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View article: Investigating predictive coding in younger and older children using MEG and a multi-feature auditory oddball paradigm
Investigating predictive coding in younger and older children using MEG and a multi-feature auditory oddball paradigm Open
There is mounting evidence for predictive coding theory from computational, neuroimaging, and psychological research. However, there remains a lack of research exploring how predictive brain function develops across childhood. To address t…
View article: Hearing the World Differently: Examining Predictive Coding Accounts of Autism Using MEG
Hearing the World Differently: Examining Predictive Coding Accounts of Autism Using MEG Open
Predictive coding accounts of autism suggest that autistic perception is characterised by divergent precision weighting. The precise nature of this divergence, however, is debated. Here, we sought to disentangle competing predictive coding…
View article: Toward an Individualized Neural Assessment of Receptive Language in Children
Toward an Individualized Neural Assessment of Receptive Language in Children Open
Purpose We aimed to develop a noninvasive neural test of language comprehension to use with nonspeaking children for whom standard behavioral testing is unreliable (e.g., minimally verbal autism). Our aims were threefold. First, we sought …
View article: Co-Increasing Neuronal Noise and Beta Power in the Developing Brain
Co-Increasing Neuronal Noise and Beta Power in the Developing Brain Open
Accumulating evidence across species indicates that brain oscillations are superimposed upon an aperiodic 1/ f - like power spectrum. Maturational changes in neuronal oscillations have not been assessed in tandem with this underlying aperi…
View article: Towards an individualised neural assessment of receptive language in children
Towards an individualised neural assessment of receptive language in children Open
Purpose We aimed to develop a non-invasive neural test of language comprehension to use with non-speaking children for whom standard behavioural testing is unreliable (e.g., minimally-verbal autism). Our aims were three-fold. First, we sou…
View article: Topological segregation of functional networks increases in developing brains
Topological segregation of functional networks increases in developing brains Open
A growing literature conceptualises human brain development from a network perspective, but it remains unknown how functional brain networks are refined during the preschool years. The extant literature diverges in its characterisation of …
View article: Human agency beliefs influence behaviour during virtual social interactions
Human agency beliefs influence behaviour during virtual social interactions Open
In recent years, with the emergence of relatively inexpensive and accessible virtual reality technologies, it is now possible to deliver compelling and realistic simulations of human-to-human interaction. Neuroimaging studies have shown th…
View article: Human agency beliefs influence behaviour during virtual social interactions
Human agency beliefs influence behaviour during virtual social interactions Open
In recent years, with the emergence of relatively inexpensive and accessible virtual reality technologies, it is now possible to deliver compelling and realistic simulations of human-to-human interaction. Neuroimaging studies have shown th…
View article: Human agency beliefs influence behaviour during virtual social interactions
Human agency beliefs influence behaviour during virtual social interactions Open
In recent years, with the emergence of relatively inexpensive and accessible virtual reality technologies, it is now possible to deliver compelling and realistic simulations of human-to-human interaction. Neuroimaging studies have shown th…
View article: Detecting communicative intent in a computerised test of joint attention
Detecting communicative intent in a computerised test of joint attention Open
The successful navigation of social interactions depends on a range of cognitive faculties—including the ability to achieve joint attention with others to share information and experiences. We investigated the influence that intention moni…
View article: The Magnetic Acoustic Change Complex and Mismatch Field: A Comparison of Neurophysiological Measures of Auditory Discrimination
The Magnetic Acoustic Change Complex and Mismatch Field: A Comparison of Neurophysiological Measures of Auditory Discrimination Open
The Acoustic Change Complex (ACC), a P1-N1-P2-like event-related response to changes in a continuous sound, has been suggested as a reliable, objective, and efficient test of auditory discrimination. We used magnetoencephalography to compa…
View article: Individual differences in autistic children’s homograph reading: Evidence from Hebrew
Individual differences in autistic children’s homograph reading: Evidence from Hebrew Open
