Navigating Brain Language Representations: A Comparative Analysis of Neural Language Models and Psychologically Plausible Models

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Autori principali: Zhang, Yunhao, Wang, Shaonan, Dong, Xinyi, Yu, Jiajun, Zong, Chengqing
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author Zhang, Yunhao
Wang, Shaonan
Dong, Xinyi
Yu, Jiajun
Zong, Chengqing
author_facet Zhang, Yunhao
Wang, Shaonan
Dong, Xinyi
Yu, Jiajun
Zong, Chengqing
contents Neural language models, particularly large-scale ones, have been consistently proven to be most effective in predicting brain neural activity across a range of studies. However, previous research overlooked the comparison of these models with psychologically plausible ones. Moreover, evaluations were reliant on limited, single-modality, and English cognitive datasets. To address these questions, we conducted an analysis comparing encoding performance of various neural language models and psychologically plausible models. Our study utilized extensive multi-modal cognitive datasets, examining bilingual word and discourse levels. Surprisingly, our findings revealed that psychologically plausible models outperformed neural language models across diverse contexts, encompassing different modalities such as fMRI and eye-tracking, and spanning languages from English to Chinese. Among psychologically plausible models, the one incorporating embodied information emerged as particularly exceptional. This model demonstrated superior performance at both word and discourse levels, exhibiting robust prediction of brain activation across numerous regions in both English and Chinese.
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spellingShingle Navigating Brain Language Representations: A Comparative Analysis of Neural Language Models and Psychologically Plausible Models
Zhang, Yunhao
Wang, Shaonan
Dong, Xinyi
Yu, Jiajun
Zong, Chengqing
Computation and Language
Neural language models, particularly large-scale ones, have been consistently proven to be most effective in predicting brain neural activity across a range of studies. However, previous research overlooked the comparison of these models with psychologically plausible ones. Moreover, evaluations were reliant on limited, single-modality, and English cognitive datasets. To address these questions, we conducted an analysis comparing encoding performance of various neural language models and psychologically plausible models. Our study utilized extensive multi-modal cognitive datasets, examining bilingual word and discourse levels. Surprisingly, our findings revealed that psychologically plausible models outperformed neural language models across diverse contexts, encompassing different modalities such as fMRI and eye-tracking, and spanning languages from English to Chinese. Among psychologically plausible models, the one incorporating embodied information emerged as particularly exceptional. This model demonstrated superior performance at both word and discourse levels, exhibiting robust prediction of brain activation across numerous regions in both English and Chinese.
title Navigating Brain Language Representations: A Comparative Analysis of Neural Language Models and Psychologically Plausible Models
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19364