Benjamin Morillon

Cortical encoding of probabilistic temporal predictions during speech perception

The paper shows that speech perception involves dynamic, context-dependent temporal predictions encoded in the brain, with RNN models outperforming simpler models in capturing this structure.

Surprise gates two distinct mechanisms to support memorability in music

The paper investigates how musical memorability relates to neural responses to surprise and expectation, finding a U-shaped relationship between surprise and memory performance.

Sensory integration, temporal prediction and rule discovery reflect interdependent inference processes

The paper investigates how sensory integration, temporal prediction, and rule discovery interact in humans using rhythmic stimulus sequences and finds they operate interdependently.

Speech is defined by theta-gamma coupled acoustic rhythms, mapped onto segregated populations in human early auditory cortex

The paper shows that theta-gamma rhythms in human auditory cortex reflect speech acoustics, with distinct neural populations processing different speech timescales.

Dual representation of lexical uncertainty in human cortex

The paper investigates how the brain represents lexical uncertainty using two complementary measures, dispersion and strength, through whole-brain intracranial EEG during natural listening.

Bridging verbal coordination and neural dynamics

The paper develops a real-time coupled-oscillators virtual partner to study verbal coordination and its neural dynamics using intracranial recordings from epilepsy patients.

Auditory cortical coding of spectrotemporal modulations is sufficient to support perceptual categorization of speech and music

PolyRNN: A time-resolved model of polyphonic musical expectations aligned with human brain responses

The paper introduces PolyRNN, a model of musical expectations in polyphonic music, and shows it aligns with human brain responses recorded via MEG and intracranial EEG.

Behavioral Evidence for Two Modes of Attention

This study identifies two modes of attention—rhythmic and continuous—through behavioral experiments and a coupled oscillators model, showing rhythmic mode operates at ~1.5 Hz in long auditory streams.

Speech and music recruit frequency-specific distributed and overlapping cortical networks

The paper investigates how speech and music processing share and differ in neural networks using intracranial EEG recordings and statistical analysis.

Auditory hemispheric asymmetry as a specialization for actions and objects

The paper investigates auditory hemispheric asymmetry, proposing that it supports the categorization of sounds based on actions and objects through differential processing of temporal and spectral acoustic modulations.

Neural dynamics of predictive timing and motor engagement in music listening

The paper investigates how neural dynamics in the dorsal auditory pathway relate to the experience of groove during music listening and shows that motor engagement reflects predictive timing.

Neuronal Avalanches in Naturalistic Speech and Music Listening

This study examines neuronal avalanches during speech and music listening versus rest, finding stimulus-driven coordination and distinct network dynamics.

The channel capacity of multilevel linguistic features constrains speech comprehension

This study investigates how multilevel linguistic features constrain speech comprehension by measuring their individual impacts and channel capacities.

Stimulating music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties

This study investigates how music with specific acoustic properties affects attention in individuals with attentional difficulties, finding that amplitude-modulated music improves sustained attention.

Frequency selectivity of persistent cortical oscillatory responses to auditory rhythmic stimulation

The paper investigates persistent cortical oscillatory responses to auditory rhythmic stimulation and finds that high-gamma activity persists after stimulation, while low-frequency dynamics do not.

Converging intracortical signatures of two separated processing timescales in human early auditory cortex.

The paper investigates dual timescale processing in human auditory cortex using EEG, modeling, and decoding, finding bimodal spectral and informational patterns consistent with a dual subnetwork model.

Asymmetric sampling in human auditory cortex reveals spectral processing hierarchy

The paper analyzes intracranial data from 96 epilepsy patients to reveal a two-timescale processing mode in human auditory cortex, with hemispheric differences emerging beyond primary regions.

Attention to rhythms: sensory-specific constrained sampling of temporal regularities

The paper quantifies temporal attention sampling capacities in auditory and visual perception, revealing optimal rates and motor-related modulation.