Dr Matt Davis

Research

My work is interdisciplinary, combining diverse methodologies from cognitive neuroscience to investigate the neural mechanisms involved in spoken and written language comprehension. I work on a range of topics, including speech perception, lexical representation and processing, morphological and semantic aspects of language comprehension.

Publications

Key publications:

Gagnepain, P., Henson, R.N., Davis, M.H. (2012) Temporal predictive codes for spoken words in human auditory cortex. Current Biology, 22(7), 615-621.

Sohoglu, E., Peelle, J.E., Carlyon, R.P. & Davis, M.H. (2012) Predictive top-down integration of prior knowledge during speech perception. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(25), 8443-8453.

Davis, M. H., Ford, M. A., Kherif, F., Johnsrude, I. S. (2011) Does semantic context benefit speech understanding through "top-down" processes? Evidence from time-resolved sparse fMRI. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(12), 3914-3932.

Coleman, M.R., Davis, M.H., Rodd J.M., Robson T., Ali A., Pickard J.D., Owen A,M. (2009) Towards the routine use of brain imaging to aid the clinical diagnosis of disorders of consciousness. Brain, 132, 2541-2552.

Davis, M.H. & Gaskell, M.G. (2009) A complementary systems account of word learning: neural and behavioural evidence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 364(1536), 3773-3800.

Davis, M.H., Di Betta, A., Macdonald, M.J.E. & Gaskell, M.G. (2009). Learning and consolidation of novel spoken words. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21(4), 803-820

Davis, M.H., Coleman M.R., Absalom A.R., Rodd J.M., Johnsrude I.S., Matta B.F., Owen A.M. & Menon D.K. (2007). Dissociating speech perception and comprehension at reduced levels of awareness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(41), 16032-16037

Dais, M.H. & Johnsrude, I.S. (2007). Hearing speech sounds: Top-down influences on the interface between audition and speech perception. Hearing Research, 229(1-2), 132-147

Davis, M.H., Johnsrude, I.S., Hervais-Adelman, A.G., Taylor, K.J. & Mcgettigan, C. (2005). Lexical Information Drives Perceptual Learning of Distorted Speech: Evidence From the Comprehension of Noise-Vocoded Sentences. Journal of Experimental Psychology - General, 134(2), 222-241

Davis, M.H. & Johnsrude, I.S. (2003). Hierarchical Processing in Spoken Language Comprehension. Journal of Neuroscience, 23(8), 3423-3431

Hauk, O., Davis, M.H., Ford, M., Pulvermuller, F. & Marslen-Wilson, W.D. (2006). The time course of visual word-recognition as revealed by linear regression analysis of ERP data. Neuroimage, 30(4),1383-1400

Publications (from Symplectic)

Journal articles

2024

Robson, H., Thomasson, H. and Davis, MH., 2024. Designing remote synchronous auditory comprehension assessment for severely impaired individuals with aphasia. Int J Lang Commun Disord, v. 59
Doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12972

Smith, HJ., Gilbert, RA. and Davis, MH., 2024. Can speech perception deficits cause phonological impairments? Evidence from short-term memory for ambiguous speech. J Exp Psychol Gen, v. 153
Doi: 10.1037/xge0001522

Sohoglu, E., Beckers, L. and Davis, MH., 2024. Convergent neural signatures of speech prediction error are a biological marker for spoken word recognition. Nat Commun, v. 15
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53782-5

2023

Zoefel, B., Gilbert, RA. and Davis, MH., 2023. Intelligibility improves perception of timing changes in speech. PLoS One, v. 18
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279024

Pérez, A. and Davis, MH., 2023. Speaking and listening to inter-brain relationships. Cortex, v. 159
Doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.12.002

Su, Y., MacGregor, LJ., Olasagasti, I. and Giraud, A-L., 2023. A deep hierarchy of predictions enables online meaning extraction in a computational model of human speech comprehension. PLoS Biol, v. 21
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002046

MacGregor, LJ., Gilbert, RA., Balewski, Z., Mitchell, DJ., Erzinçlioğlu, SW., Rodd, JM., Duncan, J., Fedorenko, E. and Davis, MH., 2023. Erratum: "Causal Contributions of the Domain-General (Multiple Demand) and the Language-Selective Brain Networks to Perceptual and Semantic Challenges in Speech Comprehension". Neurobiol Lang (Camb), v. 4
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1162/nol_x_00103

Cope, TE., Sohoglu, E., Peterson, KA., Jones, PS., Rua, C., Passamonti, L., Sedley, W., Post, B., Coebergh, J., Butler, CR., Garrard, P., Abdel-Aziz, K., Husain, M., Griffiths, TD., Patterson, K., Davis, MH. and Rowe, JB., 2023. Temporal lobe perceptual predictions for speech are instantiated in motor cortex and reconciled by inferior frontal cortex. Cell Rep, v. 42
Doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112422

2022

Zoefel, B., Gilbert, R. and Davis, M., 2022. Intelligibility improves perception of timing changes in speech
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.18.492430

