Direct fit to nature: an evolutionary perspective on biological and artificial neural networks

U Hasson, SA Nastase, A Goldstein - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Evolution is a blind fitting process by which organisms become adapted to their
environment. Does the brain use similar brute-force fitting processes to learn how to …

The revolution will not be controlled: natural stimuli in speech neuroscience

LS Hamilton, AG Huth - Language, cognition and neuroscience, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Humans have a unique ability to produce and consume rich, complex, and varied language
in order to communicate ideas to one another. Still, outside of natural reading, the most …

The generalizability crisis

T Yarkoni - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2022 - cambridge.org
Most theories and hypotheses in psychology are verbal in nature, yet their evaluation
overwhelmingly relies on inferential statistical procedures. The validity of the move from …

[HTML][HTML] Keep it real: rethinking the primacy of experimental control in cognitive neuroscience

SA Nastase, A Goldstein, U Hasson - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
Naturalistic experimental paradigms in neuroimaging arose from a pressure to test the
validity of models we derive from highly-controlled experiments in real-world contexts. In …

The relation between statistical power and inference in fMRI

HR Cremers, TD Wager, T Yarkoni - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Statistically underpowered studies can result in experimental failure even when all other
experimental considerations have been addressed impeccably. In fMRI the combination of a …

[HTML][HTML] Movies in the magnet: Naturalistic paradigms in developmental functional neuroimaging

T Vanderwal, J Eilbott, FX Castellanos - Developmental cognitive …, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of movie-watching as an acquisition state for functional connectivity (FC) MRI has
recently enabled multiple groups to obtain rich data sets in younger children with both …

The hippocampal film editor: sensitivity and specificity to event boundaries in continuous experience

A Ben-Yakov, RN Henson - Journal of Neuroscience, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
The function of the human hippocampus is normally investigated by experimental
manipulation of discrete events. Less is known about what triggers hippocampal activity …

The problem with propositions: Theoretical triangulation to better explain phenomena in management research

JP Cornelissen - Academy of Management Review, 2023 - journals.aom.org
In management research, theory is commonly viewed as a set of propositional statements
backed up by theoretical assumptions. This view is embraced across conceptual and …

Computational language modeling and the promise of in silico experimentation

S Jain, VA Vo, L Wehbe, AG Huth - Neurobiology of Language, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Abstract Language neuroscience currently relies on two major experimental paradigms:
controlled experiments using carefully hand-designed stimuli, and natural stimulus …

Understanding mixed-effects models through data simulation

LM DeBruine, DJ Barr - Advances in Methods and Practices …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Experimental designs that sample both subjects and stimuli from a larger population need to
account for random effects of both subjects and stimuli using mixed-effects models …