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Dominey, P. F. (2005) From Sensorimotor Sequence to Grammatical Construction: Evidence from Simulation and Neurophysiology. Adaptive Behavior, 13(4):347--361.
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Abstract

The current research describes a functional trajectory from sensorimotor sequence learning to the learning of grammatical constructions in language. A brief review of the functional neurophysiology of the cortex and basal ganglia will be provided as background for a neural network model of this system in sensorimotor sequence learning. Sequential behavior is then defined in terms of serial, temporal and abstract structure. The resulting neuro-computational framework is demonstrated to account for observed sequence learning behavior. More interestingly, this framework naturally extends to grammatical constructions as form-to-meaning mappings. Predictions from the neuro-computational model concerning parallels in language and cognitive sequence processing are tested against behavioral and neurophysiological observations in humans, resulting in a refinement of the allocation of model functions to subdivisions of Broca's area. From a functional perspective this analysis will provide insight into the relation between the coding structure in human languages, and constraints derived from the underlying neurophysiological computational mechanisms.

Keywords: language, neural network, simulation, sensorimotor sequence

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@article{dominey05sensorimotorSequenceABJ,
  author={Peter Ford Dominey},
  title={From Sensorimotor Sequence to Grammatical Construction: Evidence from Simulation and Neurophysiology},
  journal={Adaptive Behavior},
  year={2005},
  volume={13},
  number={4},
  pages={347-361},
  doi={10.1177/105971230501300401},
  url={http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/dominey05sensorimotorSequenceABJ.html},
  keywords={language,neural network,simulation,sensorimotor sequence}
}

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