Biological systems often detect species-specific signals in the environment. In humans,
speech and language are species-specific signals of fundamental biological importance. To …

How does the human brain store sequences of spatial locations? We propose that each
sequence is internally compressed using an abstract, language-like code that captures its …

This is a book about syntax, a system of structured expressions that figure in various aspects
of human cognition, language in particular. Provided with finite discrete elements (lexical …

Two decades of attempts to model the emergence of language as a collective cognitive
activity have demonstrated a number of principles that might have been part of the historical …

Neural oscillations at distinct frequencies are increasingly being related to a number of basic
and higher cognitive faculties. Oscillations enable the construction of coherently organized …

How numerical representation is encoded in the adult human brain is important for a basic
understanding of human brain organization, its typical and atypical development, its …

This special issue explores the growing intersection between mathematical psychology and
cognitive neuroscience. Mathematical psychology, and cognitive modeling more generally …

Theory predicts a close structural relation of formal languages with natural languages. Both
share the aspect of an underlying grammar which either generates (hierarchically) …

The cognitive concept of representation plays a key role in theories of brain information
processing. However, linking neuronal activity to representational content and cognitive …

This chapter examines the neurophysiological plausibility of some of the claims of
Construction Grammar with regard to syntactic structures. It suggests that evidence from …