Bio, Lau Møller Andersen

Hi, I am Lau Møller Andersen, or just Lau

I am on the Cognitive Science track.

I started studying philosophy in Århus, Denmark, in 2005.

In 2007-2008 I studied philosophy in Sheffield, England. This was an ERASMUS-trip.

I then returned to Århus to finish my bachelor off with a supplementary course in linguistics.

While studying philosophy I have concentrated on the philosophy of mind, my 2nd year thesis was on this subject. In Denmark the philosophy education is very general, but in England I had the chance to do more specific courses. Relevant for my present studies are the courses, philosophy of biology and philosophy of psychology.

My bachelor thesis was about showing that Chomsky's poverty of the stimulus argument has no real bearing on the acquisition of language. I used Michael Tomasello's theory of language acquisition as a basis. I argued that the poverty of the stimulus argument relies on a misconception of how language is acquired, which I won't spell out here, because I'm afraid that would bore you.

My favourite researcher is Michael Tomasello. He researches into language acquisition, and he really backs up his claims by experimental evidence, whereas the language acquisition field has been characterised by more speculative approaches the last thirty years.

I'm very interested in the relation between language and the brain. Also interested in memory and in general about the functioning of the brain.

At the moment I am unsure in which direction my research is going towards, but I hope to get some ideas during the meetings in October.

In the next block I will do Neuroimaging 1 and Brain Development, Plasticity, and Repair.