A theory of memory for binary sequences: Evidence for a mental compression algorithm in humans

S Planton, T van Kerkoerle, L Abbih… - PLoS computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Working memory capacity can be improved by recoding the memorized information in a
condensed form. Here, we tested the theory that human adults encode binary sequences of …

Brain-imaging evidence for compression of binary sound sequences in human memory

F Al Roumi, S Planton, L Wang, S Dehaene - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
According to the language-of-thought hypothesis, regular sequences are compressed in
human memory using recursive loops akin to a mental program that predicts future items …

Modality-specific and modality-independent neural representations work in concert in predictive processes during sequence learning

T Vékony, Á Takács, F Pedraza, F Haesebaert… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Probabilistic sequence learning supports the development of skills and enables predictive
processing. It remains contentious whether visuomotor sequence learning is driven by the …

A process-oriented view of procedural memory can help better understand Tourette's syndrome

BC Farkas, E Tóth-Fáber, K Janacsek… - Frontiers in Human …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tourette's syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by repetitive
movements and vocalizations, also known as tics. The phenomenology of tics and the …

Disentangling abstraction from statistical pattern matching in human and machine learning

S Kumar, I Dasgupta, ND Daw, JD Cohen… - PLoS computational …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The ability to acquire abstract knowledge is a hallmark of human intelligence and is believed
by many to be one of the core differences between humans and neural network models …

Lexical surprisal shapes the time course of syntactic structure building

S Slaats, AS Meyer, AE Martin - Neurobiology of Language, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
When we understand language, we recognize words and combine them into sentences. In
this article, we explore the hypothesis that listeners use probabilistic information about …

Humans parsimoniously represent auditory sequences by pruning and completing the underlying network structure

L Benjamin, A Fló, F Al Roumi, G Dehaene-Lambertz - ELife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Successive auditory inputs are rarely independent, their relationships ranging from local
transitions between elements to hierarchical and nested representations. In many situations …

[HTML][HTML] Perceiving structure in unstructured stimuli: Implicitly acquired prior knowledge impacts the processing of unpredictable transitional probabilities

A Kóbor, Z Kardos, D Nemeth, K Janacsek - Cognition, 2020 - Elsevier
It is unclear how implicit prior knowledge is involved and remains persistent in the extraction
of the statistical structure underlying sensory input. Therefore, this study investigated …

Statistical learning occurs during practice while high-order rule learning during rest period

R Quentin, L Fanuel, M Kiss, M Vernet… - NPJ Science of …, 2021 - nature.com
Knowing when the brain learns is crucial for both the comprehension of memory formation
and consolidation and for develo** new training and neurorehabilitation strategies in …

Dissociation between two aspects of procedural learning in Tourette syndrome: Enhanced statistical and impaired sequence learning

E Tóth-Fáber, Z Tárnok, K Janacsek, A Kóbor… - Child …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disorder that primarily
affects the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical (CBGTC) circuitry and is characterized by …