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Peter Donhauser @pwdonh.bsky.social · Aug 29

The paper discusses in depth the parallels with and potential insights for the bilingual language learning literature. This was a very fun collaborative project together with bilingualism experts @kleind.bsky.social and @kbyers.bsky.social

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Peter Donhauser @pwdonh.bsky.social · Aug 29

The development of parallel phonological representations varied based on the timing of language exposure, showing how earlier-learned languages shape the acquisition of subsequent ones.

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Peter Donhauser @pwdonh.bsky.social · Aug 29

We show that multiple phonological systems are organized through parallel representations, preserving the unique aspects of each language while maintaining shared articulatory features (here e.g. manner of articulation and consonant voicing).

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Peter Donhauser @pwdonh.bsky.social · Aug 29

In this new paper led by @drcharlotte.bsky.social and myself, we explored phonological representations in monolingual and bilingual neural networks trained on speech recognition: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Efficient neural encoding as revealed by bilingualism | PNAS

The remarkable human capacity for bilingual and multilingual acquisition raises fundamental questions about how the brain develops efficient system...

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Peter Donhauser @pwdonh.bsky.social · Aug 29

The development of parallel phonological representations varied based on the timing of language exposure, showing how earlier-learned languages shape the acquisition of subsequent ones.

Peter Donhauser @pwdonh.bsky.social · Aug 29

We show that multiple phonological systems are organized through parallel representations, preserving the unique aspects of each language while maintaining shared articulatory features (here e.g. manner of articulation and consonant voicing).

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Peter Donhauser @pwdonh.bsky.social · Aug 19

True. And before meeting Yue Sun I had no idea you could have conversations that last for hours about: syllables.

David Poeppel @davidpoeppel.bsky.social · Aug 19

Just looked through this paper again - and I still think these results are cool (and less obvious than one might think) :-)

"Syllables and their beginnings have a special role in the mental lexicon" Yue Sun providing a nice perspective on phonology and the lexicon.
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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Peter Donhauser @pwdonh.bsky.social · Jul 23

Big news indeed:)

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Liberty Hamilton @libertysays.bsky.social · Mar 19

This was an interesting commentary to write on work by Binder et al. regarding impaired acoustic phonetic perception after unilateral left hemisphere stroke. academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...

Converging and conflicting evidence for left temporal lobe regions in acoustic-phonetic perception

This scientific commentary refers to ‘Lesion correlates of impaired acoustic-phonetic perception after unilateral left hemisphere stroke’ by Binder et al.

academic.oup.com

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Natalie Schaworonkow @nschawor.bsky.social · Mar 14

documentary with a brief appearance of my PI arguing for basic shared values. the past few months here have been highly strange... (example: how to conduct lab meetings when your PI is not allowed to enter the building? 😶‍🌫️)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5nE...

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Sophie Greenwood @sjgreenwood.bsky.social · Mar 10

Please repost to get the word out! @nkgarg.bsky.social and I are excited to present a personalized feed for academics! It shows posts about papers from accounts you’re following bsky.app/profile/pape...

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Martin Hebart @martinhebart.bsky.social · Mar 6

People talk a lot about objects, but what about the softness of a cushion, the greenness of an emerald, or the viscosity of oil? In our work just published @pnas.org, we shed light on how we make sense of the hundreds of materials around us.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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David Poeppel @davidpoeppel.bsky.social · Mar 3

20+ years ago, an idea about cortical lateralization of audition was advanced: asymmetric sampling in time (AST). This extensive review/reevaluation by Chantal Oderbolz, me, and Martin Meyer assesses how the idea has fared. #notallwrong
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Asymmetric Sampling in Time: Evidence and perspectives

Auditory and speech signals are undisputedly processed in both left and right hemispheres, but this bilateral allocation is likely unequal. The Asymme…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Mariya Toneva @mtoneva.bsky.social · Feb 28

One week left to apply!

We'll have so much exciting data for projects: for example, neuropixel data from humans while they listen to sentences courtesy of @shaileejain.bsky.social, Eddie Chang, and his group.

Mariya Toneva @mtoneva.bsky.social · Feb 3

Really excited for this 3 week NeuroAI summer school in Lisbon!

We have course faculty from a range of neuro domains (language, vision, decision making, memory), and neuro levels (low level to cognitive). There will also be a project advised by our exciting lineup of course faculty!

Come join us!

CAJAL Training @cajal-training.bsky.social · Feb 3

🚀 Applications are OPEN for the CAJAL NeuroAI course!

Learn how AI & deep learning help us model brain activity & behavior. Work with experts, get hands-on training & join a global network!

📅 Apply by March 7
🔗 loom.ly/xg_uRKE

#NeuroAI #DeepLearning #Neuroscience

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Peter Donhauser @pwdonh.bsky.social · Feb 14

I feel like you're already missing a spotlight here by not providing a link to your paper:)

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Natalie Schaworonkow @nschawor.bsky.social · Feb 11

"Key attributes of successful research institutes" journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... – well-written perspective on what makes research institutes successful. having a lot of resources is not sufficient, if there is no positive research culture or good governance structure.