Prof. Szelag

时间： 2010-12-03 12:30 - 14:30

地点： 哲学楼103房间

A number of neuropsychological evidence has documented that temporal processing provides one of the most fundamental principles underlying human cognition. The empirical support for such a statement comes from our studies focused on two different levels of temporal processing, namely on a high frequency processing (i.e. some tens of milliseconds range) and a low frequency processing (i.e. a few seconds time range). Such central role of timing in mental functioning led to the observation that many neurodevelopmental or neurodegenerative disorders are accompanied by deficient temporal processing. The recent studies conducted in our Laboratory constitute a major advance toward understanding how the brain encodes temporal information in these individuals. Moreover, in cross-cultural comparisons we indicated the similar pre-semantically defined temporal constraints of cognition on the level of some tens of milliseconds in both Polish and German samples. These data allowed us to develop and verify empirically new neurorehabilitation methods based on specific training in temporal information processing. Three studies presented here address the following questions: (1) Can the temporal training reduce language deficits in aphasic patients? (2) Can temporal training ameliorate cognitive function in healthy volunteers? (3) Are there any neuroanatomical changes in brain activation after the training?

2010-12-03

2010-12-03