Abstract Previous work on individual differences has revealed limitations in the ability of existing measures (e.g., working memory) to predict language processing. Recent evidence suggests that an individual’s sensitivity to detect the statistical regularities present in language (i.e., “chunk sensitivity”) may significantly modulate online sentence processing. We investigated whether individual chunk sensitivity predicted the online […]
Published on October 24, 2023
Just like a symphony orchestra where different instruments come together to create harmonious melodies, when people gather in a crowd, they also produce a complex symphony of sounds. A recent study aimed to understand the behavioral dynamics of crowds attending basketball games by analyzing the acoustic signals they generate. By using a method called recurrence […]
Published on October 24, 2023
Imagine listening to a captivating story. As you follow along, your brain naturally divides the story into different events or scenes. So, how does your brain determine when one event ends and another begins? Scientists conducted an experiment using a deep learning language model called GPT-2 to investigate this phenomenon. They found that event boundaries […]
Published on October 24, 2023