Pérez, A. and Davis, M., 2022. Speaking and listening to inter-brain relationships
Doi: http://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/wvqnd

Ekhtiari, H., Ghobadi-Azbari, P., Thielscher, A., Antal, A., Li, LM., Shereen, AD., Cabral-Calderin, Y., Keeser, D., Bergmann, TO., Jamil, A., Violante, IR., Almeida, J., Meinzer, M., Siebner, HR., Woods, AJ., Stagg, CJ., Abend, R., Antonenko, D., Auer, T., Bächinger, M., Baeken, C., Barron, HC., Chase, HW., Crinion, J., Datta, A., Davis, MH., Ebrahimi, M., Esmaeilpour, Z., Falcone, B., Fiori, V., Ghodratitoostani, I., Gilam, G., Grabner, RH., Greenspan, JD., Groen, G., Hartwigsen, G., Hauser, TU., Herrmann, CS., Juan, C-H., Krekelberg, B., Lefebvre, S., Liew, S-L., Madsen, KH., Mahdavifar-Khayati, R., Malmir, N., Marangolo, P., Martin, AK., Meeker, TJ., Ardabili, HM., Moisa, M., Momi, D., Mulyana, B., Opitz, A., Orlov, N., Ragert, P., Ruff, CC., Ruffini, G., Ruttorf, M., Sangchooli, A., Schellhorn, K., Schlaug, G., Sehm, B., Soleimani, G., Tavakoli, H., Thompson, B., Timmann, D., Tsuchiyagaito, A., Ulrich, M., Vosskuhl, J., Weinrich, CA., Zare-Bidoky, M., Zhang, X., Zoefel, B., Nitsche, MA. and Bikson, M., 2022. A checklist for assessing the methodological quality of concurrent tES-fMRI studies (ContES checklist): a consensus study and statement. Nat Protoc, v. 17
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-021-00664-5

Pérez, A., Davis, MH., Ince, RAA., Zhang, H., Fu, Z., Lamarca, M., Lambon Ralph, MA. and Monahan, PJ., 2022. Timing of brain entrainment to the speech envelope during speaking, listening and self-listening. Cognition, v. 224
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105051

Aller, M., Økland, HS., MacGregor, LJ., Blank, H. and Davis, MH., 2022. Differential Auditory and Visual Phase-Locking Are Observed during Audio-Visual Benefit and Silent Lip-Reading for Speech Perception. J Neurosci, v. 42
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2476-21.2022

MacGregor, LJ., Gilbert, RA., Balewski, Z., Mitchell, DJ., Erzinçlioğlu, SW., Rodd, JM., Duncan, J., Fedorenko, E. and Davis, MH., 2022. Causal Contributions of the Domain-General (Multiple Demand) and the Language-Selective Brain Networks to Perceptual and Semantic Challenges in Speech Comprehension. Neurobiol Lang (Camb), v. 3
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1162/nol_a_00081

2021

Gilbert, RA., Davis, MH., Gaskell, MG. and Rodd, JM., 2021. The relationship between sentence comprehension and lexical-semantic retuning Journal of Memory and Language, v. 116
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2020.104188

Pérez, A., Davis, M., Ince, R., Zhang, H., Fu, Z., Lamarca, M., Ralph, ML. and Monahan, P., 2021. Timing of brain entrainment to the speech envelope during speaking, listening and self-listening
Doi: http://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tzhn4

Rastle, K., Lally, C., Davis, MH. and Taylor, JSH., 2021. The Dramatic Impact of Explicit Instruction on Learning to Read in a New Writing System. Psychol Sci, v. 32
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620968790

van Bree, S., Sohoglu, E., Davis, MH. and Zoefel, B., 2021. Sustained neural rhythms reveal endogenous oscillations supporting speech perception. PLoS Biol, v. 19
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001142

Wang, YC., Sohoglu, E., Gilbert, RA., Henson, RN. and Davis, MH., 2021. Predictive Neural Computations Support Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from MEG and Competitor Priming. J Neurosci, v. 41
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1685-20.2021

2020 (Accepted for publication)

Sohoglu, E. and Davis, M., 2020 (Accepted for publication). Rapid computations of spectrotemporal prediction error support perception of degraded speech eLife,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.22.054726

2020

MacGregor, LJ., Rodd, JM., Gilbert, RA., Hauk, O., Sohoglu, E. and Davis, MH., 2020. The Neural Time Course of Semantic Ambiguity Resolution in Speech Comprehension. J Cogn Neurosci, v. 32
Doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_01493

van Bree, S., Sohoglu, E., Davis, M. and Zoefel, B., 2020. Sustained neural rhythms reveal endogenous oscillations supporting speech perception
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.26.170761

Wang, YC., Sohoglu, E., Gilbert, R., Henson, R. and Davis, M., 2020. Predictive Neural Computations Support Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from MEG and Competitor Priming
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.01.182717

Sohoglu, E. and Davis, MH., 2020. Rapid computations of spectrotemporal prediction error support perception of degraded speech. Elife, v. 9
Doi: http://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58077

