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Research
Latest papers
Electrophysiological signatures of the effect of context on exploration: Greater attentional and learning signals when exploration is costly.
Brain research · 2025
Rhythm May Be Key to Linking Language and Cognition in Young Infants: Evidence From Machine Learning.
Frontiers in psychology · 2022
Neural representation of words within phrases: Temporal evolution of color-adjectives and object-nouns during simple composition.
PloS one · 2021 · senior author
Latest funding
- $37,801
The influence of language and culture on the development of lexical semantic systems in infants and toddlers
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $55,868
Statistical Inference on the Effect of Counterfactual Policies
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $123,000
Improving language models, inspired by the brain
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
12 publications.
Electrophysiological signatures of the effect of context on exploration: Greater attentional and learning signals when exploration is costly.
Ferguson TD, Fyshe A, White A
Rhythm May Be Key to Linking Language and Cognition in Young Infants: Evidence From Machine Learning.
Lau JCY, Fyshe A, Waxman SR
Neural representation of words within phrases: Temporal evolution of color-adjectives and object-nouns during simple composition.
Honari-Jahromi M, Chouinard B, Blanco-Elorrieta E, Pylkkänen L, Fyshe A
Using EEG to decode semantics during an artificial language learning task.
Foster C, Williams CC, Krigolson OE, Fyshe A
Words as a window: Using word embeddings to explore the learned representations of Convolutional Neural Networks.
Dharmaretnam D, Foster C, Fyshe A
Improved object recognition using neural networks trained to mimic the brain's statistical properties.
Federer C, Xu H, Fyshe A, Zylberberg J
Quantifying depression-related language on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Davis BD, McKnight DE, Teodorescu D, Quan-Haase A, Chunara R, Fyshe A, Lizotte DJ
Studying language in context using the temporal generalization method.
Fyshe A
The lexical semantics of adjective-noun phrases in the human brain.
Fyshe A, Sudre G, Wehbe L, Rafidi N, Mitchell TM
How to start a research lab.
Fyshe A
The influence of language and culture on the development of lexical semantic systems in infants and toddlers
Principal investigators: Werker, Janet F.
Keywords: semantic systems; infancy; language acquisition; bilingualism; culture; lexical development
Statistical Inference on the Effect of Counterfactual Policies
Principal investigators: Wan, Yuanyuan
Keywords: counterfactual policies; policy relevant treatment effect; marginal treatment effect; uniform inference; copula modelling; semiparametric estimation
Improving language models, inspired by the brain
Principal investigators: Fyshe, Alona
Keywords: natural language processing; neural networks; natural language generation; neuroscience; language acquisition; brain imaging; representations; language development
Ensuring Full Literacy in a Multicultural and Digital World
Keywords: literacy; reading; language learning; culture; technology; new media; behaviour; neuroimaging; computational modeling; Indigenous; immigrant; Canada's official languages
Ensuring Full Literacy in a Multicultural and Digital World
Keywords: literacy; reading; language learning; culture; technology; new media; behaviour; neuroimaging; computational modeling; Indigenous; immigrant; Canada's official languages
Training AI systems with brain activation patterns of human experts during vision-based tasks
Principal investigators: Fyshe, Alona
Computational Techniques for Exploring Language in the Brain
Principal investigators: Fyshe, Alona
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Russ Greiner and Alona Fyshe: 1 shared paper
- Adam White and Alona Fyshe: 1 shared paper
- Joel Zylberberg and Alona Fyshe: 1 shared paper
- Alona Fyshe and Russell Greiner: 1 shared paper
- Computing Science
- Physics
- Medicine
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