Publications – Cognition and Cortical Dynamics Laboratory

Seo, R. & Prat, C. S. (2023). Investigating Local and Global Mechanisms in Bilingual Grammatical Processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001251

Prat, C. S., Gallée, J., & Yamasaki, B. L. (2023). Getting language right: Relating individual differences in right hemisphere contributions to language learning and relearning. Brain and Language, 239, 105242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2023.105242

Topic: Language

Ceballos, J. M., Stocco, A., & Prat, C.S. (2019). The role of Basal Ganglia reinforcement learning in lexical priming and automatic semantic ambiguity resolution, CogSci, 205-211. [pdf]

Rice, P. & Stocco, A. (2019). The role of dorsal premotor cortex in resolving abstract motor rules: Converging evidence from Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and cognitive modeling, Topics in Cognitive Science, 11(1), 240-260. [pdf]

Yamasaki, B., Stocco, A., & Prat, C.S. (2018). Relating individual differences in bilingual language experiences to executive attention, Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 33(9), 1128-1151.

Seo, R., Stocco, A., & Prat, C.S. (2018). The bilingual language network: Differential involvement of anterior cingulate, basal ganglia and prefrontal cortex in preparation, monitoring, and execution. NeuroImage. 174, 44-56.

Prat, C.S., Yamasaki, B., Kleunder, R., & Stocco, A. (2016) Resting-state EEG predicts rate of second language learning in adults. Brain & Language, 157-158, 44-50.

Becker, T. M., Prat, C.S., & Stocco, A. (2016). A network-level analysis of cognitive flexibility reveals a differential influence of the anterior cingulate cortex in bilinguals versus monolinguals. Neuropsychologia, 85, 63-72.

Stocco, A., & Prat, C.S. (2014). Bilingualism trains specific brain circuits involved in flexible rule selection and application. Brain and Language.

Buchweitz, A., & Prat, C.S. (2013). The bilingual brain: Flexibility and control in the human cortex. Physics of life reviews, 10(4), 428-443. [pdf]

Mason, R. A., Prat, C.S., & Just, M. A. (2013). Neurocognitive brain response to transient impairment of Wernicke’s area. Cerebral Cortex, 24(6), 1474-1484. [pdf]

Stocco, A. (in press) The co-emergence of language and rules: Indirection, not recursion, is the key. Comment on “The Bilingual Brain: Flexibility and Control in the Human Cortex” by Buchweitz and Prat. Physics of Life Reviews, 10(4), 448.

Stocco, A., & Prat, C. (in press). Bilingualism trains specific brain circuits involved in flexible rule selection and application. Brain and Language.

Buchweitz, A., & Prat, C. (2013). The bilingual brain: Flexibility and control in the human cortex. Physics of life reviews, 10(4), 428-443. [pdf]

Prat, C. S. (2012). The neural basis of language faculties. In I. B. Weiner (Ed), Handbook of Psychology, Volume Three: Biological Psychology and Neuroscience. Wiley.

Prat, C. S., Mason, R. A., & Just, M. A. (2012). An fMRI investigation of analogical mapping in metaphor comprehension: The influence of context and individual cognitive capacities on processing demands. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38, 282-94. [pdf]

Stocco, A., Yamasaki, B. L., Natalenko, R., & Prat, C. S. (2014). Bilingual brain training: A neurobiological framework of how bilingual experience improves executive function. International Journal of Bilingualism, 18, 66-91. [pdf]

Prat, C. S. (2011). The brain basis of individual differences in language comprehension abilities. Language and Linguistic Compass, 5(9), 635-649. [pdf]

Prat, C. S. & Just, M. A. (2011). Exploring the cortical dynamics underpinning individual differences in sentence comprehension. Cerebral Cortex, 21, 1747-1760. [pdf]

Prat, C. S., Mason, R. A., & Just, M. A. (2011). Individual differences in the neural basis of Causal Inferencing. Brain and Language, 116, 1-13. [pdf]

Long, D. L., & Prat, C. S. (2008). Individual differences in syntactic ambiguity resolution: Readers vary in their use of plausibility information. Memory & Cognition, 36(2), 375-391. [pdf]

Long, D. L., Prat, C., Johns, C., Morris, P., & Jonathan, E. (2008). The importance of knowledge in vivid text memory: An individual-differences investigation of recollection and familiarity. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15(3), 604-609. [pdf]

Long, D. L., Baynes, K., & Prat, C. (2007). Sentence and discourse representation in the two cerebral hemispheres. In F. Schmalhofer & C. A. Perfetti (Eds.), Higher-level language processes in the brain (pp. 329-353). Psychology Press.