2019 (Published online)

Zoefel, B., Allard, I., Anil, M. and Davis, MH., 2019 (Published online). Perception of Rhythmic Speech Is Modulated by Focal Bilateral Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01490

2019

Davis, M., Evans, S., McCarthy, K., Evans, L., Giannakopoulou, A. and Taylor, J., 2019. Lexical learning shapes the development of speech perception until late adolescence
Doi: http://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ktsey

Zoefel, B., Allard, I., Anil, M. and Davis, M., 2019. Perception of rhythmic speech is modulated by focal bilateral tACS
Doi: 10.1101/647982

Gilbert, RA., Davis, M., Gaskell, G. and Rodd, J., 2019. The relationship between sentence comprehension and lexical-semantic retuning
Doi: http://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qvaud

Taylor, JSH., Davis, MH. and Rastle, K., 2019. Mapping visual symbols onto spoken language along the ventral visual stream. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, v. 116
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1818575116

Zoefel, B., Davis, MH., Valente, G. and Riecke, L., 2019. How to test for phasic modulation of neural and behavioural responses. Neuroimage, v. 202
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116175

2018

Blank, H., Spangenberg, M. and Davis, MH., 2018. Neural Prediction Errors Distinguish Perception and Misperception of Speech. J Neurosci, v. 38
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3258-17.2018

Blank, H., Spangenberg, M. and Davis, MH., 2018. Neural Prediction Errors Distinguish Perception and Misperception of Speech The Journal of Neuroscience, v. 38
Doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.3258-17.2018

Havas, V., Taylor, J., Vaquero, L., de Diego-Balaguer, R., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. and Davis, MH., 2018. Semantic and phonological schema influence spoken word learning and overnight consolidation. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, v. 71
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1329325

Zoefel, B., Archer-Boyd, A. and Davis, MH., 2018. Phase Entrainment of Brain Oscillations Causally Modulates Neural Responses to Intelligible Speech. Curr Biol, v. 28
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.071

Gilbert, RA., Davis, MH., Gaskell, MG. and Rodd, JM., 2018. Listeners and Readers Generalize Their Experience With Word Meanings Across Modalities Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000532

Billig, AJ., Davis, MH. and Carlyon, RP., 2018. Neural Decoding of Bistable Sounds Reveals an Effect of Intention on Perceptual Organization. J Neurosci, v. 38
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3022-17.2018

2017 (Accepted for publication)

Cope, TE., Sohoglu, E., Sedley, W., Patterson, K., Jones, PS., Wiggins, J., Dawson, C., Grube, M., Carlyon, RP., Griffiths, TD., Davis, MH. and Rowe, JB., 2017 (Accepted for publication). Evidence for causal top-down frontal contributions to predictive processes in speech perception Nature Communications, v. 8
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01958-7

2017

Rodd, JM. and Davis, MH., 2017. How to study spoken language understanding: a survey of neuroscientific methods Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, v. 32
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2017.1323110

Cai, ZG., Gilbert, RA., Davis, MH., Gaskell, MG., Farrar, L., Adler, S. and Rodd, JM., 2017. Accent modulates access to word meaning: Evidence for a speaker-model account of spoken word recognition. Cognitive Psychology, v. 98
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2017.08.003

Taylor, JSH., Davis, MH. and Rastle, K., 2017. Comparing and validating methods of reading instruction using behavioural and neural findings in an artificial orthography. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, v. 146
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000301

Rogers, JC. and Davis, MH., 2017. Inferior Frontal Cortex Contributions to the Recognition of Spoken Words and Their Constituent Speech Sounds. J Cogn Neurosci, v. 29
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01096

Quinn, C., Taylor, JSH. and Davis, MH., 2017. Learning and retrieving holistic and componential visual-verbal associations in reading and object naming. Neuropsychologia, v. 98
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.09.025

Zoefel, B. and Davis, MH., 2017. Transcranial electric stimulation for the investigation of speech perception and comprehension. Lang Cogn Neurosci, v. 32
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2016.1247970

2016

Sohoglu, E. and Davis, MH., 2016. Perceptual learning of degraded speech by minimizing prediction error. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, v. 113
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1523266113

Blank, H. and Davis, MH., 2016. Prediction Errors but Not Sharpened Signals Simulate Multivoxel fMRI Patterns during Speech Perception. PLoS Biol, v. 14
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002577

2015

Tamminen, J., Davis, MH. and Rastle, K., 2015. From specific examples to general knowledge in language learning. Cogn Psychol, v. 79
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2015.03.003

Chen, Y., Davis, MH., Pulvermüller, F. and Hauk, O., 2015. Early Visual Word Processing Is Flexible: Evidence from Spatiotemporal Brain Dynamics. J Cogn Neurosci, v. 27
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00815

Evans, S. and Davis, MH., 2015. Hierarchical Organization of Auditory and Motor Representations in Speech Perception: Evidence from Searchlight Similarity Analysis. Cereb Cortex, v. 25
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhv136

