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The  (NTL) project is an interdisciplinary research effort to answer the question: How does the brain compute the mind?
More specific research questions include:
- How can the brain -- a highly structured network of neurons -- support thought and language? How do the specific neural structures of the human brain shape the nature of thought and language?
- How are language and thought related to other neural systems, including perception, motor control, and social cognition?
- What are the computational properties of neural systems?
- What are the applications of neural computing?
Among the tools we use to address these questions are:
- Converging constraints: We draw on ideas from computer science, linguistics, cognitive science, and psychology.
- Cognitive modeling: We build models of cognitive phenomena, including simulations of language and learning.
- Reductionist requirement: Theories and models must have biologically plausible interpretations.
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