Prat, C. S., Keller, T. A., & Just, M. A. (2007). Individual differences in sentence comprehension: An functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation of syntactic and lexical processing demands. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19(12), 1950-1963. [pdf]

Prat, C. S., Long, D. L., & Baynes, K. (2007). The representation of discourse in the two hemispheres: An individual differences investigation. Brain and Language, 100(3), 283-294. [pdf]

Long, D. L., Wilson, J., Hurley, R., & Prat, C. S. (2006). Assessing text representations with recognition: The interaction of domain knowledge and text coherence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32(4), 816. [pdf]

Long, D. L., Baynes, K., & Prat, C. S. (2005). The propositional structure of discourse in the two cerebral hemispheres. Brain and Language, 95(3), 383-394. [pdf]

Mills, D., Plunkett, K., Prat. C., & Schaffer, G. (2005). Watching the infant brain learn words: Effects of vocabulary size and experience. Cognitive Development, 10, 19-31. [pdf]

Stocco, A., & Crescentini, C. (2005). Syntactic comprehension in agrammatism: A computational model. Brain and Language, 95(1), 127-128. [pdf]

Mills, D. L., Prat, C., Zangl, R., Stager, C. L., Neville, H. J., & Werker, J. F. (2004). Language experience and the organization of brain activity to phonetically similar words: ERP evidence from 14- and 20-month-olds. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16(8). 1452-1464. [pdf]

Long, D. L., & Prat, C. S. (2002). Memory for Star Trek: The role of prior knowledge in recognition revisited. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 28(6), 1073. [pdf]

Topic: Direct Brain-to-brain Interfaces

Losey, D. M., Stocco, A., Abernethy, J. A., &. Rao, R. P. N. (2016). Navigating a 2D virtual world using direct brain stimulation. Frontiers in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, 3, 72. [link]

Stocco, A., Prat. C.S., Losey, D. Cronin, J., Wu, J., Abernethy, J. A., & Rao, R. P. N. (2015). Playing 20 Questions with the Mind: Bi-Directional Communication with a Brain-to-Brain Interface. PLOS ONE, e0137303 [link]

Rao, R. P. N., Stocco, A., Bryan, M., Sarma, D., Youngquist, T., Wu, J., & Prat, C. S. (2014). A direct brain-to-brain interface in humans. PLoS ONE 9(11), e111332. [link]

Rao, R. N. P. & Stocco, A. (2014). When two brains connect. Scientific American Mind, 25(6), 36-39.

Topic: Higher-Level Cognition

Stocco, A. (2014). Coordinate-based meta-analysis of neuroimaging data with R. The R Journal, 6(2), 5-15.

Cole, M. W., Laurent, P., & Stocco, A. (2013). Rapid instructed task learning: A new window into the human brain’s unique capacity for flexible cognitive control. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 13(1), 1-22. [pdf]

Borst, J. P., Taatgen, N. A., Stocco, A., & van Rijn, H. (2010). The neural correlates of problem states: Testing fMRI predictions of a computational model of multitasking. PloS one, 5(9), e12966. [pdf]

Stocco, A., Fum, D., & Napoli, A. (2009). Dissociable processes underlying decisions in the Iowa Gambling Task: a new integrative framework. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 5(1), 1. [pdf]

Anderson, J. R., Fincham, J. M., Qin, Y., & Stocco, A. (2008). A central circuit of the mind. Trends in cognitive sciences, 12(4), 136-143. [pdf]

