Finally out now in Human Brain Mapping! Open access paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hb… Thank you to the reviewers for helping us improve the paper.

Dr @GambiChiara (University of Warwick) recently presented a talk at LuCiD on 'The Generality of Expectation Violation as a Mechanism for Language Learning.' The recording is now available for viewing: youtube.com/watch?v=pKfSbJ…

📣 New study on semantic #Prediction in language processing by Luigi Grisoni, @IsabellaBoux & #Pulvermüller in #JNeuroSci: "Predictive brain activity shows congruent semantic specificity in language comprehension and production." jneurosci.org/content/early/…

Rouse et al. propose an integrative neurocognitive model of controlled social behaviour that can explain the observed impairment of social behaviours in FTD. The model can also account for findings from other patient groups, including semantic dementia. tinyurl.com/2nyw7kx2

Extending the architecture of language from a multimodal perspective. New paper by Peter Hagoort and Prof. Asli Ozyurek @ozyurek_a doi.org/10.1111/tops.1…

In Topics in Cognitive Science, Jan Hulstijn and I present the Enhanced Literate Mind (ELM) hypothesis: processing of written language leads to increased (language) knowledge as well as enhanced language and non-language (perceptual and cognitive) skills pure.mpg.de/rest/items/ite…

Emmanuel Biau, and I am looking for participants (English native speakers, right-handed, 18-40 years old) for an EEG study on language. You will be compensated for your time. Contact: [email protected] LivUni Psychology

Another monumental piece of work from Melissa Thye's PhD thesis (with Paul Hoffman and me): doi.org/10.1038/s41598…. This was a registered report examining semantic and social cognition during naturalistic narrative comprehension (watching a feature-length movie).

Delighted to have been involved in this interesting study led by Gina Humphreys and Matt Lambon Ralph, where we provide more evidence on the role of the Angular Gyrus in buffering information. MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

Ever wondered how your brain predicts what’s coming next when you listen to someone talk? Our new MEG study reveals how predictions of syllables/words and their timing are integrated in cortical networks. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

😎Happy to share the news that our Python EEG handbook has been published in the new journal - Brain-X Brain-X (ISSN: 2835-3153) !!! 🥳 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Strong Prediction: Language Model Surprisal Explains Multiple N400 Effects | doi.org/10.1162/nol_a_… | by James Michaelov, Megan D. Bardolph, Cyma K. Van Petten, Benjamin K. Bergen & Seana Coulson

New MEG study led by Giorgio Arcara mdpi.com/2076-3425/14/1… In a (literal & metaphorical) sentence comprehension task, we found that prestimulus alpha in TPJ modulates poststimulus activations in core linguistic areas. Key finding for predictive processing in language! #NEPLab

Participant Recruitment I am currently recruiting neurotypical native English speakers aged 18-35 who are righthanded to participate in an online study. If you are interested, please contact [email protected] for more information. #UniLiverpool #Liverpool #Experiment

Looking for an ESRC-funded (nwssdtp.ac.uk) postdoc or PhD on the topics of language, memory and/or bilingualism for the next academic year? Get in touch: [email protected] before the 7th of December.

Compositionality in the brain? In sentences, the main driver of scalp EEG activity (N400, α/β oscillations) is the ‘meanings of the parts’, not the ‘syntactic mode of composition’ — w/ Lia Călinescu & Gillian Ramchand #lexicon #semantics #cutcompose doi.org/10.1080/232737…

Our brains use prediction in two seemingly contradictory ways. Our latest paper, just published in @natureneuro, shows how expectations both bias and sharpen perception at the same time. 1/n nature.com/articles/s4159…

👋We're looking for volunteers for a new study! ✅ Requirements: 18-40years-old Monolingual English native or Bilingual with English as L2 Based in the UK 🇬🇧 1-hour online session 💳 Reward: Amazon voucher 📩 Contact: [email protected]

Are you a native Chinese speaker with medium to high proficiency in English? Are you currently living in the UK 🇬🇧? We’re looking for volunteers like you to take part in a new online study! 💳 Reward: Amazon voucher 📩 Contact: [email protected] Re-post please!

Looking for Participants We are currently recruiting neurotypical, right-handed native English speakers aged 18-40 for a lab-based EEG study this summer. Please get in touch with [email protected] for more information. #UniLiverpool #Liverpool #Experiment #Psychology