Neural constraints and flexibility in language processing

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Huyck, C. 2016. Neural constraints and flexibility in language processing. Behavioral and Brain Sciences: An International Journal of Current Research and Theory with Open Peer Commentary. 39, p. e78. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x15000837
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TitleNeural constraints and flexibility in language processing
AuthorsHuyck, C.
Abstract

Humans process language with their neurons. Memory in neurons is supported by neural firing, and short and long-term synaptic weight change; the emergent behaviour of neurons, synchronous firing and cell assembly dynamics, is also a form of memory. As the language signal moves to later stages, it is processed with different mechanisms that are slower but more persistent.

Research GroupArtificial Intelligence group
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP)
JournalBehavioral and Brain Sciences: An International Journal of Current Research and Theory with Open Peer Commentary
ISSN0140-525X
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Online02 Jun 2016
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Deposited26 Aug 2015
Accepted25 Aug 2015
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