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Abstract A key notion in linguistics is that of syntactic movement. I will show that this notion and the further theoretical observations and generalizations regarding movement are useful in accounting for language impairments. I will describe syntactic …

Abstract Using a multimodal approach, one can leverage the spatial resolution of neuroimaging methods with the high temporal resolution and precise anatomical information of intracranial recordings and the causal evidence from direct intracranial …

Abstract We're calculating the fifth value of a function... that can't be calculated. This function, called Busy Beaver and proposed by Tibor Radó in 1962, measures the maximum number of operations a program can perform before stopping, as a function of …

Abstract Our understanding of numbers, vital to our scientifically and technically advanced culture, has deep biological roots. Research across developmental psychology, anthropology, and animal cognition suggests that our ability to count symbolically …

Abstract How does the brain transform words into meaning? By aligning insights from linguistics, neuroscience, and Large Language Models (LLMs), we observe that AI models and the human brain surprisingly converge on similar representational principles. …

Abstract The third conference will focus on physical activity. How and why did humans go from being very sedentary apes to being so physically active ? Why, if we've evolved to be physically active, do so many people dislike exercising ? And above all, …

Abstract One of the most pressing issues facing the Japanese economy in recent decades is the set of profound demographic changes. Japan has been experiencing simultaneous shifts: an overall decline in population, a rapid acceleration of population aging, …

Abstract After a brief synthetic introduction to the Global Neuronal Workspace (GNW) theoretical framework, I will show how the exploration of conscious state and conscious access in extreme neurological or physiological conditions can be mutually …

Abstract The Global Neuronal Workspace (GNW) theory (Baars, 1988; Dehaene et al., 1998) proposes that information must be broadcast across widely distributed networks to enter conscious awareness. But what exactly is the information that is exchanged? I …

Abstract Visual scene understanding requires much more than a list of the objects present in the scene and their locations. To understanding a scene, plan action on it, and predict what will happen next we must extract the relationships between objects …

Abstract The static form in which Norse mythology has come down to us belies its original, fluid and highly contextualised setting as spoken tales, and we thereby risk misunderstandings in their interpretation. Many of these stories concern what might be …

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Abstract Japan's postwar economic growth is often described as a miracle, and for good reason. Having suffered immense destruction during the Second World War-with roughly one quarter of its national wealth and production facilities lost-the country …

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Abstract During the 1950s and 1960s, European societies were undergoing a period of profound transformation. One aspect of this transformation was the fundamental role played by science, both as an explanatory principle of reality, and as a vehicle for …