AI Seminar
February 17, 2003

Speaker: Mia Kalish

Title:  Language as Brain Candy

Abstract: This paper presents the results of several
experiments that examined the differences in learning when language
materials were structured to present information in terms of how the
brain actually learns, based on the current research in Psychology,
contrasted with learning using traditionally-structured materials that
present to the "mind". The positive results of using the brain-based
structure demonstrate how choice of materials is strategic in
revitalization situations, especially when adults are learning or
relearning their Native language, and also how understanding the
underlying brain processes can facilitate dictionary structure and
development.