The neural representation of temporal phonological structure
Active Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- 2446544
- Recipient
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The General Hospital Corporation UEI FLJ7DQKLL226
- Awarding agency
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Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
National Science Foundation
- Obligated
- $900,978
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 47.075 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
- Completion date 49% complete
- Funding agency
- Division of Social Behavioral and Economic Science National Science Foundation
- Place of performance
- Boston, MA 02114, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
Description
- Abstract
- Language is a key component of human cognition, and there remain many questions about how the brain processes linguistic information, including questions about how speech sounds are recognized. This project examines how the brain processes the sounds in spoken words as they unfold over time. This process is central to the ability to understand speech quickly and accurately. The information gained from this project aims to ultimately improve understanding of conditions that affect the ability to process language, such as dyslexia. The project also provides research opportunities for students, as well as opportunities to engage with the public to share what is learned about these topics. The specific goal of the project is to study how the brain processes words that contain the same phonemes in different temporal orders, such as the words PAT and TAP. Models of spoken word recognition assume that the sequential order of phonemes is part of the way that these words are represented in the brain, but recent work provides evidence for more complex mappings from sounds to words. The project studies how different linguistic factors, such as coarticulation of speech sounds and sentence context, affect the way that human listeners process words that contain the same phonemes. This is accomplished through a series of experiments that measure how these words are recognized and brain recordings that provide a picture of how they are processed as the listener hears them. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.- subawards are planned for this award.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment | $250,000 | |
| Amendment | $50,000 | |
| Amendment | $314,978 | |
| Original award | $286,000 |
Subawards
| Subrecipient | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Salem State University | $42,214 |
Quick answers
Who received award 2446544?
2446544 was awarded to The General Hospital Corporation by Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (National Science Foundation) on May 1, 2025.
How much is award 2446544 worth?
$900,978 has been obligated on 2446544.
Which agency awarded 2446544?
Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (National Science Foundation) awarded 2446544, with funding from Division of Social Behavioral and Economic Science (National Science Foundation).
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