Representational similarity modulates neural and behavioral signatures of novelty biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

direct.mit.edu/jocn/article-a… Pupil Size & Eye Movements Differently Index Effort ... Looked at pupil size & eye movements during high task demands -> Suggest that reduction in eye movements not a byproduct of acoustic factors -> different from arousal-related systems for pupil size

Eye movements track prioritized auditory features in selective attention to natural speech dlvr.it/T6Hw3t v/ @NatureNews

Now out in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience! Distributed Sensitivity to Syntax and Semantics throughout the Language Network. direct.mit.edu/jocn/article-a….

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Investigated the cortical topography & linguistic modulation of ... the phoneme - dissociated acoustic & linguistic processing using “phoneme quilts” (: o) - found acoustic analysis is modulated by linguistic analysis! academic.oup.com/cercor/article…

Bridging Auditory Perception and Natural Language Processing with Semantically informed Deep Neural Networks biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

Excellent example of the application of representational similarity analysis (RSA) to EEG/ERP data in the context of language processing. link.springer.com/article/10.375…

What Can Language Models Tell Us About Human Cognition?
We try to place some constraints on what kind of language models might be useful for helping our understanding of cognition: New in Current Directions in Psychological Science,with Louise Connell
doi.org/10.1177/096372…

New #research alert! Scientific Reports has a paper detailing online #SpeechSynthesis using a #brain –computer interface in an individual with #ALS . The study aims to propel additional research into the feasibility of #BCIs for restoring vocal communications: go.nature.com/4aXfHjV

Check out our most recent paper in @elife: Neural representations of predicted events: Evidence from time-resolved EEG decoding doi.org/10.7554/eLife.…

New preprint! 'A gentle introduction to Bayesian statistics, with applications to bilingualism research.'
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In the reviewed preprint, we propose a Oscillation Component Analysis (OCA) approach, in analogy to Independent Component Analysis (ICA), in which source separation is achieved through biophysically inspired generative modeling of neural oscillations. doi.org/10.7554/eLife.…

Iconicity mediates semantic networks of sound symbolism
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🚨semantic networks of sound symbolism may not coincide with those of metaphor or metonymy

This is the most succinct and clearly written primer on whole brain emulation

Includes the various approaches and how they might be combined more effectively

Love this post from Patrick Mineault!

h/t Allison Duettmann
neuroai.science/p/connectomics…

Information-Restricted Neural Language Models Reveal Different Brain Regions’ Sensitivity to Semantics, Syntax, and Context | doi.org/10.1162/nol_a_… | by Alexandre Pasquiou, Yair Lakretz, Bertrand Thirion & Christophe Pallier

Many studies:we tested proposal X & found supportive evidence...This one tested the idea of a link between cognitive decline & auditory encoding hypersensitivity (increased brainstem->cortical activity) eneuro.org/content/early/… 'results challenge the proposed hypothesis' important

📢 New #paper alert! Camila Bruder, David Poeppel, and Pauline find that ' #Perceptual (but not #acoustic ) features predict #singing #voice preferences'. Out now in Scientific Reports: nature.com/articles/s4159…

In a novel large-scale exploration of semantic space, we identified six behaviourally-relevant higher-order dimensions that explain the variation in word meanings.

📢New from: Veronica Diveică, Emiko Muraki, Richard J. Binney, & Penny Pexman

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Did you ever have a melody stuck in your head?

Then you may be interested in our new #musicscience work.

We used decoding techniques to investigate how the brain represents held and manipulated musical thoughts:

doi.org/10.1101/2023.0…

Check it out! Feedback is welcome.

New paper by our group on phonological prediction! Congrats to Marco and co-authors! 🔗link.springer.com/article/10.375…