Comprehension of computer code relies primarily on domain-general executive brain regions

AA Ivanova, S Srikant, Y Sueoka, HH Kean, R Dhamala… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Computer programming is a novel cognitive tool that has transformed modern society. What
cognitive and neural mechanisms support this skill? Here, we used functional magnetic …

Transfer from spatial education to verbal reasoning and prediction of transfer from learning-related neural change

RA Cortes, EG Peterson, DJM Kraemer… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Current debate surrounds the promise of neuroscience for education, including whether
learning-related neural changes can predict learning transfer better than traditional …

Neural alignment predicts learning outcomes in students taking an introduction to computer science course

M Meshulam, L Hasenfratz, H Hillman, YF Liu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite major advances in measuring human brain activity during and after educational
experiences, it is unclear how learners internalize new content, especially in real-life and …

Teacher–student neural coupling during teaching and learning

M Nguyen, A Chang, E Micciche… - Social cognitive and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Human communication is remarkably versatile, enabling teachers to share highly abstracted
and novel information with their students. What neural processes enable such transfer of …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring Inner Speech Recognition via Cross-Perception Approach in EEG and fMRI

J Qin, L Zong, F Liu - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Multimodal brain signal analysis has shown great potential in decoding complex cognitive
processes, particularly in the challenging task of inner speech recognition. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Increased or decreased? Interpersonal neural synchronization in group creation

Z Liang, S Li, S Zhou, S Chen, Y Li, Y Chen, Q Zhao… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
Group creation is the process by which group members collaborate to produce novel and
useful ideas or products, including ideas generation and evaluation. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Vigilant attention mediates the association between resting EEG alpha oscillations and word learning ability

Y Huang, Y Deng, L Kong, X Zhang, X Wei, T Mao… - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
Individuals exhibit considerable variability in their capacity to learn and retain new
information, including novel vocabulary. Prior research has established the importance of …

Deep neural networks and brain alignment: brain encoding and decoding (survey)

SR Oota, Z Chen, M Gupta, RS Bapi, G Jobard… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Can we obtain insights about the brain using AI models? How is the information in deep
learning models related to brain recordings? Can we improve AI models with the help of …

Decoding individual identity from brain activity elicited in imagining common experiences

AJ Anderson, K McDermott, B Rooks, KL Heffner… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Everyone experiences common events differently. This leads to personal memories that
presumably provide neural signatures of individual identity when events are reimagined. We …

Educational fMRI: From the lab to the classroom

ML Seghier, MA Fahim, C Habak - Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Functional MRI (fMRI) findings hold many potential applications for education, and yet, the
translation of fMRI findings to education has not flowed. Here, we address the types of fMRI …