The human superior temporal gyrus (STG) is critical for extracting meaningful linguistic
features from speech input. Local neural populations are tuned to acoustic-phonetic features …

This article presents a unifying theory of the embodied, situated human brain called the
Hierarchically Mechanistic Mind (HMM). The HMM describes the brain as a complex …

In this paper, we set out to develop a theoretical and conceptual framework for the new field
of Radical Embodied Cognitive Neuroscience. This framework should be able to integrate …

This paper considers communication in terms of inference about the behaviour of others
(and our own behaviour). It is based on the premise that our sensations are largely …

We suggested recently that attention can be understood as inferring the level of uncertainty
or precision during hierarchical perception. In this paper, we try to substantiate this claim …

A widely discussed hypothesis in neuroscience is that transiently active ensembles of
neurons, known as" cell assemblies," underlie numerous operations of the brain, from …

In this review of 100 fMRI studies of speech comprehension and production, published in
2009, activation is reported for: prelexical speech perception in bilateral superior temporal …

We have suggested that the mirror-neuron system might be usefully understood as
implementing Bayes-optimal perception of actions emitted by oneself or others. To …

In this treatment of random dynamical systems, we consider the existence—and
identification—of conditional independencies at nonequilibrium steady-state. These …

Hermeneutics refers to interpretation and translation of text (typically ancient scriptures) but
also applies to verbal and non-verbal communication. In a psychological setting it nicely …