4 papers
Distinct social-linguistic processing between humans and large audio-language models: Evidence from model-brain alignment
Hanlin Wu, Xufeng Duan, Zhenguang Cai
Voice-based AI development faces unique challenges in processing both linguistic and paralinguistic information. This study compares how large audio-language models (LALMs) and hum…
Probabilistic adaptation of language comprehension for individual speakers: evidence from neural oscillations
Hanlin Wu, Xiaohui Rao, Zhenguang G Cai
Listeners adapt language comprehension based on their mental representations of speakers, but how these representations are updated remains unclear. We investigated whether listene…
Speaker effects in language comprehension: An integrative model of language and speaker processing
Hanlin Wu, Zhenguang G. Cai
The identity of a speaker influences language comprehension through modulating perception and expectation. This review explores speaker effects and proposes an integrative model of…
When a Man Says He Is Pregnant: Event-related Potential Evidence for a Rational Account of Speaker-contextualized Language Comprehension
Hanlin Wu, Zhenguang G. Cai
Spoken language is often, if not always, understood in a context formed by the identity of the speaker. For example, we can easily make sense of an utterance such as "I'm going to…