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Modeling of pragmatic inference in real time by EEG experiment.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K13222
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionMejiro University

Principal Investigator

TOKIMOTO Shingo  目白大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (00291849)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 宮岡 弥生  広島経済大学, 経済学部, 教授 (10351975)
玉岡 賀津雄  名古屋大学, 人文学研究科, 教授 (70227263)
滝浦 真人  放送大学, 教養学部, 教授 (90248998)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) KIYAMA Sachiko  東北大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (10612509)
TOKIMOTO Naoko  尚美学園大学, 総合政策学部, 講師 (10435662)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords語用論的推論 / 脳波 / 発生源推定 / 会話的含意 / 事象関連電位 / 推論 / アブダクション / 文脈的含意 / sLORETA
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the neural basis of pragmatic inference by EEG experiments. We manipulated context to control the type of inference, namely, deduction and abduction. In the experiment in which discourses were visually presented to Japanese native speakers, we observed negative event-related potentials (ERPs) around the latency of 500 ms for understanding implicit meaning. The amplitude of ERP for the latter was greater than the former. The generators for the ERPs were localized in the frontal and occipital regions of medial part. This suggests that the pragmatic inference was performed simultaneously in multiple regions in the brain.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2017 2016

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Linguistic P600 is dependent on syntactic prediction: Integration and syntactic violation.2017

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Tokimoto, Naoko Tokimoto, and Yayoi Miyaoka
    • Journal Title

      坂本勉記念神経科学研究会誌

      Volume: 2 Pages: 45-46

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 脳波計測による語用論的推論の時系列と心の理論との関わりの検討2016

    • Author(s)
      時本真吾・時本楠緒子・宮岡弥生
    • Journal Title

      日本言語学会152回大会予稿集

      Volume: 148 Pages: 174-179

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Neural networks for understanding the intention of a speaker in discourse with explicit and implicit contexts.2017

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Tokimoto, Naoko Tokimoto, and Yayoi Miyaoka
    • Organizer
      the 46th annual meeting of Society for Neuroscience
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Neural networks for understanding particularized conversational implicature in discourse.2017

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Tokimoto and Naoko Tokimoto
    • Organizer
      EEGLAB Workshop 2017 Japan
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Linguistic P600 is dependent on syntactic prediction: Integration and syntactic violation2016

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Tokimoto, Naoko Tokimoto, and Yayoi Miyaoka
    • Organizer
      the 46th annual meeting of Society for Neuroscience
    • Place of Presentation
      San Diego(U.S.A)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-12
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 推意理解の神経メカニズム2016

    • Author(s)
      時本真吾
    • Organizer
      「次世代人材育成のための言語と心の脳科学研究プロジェクト」公開シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      首都大学東京(東京都・八王子市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-30
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] EEG connectivity and its time course in pragmatic inference2016

    • Author(s)
      Shingo Tokimoto, Naoko Tokimoto, and Yayoi Miyaoka
    • Organizer
      the 31st International Congress of Psychology
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜(神奈川県・横浜市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Individual Difference of Working Memory Strategy in Japanese Reading Span Test2016

    • Author(s)
      Naoko Tokimoto and Shingo Tokimoto
    • Organizer
      the 31st International Congress of Psychology
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜(神奈川県・横浜市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 脳波計測による語用論的推論の時系列と心の理論との関わりの検討2016

    • Author(s)
      時本真吾・時本楠緒子・宮岡弥生
    • Organizer
      日本言語学会第152回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      慶應義塾大学(東京都・港区)
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-25
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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