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cs.CL2025
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…
cs.CL2025
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…
cs.CL2024
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…