\nIn
\n \u00a0this
\n \u00a0talk,
\n \u00a0I
\n \u00a0will
\n \u00a0try
\n \u00a0to
\n \u00a0connect
\n \u00a0these
\n \u00a0results,
\n \u00a0obtained
\n \u00a0through
\n \u00a0different
\nmodalities
\n \u00a0from
\n \u00a0different
\n \u00a0populations,
\n \u00a0to
\n \u00a0previous
\n \u00a0ones
\n \u00a0that
\n \u00a0come
\n \u00a0from
\n \u00a0parametric
\nstudies
\n \u00a0of
\n \u00a0overt
\n \u00a0syntactic
\n \u00a0movement
\n \u00a0with
\n \u00a0healthy
\n \u00a0participants
\n \u00a0in
\n \u00a0fMRI,
\n \u00a0and
\n \u00a0with
\nBroca’s
\n \u00a0aphasic
\n \u00a0patients.
\n \u00a0I
\n \u00a0will
\n \u00a0propose
\n \u00a0that
\n \u00a0a
\n \u00a0generalization
\n \u00a0over
\n \u00a0the
\n \u00a0experimental
\nresults
\n \u00a0supports
\n \u00a0an
\n \u00a0analysis
\n \u00a0of
\n \u00a0sentences
\n \u00a0with
\n \u00a0negative
\n \u00a0quantifiers
\n \u00a0that
\n \u00a0assumes
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\n \u00a0movement.
\n \u00a0I
\n \u00a0will
\n \u00a0then
\n \u00a0try
\n \u00a0to
\n \u00a0situate
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\n \u00a0results
\n \u00a0in
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\n \u00a0a
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\n \u00a0agenda
\n \u00a0that
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\n \u00a0create
\n \u00a0a
\n \u00a0brain
\n \u00a0map
\n \u00a0of
\n \u00a0syntactic
\n \u00a0and
\n \u00a0semantic
\nknowledge.
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