Edward Gibson

And what you do is I listen to a language I know, I listen to, you know, maybe some language I don't know, or I listen to muffled speech, or I read sentences and I read non-words. Like I can do anything like this, anything that's sort of really like English and anything that's not very like English. So I've got something like it and not, and I got to control.

And what you do is I listen to a language I know, I listen to, you know, maybe some language I don't know, or I listen to muffled speech, or I read sentences and I read non-words. Like I can do anything like this, anything that's sort of really like English and anything that's not very like English. So I've got something like it and not, and I got to control.

And what you do is I listen to a language I know, I listen to, you know, maybe some language I don't know, or I listen to muffled speech, or I read sentences and I read non-words. Like I can do anything like this, anything that's sort of really like English and anything that's not very like English. So I've got something like it and not, and I got to control.

And the voxels, which is just, you know, the 3D pixels in my brain that are responding most, is a language area. And that's this left lateralized area in my head. And wherever I look in that network, if you look for the combinations versus the words, it's everywhere. It's the same. That's fascinating. And so it's like hard to find, there are no areas that we know. I mean, that's,

And the voxels, which is just, you know, the 3D pixels in my brain that are responding most, is a language area. And that's this left lateralized area in my head. And wherever I look in that network, if you look for the combinations versus the words, it's everywhere. It's the same. That's fascinating. And so it's like hard to find, there are no areas that we know. I mean, that's,

And the voxels, which is just, you know, the 3D pixels in my brain that are responding most, is a language area. And that's this left lateralized area in my head. And wherever I look in that network, if you look for the combinations versus the words, it's everywhere. It's the same. That's fascinating. And so it's like hard to find, there are no areas that we know. I mean, that's,

It's a little overstated right now. At this point, the technology isn't great. It's not bad. But we have the best way to figure out what's going on in my brain when I'm listening or reading language is to use fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging. And that's a very good localization technique.

It's a little overstated right now. At this point, the technology isn't great. It's not bad. But we have the best way to figure out what's going on in my brain when I'm listening or reading language is to use fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging. And that's a very good localization technique.

It's a little overstated right now. At this point, the technology isn't great. It's not bad. But we have the best way to figure out what's going on in my brain when I'm listening or reading language is to use fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging. And that's a very good localization technique.

method so i can figure out where exactly these signals are coming from pretty you know down to you know millimeters you know cubic millimeters or smaller okay very small we can figure those out very well the problem is the when okay uh it's it's measuring um oxygen okay and oxygen takes a little while to get to those cells so it takes on the order of seconds so i talk fast i probably listen fast and i can probably understand things really fast so a lot of stuff happens in two seconds

method so i can figure out where exactly these signals are coming from pretty you know down to you know millimeters you know cubic millimeters or smaller okay very small we can figure those out very well the problem is the when okay uh it's it's measuring um oxygen okay and oxygen takes a little while to get to those cells so it takes on the order of seconds so i talk fast i probably listen fast and i can probably understand things really fast so a lot of stuff happens in two seconds

method so i can figure out where exactly these signals are coming from pretty you know down to you know millimeters you know cubic millimeters or smaller okay very small we can figure those out very well the problem is the when okay uh it's it's measuring um oxygen okay and oxygen takes a little while to get to those cells so it takes on the order of seconds so i talk fast i probably listen fast and i can probably understand things really fast so a lot of stuff happens in two seconds

And so to say that we know what's going on, that the words right now in that network, our best guess is that whole network is doing something similar, but maybe different parts of that network are doing different things. And that's probably the case. We just don't have very good methods to figure that out right at this moment. And so...

And so to say that we know what's going on, that the words right now in that network, our best guess is that whole network is doing something similar, but maybe different parts of that network are doing different things. And that's probably the case. We just don't have very good methods to figure that out right at this moment. And so...

And so to say that we know what's going on, that the words right now in that network, our best guess is that whole network is doing something similar, but maybe different parts of that network are doing different things. And that's probably the case. We just don't have very good methods to figure that out right at this moment. And so...

Yeah, I mean, I've been at MIT for 31 years, since 1993, and Chomsky's been there much longer. So I met him, I knew him, I met when I first got there, I guess, and we would interact every now and then. I'd say our biggest difference is our methods. And so that's the biggest difference between me and Noam, is that I gather data from people.

Yeah, I mean, I've been at MIT for 31 years, since 1993, and Chomsky's been there much longer. So I met him, I knew him, I met when I first got there, I guess, and we would interact every now and then. I'd say our biggest difference is our methods. And so that's the biggest difference between me and Noam, is that I gather data from people.

Yeah, I mean, I've been at MIT for 31 years, since 1993, and Chomsky's been there much longer. So I met him, I knew him, I met when I first got there, I guess, and we would interact every now and then. I'd say our biggest difference is our methods. And so that's the biggest difference between me and Noam, is that I gather data from people.

I do experiments with people and I gather corpus data, whatever, whatever corpus data is available. And we do quantitative methods to evaluate any kind of hypothesis we have. He just doesn't do that. So, you know, you, you know, he has never once been associated with any experiment or corpus work ever. And so it's all thought experiments. It's his own intuitions.

I do experiments with people and I gather corpus data, whatever, whatever corpus data is available. And we do quantitative methods to evaluate any kind of hypothesis we have. He just doesn't do that. So, you know, you, you know, he has never once been associated with any experiment or corpus work ever. And so it's all thought experiments. It's his own intuitions.