4 papers
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…
Neural Dynamics of AI-attributed Irony Reveal a Partial Intentional Stance
Xiaohui Rao, Hanlin Wu, Zhenguang G. Cai
As Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed as social agents and trained to produce humor and irony, a question emerges: when encountering witty AI remarks, do people…
A funny companion: Distinct neural responses to AI- versus human-attributed humor
Xiaohui Rao, Hanlin Wu, Zhenguang G. Cai
As artificial intelligence (AI) companions become capable of human-like communication, including telling jokes, understanding how people cognitively and affectively respond to AI-a…
The role of inhibitory control in garden-path sentence processing: A Chinese-English bilingual perspective
Xiaohui Rao, Haoze Li, Xiaofang Lin +1
In reading garden-path sentences, people must resolve competing interpretations, though initial misinterpretations can linger despite reanalysis. This study examines the role of in…