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Lu Q, Nguyen T, Zhang Q, Hasson U, Griffiths T, Zacks J, Gershman S, Norman K. 2024. Reconciling shared versus context-specific information in a neural network model of latent causes. Scientific reports. 14(1):16782. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-64272-5.

Sievers B, Welker C, Hasson U, Kleinbaum A, Wheatley T. 2024. Consensus-building conversation leads to neural alignment. Nature communications. 15(1):3936. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43253-8.

Zada Z, Goldstein A, Michelmann S, Simony E, Price A, Hasenfratz L, Barham E, Zadbood A, Doyle W, Friedman D, et al. 2024. A shared model-based linguistic space for transmitting our thoughts from brain to brain in natural conversations. Neuron. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2024.06.025.

Kumar M, Goldstein A, Michelmann S, Zacks J, Hasson U, Norman K. 2023. Bayesian Surprise Predicts Human Event Segmentation in Story Listening. Cognitive science. 47(10):e13343. doi:10.1111/cogs.13343.

Lee H, Chen J, Hasson U. 2023. A functional neuroimaging dataset acquired during naturalistic movie watching and narrated recall of a series of short cinematic films. Data in brief. 46:108788. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108788.

Michelmann S, Hasson U, Norman KA. 2023. Evidence That Event Boundaries Are Access Points for Memory Retrieval. Psychological Science. doi:10.1177/09567976221128206.

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Tikochinski R, Goldstein A, Yeshurun Y, Hasson U, Reichart R. 2023. Perspective changes in human listeners are aligned with the contextual transformation of the word embedding space. Cerebral Cortex. 33(12):7830–7842. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhad082.

Chang CHC, Nastase S, Hasson U. 2022. Information flow across the cortical timescale hierarchy during narrative construction. PNAS. 119(51). doi:10.1073/pnas.2209307119.

Finn ES, Glerean E, Hasson U, Vanderwal T. 2022. Naturalistic imaging: The use of ecologically valid conditions to study brain function. NeuroImage. 247(15). doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118776.

Goldstein A, Zada Z, Buchnik E, Schain M, Price AR, Aubrey B, Nastase S, Feder A, Emauel D, Cohen A, et al. 2022. Shared computational principles for language processing in humans and deep language models. Nature Neuroscience. 25.3:369–380.

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Lu Q, Hasson U, Norman KA. 2022. A neural network model of when to retrieve and encode episodic memories. eLife. 11. doi:10.7554/eLife.74445.

Mennen AC, Nastase S, Yeshurun Y, Hasson U, Norman KA. 2022. Real-time neurofeedback to alter interpretations of a naturalistic narrative. Neuroimage: Reports. 2(3). doi:10.1016/j.ynirp.2022.100111.

Williams JA, Margulis EH, Nastase S, Chen J, Hasson U, Norman KA, Baldassano C. 2022. High-order areas and auditory cortex both represent the high-level event structure of music. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 34.4:699–714.

Zadbood A, Nastase S, Chen J, Norman KA, Hasson U. 2022. Neural representations of naturalistic events are updated as our understanding of the past changes. eLife. doi:10.7554/eLife.79045.

Antony J, Hartshorne T, Pomeroy K, Gureckis T, Hasson U, McDougle S, Norman K. 2021. Behavioral, Physiological, and Neural Signatures of Surprise during Naturalistic Sports Viewing. Neuron. 109(2):377–390.e7. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2020.10.029.

Chang CHC, Lazaridi C, Yeshurun Y, Norman KA, Hasson U. 2021. Relating the past with the present: Information integration and segregation during ongoing narrative processing. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 33(6):1106–1128. doi:10.1162/jocn_a_0170.

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Lerner Y, Scherf S, Katkov M, Hasson U, Behrmann M. 2021. Adolescence Changes in Cortical Coherence Supporting Complex Visual and Social Processing. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 33(11):2215–2230. doi:10.1162/jocn_a_01756.

Meshulam M, Hasenfratz L, Hillman H, Liu Y-F, Nguyen M, Norman KA, Hasson U. 2021. Neural alignment predicts learning outcomes in students taking an introduction to computer science course. Nature Communications.(12). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22202-3.

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Hasson U, Nastase S, Goldstein A. 2020. Robust Fit to Nature: An Evolutionary Perspective on Biological and Artificial Neural Networks. Neuron. 105(3):416–434. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2019.12.002.

Nastase S, Goldstein A, Hasson U. 2020. Keep it real: rethinking the primacy of experimental control in cognitive neuroscience. NeuroImage. 222(15). doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117254.

Nastase S, Liu Y-F, Hillman H, Norman KA, Hasson U. 2020. Leveraging shared connectivity to aggregate heterogeneous datasets into a common response space. NeuroImage. 217. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116865.

Piazza E, Hasenfratz L, Hasson U, Lew-Williams C. 2020. Infant and Adult Brains Are Coupled to the Dynamics of Natural Communication. Psychological science. 31(1):6–17. doi:10.1177/0956797619878698.

Lerner Y, Scherf S, Katkov M, Hasson U, Behrmann M. 2019. Age-related changes in neural networks supporting complex visual and social processing in adolescence. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/650887.

Nastase S, Gazzola V, Hasson U, Keyers C. 2019. Measuring shared responses across subjects using intersubject correlation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 14(6):667–685. doi:10.1093/scan/nsz037.

Nguyen M, Vanderwal T, Hasson U. 2019. Shared understanding of narratives is correlated with shared neural responses. NeuroImage. 184:161–170. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.09.010.

Regev M, Simony E, Lee K, Tang KM, Chen J, Hasson U. 2019. Propagation of information along the cortical hierarchy as a function of attention while reading and listening to stories. Cerebral Cortex. 29(1o):4017–4034. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhy282.

Baldassano C, Hasson U, Norman KA. 2018. Representation of real-world event schemas during narrative perception. The Journal of Neuroscience. 38(45):9689–9699. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0251-18.201.