An information correction mechanism during sentence comprehension

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23682005
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Takahashi Kei 東北大学, 国際文化研究科, GSICSフェロー (10547293)
• Research Collaborator: KAWASHIMA Ryuta 東北大学, 加齢医学研究所, 教授 ; YOSHIMOTO Kei 東北大学, 大学院国際文化研究科, 教授 ; YOKOYAMA Satoru 千葉科学大学, 准教授 ; HASHIMOTO Yosuke 国際教養大学, 専任講師 ; Potoki Anna リヨン第2大学, 研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 理論言語学 / 心理言語学 / 認知心理学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of current study was to clarify correct wrong linguistic information especially slip of tongue and re-comprehend it smoothly. Correction of wrong information is thought to be an essential function during communication. In this study, psychological and fMRI experiments were conducted to reveal the correct function. These results indicates that correction and short-term memory or working memory mutually works during real-time language processing.

Free Research Field

人間の言語理解