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Anna Ivanova

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Anna Ivanova

@neuranna

Language and thought in brains vs machines. Assistant Prof @ Georgia Tech Psychological and Brain Sciences. Previously: @MIT_Quest @mitbrainandcog. She/her

Atlanta, Georgia

language-intelligence-thought.net

Joined January 2014

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Anna Ivanova
@neuranna
Jun 12
Thanks to the Weber School for inviting me to give a #TEDx talk! I discuss how much people vary in their inner thought — from thinking mainly in words to thinking mostly abstractly — and the implications it has for understanding AI cognition.
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Anna Ivanova
@neuranna
Jan 18, 2023
Three years in the making - our big review/position piece on the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) from the cognitive science perspective. Thread below! 1/
arxiv.org
Dissociating language and thought in large language models
Large Language Models (LLMs) have come closest among all models to date to mastering human language, yet opinions about their linguistic and cognitive capabilities remain split. Here, we evaluate...
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Anna Ivanova
@neuranna
Jun 7, 2024
Added a new CV section
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Anna Ivanova
@neuranna
Aug 24, 2022
During the first year of grad school, I asked why researchers always use linear regression to map between brains and predictor features. Today, our article discussing the use of linear vs nonlinear mappings in cogneuro is finally out at @NBDT_journal
Beyond linear regression: mapping models in cognitive neuroscience should align with research goals...
From nbdt.scholasticahq.com
Anna Ivanova
@neuranna
Nov 6, 2023
The final paperwork is still pending, but it’s time to spread the word, so here goes--- I am starting as an Assistant Professor in Psychology at Georgia Tech! thread ⬇️
language-intelligence-thought.net
LIT Lab
Our goal is to understand the relationship between language and human thought. How does the language network in the brain interact with other systems to interpret meaning in the world? Can models...
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Anna Ivanova
@neuranna
Jan 12, 2021
Recently, Evlab has been using mixed effect models in our statistical analyses (instead of t tests or ANOVAs). This is now standard practice in other fields, eg psycholinguistics, but not so much in cogneuro. So we made a tutorial! Check it out: neuranna.github.io/mixedmodels-fm… #Rstats
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Mixed Effect Models for fMRI
Anna Ivanova
@neuranna
Oct 7, 2022
A set of brain regions - distinct from the language network - responds to semantic tasks for both sentences and pictures of events! Presenting this work tonight at #SNL2022
Anna Ivanova
@neuranna
Aug 20, 2024
Today our lab had its first meeting, and then I taught my first solo class (>100 people), all on my 30th birthday! New beginnings, let’s go 🚀
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Anna Ivanova
@neuranna
Feb 8, 2024
My amazing advisor got tenure - congratulations @ev_fedorenko !!!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Anna Ivanova
@neuranna
Dec 6, 2023
Running cognitive evaluations on large language models: The do's✅ and the don'ts🚫 Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2312.01276 Thread ⬇️
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