31.735, Books: Ten Lectures on the Representation of Events in Language, Perception, Memory, and Action Control: Zacks

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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:30:08
From: Clovis Jaillet [Jaillet at Brill.com]
Subject: Ten Lectures on the Representation of Events in Language, Perception, Memory, and Action Control: Zacks

 


Title: Ten Lectures on the Representation of Events in Language,
Perception, Memory, and Action Control 
Series Title: Distinguished Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Brill
	   http://www.brill.com
	

Book URL: https://brill.com/view/title/54095 


Author: Jeffrey M. Zacks

Electronic: ISBN:  9789004395169 Pages: 189 Price: Europe EURO 99
Hardback: ISBN:  9789004394995 Pages: 189 Price: Europe EURO 99


Abstract:

The representation of events is a central topic for cognitive science. In this
series of lectures, Jeffrey M. Zacks situates event representations and their
role in language within a theory of perception and memory. Event
representations have a distinctive structure and format that result from
computational and neural mechanisms operating during perception and language
comprehension. A crucial aspect of the mechanisms is that event
representations are updated to optimize their predictive utility. This
updating has consequences for action control and for long-term memory. Event
cognition changes across the adult lifespan and can be impaired by conditions
including Alzheimer’s disease. These mechanisms have broad impact on everyday
activity, and have shaped the development of media such as cinema and
narrative fiction.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Ling & Literature
                     Philosophy of Language
                     Psycholinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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