Prat, C. S. & Just, M. A. (2008). Brain bases of individual differences in cognition. Psychological Science Agenda, 22(5). [pdf]

Stocco, A., & Anderson, J. R. (2008). Endogenous control and task representation: an fMRI study in algebraic problem-solving. Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 20(7), 1300-1314. [pdf]

Stocco, A., & Fum, D. (2008). Implicit emotional biases in decision making: The case of the Iowa Gambling Task. Brain and cognition, 66(3), 253-259. [pdf]

Fum, D., Missier, F. D., & Stocco, A. (2007). The cognitive modeling of human behavior: Why a model is (sometimes) better than 10,000 words. Cognitive Systems Research, 8(3), 135-142. [pdf]

Long, D. L., & Prat, C. S. (2002). Working memory and Stroop interference: An individual differences investigation. Memory & Cognition, 30, 294-301. [pdf]

Topic: Individual Differences

Stocco, A., Yamasaki, B. L., & Prat, C. S. (2018). Human performance across decision making, selective attention, and working memory tasks: Experimental data and computer simulations. Data in Brief, 17, 907-914.

Stocco, A., Murray, N., L. Yamasaki, B. L., Renno, T., J., Nguyen, J., & Prat, C. S. (2017). Individual differences in the Simon effect are underpinned by differences in competitive dynamics in the basal ganglia: An experimental verification and a computational model. Cognition, 164, 31-45.

Prat, C.S., Yamasaki, B., Kleunder, R., & Stocco, A. (2016) Resting-state EEG predicts rate of second language learning in adults. Brain & Language, 157-158, 44-50.

Prat, C. S., Stocco, A., Neuhaus, E., & Kleinhans, N. (2016). Basal ganglia impairments lead to abnormal signal routing to prefrontal cortex in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Neuropsychologia, 91, 268-281.

Prat, C.S., Yamasaki, B., Kleunder, R., & Stocco, A. (2016) Resting-state EEG predicts rate of second language learning in adults. Brain & Language, 157-158, 44-50.

Prat, C. S., Mason, R. A., & Just, M. A. (2012). An fMRI investigation of analogical mapping in metaphor comprehension: The influence of context and individual cognitive capacities on processing demands. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38, 282-94. [pdf]

Prat, C. S. (2011). The brain basis of individual differences in language comprehension abilities. Language and Linguistic Compass, 5(9), 635-649. [pdf]

Prat, C. S. & Just, M. A. (2011). Exploring the cortical dynamics underpinning individual differences in sentence comprehension. Cerebral Cortex, 21, 1747-1760. [pdf]

Prat, C. S., Mason, R. A., & Just, M. A. (2011). Individual differences in the neural basis of Causal Inferencing. Brain and Language, 116, 1-13. [pdf]

Long, D. L., & Prat, C. S. (2008). Individual differences in syntactic ambiguity resolution: Readers vary in their use of plausibility information. Memory & cognition, 36(2), 375-391. [pdf]

Prat, C. S. & Just, M. A. (2008). Brain bases of individual differences in cognition. Psychological Science Agenda, 22(5). [pdf]

Prat, C. S., Long, D. L., & Baynes, K. (2007). The representation of discourse in the two hemispheres: An individual differences investigation. Brain and Language, 100(3), 283-294. [pdf]

Long, D. L., & Prat, C. S. (2002). Working memory and Stroop interference: An individual differences investigation. Memory & Cognition, 30, 294-301. [pdf]

Topic: Computational Modeling

Steine-Hanos, Z. K., Koh, N., & Stocco, A. (in press). Refining the Common Model of Cognition Through Large Neuroscience Data. Procedia Computer Science.

Rice, P. J., & Stocco, A. (2018) Mechanisms of rule resolution in premotor cortex: A combined TMS/computational modeling study. In I. Juvina, C. Myers, and J. Houpt (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16^th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, pp. 108–113

Rice, P. J., & Stocco, A. (2018) Dorsal premotor cortex and conditional rule resolution: A high-frequency TMS investigation. In C. Kalish, M. Rau, J. Zhou, and T. T. Rogers (Eds.), Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, pp. 944-949.