2014

Sohoglu, E., Peelle, JE., Carlyon, RP. and Davis, MH., 2014. Top-down influences of written text on perceived clarity of degraded speech. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform, v. 40
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/a0033206

Adapa, RM., Davis, MH., Stamatakis, EA., Absalom, AR. and Menon, DK., 2014. Neural correlates of successful semantic processing during propofol sedation. Hum Brain Mapp, v. 35
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22375

Adapa, RM., Davis, MH., Stamatakis, EA., Absalom, AR. and Menon, DK., 2014. Neural correlates of successful semantic processing during propofol sedation Human Brain Mapping, v. 35
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22375

Taylor, JSH., Rastle, K. and Davis, MH., 2014. Interpreting response time effects in functional imaging studies. Neuroimage, v. 99
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.05.073

Taylor, JSH., Rastle, K. and Davis, MH., 2014. Distinct neural specializations for learning to read words and name objects. J Cogn Neurosci, v. 26
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00614

2013

Rodd, JM., Lopez Cutrin, B., Kirsch, H., Millar, A. and Davis, MH., 2013. Long-term priming of the meanings of ambiguous words Journal of Memory and Language, v. 68
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2012.08.002

Billig, AJ., Davis, MH., Deeks, JM., Monstrey, J. and Carlyon, RP., 2013. Lexical influences on auditory streaming. Curr Biol, v. 23
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.06.042

Chen, Y., Davis, MH., Pulvermüller, F. and Hauk, O., 2013. Task modulation of brain responses in visual word recognition as studied using EEG/MEG and fMRI. Front Hum Neurosci, v. 7
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00376

Kalm, K., Davis, MH. and Norris, D., 2013. Individual sequence representations in the medial temporal lobe. J Cogn Neurosci, v. 25
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00378

Taylor, JSH., Rastle, K. and Davis, MH., 2013. Can cognitive models explain brain activation during word and pseudoword reading? A meta-analysis of 36 neuroimaging studies. Psychol Bull, v. 139
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/a0030266

Peelle, JE., Gross, J. and Davis, MH., 2013. Phase-locked responses to speech in human auditory cortex are enhanced during comprehension. Cereb Cortex, v. 23
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhs118

2012

Sohoglu, E., Peelle, JE., Carlyon, RP. and Davis, MH., 2012. Predictive top-down integration of prior knowledge during speech perception. J Neurosci, v. 32
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5069-11.2012

Gagnepain, P., Henson, RN. and Davis, MH., 2012. Temporal predictive codes for spoken words in auditory cortex. Curr Biol, v. 22
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.015

Hervais-Adelman, AG., Carlyon, RP., Johnsrude, IS. and Davis, MH., 2012. Brain regions recruited for the effortful comprehension of noise-vocoded words Language and Cognitive Processes, v. 27
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/01690965.2012.662280

Mattys, SL., Davis, MH., Bradlow, AR. and Scott, SK., 2012. Speech recognition in adverse conditions: A review Language and Cognitive Processes, v. 27
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/01690965.2012.705006

Kalm, K., Davis, MH. and Norris, D., 2012. Neural mechanisms underlying the grouping effect in short-term memory. Hum Brain Mapp, v. 33
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.21308

Rodd, JM., Berriman, R., Landau, M., Lee, T., Ho, C., Gaskell, MG. and Davis, MH., 2012. Learning new meanings for old words: effects of semantic relatedness. Mem Cognit, v. 40
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-012-0209-1

Peelle, JE. and Davis, MH., 2012. Neural Oscillations Carry Speech Rhythm through to Comprehension. Front Psychol, v. 3
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00320

Wild, CJ., Yusuf, A., Wilson, DE., Peelle, JE., Davis, MH. and Johnsrude, IS., 2012. Effortful listening: the processing of degraded speech depends critically on attention. J Neurosci, v. 32
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1528-12.2012

Tamminen, J., Davis, MH., Merkx, M. and Rastle, K., 2012. The role of memory consolidation in generalisation of new linguistic information. Cognition, v. 125
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2012.06.014

Szenkovits, G., Peelle, JE., Norris, D. and Davis, MH., 2012. Individual differences in premotor and motor recruitment during speech perception. Neuropsychologia, v. 50
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.02.023

Adank, P., Davis, MH. and Hagoort, P., 2012. Neural dissociation in processing noise and accent in spoken language comprehension. Neuropsychologia, v. 50
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.10.024

Wild, CJ., Davis, MH. and Johnsrude, IS., 2012. Human auditory cortex is sensitive to the perceived clarity of speech. Neuroimage, v. 60
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.01.035

Rodd, JM., Johnsrude, IS. and Davis, MH., 2012. Dissociating frontotemporal contributions to semantic ambiguity resolution in spoken sentences. Cereb Cortex, v. 22
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhr252

