International Forum

Day 1

Saturday, 3 December

Location: Saito Memorial Hall (Hotel Sendai Plaza Annex)

9:00-9:25

Registration

9:25-9:30

Opening Remarks

Session 1

Chair: Jorge Riera (Brain Mapping Lab, COE Program, Tohoku University)

9:30-9:55

Yuki Ootsuka (COE Program for Psychological Studies, Kyoto University)
Aging effects on ACC in working memory

9:55-10:20

Chen Bai (Cognitive Psychology Laboratory, COE Program, Tohoku University)
Phonological codes are involved in Chinese character access to meaning: a study with Stroop paradigm

Invited Lecture 1

Chair: Tadao Miyamoto (Cognitive Linguistics Lab, COE Program, Tohoku University)

10:20-11:20

Terry Joyce (Framework for Systematization and Application of Large-Scale Knowledge Resources, 21^st Century COE Program, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Two-kanji compound words in the Japanese mental lexicon

11:20-11:30

Break

Invited Lecture 2

Chair: Kaoru Horie (Cognitive Linguistics Laboratory, COE Program, Tohoku University)

11:30-12:30

Yoko Okita (International Student Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
Assessing processes of learning Japanese as a second language with near-infrared topography (NIRS) and magnetoencephaloｇraphy (MEG)

12:30-13:50

LUNCH Break

Keynote Lecture 1

Chair: Mutsumi Imai (Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University

13:50-15:20

Hua Shu (State Key Lab of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University)
Growth of orthography-phonology knowledge in Chinese writing system

15:20-15:30

Coffee Break

Keynote Lecture 2

Chair: Syoich Iwasaki (Cognitive Psychology Laboratory, COE Program, Tohoku University)

15:30-17:00

Hirofumi Saito (Nagoya University)
Where do Cognition, Action, and the Brain meet in East Asian Languages?

18:00-20:00

Reception

Day 2

Sunday, 4 December

Location: Saito Memorial Hall (Hotel Sendai Plaza Annex)

9:20-9:30

Opening/Registration

Session 2

Chair: Shinji Ido (Cognitive Linguistics Lab, COE Program, Tohoku University)

9:30-9:55

Sungｋi Min (Yeungnam University)
Lexical Access in Processing Korean Noun Eojeols

9:55-10:20

Shiho Miyazawa (Shokei Gakuin College)
Attentional capture by emotional stimuli

Invited Lecture 3

Chair: Terry Joyce (COE Program, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

10:20-11:20

Hisashi Masuda (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hirosima Shudo University)
Toward an understanding of the universal word recognition system based on insights from the unique characteristics of Japanese kanji and Kana

11:20-11:30

Break

Invited Lecture 4

Chair: Toshiaki Muramoto (Cognitive Psychology Lab, Tohoku University)

11:30-12:30

Kwangoh Yi (Yeungnam University)
The Orthographic and Phonological Syllable in Reading Hangul Words

12:30-13:50

LUNCH Break

Session 3

Chair: Naho Ikuta (Brain Mapping Lab, COE Program, Tohoku University)

13:50-14:15

Li Fei Ma (Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Psychology)
A preliminary study on reading disorders in native Chinese speakers

14:15-14:40

Hyeonjeong Jeong (Brain Mapping Laboratory, COE Program, Tohoku University)
Do Type of Script and Type of Task Affect Cortical Representation? The case of Japanese Kanji and Kana

14:40-14:50

Coffee Break

Invited Lecture 5

Chair: Mitsuyuki Nakao (Biomodelling Lab, COE Program,Tohoku University)

14:50-15:50

Syoichi Iwasaki (Cognitive Psychology Laboratory, COE Program, Tohoku University)
Bottom-up and top-down influences on the processing of Kana and Kanji

15:50-16:00

Coffee Break

Keynote Lecture 3

Chair: Chen Bai (Cognitive Psychology Lab, COE Program, Tohoku University)

16:00-17:30

Xuchu Weng (Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Psychology)
The neural network involving reading of Chinese words

17:30-17:40

Break

Panel Discussion

Chair: Syoichi Iwasaki (Cognitive Psychology Lab, COE Program, Tohoku University)

17:40-18:10

X. Weng, H. Shu, H. Saito, and K. Yi

18:10

Closing Remarks: Tadao Miyamoto

The 6th International Forum on Language, Brain, and Cognition Cognitive Psychology of East Asian Languages: Cognitive Studies and their Application to Second Language Acquisition

