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David Poeppel

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• NYU • Max Planck Society Married to writer @amypoeppel Kids @alexpoeppel @andrewpoeppel @lukepoeppel
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Constituent-constrained word prediction during language comprehension

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By Jiajie Zou, David Poeppel, Nai Ding
| Nature
Abstract Next-word prediction has been hypothesized as the central computational objective of the human language system, akin to that of current large language models. Here we put this conjecture to the test, investigating whether the brain predicts each upcoming word as precisely as possible when listening to connected speech.
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Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience as collections of practices - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

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By Sander van Bree, David Poeppel
| Nature
In their Comment article, Rosas and colleagues outline two ways of approaching neuroscience and make a laudable plea for methodological pluralism by arguing that each strategy has merit (Rosas, F. E. et al. Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-025-00946-x; 2025)1. They define the two approaches, or research cultures, as follows.
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Complex Impact of Stimulus Envelope on Motor Synchronization to Sound

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By David Poeppel
| JNeurosci
Complex Impact of Stimulus Envelope on Motor Synchronization to Sound Yue Sun, Georgios Michalareas, Oded Ghitza, David Poeppel Journal of Neuroscience 18 June 2025, 45 (25) e1488242025; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1488-24.2025
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