Research Description

My laboratory pursues the description, at the formal (or mathematical), cognitive, and neurophysiological levels, the mechanisms through which language production changes the mind and the brain. To achieve this goal, I combine functional magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, mathematical formalisms (active inference under the free energy principle), and natural language processing. The program has revealed observable spoken linguistic cues, model parameters, and neural signatures associated with conceptual organization in healthy subjects and schizophrenia patients. Currently, my trainees and I are identifying the neural signatures and relevant computational parameters (computational phenotype components) of the effect of writing on the brain, targeting academic learning and developmental disorders (e.g., ADHD). In general, our research area falls into the broader field of computational phenotyping in precision psychiatry (computational psychiatry) and precision education.

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Research Area

Neuro-computational Signatures of the Effect of Writing on Conceptual Organization