Hehui Li

Brain State Dynamics and Developmental Differences in Reading Comprehension

This study uses fMRI and HMM to analyze brain state dynamics during reading comprehension in children and adults, finding developmental differences in state transitions and their relation to reading performance.

Tripartite organization of brain state dynamics underlying spoken narrative comprehension

The paper uses Hidden Markov Modeling on fMRI data to show that brain state dynamics during spoken narrative comprehension involve a tripartite state space, with states linked to sensory-motor, temporal, and DMN regions, and predictive of comprehension scores.

The "two-brain" approach reveals the positive role of task-deactivated default mode network in narrative speech comprehension

The paper shows the default mode network (DMN) actively supports narrative speech comprehension, not just being suppressed, through neural couplings and hierarchical network interactions.

Reduced listener-speaker neural coupling underlies speech understanding difficulty in older adults

This study shows that older adults have reduced neural coupling with speakers during speech comprehension, which correlates with poorer speech understanding.

Identifying a supramodal language network in human brain with individual fingerprint

The paper identifies a supramodal language network in the human brain using individual-specific activity patterns across different language modalities.