What can lexical networks tell us about language and the mind?
Abstract
Cognitive representations are central to theoretical and computational accounts of behavioral and language phenomena in cognitive science and psycholinguistics. In this talk I will showcase how network science has been used to quantify and represent cognitive and linguistic representations as networks of phonological, orthographic, and semantic relationships. I present results from psycholinguistic and computational experiments, as well as large-scale analyses of megastudies and linguistic norms, that demonstrate that (i) language-related processes are influenced by the network structure of the mental lexicon, and (ii) the development of the mental lexicon over the lifespan is governed by network growth principles.
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Short Bio
Cynthia Siew is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the National University of Singapore. She was previously a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK, from 2017 to 2019. She graduated from the University of Kansas, USA, in 2017, with a PhD in Cognitive Psychology. Her research focuses on using network science methods to quantify cognitive and lexical representations in the mental lexicon and semantic memory.