Tahmasebi, AM., Davis, MH., Wild, CJ., Rodd, JM., Hakyemez, H., Abolmaesumi, P. and Johnsrude, IS., 2012. Is the link between anatomical structure and function equally strong at all cognitive levels of processing? Cereb Cortex, v. 22
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhr205

Davis, MW., White, NJ., Priestley, KF., Baptie, BJ. and Tilmann, FJ., 2012. Crustal structure of the British Isles and its epeirogenic consequences Geophysical Journal International, v. 190
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05485.x

2011

Hervais-Adelman, AG., Davis, MH., Johnsrude, IS., Taylor, KJ. and Carlyon, RP., 2011. Generalization of perceptual learning of vocoded speech. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform, v. 37
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/a0020772

Davis, MH., Ford, MA., Kherif, F. and Johnsrude, IS., 2011. Does semantic context benefit speech understanding through "top-down" processes? Evidence from time-resolved sparse fMRI. J Cogn Neurosci, v. 23
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00084

Heinrich, A., Carlyon, RP., Davis, MH. and Johnsrude, IS., 2011. The continuity illusion does not depend on attentional state: FMRI evidence from illusory vowels. J Cogn Neurosci, v. 23
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2011.21627

Davis, MF., Kamel, F., Hoppin, JA., Alavanja, MCR., Freeman, LB., Gray, GC., Nelson, K. and Silbergeld, E., 2011. Neurologic symptoms associated with raising poultry and swine among participants in the Agricultural Health Study. J Occup Environ Med, v. 53
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e31820805d5

Bekinschtein, TA., Davis, MH., Rodd, JM. and Owen, AM., 2011. Why clowns taste funny: the relationship between humor and semantic ambiguity. J Neurosci, v. 31
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5058-10.2011

Orfanidou, E., Davis, MH., Ford, MA. and Marslen-Wilson, WD., 2011. Perceptual and response components in repetition priming of spoken words and pseudowords. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove), v. 64
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/17470211003743794

Orfanidou, E., Davis, MH. and Marslen-Wilson, WD., 2011. Orthographic and semantic opacity in masked and delayed priming: Evidence from Greek LANG COGNITIVE PROC, v. 26
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/01690965.2010.509055

Merkx, M., Rastle, K. and Davis, MH., 2011. The acquisition of morphological knowledge investigated through artificial language learning. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove), v. 64
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2010.538211

2010

Rodd, JM., Johnsrude, IS. and Davis, MH., 2010. The role of domain-general frontal systems in language comprehension: evidence from dual-task interference and semantic ambiguity. Brain Lang, v. 115
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2010.07.005

Peelle, JE., Eason, RJ., Schmitter, S., Schwarzbauer, C. and Davis, MH., 2010. Evaluating an acoustically quiet EPI sequence for use in fMRI studies of speech and auditory processing. Neuroimage, v. 52
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.05.015

Yuen, I., Davis, MH., Brysbaert, M. and Rastle, K., 2010. Activation of articulatory information in speech perception. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, v. 107
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0904774107

Eckstein, D., Norris, D., Davis, MH. and Henson, RNA., 2010. Invisible is better: Decrease of subliminal priming with increasing visibility Psyche, v. 15

Davis, MH. and Rastle, K., 2010. Form and meaning in early morphological processing: Comment on Feldman, O'Connor, and Moscoso del Prado Martin (2009). Psychon Bull Rev, v. 17
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3758/PBR.17.5.749

Rastle, K., Davis, MH. and Brysbaert, M., 2010. Reply to Skoyles: Direct acoustic-to-articulatory links have functional significance and historical precedent Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 107
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1003149107

Rastle, K., Davis, MH. and Brysbaert, M., 2010. Response to McGettigan et al.: Task-based accounts are not sufficiently coherent to explain articulatory effects in speech perception Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 107
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1000982107

Ford, MA., Davis, MH. and Marslen-Wilson, WD., 2010. Derivational morphology and base morpheme frequency J MEM LANG, v. 63
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2009.01.003

Peelle, JE., Johnsrude, IS. and Davis, MH., 2010. Hierarchical processing for speech in human auditory cortex and beyond. Front Hum Neurosci, v. 4
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2010.00051

2009

Davis, MH. and Gaskell, MG., 2009. A complementary systems account of word learning: neural and behavioural evidence. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, v. 364
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0111

Davis, MH., Di Betta, AM., Macdonald, MJE. and Gaskell, MG., 2009. Learning and consolidation of novel spoken words. J Cogn Neurosci, v. 21
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2009.21059

McCormick, SF., Rastle, K. and Davis, MH., 2009. Adore-able not adorable? Orthographic underspecification studied with masked repetition priming European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, v. 21
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/09541440802366919

Coleman, MR., Davis, MH., Rodd, JM., Robson, T., Ali, A., Owen, AM. and Pickard, JD., 2009. Towards the routine use of brain imaging to aid the clinical diagnosis of disorders of consciousness. Brain, v. 132
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awp183

