Evelina Fedorenko
Associate Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT and Investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. Her research focuses on the neuroscience of language.
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Oct 9, 2024 • 38min
Nature of Intelligence, Ep. 2: The relationship between language and thought
Join Evelina Fedorenko, an MIT Associate Professor exploring the brain's language functions, along with Steve Piantadosi, a UC Berkeley expert on child language acquisition, and Gary Lupyan, who investigates language evolution at UW-Madison. They delve into the dynamic interplay between language and thought, discussing whether intelligence emerges from language or the other way around. The conversation touches on the challenges posed by large language models to traditional linguistics, individual cognitive processes, and the fascinating disconnect between language abilities and reasoning skills.
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Jun 19, 2023 • 1h 7min
#797 Evelina Fedorenko: The Neuroscience of Language
Evelina Fedorenko, a neuroscientist and MIT professor, dives into the brain's language processing. She explains how language connects with cognition and categorization. Fedorenko discusses insights from bilingualism, revealing different neurological pathways for multilingual speakers. The conversation takes a fascinating turn as she explores non-verbal semantics, showing how meaning can arise without words. Additionally, she examines the intriguing relationship between language and music while highlighting the role of AI in understanding neural functions.
