Comparative study of LSA vs Word2vec embeddings in small corpora: a case study in dreams database

E Altszyler, M Sigman, S Ribeiro, DF Slezak - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2016 - arxiv.org
Word embeddings have been extensively studied in large text datasets. However, only a few
studies analyze semantic representations of small corpora, particularly relevant in single …

Possibilities and limits of mind-reading: a neurophilosophical perspective

K Evers, M Sigman - Consciousness and Cognition, 2013 - Elsevier
Access to other minds once presupposed other individuals' expressions and narrations.
Today, several methods have been developed which can measure brain states relevant for …

Concept mover's distance: Measuring concept engagement via word embeddings in texts

DS Stoltz, MA Taylor - Journal of Computational Social Science, 2019 - Springer
We propose a method for measuring a text's engagement with a focal concept using
distributional representations of the meaning of words. More specifically, this measure relies …

The interpretation of dream meaning: Resolving ambiguity using Latent Semantic Analysis in a small corpus of text

E Altszyler, S Ribeiro, M Sigman, DF Slezak - Consciousness and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Computer-based dreams content analysis relies on word frequencies within predefined
categories in order to identify different elements in text. As a complementary approach, we …

[HTML][HTML] A window into the intoxicated mind? Speech as an index of psychoactive drug effects

G Bedi, GA Cecchi, DF Slezak, F Carrillo… - …, 2014 - nature.com
Abused drugs can profoundly alter mental states in ways that may motivate drug use. These
effects are usually assessed with self-report, an approach that is vulnerable to biases …

A systematic assessment of “axial age” proposals using global comparative historical evidence

DA Mullins, D Hoyer, C Collins… - American …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Proponents of the Axial Age contend that parallel cultural developments between 800 and
200 BCE in what is today China, Greece, India, Iran, and Israel-Palestine constitute the …

[HTML][HTML] The history of writing reflects the effects of education on discourse structure: implications for literacy, orality, psychosis and the axial age

S Pinheiro, NB Mota, M Sigman… - Trends in neuroscience …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Graph analysis detects psychosis and literacy acquisition. Bronze Age literature
has been proposed to contain childish or psychotic features, which would only have matured …

[图书][B] Emotions and the Body

B De Gelder - 2016 - books.google.com
The face has long been considered the gateway to understanding human emotion and
cognition. Body language is an equally powerful means of communication, however …

Sweet and sour: music and taste associations

M Kontukoski, H Luomala, B Mesz, M Sigman… - Nutrition & Food …, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–This paper aims to extend current understanding concerning the cross-modal
correspondences between sounds and tastes by introducing new research tools and …

[HTML][HTML] Imagetic and affective measures of memory reverberation diverge at sleep onset in association with theta rhythm

NB Mota, E Soares, E Altszyler, I Sánchez-Gendriz… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
The 'day residue'-the presence of waking memories into dreams-is a century-old concept
that remains controversial in neuroscience. Even at the psychological level, it remains …