Hauk, O., Pulvermüller, F., Ford, M., Marslen-Wilson, WD. and Davis, MH., 2009. Can I have a quick word? Early electrophysiological manifestations of psycholinguistic processes revealed by event-related regression analysis of the EEG. Biol Psychol, v. 80
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.04.015

Eckstein, D., Norris, D., Davis, MH. and Henson, RNA., 2009. Invisible is better: Decrease of subliminal priming with increasing visibility Psyche (Pasadena), v. 15

2008

Hervais-Adelman, A., Davis, MH., Johnsrude, IS. and Carlyon, RP., 2008. Perceptual learning of noise vocoded words: effects of feedback and lexicality. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform, v. 34
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.34.2.460

Sarà, M., Pistoia, F., Cernera, G. and Sacco, S., 2008. The consciousness dilemma: feel or feel of feeling? Arch Neurol, v. 65
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.65.3.418-a

Rastle, K. and Davis, M., 2008. Morphological decomposition based on the analysis of orthography Language and Cognitive Processes, v. 23
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/01690960802069730

McCormick, SF., Rastle, K. and Davis, MH., 2008. Is there a 'fete' in 'fetish'? Effects of orthographic opacity on morpho-orthographic segmentation in visual word recognition Journal of Memory and Language, v. 58
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2007.05.006

Heinrich, A., Carlyon, RP., Davis, MH. and Johnsrude, IS., 2008. Illusory vowels resulting from perceptual continuity: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. J Cogn Neurosci, v. 20
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2008.20069

Hauk, O., Davis, MH., Kherif, F. and Pulvermüller, F., 2008. Imagery or meaning? Evidence for a semantic origin of category-specific brain activity in metabolic imaging. Eur J Neurosci, v. 27
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06143.x

Hauk, O., Davis, MH. and Pulvermüller, F., 2008. Modulation of brain activity by multiple lexical and word form variables in visual word recognition: A parametric fMRI study. Neuroimage, v. 42
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.05.054

2007

Calder, AJ., Beaver, JD., Davis, MH., van Ditzhuijzen, J., Keane, J. and Lawrence, AD., 2007. Disgust sensitivity predicts the insula and pallidal response to pictures of disgusting foods. Eur J Neurosci, v. 25
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05604.x

Bozic, M., Marslen-Wilson, WD., Stamatakis, EA., Davis, MH. and Tyler, LK., 2007. Differentiating morphology, form, and meaning: Neural correlates of morphological complexity J COGNITIVE NEUROSCI, v. 19

Davis, MH. and Johnsrude, IS., 2007. Hearing speech sounds: top-down influences on the interface between audition and speech perception. Hear Res, v. 229
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2007.01.014

Van Casteren, M. and Davis, MH., 2007. Match: a program to assist in matching the conditions of factorial experiments. Behav Res Methods, v. 39
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3758/bf03192992

Davis, MH., Coleman, MR., Absalom, AR., Rodd, JM., Johnsrude, IS., Matta, BF., Owen, AM. and Menon, DK., 2007. Dissociating speech perception and comprehension at reduced levels of awareness. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, v. 104
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0701309104

Coleman, MR., Rodd, JM., Davis, MH., Johnsrude, IS., Menon, DK., Pickard, JD. and Owen, AM., 2007. Do vegetative patients retain aspects of language comprehension? Evidence from fMRI. Brain, v. 130
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awm170

Owen, AM., Coleman, MR., Boly, M., Davis, MH., Laureys, S. and Pickard, JD., 2007. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging to detect covert awareness in the vegetative state. Arch Neurol, v. 64
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.64.8.1098

Boly, M., Coleman, MR., Davis, MH., Hampshire, A., Bor, D., Moonen, G., Maquet, PA., Pickard, JD., Laureys, S. and Owen, AM., 2007. When thoughts become action: an fMRI paradigm to study volitional brain activity in non-communicative brain injured patients. Neuroimage, v. 36
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.02.047

Owen, AM., Coleman, MR., Boly, M., Davis, MH., Laureys, S., Jolles, D. and Pickard, JD., 2007. Response to comments on "Detecting awareness in the vegetative state" SCIENCE, v. 315
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1135583

2006

Beaver, JD., Lawrence, AD., van Ditzhuijzen, J., Davis, MH., Woods, A. and Calder, AJ., 2006. Individual differences in reward drive predict neural responses to images of food. J Neurosci, v. 26
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0350-06.2006

van Casteren, M. and Davis, MH., 2006. Mix, a program for pseudorandomization. Behav Res Methods, v. 38
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3758/bf03193889

Gomot, M., Bernard, FA., Davis, MH., Belmonte, MK., Ashwin, C., Bullmore, ET. and Baron-Cohen, S., 2006. Change detection in children with autism: an auditory event-related fMRI study. Neuroimage, v. 29
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.07.027

Suckling, J., Davis, MH., Ooi, C., Wink, AM., Fadili, J., Salvador, R., Welchew, D., Sendur, L., Maxim, V. and Bullmore, ET., 2006. Permutation testing of orthogonal factorial effects in a language-processing experiment using fMRI. Hum Brain Mapp, v. 27
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.20252

