13 papers · ranked by Valyu relevance
Ya-Ning Chang, Stephen Welbourne, Steve Furber, Matthew Lambon Ralph
Computational modelling has served as a powerful tool to advance our understanding of language processes by making theoretical ideas rigorously specified and testable (a form of “ open science” for theory building). In reading research, one of the most influential computational modelling frameworks is the triangle…
Adrielli Lopes Rego, Joshua Snell, Martijn Meeter
Although word predictability is commonly considered an important factor in reading, sophisticated accounts of predictability in theories of reading are yet lacking. Computational models of reading traditionally use cloze norming as a proxy of word predictability, but what cloze norms precisely capture remains unclear.…
Jiawei Li, Adrien Doerig, Radoslaw Martin Cichy
Silent visual reading is accompanied by the phenomenological experience of an inner voice. However, the temporal dynamics and functional role of the underlying neural representations remain unclear. Here, we recorded electroencephalography (EEG) data while humans read naturalistic narratives, and applied computational…
Garikoitz Lerma-Usabiaga, Rosemary Le, Chen Gafni, Michal Ben-Shachar + 1 more
Receptive field properties measured in the reading portion of the ventral occipital-temporal (VOT) cortex are task- and stimulus-dependent. To understand these effects, we analyzed responses in visual field-maps (V1-3, hV4, VO1) whose signals are likely inputs to the VOT. Within these maps, each voxel contains neurons…
Benjamin Gagl, Ivonne Weyers, Susanne Eisenhauer, Christian J. Fiebach + 6 more
The ability to robustly recognize strings of letters, a cornerstone of reading, was observed in Baboons and Pigeons despite their lack of phonological and semantic knowledge. Here, we apply a comparative modeling approach to investigate the neuro-cognitive basis of Human, Baboon, and Pigeon orthographic decision…
Janos Pauli, Benjamin Gagl
Script is a key technology for humans, as mastering reading is essential for successful social participation. Hence, understanding the neuro-cognitive mechanisms underpinning the processes of learning to read is highly relevant. Here, we use two orthographic learning datasets from baboons and humans to investigate how…
Benjamin Gagl, Fabio Richlan, Philipp Ludersdorfer, Jona Sassenhagen + 3 more
To characterize the left-ventral occipito-temporal cortex (lvOT) role during reading in a quantitatively explicit and testable manner, we propose the lexical categorization model (LCM). The LCM assumes that lvOT optimizes linguistic processing by allowing fast meaning access when words are familiar and filter out…
R. Austin Benn, Robert Scholz, Wei Wei, Francesco Alberti + 10 more
Reading involves dual streams of sensory propagation that lie within a broader sensory-to-transmodal hierarchy. This study explores whether individual differences in this functional organization can be explained by cortical geometry. Through a modified connectome predictive modeling approach, we identified cortical…
Merle Schuckart, Sandra Martin, Sarah Tune, Lea-Maria Schmitt + 2 more
Humans routinely anticipate upcoming language, but whether such predictions come at a cognitive cost remains debated. In this study, we demonstrate the resource-dependent nature of predictive mechanisms in language comprehension across the lifespan: Experimentally limiting executive resources through a concurrent task…
Merle Schuckart, Sandra Martin, Sarah Tune, Lea-Maria Schmitt + 2 more
In everyday communication, humans predict upcoming language seemingly effortlessly. However, it remains unclear to what extent the formation of such predictions taxes executive resources. Our study set out to investigate how a limitation of executive resources impacts natural language prediction on multiple timescales…
Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas, Margo Kersey, Nilgoun Bahar, Sarah Inkelis + 11 more
Developmental dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by persistent reading difficulties despite adequate intelligence and educational opportunities. The cognitive underpinnings of dyslexia remain incompletely understood. Although multiple causal pathways have been proposed, there is a gap in studies…
Mengyu Tian, Elizabeth J. Saccone, Judy S. Kim, Shipra Kanjlia + 1 more
The neural basis of reading is highly consistent across a variety of languages and visual scripts. An unanswered question is whether the sensory modality of symbols influences the neural basis of reading. According to the modality-invariant view, reading depends on the same neural mechanisms regardless of the sensory…
O Ozernov-Palchik, TM Centanni, SD Beach, S May + 2 more
Reading comprehension is a complex task that depends on multiple cognitive and linguistic processes. According to the updated Simple View of Reading framework, in adults, individual variation in reading comprehension can be largely explained by combined variance in three component abilities: (1) decoding accuracy, (2)…