Michal Ben‐Shachar

Expectation management in humans and LLMs

This study compares how humans and large language models (LLMs) process mirative markers in sentence completion tasks, finding similar patterns in response entropy and performance.

Attention to speech: Mapping distributed and selective attention systems

The paper investigates how selective and distributed attention strategies affect neural activity during multi-speaker listening using fMRI.

Interpreting sensory and cognitive signals in the cortical reading network

The paper examines how different visual patterns affect pRF estimates in the visual cortex and reading network, finding differences in sensory and cognitive signal integration.

A general role for ventral white matter pathways in morphological processing: going beyond reading

The study shows that ventral white matter pathways are involved in morphological processing during oral word production, not just reading, and highlights the importance of sensitive structural measurements.

Toddlers later diagnosed with autism exhibit multiple structural abnormalities in temporal corpus callosum fibers

The paper identifies structural abnormalities in the temporal corpus callosum fibers of toddlers later diagnosed with autism, showing altered diffusion metrics and correlations with autism severity.