Owen, AM., Coleman, MR., Boly, M., Davis, MH., Laureys, S. and Pickard, JD., 2006. Detecting awareness in the vegetative state. Science, v. 313
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1130197

Schwarzbauer, C., Davis, MH., Rodd, JM. and Johnsrude, I., 2006. Interleaved silent steady state (ISSS) imaging: a new sparse imaging method applied to auditory fMRI. Neuroimage, v. 29
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.08.025

Hauk, O., Davis, MH., Ford, M., Pulvermüller, F. and Marslen-Wilson, WD., 2006. The time course of visual word recognition as revealed by linear regression analysis of ERP data. Neuroimage, v. 30
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.11.048

Orfanidou, E., Marslen-Wilson, WD. and Davis, MH., 2006. Neural response suppression predicts repetition priming of spoken words and pseudowords. J Cogn Neurosci, v. 18
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2006.18.8.1237

2005

Rodd, JM., Davis, MH. and Johnsrude, IS., 2005. The neural mechanisms of speech comprehension: fMRI studies of semantic ambiguity. Cereb Cortex, v. 15
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhi009

Davis, MH., Johnsrude, IS., Hervais-Adelman, A., Taylor, K. and McGettigan, C., 2005. Lexical information drives perceptual learning of distorted speech: evidence from the comprehension of noise-vocoded sentences. J Exp Psychol Gen, v. 134
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.134.2.222

Owen, AM., Coleman, MR., Menon, DK., Berry, EL., Johnsrude, IS., Rodd, JM., Davis, MH. and Pickard, JD., 2005. Using a hierarchical approach to investigate residual auditory cognition in persistent vegetative state. Prog Brain Res, v. 150
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6123(05)50032-3

Owen, AM., Coleman, MR., Menon, DK., Johnsrude, IS., Rodd, JM., Davis, MH., Taylor, K. and Pickard, JD., 2005. Residual auditory function in persistent vegetative state: a combined PET and fMRI study. Neuropsychol Rehabil, v. 15
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/09602010443000579

2004

Rastle, K., Davis, MH. and New, B., 2004. The broth in my brother's brothel: morpho-orthographic segmentation in visual word recognition. Psychon Bull Rev, v. 11
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3758/bf03196742

Davis, MH., 2004. Units of representation in visual word recognition. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, v. 101
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0405788101

Davis, MH., Meunier, F. and Marslen-Wilson, WD., 2004. Neural responses to morphological, syntactic, and semantic properties of single words: an fMRI study. Brain Lang, v. 89
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00471-1

2003

Davis, MH. and Johnsrude, IS., 2003. Hierarchical processing in spoken language comprehension. J Neurosci, v. 23
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03423.2003

Davis, M., 2003. Hierarchical processing in spoken language comprehension: fMRI studies JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, v. 17

2002

Devlin, JT., Russell, RP., Davis, MH., Price, CJ., Moss, HE., Fadili, MJ. and Tyler, LK., 2002. Is there an anatomical basis for category-specificity? Semantic memory studies in PET and fMRI NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA, v. 40

Rastle, K. and Davis, MH., 2002. On the complexities of measuring naming. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform, v. 28
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037//0096-1523.28.2.307

2000

Devlin, JT., Russell, RP., Davis, MH., Price, CJ., Wilson, J., Moss, HE., Matthews, PM. and Tyler, LK., 2000. Susceptibility-induced loss of signal: comparing PET and fMRI on a semantic task. Neuroimage, v. 11
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1006/nimg.2000.0595

Rastle, K., Davis, MH., Marslen-Wilson, WD. and Tyler, LK., 2000. Morphological and semantic effects in visual word recognition: A time-course study LANG COGNITIVE PROC, v. 15

Devlin, JT., Davis, MH., McLelland, SA. and Russell, RP., 2000. Efficiency, information theory, and neural representations Behavioral and Brain Sciences, v. 23
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00303351

1999

Davis, MH., Moss, HE., Davies, PD. and Tyler, LK., 1999. Spot the difference: Investigations of conceptual structure for living things and artifacts using speeded word-picture matching BRAIN LANG, v. 69

Theses / dissertations

2022 (No publication date)

Wang, Y., 2022 (No publication date). Mechanisms of Spoken Word Recognition and Memory Encoding Studied through Competitor Priming
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.83495

Conference proceedings

2022

Pérez, A. and Davis, MH., 2022. Using Earables Platforms to Study Verbal Communication: Introducing earables to psycholinguistic research UbiComp/ISWC 2022 Adjunct - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2022 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers,
Doi: 10.1145/3544793.3563414

2016

Cope, T., Sohoglu, E., Patterson, K., Dawson, C., Grube, M., Sedley, W., Davis, M. and Rowe, J., 2016. MEG REVEALS SPEECH PROCESSING DELAY IN PROGRESSIVE NON FLUENT APHASIA JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY, v. 87
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2016-315106.165

