Carina Kauf

Semantic reasoning takes place largely outside the language network

The paper identifies brain regions outside the language network involved in semantic processing of both linguistic and pictorial stimuli using fMRI experiments.

Linguistic inputs must be syntactically parsable to fully engage the language network

The paper tests whether syntactic parsing is necessary for language comprehension by analyzing brain responses to syntactically ill-formed but semantically plausible and grammatically correct but semantically implausible sentences.

Lexical semantic content, not syntactic structure, is the main contributor to ANN-brain similarity of fMRI responses in the language network

This study shows that lexical semantic content, not syntax, drives similarity between ANN language model representations and fMRI brain responses in the language network.

The neural architecture of language: Integrative modeling converges on predictive processing

This paper shows that powerful transformer models predict neural and behavioral responses during language processing across datasets and modalities, supporting predictive processing as a core mechanism.