• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.238-249
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• 1998

Purpose: To localize and compare the neural basis of verbal and visual human working memory, we performed functional activation study using $H_2^{15}O$ PET. Materials and Methods: Repeated $H_2^{15}O$ PET scans with one control and three different activation tasks were performed on six right-handed normal volunteers. Each activation task was composed of 13 match-ing trials. On each trial, four targets, a fixation dot and a probe were presented sequentially and subject's task was to press a response button to indicate whether or not the probe was one of the previous targets. Short meaningful Korean words, simple drawings and monochromic pictures of human faces were used as matching objects for verbal or visual memory. All the images were spatially normalized and the differences between control and activation states were statistically analyzed using SPM96. Results: Statistical analysis of verbal memory activation with short words showed activation in the left Broca's area, promoter cortex, cerebellum and right cingulate gyrus. In verbal memory with simple drawings, activation was shown in the larger regions including where activated with short words and left superior temporal cortex, basal ganglia, thalamus, prefrontal cortex, anterior portion of right superior temporal gyrus and right infero-lateral frontal cortex. On the other hand, the visual memory task activated predominantly right-sided structures, especially inferior frontal cortex, supplementary motor cortex and superior parietal cortex. Conclusion: The results are consistent with the hypothesis of the laterality and dissociation of the verbal and visual working memory from the invasive electrophysiological studies and emphasize the pivotal role of frontal cortex and cingulate gyrus in working memory system.

• Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.11-17
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• 2020

Non-tonal language speakers may have difficulty learning second language lexical tones. In the present study, we explored this issue with Korean-speaking learners of Mandarin Chinese (i.e., non-tonal first language speakers) by examining their perception and production of Mandarin lexical tones. In the perception experiment, the Korean learners were asked to listen to the tone of each stimulus and assign it to one of four Mandarin lexical tones using the response keys; in the production experiment, the learners provided speech production data for the lexical tones and then their productions were identified by native listeners of Mandarin Chinese. Our results showed that the Korean learners of Mandarin Chinese had difficulty in perceptually distinguishing Tone 2 and Tone 3, with the most frequent production error being the mispronunciation of Tone 3 as Tone 2. We also investigated whether unfamiliar non-native phonemes (i.e., Chinese phonemes) that do not exist in the native language phonemic inventory (i.e., Korean) may hinder the processing of the non-native lexical tones. We found no evidence for such effects, neither for the perception nor for the production of the tones.

• 한국노년학
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.981-1001
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• 2016

At old age, as people depend on superficial clues when they interpret the overall context of communication, their ability to understand connotative and figurative words and articles could deteriorate. In this study, 50 normal young(junior) people and normal old(senior) people were made to perform a task to understand similes, metaphors, idioms, and proverbs, the sub-areas of figurative language. For the task, participants were made to understand a paragraph consisting of several sentences and select a correct answer representing appropriate figurative language. As a result of the analysis, first, old people showed a lower level of performance than young people in all the sub-areas of figurative language. Second, in understanding idiomatic words and proverbs, old people showed a lower level of performance due to unfamiliarity. Third, for the types of wrong answers, old people mostly understood only the literal meanings in all the sub-areas of figurative language. Due to aging, old people come to have a lowered level of the pragmatic language ability, reasoning ability, and inhibiting ability to efficiently communicate with others considering certain situations and contexts. Thus, old people could have difficulties in understanding inner meanings from others in daily communication.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2001.10d
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• pp.1-13
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.1111-1115
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 일반 공기 중의 산소 농도(21％) 환경에 비해 외부에서 고 농도(30％)의 산소 공급이 인지 능력 중 특히 언어 능력에 어떠한 변화를 유발하는지 관찰하고자 한다. 9명의 오른 손잡이 남자 대학생을 본 연구의 실험 참여자로 선정하였다. 21％와 30％ 산소 농도를 각각 8L/min의 양으로 일정하게 공급할 수 있는 장치를 개발하여, 마스크를 통하여 실험 참여자에게 전달하면서 언어 과제를 수행하게 하였다. 동시에 3T MRI를 이용하여 뇌기능 영상을 획득하였다. 언어 능력 측정을 위해 28 문항을 포함하는 두 개의 문제지를 제작하였고, 과제 수행 결과로부터 정답률을 산출하였다. 21％에 비해 30％ 산소 농도에서 평균 정답률은 유의미한 증가를 하였고, 뇌 활성화 양도 증가하였다. 본 연구의 결과로부터 외부에서의 고농도의 산소 공급이 언어 능력 증가에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 결론을 도출할 수 있다.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2022.10a
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• pp.604-607
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• 2022