2013

Garagnani, M., Shtyrov, Y. and Davis, M., 2013. EFFECTS OF SLEEP AND NUMBER OF REPETITIONS ON NOVEL SPOKEN WORD LEARNING: FMRI EVIDENCE JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE,

2010

Carlyon, RP., Thompson, SK., Heinrich, A., Pulvermuller, F., Davis, MH., Shtyrov, Y., Cusack, R. and Johnsrude, IS., 2010. Objective Measures of Auditory Scene Analysis NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL BASES OF AUDITORY PERCEPTION,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5686-6_47

2009

Rogers, JC. and Davis, MH., 2009. Categorical perception of speech without stimulus repetition Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH,
Doi: 10.21437/interspeech.2009-129

Rogers, JC. and Davis, MH., 2009. Categorical perception of speech without stimulus repetition INTERSPEECH 2009: 10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION 2009, VOLS 1-5,

2007

Boly, M., Coleman, M., Davis, M., Hampshire, A., Bor, D., Maquet, P., Pickard, J., Moonen, G., Owen, A. and Laureys, S., 2007. Measuring intentional mental imagery - and hence consciousness - in non-communicative brain injured patients using fMRI JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, v. 254

2006

Absalom, A., Coleman, M., Davis, M., Rodd, J., Johnsrude, I., Owen, A. and Menon, D., 2006. An fMRI study of the influence of propofol sedation on neural correlates of speech perception and comprehension BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA, v. 97

2005

Orfanidou, E., Davis, MH. and Marslen-Wilson, W., 2005. Neural correlates of priming between verbs and derivatives: An EFMRI study of Greek derivational morphology JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE,

Rodd, JM., Davis, MH. and Johnsrude, IS., 2005. The timecourse of neural responses to ambiguous words in sentences: An FMRI study JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE,

Ford, MA., Hauk, O., Davis, MH. and Marslen-Wilson, WD., 2005. Parameters influencing visual word recognition: Evidence from multiple regression analysis of event related potentials. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE,

Davis, MH., Ford, MA. and Johnsrude, IS., 2005. Sentence-level meaning aids perception of speech in noise: An FMRI study JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE,

Gaskell, MG., Davis, MH., Dumay, N. and Macdonald, M., 2005. Sleep and the acquisition of spoken words: Neural and behavioral consequences JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE,

2002

Davis, MH., Marslen-Wilson, WD. and Gaskell, MG., 2002. Leading up the lexical garden path: Segmentation and ambiguity in spoken word recognition JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE, v. 28
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037//0096-1523.28.1.218

2000

Devlin, JT., Russell, RP., Price, CJ., Davis, MH., Moss, HE. and Tyler, LK., 2000. Neuroimaging evidence for a unitary semantic system JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE,

1997

Davis, MH., Gaskell, MG. and Marslen-Wilson, W., 1997. Recognising embedded words in connected speech: Contest and competition 4TH NEURAL COMPUTATION AND PSYCHOLOGY WORKSHOP, LONDON, 9-11 APRIL 1997,

Davis, MH., Marslen-Wilson, WD. and Gaskell, MG., 1997. Ambiguity and competition in lexical segmentation PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINETEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY,

Internet publications

2022

MacGregor, L., Gilbert, R., Balewski, Z., Mitchell, D., Erzinclioglu, S., Rodd, J., Duncan, J., Fedorenko, E. and Davis, M., 2022. Causal contributions of the domain-general (Multiple Demand) and the language-selective brain networks to perceptual and semantic challenges in speech comprehension
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.12.487989

Book chapters

2019

Davis, M. and Sohoglu, E., 2019. Three Functions of Prediction Error for Bayesian Inference in Speech Perception
Doi: http://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qc4u6

2016

Davis, MH., 2016. Chapter 44 The Neurobiology of Lexical Access
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-407794-2.00044-4

Davis, MH. and Scharenborg, O., 2016. Speech perception by humans and machines
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315772110

2015

Davis, MH., 2015. The Neurobiology of Lexical Access
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-407794-2.00044-4

2011

Ford, MA., Marslen-Wilson, WD. and Davis, MH., 2011. Morphology and frequency: Contrasting methodologies
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1515/9783110910186.89

Davis, MH., van Casteren, M. and Marslen-Wilson, WD., 2011. Frequency effects in processing inflected Dutch nouns: A distributed connectionist account
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1515/9783110910186.427

2003

Rastle, K. and Davis, MH., 2003. Reading morphologically complex words: Some thoughts from masked priming
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9780203502846

Davis, MH., 2003. Connectionist modelling of lexical segmentation and vocabulary acquisition
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9780203494028

Datasets

2019

Zoefel, B., Allard, I., Anil, M. and Davis, MH., 2019. Research data supporting "Perception of rhythmic speech is modulated by focal bilateral transcranial alternating current stimulation"
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.43617

2017

Zoefel, B., Archer-Boyd, A. and Davis, MH., 2017. Research data supporting "Phase entrainment of brain oscillations causally modulates neural responses to intelligible speech"
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.16677

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