9.59J | Spring 2017 | Undergraduate

Lab in Psycholinguistics

Course Description

Hands-on experience designing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting experiments on the structure and processing of human language. Focuses on constructing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting an original and independent experimental project of publishable quality. Develops skills in reading and writing scientific …
Hands-on experience designing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting experiments on the structure and processing of human language. Focuses on constructing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting an original and independent experimental project of publishable quality. Develops skills in reading and writing scientific research reports in cognitive science, including evaluating the methods section of a published paper, reading and understanding graphical displays and statistical claims about data, and evaluating theoretical claims based on experimental data. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided.
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Sentence tree depicting syntax deletion in 'The mother gave the candle the girl'
A sentence tree demonstrates that a small deletion in syntax can change the literal meaning of a sentence. Image courtesy of Professor Edward Gibson.