{"id":5089,"date":"2025-11-08T20:11:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T20:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cog-ist.com\/?post_type=etkinlik-duyuru&p=5089"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:37:10","slug":"from-sentences-to-words-and-back-again-statistical-and-structural-relations-in-the-neural-signal-sophie-slaats-phd-cognitive-webinar-19","status":"publish","type":"etkinlik-duyuru","link":"https:\/\/cog-ist.com\/en\/etkinlik-duyuru\/from-sentences-to-words-and-back-again-statistical-and-structural-relations-in-the-neural-signal-sophie-slaats-phd-cognitive-webinar-19\/","title":{"rendered":"From Sentences to Words, and Back Again: Statistical and Structural Relations in the Neural Signal \u2013 Sophie Slaats (PhD) \u2013 Cognitive Webinar #19\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the first Cognitive Webinar<\/strong> of this year, we are excited to host Sophie Slaats<\/strong>, a postdoctoral researcher at the Universit\u00e9 de Gen\u00e8ve<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her talk, titled \u201cFrom Sentences to Words, and Back Again: Statistical and Structural Relations in the Neural Signal,\u201d<\/em> we will explore recent advances in neurolinguistics<\/strong> and psycholinguistics<\/strong>, focusing on how the brain processes linguistic structure and statistical regularities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To join the event, please fill out the registration form below. Further details about the date, time, content,<\/strong> and speaker bio<\/strong> can also be found below.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 19th November, Wednesday
Time:\u00a08 PM (GMT +3), 6 PM (CET), 12:00 PM (EST)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below you can also find more information about the content and the speaker herself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From sentences to words, and back again: Statistical and structural relations in the neural signal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To understand spoken language<\/strong>, we need to recognize words and combine them into sentences. Much about the neural mechanisms<\/strong> underlying these processes is to date unknown. In this talk, I will present results from two studies with magnetoencephalography (MEG) <\/strong>that suggest that these processes are highly interactive. In the studies, participants listened to spoken single sentences and word lists, or continuous stories in Dutch, their native language<\/strong>. We studied processing of words and sentence structure in slow neural activity <\/strong>(the delta band; 0.5-4 Hz) using Temporal Response Functions<\/strong>. The first study showed that low-frequency neural signals<\/strong> respond differently to words that are embedded in sentences than to words that are in unstructured word lists<\/strong>. The second study revealed that the probability of words affects how our brain responds to sentence structure<\/strong>. Taken together, these studies suggest that the availability of linguistic information at one level – sentence structure or word probability – affects the timing of neural responses at the other level.<\/strong> This highlights that structure <\/strong>and probability <\/strong>actively work together to support language comprehension.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophie Slaats (PhD)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophie Slaats<\/strong> is a postdoctoral researcher <\/strong>at the Universit\u00e9 de Gen\u00e8ve<\/strong>, working in Dr. Alexis Hervais-Adelman\u2019s group DynoBaLL.<\/strong> Her research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying language comprehension,<\/strong> particularly the roles of hierarchical structure and lexical probability in linguistic processing<\/strong>. She investigates these questions using MEG, EEG, and iEEG methods<\/strong> combined with time-resolved regression analyses<\/strong>. Sophie completed her PhD in Psycholinguistics at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics<\/strong> and Radboud University<\/strong>, following degrees in Cognitive Neuroscience and Linguistics from Utrecht University<\/strong> and BCBL in Spain.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\u00a0Cognitive Webinar<\/strong>\u00a0is conducted online, exclusively in English, and is designed to engage an international audience. Through this series, CogIST aims to establish a platform that extends beyond science communication, enhancing interaction and collaboration among academics worldwide. Featuring talks from numerous researchers and scientists, the series will cover a diverse range of topics within cognitive science, facilitating the exchange of ideas and interdisciplinary discourse.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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