Neuroscience of Language Syllabus
Classes: Tues. &
Thursday Carnegie 100, 9:30 to 10:45
Lab: Tuesday 1:30 or 3:00
Articles:
-- will be available on electronic reserve in the library or distributed
Phonetics website:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech
Grades:
Course Grade:
The final grade will be tests 75% (3 at 25%) & participation 25%
Lab Grade: The
lab grade will 70% from lab reports,
20% from posters, and 10% from
participation
Note that one (any one) of
the lab reports before midterms (Let’s say before
Tuesday March 13th) is to be presented via a poster and one
after the midterms is to be presented via a poster. Please register for a 2
credit 590 with Dr. Dale for the lab grade. Labs are mandatory.
Grading Policy A. >92.5, A- =90-92.4, B+=87.5-99.9,
B=82.5-87.4, etc.
Faculty email phone Offices Office Hours
Jeff Cross jcross 2391 Carnegie
19 MW 9-11:30, T 11-12
and 1:30-3:00 Th 11-12
Alec Dale adale 2392 Carnegie
9 MTWThF 11-12, M
1:30-2:50
Nancy Smith nsmith 2331 Ruter 107 MWF 11-12
1:15-2:15, MW 3:30-4:30, M 12-1:30
Other hours are available by
appointment
Class # Topic Readings
Week 1
1. Thurs. Jan 18 all Orientation to the course syllabus
Week 2
2. Tues. Jan 23 cross Neurons, brain and
language: Handout #1 on
neuronal
what's necessary? physiology and
gross brain
anatomy; hallucination articles
15a, 48
3. Thurs. Jan 25 dale/all Lab
#1 single cell
electrophysiology
&
"neuron dances"
4. Thurs. Jan 25 cross/all In-Class
Models Lab - Brain, Handout #2 -
keys to critical
Ear,
and Throat models components of models 29
Evoked
potential demo.
Week 3
5. Tues. Jan 30 smith Talking
about Language Sapir & Fishman
article&Marcus, et al, 2003
15,
36
6. Thurs. Feb 1 dale/all Lab#2 Audiometry - use of stimulus software
7. Thurs. Feb 1 all Language
development: videoclip: infant
perception
description
and theory 4 (in part), 45
Week 4
8. Tues. Feb 6 all Language
elaboration:
Neural
and cognitive components
Video
clip-Gazzaniga-Split brain "chicken
manure" example
23
9. Thurs. Feb. 8 dale/all Lab
#3 DAF Labs 1& 2 due
19
10. Thurs. Feb 8 cross/all Learning
and Memory 18
Week 5
11. Tues. Feb 13 cross/all Memory
systems 41
12. Thurs. Feb 15 cross/all Lab
#4 Memory- distraction STM task
Labs
1& 2 returned
13. Thurs. Feb 15 cross Language
and brain injury: 8a, 33
aphasias
& anomies- scanning techniques
Handout
take-home exam
Week 6
14. Tues. Feb 20 smith Bilingual
brains: Five cornerstones
article
factors
affecting acquisition dichotic
listening articles
guests:
Mandarin speakers Fabbro
(2001)
24,
44- Exam1 due
15. Thurs Feb 22 dale/all Lab#5 Dichotic Listening Lab
40-Labs
3& 4 due
16. Thurs Feb 22 all Bilingual
brains: bilingual aphasia
articles
spoken
and gestural/manual 14, 34A
Radelsky
language
Week 7
17. Tues Feb 27 all Bilingual
brains: 13
injury
and recovery; scanning
techniques
18. Thurs Mar 1 dale/all Lab#6 EEG: alpha blocking
Molfese,
et al.,(2001)
29
in part-Labs 3&4 returned
19. Thurs Mar 1 dale/all Language
& Cognition Fishman (1989)
15,27
Week 8
20. Tues Mar 6 dale/all Language
& Cognition Vygotsky-Piaget
debate
Majid-TICS
2004
21. Thurs. Mar 8 dale/all Lab#7 Cognates & Non- Cognates
(Kristen
Blake comp)-Labs 5&6 due
22. Thurs Mar 8 Smith/all Elaboration
on language elements Does Broca play by
the rules?; Marcus (2003)
5,
8
Week 9
23. Tues Mar 12 Smith/all Elaboration on
language elements;
Learning
styles revisited
24. Thurs Mar 14 dale/all Lab
#8 Laterality lab
(aggressive
vs non-aggressive words)
Labs
5&6 returned
25. Thurs Mar 14 smith/all Lost
in translation
Week 10
Spring Break: Sat March 17
through Sunday March 25
26.Tues Mar 27 smith/all Emotions
in language –prosody 1
27. Thurs Mar 29 dale/all Lab
#9 Subliminal stimuli lab GSR
amygdala
articles, 21
Labs
7&8 due
28. Thurs Mar 29 dale higher
order cognition; attention -Distribute
exam 2
cocktail
party effect
Week 11
29. Tues Apr 3 dale /all Emotions-autonomic
nervous system 10, 16
Exam
2 due date POSTPONED to Thursday
30. Thurs Apr 5 dale/all Lab
# 10 Emotions and Language
Labs
7&8 returned
31. Thurs Apr 5 cross/all Limbic
System & Emotion Damasio's
Somatic Marker hypothesis Exam 2 due
Week 12
32. Tues Apr 10 cross/all Amygdala and
faces 16, 38
33. Thurs Apr 12 dale/all Lab
#11 Facial Expression
EMG
facial muscles; Labs 9& 10 due
(good
& bad jokes)
34. Thurs Apr. 12
cross/all cognitive
disorders: autism, 34
William's
Syndrome, and other
genetic/developmental
disorders
Week 13
35. Tues Apr. 17 cross/all cognitive
disorders: autism, 37,47
William's
Syndrome, and other
genetic/developmental
disorders
36. Thurs. Apr 19 cross/all Lab
#12 Autism rat model
demonstration
8A Labs 9&10 returned
37. Thurs Apr 19 cross/smith Speech
production 4
Week 14
38. Tues Apr 24 coates/crozier? Respiration
& Speech
39. Thurs Apr 26 dale/all Lab
#13 Respiration Lab?
Labs
11&12 due
40. Thurs Apr 26 Kelley Levis? –evening class 6, 34a
Week 15
41.Tues April 1 Speech
Pathology – TBA-Senior Project Day? Dist Final
42.Tues May 3 Lab Practicum ?
13 due (Labs 11 & 12 returned)
Week 16
43. Final exam due Friday May at
7:00pm.