Getting aligned on representational alignment

I Sucholutsky, L Muttenthaler, A Weller, A Peng… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Biological and artificial information processing systems form representations that they can
use to categorize, reason, plan, navigate, and make decisions. How can we measure the …

Representational maps in the brain: concepts, approaches, and applications

T Noda, DF Aschauer, AR Chambers… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Neural systems have evolved to process sensory stimuli in a way that allows for efficient and
adaptive behavior in a complex environment. Recent technological advances enable us to …

Computational language modeling and the promise of in silico experimentation

S Jain, VA Vo, L Wehbe, AG Huth - Neurobiology of Language, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Abstract Language neuroscience currently relies on two major experimental paradigms:
controlled experiments using carefully hand-designed stimuli, and natural stimulus …

Multivariate analysis of brain activity patterns as a tool to understand predictive processes in speech perception

C Ufer, H Blank - Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Speech perception is heavily influenced by our expectations about what will be said. In this
review, we discuss the potential of multivariate analysis as a tool to understand the neural …

Trials and tribulations when attempting to decode semantic representations from MEG responses to written text

G Ghazaryan, M van Vliet, A Saranpää… - Language, Cognition …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Several studies have been published which show that it is possible to decode semantic
representations directly from brain responses. This has been repeatedly successful when …

Deep learning models to study sentence comprehension in the human brain

S Arana, J Pesnot Lerousseau… - Language, Cognition and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Recent artificial neural networks that process natural language achieve unprecedented
performance in tasks requiring sentence-level understanding. As such, they could be …

The cortical representation of language timescales is shared between reading and listening

C Chen, T Dupré la Tour, JL Gallant, D Klein… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Language comprehension involves integrating low-level sensory inputs into a
hierarchy of increasingly high-level features. Prior work studied brain representations of …

Can brain signals reveal inner alignment with human languages?

J Qiu, W Han, J Zhu, M Xu, D Weber, B Li… - Findings of the …, 2023 - aclanthology.org
Abstract Brain Signals, such as Electroencephalography (EEG), and human languages have
been widely explored independently for many downstream tasks, however, the connection …

A magnitude-independent neural code for linguistic information during sentence production

AM Morgan, O Devinsky, WK Doyle, P Dugan… - …, 2025 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Humans are the only species with the ability to convey an unbounded number of novel
thoughts by combining words into sentences. This process is guided by complex semantic …

Contextual modulation of the neural network underlying the processing of compositional nontransparent meaning

YY Lai - Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the neurocognitive mechanisms supporting the processing of
sentences involving compositional nontransparent meaning, investigating if the neural …