Matthew H Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3884663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew H Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew H |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2239-0778 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Active inference and speech motor control
Active inference is a domain-general theory of brain functioning which reconceptualises the perception–action interface in terms of a common process of minimization of sensory prediction errors. Such accounts have been extensively applied to the control of manual action guided by visual sensory feedback; however, they have received relatively little explicit attention in speech motor control. This is despite speech providing a critical test case,…
Timing of brain entrainment to the speech envelope during speaking, listening and self-listening
This study investigates the dynamics of speech envelope tracking during speech production, listening and self-listening. We use a paradigm in which participants listen to natural speech (Listening), produce natural speech (Speech Production), and listen to the playback of their own speech (Self-Listening), all while their neural activity is recorded with EEG. After time-locking EEG data collection and auditory recording and playback, we used a Ga…
The relationship between sentence comprehension and lexical-semantic retuning
A single encounter with an ambiguous word (e.g. bark, ball) in the context of a less-frequent meaning (e.g. “Sally worried about how crowded the ball would be.”) can shift the later interpretation of the word toward the same subordinate meaning. This lexical-semantic retuning functions to improve future comprehension of ambiguous words. The present paper investigates the relationship between this form of learning and the specific processes that o…
Can cognitive models explain brain activation during word and pseudoword reading? A meta-analysis of 36 neuroimaging studies
A complementary systems account of word learning
In this paper we present a novel theory of the cognitive and neural processes by which adults learn new spoken words. This proposal builds on neurocomputational accounts of lexical processing and spoken word recognition and complementary learning systems (CLS) models of memory. We review evidence from behavioural studies of word learning that, consistent with the CLS account, show two stages of lexical acquisition: rapid initial familiarization f…
Morphological decomposition based on the analysis of orthography
Recent theories of morphological processing have been dominated by the notion that morphologically complex words are decomposed into their constituents on the basis of their semantic properties. In this article we argue that the weight of evidence now suggests that the recognition of morphologically complex words begins with a rapid morphemic segmentation based solely on the analysis of orthography. Following a review of this evidence, we discuss…
Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State
We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to demonstrate preserved conscious awareness in a patient fulfilling the criteria for a diagnosis of vegetative state. When asked to imagine playing tennis or moving around her home, the patient activated predicted cortical areas in a manner indistinguishable from that of healthy volunteers.
The broth in my brother’s brothel
Morphological and semantic effects in visual word recognition
Some theories of visual word recognition postulate that there is a level of processing or representation at which morphemes are treated differently fromwhole words. Support for these theories has been derived frompriming experiments in which the recognition of a target word is facilitated by the prior presentation of a morphologically related prime (departure-DEPART). In English, such facilitation could be due to morphological relatedness, or to …
Morphological and semantic effects in visual word recognition
Some theories of visual word recognition postulate that there is a level of processing or representation at which morphemes are treated differently fromwhole words. Support for these theories has been derived frompriming experiments in which the recognition of a target word is facilitated by the prior presentation of a morphologically related prime (departure-DEPART). In English, such facilitation could be due to morphological relatedness, or to …
The broth in my brother’s brothel
Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State
We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to demonstrate preserved conscious awareness in a patient fulfilling the criteria for a diagnosis of vegetative state. When asked to imagine playing tennis or moving around her home, the patient activated predicted cortical areas in a manner indistinguishable from that of healthy volunteers.
Morphological decomposition based on the analysis of orthography
Recent theories of morphological processing have been dominated by the notion that morphologically complex words are decomposed into their constituents on the basis of their semantic properties. In this article we argue that the weight of evidence now suggests that the recognition of morphologically complex words begins with a rapid morphemic segmentation based solely on the analysis of orthography. Following a review of this evidence, we discuss…
A complementary systems account of word learning
In this paper we present a novel theory of the cognitive and neural processes by which adults learn new spoken words. This proposal builds on neurocomputational accounts of lexical processing and spoken word recognition and complementary learning systems (CLS) models of memory. We review evidence from behavioural studies of word learning that, consistent with the CLS account, show two stages of lexical acquisition: rapid initial familiarization f…
Can cognitive models explain brain activation during word and pseudoword reading? A meta-analysis of 36 neuroimaging studies
The relationship between sentence comprehension and lexical-semantic retuning
A single encounter with an ambiguous word (e.g. bark, ball) in the context of a less-frequent meaning (e.g. “Sally worried about how crowded the ball would be.”) can shift the later interpretation of the word toward the same subordinate meaning. This lexical-semantic retuning functions to improve future comprehension of ambiguous words. The present paper investigates the relationship between this form of learning and the specific processes that o…
Timing of brain entrainment to the speech envelope during speaking, listening and self-listening
This study investigates the dynamics of speech envelope tracking during speech production, listening and self-listening. We use a paradigm in which participants listen to natural speech (Listening), produce natural speech (Speech Production), and listen to the playback of their own speech (Self-Listening), all while their neural activity is recorded with EEG. After time-locking EEG data collection and auditory recording and playback, we used a Ga…
Active inference and speech motor control
Active inference is a domain-general theory of brain functioning which reconceptualises the perception–action interface in terms of a common process of minimization of sensory prediction errors. Such accounts have been extensively applied to the control of manual action guided by visual sensory feedback; however, they have received relatively little explicit attention in speech motor control. This is despite speech providing a critical test case,…
Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (5 works) · Natural language processing (4 works) · Neuroscience (4 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Cognition (3 works)