Visual Language Processing
Expanding our understanding of the role of visual input in language comprehension
The domain of visual language processing has become increasingly important in recent years with the advent of society's increased reliance on information technology. In today's environment, we must expand our understanding of the role of visual input (in particular, text and orthography) in language comprehension. Visual signals are not only important in text processing; both gestural and orofacial information provide important cues to understanding speech and language. The primary goals of our research in this domain are to understand how linguistic information is extracted during reading and to determine the role of visual input in auditory language processing.
Experimental Questions
- how are words and sentences processed in the visual modality (i.e., through reading)?
- what types of orofacial information are important in speech perception and how are they integrated with auditory input?
- how the mechanisms underlying language processing in the visuo-gestural and auditory-oral domains compare?
