Publications
Submitted/ in revision
Hodapp, A., Lindborg, A., & Rabovsky, M. (submitted). Bayesian semantic surprise based on different types of regularities predicts the N400 and P600 brain signals. Manuscript submitted to NeuroImage. Link to bioRxiv.
Rabovsky, M., Lopopolo, A., & Schad, D.J. (under review). Interindividual differences in predicting words versus sentence meaning: Explaining N400 amplitudes using large-scale neural network models. Manuscript under review for Cognition.
Contier, F., Hoeger, M., & Rabovsky, M. (in revision). The P600 during sentence reading predicts behavioral and neural markers of recognition memory. Manuscript in revision for Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Link to bioRxiv.
2024
Contier, F., Wartenburger, I., Weymar, M., & Rabovsky, M. (in press). Are the P600 and P3 ERP components linked to the task-evoked pupillary response as a correlate of norepinephrine activity? Psychophysiology. Link.
Hodapp, A. & Rabovsky, M. (in press). Error-based implicit learning in language: The effect of sentence context and prediction violation in a repetition paradigm. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Link to bioRxiv.
Lopopolo, A., Fedorenko, E., Levy, R., & Rabovsky, M. (2024). Cognitive computational neuroscience of language: Using computational models to investigate language processing in the brain. Neurobiology of Language. Link.
Lopopolo, A. & Rabovsky, M. (2024). Tracking lexical and semantic prediction error underlying the N400 using artificial neural network models of sentence processing. Neurobiology of Language. Link.
Eiserbeck, A., Enge, A., Rabovsky, M., & Abdel Rahman, R. (2024). Distrust Before First Sight: Knowledge- and Appearance-Based Effects of Trustworthiness on the Visual Consciousness of Faces. Consciousness and Cognition, 117, 103629. Link to bioRxiv.
2023
Stone, K., Khaleghi, N., & Rabovsky, M. (2023). The N400 is elicited by meaning changes but not synonym substitutions: Evidence from Persian phrasal verbs. Cognitive Science, 47(12), e13394. Link to preprint on OSF.
Arana, S., Hagoort, P., Schoffelen, J.-M.*, & Rabovsky, M.* (2023). Perceived similarity as a window into representations of integrated sentence meaning. Behavior Research Methods.
Lindborg, A.*, Musiolek, L.*, Ostwald, D., & Rabovsky, M. (2023). Semantic surprise predicts the N400 brain potential. NeuroImage: Reports, 3(1), 100161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynirp.2023.100161
Rabovsky, M. (2023). Neural underpinnings of semantic processing. In Language Electrified: Principles, Methods, and Future Perspectives of Investigation, edited by M. Grimaldi, E. Brattico, & Y. Shtyrov, 527-550. New York: Springer Nature.
Schad, D.J. & Rabovsky, M. (2023). Social-distancing induced deceleration can enhance subjective well-being. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12414
Liu, S., Rabovsky, M., & Schad, D.J. (2023). Spontaneous mind wandering impairs model based decision making. PLOS ONE, 18(1): e0279532. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279532
2022
Contier, F., Weymar, M., Wartenburger, I., & Rabovsky, M. (2022). Sustained attention as measured by RT variability is a strong modulator for the P600, but not the N400. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34(12), 2297-2310. Link to preprint.
Eiserbeck, A., Enge, A., Rabovsky, M., & Abdel Rahman, R. (2022). Electrophysiological Chronometry of Graded Consciousness during the Attentional Blink. Cerebral Cortex, 32(6), 1244-1259. Link.
2021
Hodapp, A. & Rabovsky, M. ( 2021). The N400 ERP component reflects an error-based implicit learning signal during language comprehension. European Journal of Neuroscience, 54(9), 7125-7140. Link.
Lopopolo, A. & Rabovsky, M. (2021). Predicting the N400 ERP component using the Sentence Gestalt model trained on a large scale corpus. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/49x8z7bm
Lindborg, A. & Rabovsky, M. (2021). Meaning in brains and machines: Internal activation update in large scale language model partially reflects the N400 brain potential. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6d71c9sj
Rabovsky, M., Schad, D.J., & Abdel Rahman, R. (2021). Semantic richness and density effects on language production: Electrophysiological and behavioral evidence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 47(3), 508-517. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000940 Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/509000v2
2020
2019
Weller, P., Rabovsky, M., & Abdel Rahman, R. (2019). Semantic knowledge promotes conscious awareness of visual objects. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31, 1216-1226.