본 논문은 사용자의 질의에 대한 답변을 제공하는 질의 응답 시스템에서, 제공하는 답변이 사용자의 질의에 대하여 문서에 근거하여 올바르게 대답하였는지 검증하는 QDR validator에 대해 기술한 논문이다. 본 논문의 과제는 문서에 대한 주장을 판별하는 자연어 추론(Natural Language inference, NLI)와 유사한 과제이지만, 문서(D)와 주장(R)을 포함하여 질의(Q)까지 총 3가지 종류의 입력을 받아 NLI 과제보다 난도가 높다. QDR validation 과제를 수행하기 위하여, 약 16,000 건 데이터를 생성하였으며, 다양한 입력 형식 실험 및 NLI 과제 데이터 추가 학습, 임계 값 조절 실험을 통해 최종 83.05% 우수한 성능을 기록하였다

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2016.01a
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• pp.327-328
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• 2016

프로그래밍 교육은 프로그래밍에 필요한 지식 교육부분과 문제해결능력과 연관된 프로그래밍 전략을 교육하는 부분이 함께 필요하다. 프로그램 작성 기술을 교육하는 과정은 단순한 지식 습득과정이 아니므로 수업과정에서 학습자 스스로 문제해결능력을 배양할 수 있는 유도과정이 필요하다. 이러한 특성의 프로그래밍 수업의 대표적인 수업방식은 실습방식으로, 실제 수업에서 학습자들의 서로 다른 수준을 고려하면서 실습수업을 효과적으로 운영하기에는 수업시간에 대한 제약이 많이 발생한다. 본 연구에서는 프로그래밍 교육에서 사전 프로그래밍 과제를 활용하여 주어진 학점과 시간 안에서 실습 중심의 학습 효과를 높일 수 있는 교수 학습 모델을 제시한다. 이를 통해 프로그래밍 언어 교육 과정에서 발생하는 제한된 실습수업 시간으로 인해 학습자 스스로가 문제해결능력을 배양할 수 있도록 유도하는 수업을 실시하는데 발생하는 어려움을 해결하여, 학습자가 문제해결능력을 향상시키고 좋은 프로그램 작성 기준에 적합한 프로그램 개발 능력을 배양하는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.1707-1714
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• 2015

The neural bases underlying within or between-language picture naming was investigated by using event-related fMRI. The present suudy explorered the following two goals: The first is to compare cortical activation areas relevant to naming process in native and foreign language, and to decide whether the activation pattern of the foreign word will be the same as native words or not. The next is to find the cerebral areas involved only in alternating language switching between native and foreign language condition. Differential activation patterns were observed for language switching against one-language. Both naming tasks all activated the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) as expected. However the differences in naming between languages were reflected in the activation amount of the LIFG, namely more activation in naming the native language than the foreign language. Especially, naming of the foreign word from English showed the similar area and size in activation with native language suggesting that the process of borrowed noun resembles that of native common noun. And the language switching between languages newly activated the right middle frontal gyrus as well as the left inferior frontal areas. The right middle frontal gyrus engagement in switching conditions obviously identified that right hemisphere is recruited in code switching possibly with respect to meta-cognition controlling language index at a subconscious level.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.237-240
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• 2000

각급 학교의 학내망이 웹을 이용할 수 있도록 구축됨에 따라 가상학습을 이용해 웹을 기반으로 한 학습자 중심의 과제물 관리 시스템을 구현할 수 있게 되었다. 기존의 과목별 과제 제시와 과제물 제출 및 평가가 웹 상에서 이루어짐으로써 일련의 과정이 온라인으로 처리되게 되었다. 과제물 관리를 위해 웹 서버 및 홈페이지를 구축하고, 학습자들의 과제 제출을 웹 페이지에 직접 입력할수 있도록 하였고 또한 CGI 언어나 웹과 데이터베이스와의 연동과 같은 웹 상의 페이지저작의 능력이 없어도 교사가 웹을 통해 과제물을 제시하고 이를 평가하여 점수를 입력하면 웹을 통해 조회가 가능하도록 설계 구현하였다.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.123-141
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• 2003

This study investigated the understanding level and the using level of mathematical language for middle school students in terms of Freudenthal' language levels. It was proved that the understanding level task developed by current study for geometric concept had reliability and validity, and that there was the hierarchy of levels on which students understanded mathematical language. The level that students used in explaining mathematical concepts was not interrelated to the understanding level, and was different from answering the right answer according to the sorts of tasks. And, the level of mathematical language that was understood easily as students' thought, was the third level of the understanding levels. Mathematics teachers should consider the students' understanding level and using level, and give students the tasks which students could use their mathematical language confidently.