Human language allows us to create an infinitude of ideas from a finite set of basic building
blocks. What is the neurobiology of this combinatory system? Research has begun to dissect …

Using movies and narratives as naturalistic stimuli in human neuroimaging studies has
yielded significant advances in understanding of cognitive and emotional functions. The …

Transformer models such as GPT generate human-like language and are predictive of
human brain responses to language. Here, using functional-MRI-measured brain responses …

The neuroscience of perception has recently been revolutionized with an integrative
modeling approach in which computation, brain function, and behavior are linked across …

The neuroscience of perception has recently been revolutionized with an integrative
modeling approach in which computation, brain function, and behavior are linked across …

Abstract Syntax, the structure of sentences, enables humans to express an infinite range of
meanings through finite means. The neurobiology of syntax has been intensely studied but …

Brain activity in numerous perisylvian brain regions is modulated by the expectedness of
linguistic stimuli. We leverage recent advances in computational parsing models to test what …

Much research in cognitive neuroscience supports prediction as a canonical computation of
cognition across domains. Is such predictive coding implemented by feedback from higher …

Although sentences unfold sequentially, one word at a time, most linguistic theories propose
that their underlying syntactic structure involves a tree of nested phrases rather than a linear …

The “Narratives” collection aggregates a variety of functional MRI datasets collected while
human subjects listened to naturalistic spoken stories. The current release includes 345 …