Background and aims On average, autistic individuals make more errors than control participants when reading aloud sentences containing heterophonic homographs—written words with multiple meanings and pronunciations. This finding is widely…
View article: Detecting communicative intent in a computerised test of joint attention
Detecting communicative intent in a computerised test of joint attention Open
The successful navigation of social interactions depends on a range of cognitive faculties – including the ability to achieve joint attention with others to share information and experiences. We investigated the influence that intention mo…
View article: Detecting communicative intent in a computerised test of joint attention
Detecting communicative intent in a computerised test of joint attention Open
The successful navigation of social interactions depends on a range of cognitive faculties – including the ability to achieve joint attention with others to share information and experiences. We investigated the influence that intention mo…
View article: Effects of Type of Agreement Violation and Utterance Position on the Auditory Processing of Subject-Verb Agreement: An ERP Study
Effects of Type of Agreement Violation and Utterance Position on the Auditory Processing of Subject-Verb Agreement: An ERP Study Open
Previous ERP studies have often reported two ERP components-LAN and P600-in response to subject-verb (S-V) agreement violations (e.g., the boys (*) runs). However, the latency, amplitude and scalp distribution of these components have been…
View article: Research on adults with autism spectrum disorder: Roundtable report
Research on adults with autism spectrum disorder: Roundtable report Open
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in adults is estimated to be at least 1% (Brugha et al., 2011), yet almost all ASD research focuses on children. Adult intervention studies, in part...
View article: Case study: auditory brain responses in a minimally verbal child with autism and cerebral palsy
Case study: auditory brain responses in a minimally verbal child with autism and cerebral palsy Open
An estimated 30% of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) remain minimally verbal into late childhood, but research on cognition and brain function in ASD focuses almost exclusively on those with good or only moderately impaired…
View article: Development of effective connectivity in the core network for face perception
Development of effective connectivity in the core network for face perception Open
This study measured effective connectivity within the core face network in young children using a paediatric magnetoencephalograph (MEG). Dynamic casual modeling (DCM) of brain responses was performed in a group of adults ( N = 14) and a g…
View article: Auditory envelope following responses in the mature and developing human brain
Auditory envelope following responses in the mature and developing human brain Open
Event Abstract Back to Event Auditory envelope following responses in the mature and developing human brain Huizhen Tang1*, Jon Brock1, Stephen Crain2 and Blake Johnson1 1 Macquarie University , Cognitive Science , Australia 2 Macquarie Un…
View article: Neural processing of face repetitions in pre-schoolers and adults: An MEG study
Neural processing of face repetitions in pre-schoolers and adults: An MEG study Open
Event Abstract Back to Event Neural processing of face repetitions in pre-schoolers and adults: An MEG study Wei He1*, Jon Brock1 and Blake Johnson1 1 Macquarie University, Department of Cogntive Science, Australia Introduction: In adults,…
View article: Simulating Cooperative Interactions to Investigate the Neural Correlates of Joint Attention
Simulating Cooperative Interactions to Investigate the Neural Correlates of Joint Attention Open
Event Abstract Back to Event Simulating Cooperative Interactions to Investigate the Neural Correlates of Joint Attention Nathan Caruana1*, Alexandra Woolgar1 and Jon Brock1 1 ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders , Cognit…
View article: The benefit of two? : An investigation of concurrent segregation in Autistic Spectrum Disorder using the dichotic pitch paradigm.
The benefit of two? : An investigation of concurrent segregation in Autistic Spectrum Disorder using the dichotic pitch paradigm. Open
Event Abstract Back to Event The benefit of two? : An investigation of concurrent segregation in Autistic Spectrum Disorder using the dichotic pitch paradigm. Veema Lodhia1, 2*, Blake Johnson3, 4, Jon Brock3, 4, Jeffrey Hamm1, 2 and Michae…
View article: Auditory discrimination in children with Autism using the magnetic Acoustic Change Complex (mACC)
Auditory discrimination in children with Autism using the magnetic Acoustic Change Complex (mACC) Open
Event Abstract Back to Event Auditory discrimination in children with Autism using the magnetic Acoustic Change Complex (mACC) Shu Hui Yau1*, Genevieve McArthur1 and Jon Brock1 1 Centre for Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University…