<p>Lecture, three hours. Language allows humans to transfer thoughts across minds. To elucidate mental structures and processes that underlie this feat, exploration of relationship between language and rest of human mind; and within language system itself, how mental labor is divided across distinct subcomponents. Critical examination of both classic and cutting-edge findings from experimental cognitive psychology, computational modeling, and neuroscience. Topics include relationship between linguistic structure and meaning; parallels between language and other cognitive domains (e.g., statistical learning, Bayesian inference, prediction, etc.); cognitive constrains on online language processing; influences of language on thought; language-thought dissociations; and efficient information coding. S/U or letter grading.</p>

Psychology

Combining rigorous, inclusive pedagogy with opportunities for co-curricular activities—including research, internships, and community engagement—the College provides students with diverse learning experiences that helps them thrive, become critical thinkers, and transform society.

College of Letters and Science

The department presents psychology as a scientific discipline that employs systematic methods of inquiry to study and explain human and animal behavior.

General Catalog

Psycholinguistics

PSYCH 263

4 units