Convergent thinking and insight problem solving relate to semantic memory network structure

S Luchini, YN Kenett, DC Zeitlen… - Thinking Skills and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The associative theory of creativity has long held that creative thinking involves connecting
remote concepts in semantic memory. Network science tools have recently been applied to …

Brain-imaging evidence for compression of binary sound sequences in human memory

F Al Roumi, S Planton, L Wang, S Dehaene - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
According to the language-of-thought hypothesis, regular sequences are compressed in
human memory using recursive loops akin to a mental program that predicts future items …

Humans parsimoniously represent auditory sequences by pruning and completing the underlying network structure

L Benjamin, A Fló, F Al Roumi, G Dehaene-Lambertz - ELife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Successive auditory inputs are rarely independent, their relationships ranging from local
transitions between elements to hierarchical and nested representations. In many situations …

Representing melodic relationships using network science

HM Merseal, RE Beaty, YN Kenett, J Lloyd-Cox… - Cognition, 2023 - Elsevier
Music is a complex system consisting of many dimensions and hierarchically organized
information—the organization of which, to date, we do not fully understand. Network science …

Structure shapes the representation of a novel category.

SH Solomon, AC Schapiro - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Concepts contain rich structures that support flexible semantic cognition. These
structures can be characterized by patterns of feature covariation: Certain features tend to …

[HTML][HTML] Network structure influences the strength of learned neural representations

AE Kahn, K Szymula, S Loman, EB Haggerty, N Nyema… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Human experience is built upon sequences of discrete events. From those sequences,
humans build impressively accurate models of their world. This process has been referred to …

Human sensitivity to statistical regularities at different scales in auditory sequences: evidence from electrophysiology and behavior in adults and neonates

L Benjamin - 2023 - theses.hal.science
How does a brain manage to extract information from the environment and discover relevant
structures in it, all the more so when it is immature and with little experience, as a newborn …

[PDF][PDF] Thinking Skills and Creativity

S Luchini, YN Kenett, DC Zeitlen, AP Christensen… - asumaclab.com
The associative theory of creativity has long held that creative thinking involves connecting
remote concepts in semantic memory. Network science tools have recently been applied to …