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Expectation suppression across sensory modalitites: a MEG investigation
(2022-03-29)
In the last few decades, a lot of research focus has been to understand how the human brain generates expectation about the incoming sensory responses and how it deals with surprise or unpredictable input. It is evident ...
Sensitivity to letter sequences in word processing and word learning.
(2020-07-08)
El marcaje ortográfico (secuencias de letras características en una lengua) es muy importante para reducir la competición léxica, agilizar la decisión de lengua en bilingües y en el aprendizaje de palabras nuevas. Por eso, ...
The relationships between context and conceptual access.
(2020-07-14)
An important question in the cognitive neuroscience of language regards the nature of the conceptual representations that make up semantic memory. Amodal accounts argue that conceptual representations of objects and their ...
Investigation of the development of neural and behavioural auditory rhythmic sensitivity and of its contribution to reading acquisition
(2018-12-14)
The main goal of the current doctoral dissertation was to examine the contribution of brain and behavioural rhythmic sensitivity during pre-reading stages to the development of future reading. To achieve this goal, we ...
The development of audiovisual vowel processing in monolingual and bilingual infants: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.
(2019-05-22)
The aim of the current dissertation is to investigate to what extent infants acquiring one language (monolinguals) and infants acquiring two languages (bilinguals) share their strategies during audiovisual speech processing. ...
The brain signature for reading in high-skilled deaf adults: behavior and electrophysiological evidence
(2020-06-15)
La presente tesis investiga cómo se da el procesamiento de la información sintáctica y semántica en lectores sordos competentes. En primer lugar, investigamos qué similitudes y/o diferencias comparten los lectores sordos ...
The role of metacognitive monitoring in regulating learning in early readers
(2021-12-10)
Metacognition refers to the capacity of reflecting upon our own cognitive processes. There is an ongoing discussion in the literature on the role of metacognitive monitoring in learning and academic achievement. However, ...
Assessing the representation of seen and unseen contents in human brains and deep artificial networks
(2022-11-26)
The functional scope of unconscious visual information processing and its implementation in the human brain remains a highly contested issue in cognitive neuroscience. The influential global workspace and higher-order ...
The role of quantity and quality of linguistic exposure on language development during childhood
(2023-03-23)
El objetivo general de esta tesis doctoral es estudiar el impacto que factores del contexto lingüístico en el que crecen niñas y niños tienen en su desarrollo del lenguaje. Para ahondar en dicho objetivo, nos centramos en ...