Program


Day 1	Saturday, 3 December
	Location: Saito Memorial Hall (Hotel Sendai Plaza Annex)

9:00-9:25	Registration
9:25-9:30	Opening Remarks

Session 1	Chair: Jorge Riera (Brain Mapping Lab, COE Program, Tohoku University)
9:30-9:55	Yuki Ootsuka (COE Program for Psychological Studies, Kyoto University) Aging effects on ACC in working memory
9:55-10:20	Chen Bai (Cognitive Psychology Laboratory, COE Program, Tohoku University) Phonological codes are involved in Chinese character access to meaning: a study with Stroop paradigm

Invited Lecture 1	Chair: Tadao Miyamoto (Cognitive Linguistics Lab, COE Program, Tohoku University)
10:20-11:20	Terry Joyce (Framework for Systematization and Application of Large-Scale Knowledge Resources, 21^st Century COE Program, Tokyo Institute of Technology) Two-kanji compound words in the Japanese mental lexicon

11:20-11:30	Break

Invited Lecture 2	Chair: Kaoru Horie (Cognitive Linguistics Laboratory, COE Program, Tohoku University)
11:30-12:30	Yoko Okita (International Student Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University) Assessing processes of learning Japanese as a second language with near-infrared topography (NIRS) and magnetoencephaloｇraphy (MEG)

12:30-13:50	LUNCH Break

Keynote Lecture 1	Chair: Mutsumi Imai (Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University
13:50-15:20	Hua Shu (State Key Lab of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University) Growth of orthography-phonology knowledge in Chinese writing system

15:20-15:30	Coffee Break

Keynote Lecture 2	Chair: Syoich Iwasaki (Cognitive Psychology Laboratory, COE Program, Tohoku University)
15:30-17:00	Hirofumi Saito (Nagoya University) Where do Cognition, Action, and the Brain meet in East Asian Languages?

18:00-20:00	Reception

Day 2	Sunday, 4 December
	Location: Saito Memorial Hall (Hotel Sendai Plaza Annex)

9:20-9:30	Opening/Registration

Session 2	Chair: Shinji Ido (Cognitive Linguistics Lab, COE Program, Tohoku University)
9:30-9:55	Sungｋi Min (Yeungnam University) Lexical Access in Processing Korean Noun Eojeols
9:55-10:20	Shiho Miyazawa (Shokei Gakuin College) Attentional capture by emotional stimuli

Invited Lecture 3	Chair: Terry Joyce (COE Program, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
10:20-11:20	Hisashi Masuda (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hirosima Shudo University) Toward an understanding of the universal word recognition system based on insights from the unique characteristics of Japanese kanji and Kana

11:20-11:30	Break

Invited Lecture 4	Chair: Toshiaki Muramoto (Cognitive Psychology Lab, Tohoku University)
11:30-12:30	Kwangoh Yi (Yeungnam University) The Orthographic and Phonological Syllable in Reading Hangul Words

12:30-13:50	LUNCH Break

Session 3	Chair: Naho Ikuta (Brain Mapping Lab, COE Program, Tohoku University)
13:50-14:15	Li Fei Ma (Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Psychology) A preliminary study on reading disorders in native Chinese speakers
14:15-14:40	Hyeonjeong Jeong (Brain Mapping Laboratory, COE Program, Tohoku University) Do Type of Script and Type of Task Affect Cortical Representation? The case of Japanese Kanji and Kana

14:40-14:50	Coffee Break

Invited Lecture 5	Chair: Mitsuyuki Nakao (Biomodelling Lab, COE Program,Tohoku University)
14:50-15:50	Syoichi Iwasaki (Cognitive Psychology Laboratory, COE Program, Tohoku University) Bottom-up and top-down influences on the processing of Kana and Kanji

15:50-16:00	Coffee Break

Keynote Lecture 3	Chair: Chen Bai (Cognitive Psychology Lab, COE Program, Tohoku University)
16:00-17:30	Xuchu Weng (Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Psychology) The neural network involving reading of Chinese words

17:30-17:40	Break

Panel Discussion	Chair: Syoichi Iwasaki (Cognitive Psychology Lab, COE Program, Tohoku University)
17:40-18:10	X. Weng, H. Shu, H. Saito, and K. Yi

18:10	Closing Remarks: Tadao Miyamoto