Veranstaltung
Guest Lecture: "The role of prediction (error) in language learning revisited through the lens of reward"
| Titel der Veranstaltung | Guest Lecture: "The role of prediction (error) in language learning revisited through the lens of reward" |
| Veranstalter | RTG 2906 "Curiosity" |
| Referent/in | Chiara Gambi |
| Einrichtung Referent/in | University of Warwick |
| Veranstaltungsart | Vortrag |
| Kategorie | Forschung |
| Anmeldung erforderlich | Nein |
| Beschreibung | The RTG 2906 "Curiosity" invites to a Guest Lecture: "The role of prediction (error) in language learning revisited through the lens of reward". The lecture is delivered by Chiara Gambi from the University of Warwick. What is the lecture about? We know that actively generating a guess (e.g., about the meaning of a foreign word, or a geography question) improves memory for the correct answer (compared to passive studying). Remarkably, this memory benefit occurs even when we guess incorrectly, and our prior expectations about the correct answer turn out to be wrong. Expectation violations may engender a sense of surprise that makes us more curious: For example, objects that appear to violate the laws of physics stimulate young children’s exploration of the physical world. But to what extent do expectation violations also shape children’s acquisition of their first language? Successful computational models assume that prediction errors drive children’s learning about word forms, meanings and about the structure of their first language. But surprisingly, evidence for a role of prediction error in language acquisition is both puzzling and incomplete. In this talk, Chiara Gambi will provide an overview of her lab’s recent attempts to boost children’s word and structure learning by encouraging them to generate expectations which are later violated. She will argue for an individual differences approach to the question of whether prediction error drives language acquisition, and consider the possible contributions of non-linguistic skills (inhibitory control, episodic memory) to this learning mechanism. In closing, Chiara Gambi will also discuss the relation between expectations, expectation violations and (intrinsic) rewards, mostly from a theoretical perspective but in part drawing on some recent (adult) data from her lab. |
| Zeit | Beginn: 25.03.2025, 10:00 Uhr Ende: 25.03.2025 , 11:30 Uhr |
| Ort |
Waldweg 26, Altbau (Waldweg 26) 1.201 |
| Kontakt |
RTG 2906 rtg2906@uni-goettingen.de |