Stocco, A., Laird, J. Lebiere, C., & Rosenbloom, P. (2018). Empirical evidence from neuroimaging data for a Standard Model of the Mind. In C. Kalish, M. Rau, J. Zhou, and T. T. Rogers (Eds.), Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Madison, WI, pp. 1094-1099.

Orr, M. G., Lebiere, C., Stocco, A., Pirolli, P., Pires, B., Kennedy, W. (2018) Multi-scale resolution of cognitive architectures: A paradigm for simulating minds and society. In H. Bisgin, A. Hyder, C. Dancy, & R. Thomson (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Conference SBP-BRiMS 2018, July 10-13, 2018 Washington, DC, Springer, pp. 3-15.

Stocco, A. (2018). A biologically-plausible action selection system for cognitive architectures: Implications of basal ganglia anatomy for learning and decision-making models. Cognitive Science, 42(2), 457-490.

Stocco, A. (2017). An integrated computational framework for attention, reinforcement learning, and working memory. The 2017 AAAI Fall Symposium Series. pp. 470-475. AAAI Press, Palo Alto, California.

Rice, P. J., & Stocco, A. (2017). Basal ganglia-inspired functional constraints improve the robustness of Q-value estimates in model-free reinforcement learning. Proceedings of the 15h International Conference on Cognitive Modeling.

Stocco, A., Murray, N., L. Yamasaki, B. L., Renno, T., J., Nguyen, J., & Prat, C. S. (2017). Individual differences in the Simon effect are underpinned by differences in competitive dynamics in the basal ganglia: An experimental verification and a computational model. Cognition, 164, 31-45.

Stocco, A., & Lebiere, C. (2014). Inhibitory synapses between striatal projection neurons support efficient enhancement of cortical signals: A computational model. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 37, 65-80.

Prat, C. S., Stocco, A., Neuhaus, E., & Kleinhans, N. (2016). Basal ganglia impairments lead to abnormal signal routing to prefrontal cortex in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Neuropsychologia, 91, 268-281.

Cole, M. W., Laurent, P., & Stocco, A. (2013). Rapid instructed task learning: A new window into the human brain’s unique capacity for flexible cognitive control. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 13(1), 1-22. [pdf]

Stocco, A. (2012). Acetylcholine-based entropy in response selection: a model of how striatal interneurons modulate exploration, exploitation, and response variability in decision-making. Frontiers in neuroscience, 6. [link]

Stocco, A., Lebiere, C., O’Reilly, R. C., & Anderson, J. R. (2012). Distinct contributions of the caudate nucleus, rostral prefrontal cortex, and parietal cortex to the execution of instructed tasks. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 12(4), 611-628. [pdf]

Borst, J. P., Taatgen, N. A., Stocco, A., & van Rijn, H. (2010). The neural correlates of problem states: Testing fMRI predictions of a computational model of multitasking. PLOS ONE, 5(9), e12966. [link]

Stocco, A., Lebiere, C., & Anderson, J. R. (2010). Conditional routing of information to the cortex: A model of the basal ganglia’s role in cognitive coordination. Psychological Review, 117(2), 541. [pdf]

Stocco, A., Lebiere, C., O’Reilly, R. C., & Anderson, J. R. (2010). The role of the anterior prefrontal-basal ganglia circuit as a biological instruction interpreter. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 221, 153-162. [pdf]

Stocco, A., Lebiere, C., & Samsonovich, A. V. (2010). The BICA of biologically inspired cognitive architectures. International Journal of Machine Consciousness, 2(02), 171-192. [pdf]

Anderson, J. R., Fincham, J. M., Qin, Y., & Stocco, A. (2008). A central circuit of the mind. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12(4), 136-143. [pdf]

Fum, D., Missier, F. D., & Stocco, A. (2007). The cognitive modeling of human behavior: Why a model is (sometimes) better than 10,000 words. Cognitive Systems Research, 8(3), 135-142. [pdf]

Stocco, A., & Crescentini, C. (2005). Syntactic comprehension in agrammatism: A computational model. Brain and Language, 95(1), 127-128. [pdf]