Natural language is often seen as the single factor that explains the cognitive singularity of
the human species. Instead, we propose that humans possess multiple internal languages …

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 …

Considerable progress has recently been made in natural language processing: deep
learning algorithms are increasingly able to generate, summarize, translate and classify …

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

Understanding spoken language requires transforming ambiguous acoustic streams into a
hierarchy of representations, from phonemes to meaning. It has been suggested that the …

This paper provides an overview of what we take to be the key current issues in the field of
Generative Grammar, the study of the human Faculty of Language. We discuss some of the …

During realistic, continuous perception, humans automatically segment experiences into
discrete events. Using a novel model of cortical event dynamics, we investigate how cortical …

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 …