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2024

Date Speaker Paper
30, Sep Chengcheng Wang Shared functional specialization in transformer-based language models and the human brain
16, Sep Nan Wang Finding structure during incremental speech comprehension
09, Sep Zhihao Zhang Unveiling linguistic regions in large language models
16, Jul Jixing Li Semantic encoding during language comprehension at single-cell resolution
09, Jul Shaoyun Yu Predicting the next sentence (not word) in large language models: What model-brain alignment tells us about discourse comprehension
25, Jun Shisen Yue Do large language models understand conversational implicature -- A case study with a Chinese sitcom
18, Jun Weiqiong Sun An experimental approach to linguistic representation
11, Jun Hongbin Qing A shared linguistic space for transmitting our thoughts from brain to brain in natural conversations
28, May Zhengwu Ma Representation of internal speech by single neurons in human supramarginal gyrus
21, May Chengcheng Wang Reading with sounds: sensory substitution selectively activates the visual word form area in the blind
14, May Nan Wang Fast and slow rhythms of naturalistic reading revealed by combined eye-tracking and electroencephalography
30, Apr Ruifeng Yu Single-neuronal elements of speech production in humans
23, Apr Hanlin Wu Grounded language acquisition through the eyes and ears of a single child
16, Apr Xinpei Zhao MapGuide: A simple yet effective method to reconstruct continuous language from brain activities
02, Apr Zhengwu Ma Tracking the neural codes for words and phrases during semantic composition, working-memory storage, and retrieval
26, Mar Changjiang Gao Measuring meaning composition in the human brain with composition scores from large language models
19, Mar Qian Zhou Endogenous cortical rhythms determine cerebral specialization for speech perception and production
11, Mar Honghao Liu Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-invasive brain recordings
04, Mar Yiqian Yang Brain decoding: toward real-time reconstruction of visual perception
26, Feb Shuqi Wang Large-scale single-neuron speech sound encoding across the depth of human cortex
05, Feb Xufeng Duan Driving and suppressing the human language network using large language models
29, Jan Nan Wang Prediction during language comprehension: what is next?
22, Jan Wai Yin Lau Neural decoding of visual imagery during sleep
15, Jan Hongbin Qing Neural state space alignment for magnitude generalization in humans and recurrent networks
08, Jan Changjiang Gao Reconstructing the spectrotemporal modulations of real-life sounds from fMRI response patterns

2023

Date Speaker Paper
11, Dec Chengcheng Wang Learnable latent embeddings for joint behavioural and neural analysis
04, Dec Shuyi Wu Information flows from hippocampus to auditory cortex during replay of verbal working memory items
27, Nov Honghao Liu Information flow across the cortical timescale hierarchy during narrative construction
20, Nov Zhengwu Ma Interpreting encoding and decoding models
13, Nov Qian Zhou A M/EEG-fmri fusion primer: Resolving human brain responses in space and time
06, Nov Changjiang Gao Roles of Scaling and Instruction Tuning in Language Perception: Model vs. Human Attention
30, Oct Hongbin Qing Human-like systematic generalization through a meta-learning neural network
16, Oct Honghao Liu Functional organization of human sensorimotor cortex for speech articulation
09, Oct Zhengwu Ma Word meaning in minds and machines
25, Sep Chengcheng Wang Syntactic structure from deep learning
18, Sep Shuyi Wu Phonetic feature encoding in human superior temporal gyrus
11, Sep Qian Zhou Shared computational principles for language processing in humans and deep language models
04, Sep Changjiang Gao Task representations in neural networks trained to perform many cognitive tasks
21, Aug Hongbin Qing Performance-optimized hierarchical models predict neural responses in higher visual cortex
14, Aug Honghao Liu Integrative benchmarking to advance neurally mechanistic models of human intelligence
07, Aug Zhengwu Ma An investigation across 45 languages and 12 language families reveals a universal language network
19, Jun Chengcheng Wang Emergent linguistic structure in artificial neural networks trained by self-supervision
12, Jun Shuyi Wu The neural architecture of language: Integrative modeling converges on predictive processing
29, May Qian Zhou Cortical tracking of hierarchical linguistic structures in connected speech
08, May Hongbin Qing Natural speech reveals the semantic maps that tile human cerebral cortex
17, Apr Honghao Liu Context-dependent computation by recurrent dynamics in prefrontal cortex
10, Apr Zhengwu Ma Deep language algorithms predict semantic comprehension from brain activity
03, Apr Chengcheng Wang Explanatory models in neuroscience: Part 2 -- constraint-based intelligibility
27, Mar Shuyi Wu Explanatory models in neuroscience: Part 1 -- taking mechanistic abstraction seriously
20, Mar Qian Zhou Brains and algorithms partially converge in natural language processing
6, Mar Hongbin Qing A hierarchy of linguistic predictions during natural language comprehension
24, Feb Jixing Li The channel capacity of multilevel linguistic features constrains speech comprehension

2022

Date Speaker Paper
18, Nov Changjiang Gao Geometry of sequence working memory in macaque prefrontal cortex
04, Nov LAMB We don’t know how the brain stores anything, let alone words
28, Oct Hongbin Qing In vivo direct imaging of neuronal activity at high temporospatial resolution
21, Oct LAMB Multiscale temporal integration organizes hierarchical computation in human auditory cortex
07, Oct LAMB Consolidation of human skill linked to waking hippocampo-neocortical replay
30, Sep LAMB The free-energy principle: A unified brain theory?
23, Sep Changjiang Gao Direct fit to nature: An evolutionary perspective on biological and artificial neural networks
16, Sep LAMB Parallel and distributed encoding of speech across human auditory cortex

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Yuanning Li Dissecting neural computations of the human auditory pathway- from hypothesis-driven encoding to deep neural nets slides | video | code
Quanying Liu Structural connections constrain functional dynamics in the brain slides | video | code
Xiangbin Teng Time-frequency analyses and MCCA on Naturalistic Stimuli in EEG and MEG experiments slides | video | code
Shaonan Wang fMRI Encoding and Decoding Method With Textual Representations slides | video | code
Haiyan Wu Incorporating mouse tracking in studies: From implementation to data modeling slides | video | code
Ruyuan Zhang Computational Modeling of Human Perceptual Decision-Making slides | video | code