PSYC 450 - Seminar in Psycholinguistics

Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3SS
This seminar investigates the psychological study of language, from sound perception to actions we perform with language. Topics may include word recognition, sentence processing and production, discourse and conversation, creative language, bilingualism, and language disorders. Discussions will address issues such as modularity, ambiguity resolution, context effects, how people coordinate conversation, and how IQ tests and telephone voice recognition systems are affected by our conversational expectations. We’ll also discuss methodologies and new technologies such as head-mounted eye tracking.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: J. Hanna
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: PSYC 219 or consent of instructor.