Yevgeni Berzak
@whylikethis.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. at the Technion.
Computational Psycholinguistics, NLP, Cognitive Science.
https://lacclab.github.io/
Computational Psycholinguistics, NLP, Cognitive Science.
https://lacclab.github.io/
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It's officially been 75 years since the proposal of the Turing Test, a good time bring up 'The Minimal Turing Test':
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It's officially been 75 years since the proposal of the Turing Test, a good time bring up 'The Minimal Turing Test':
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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my friend/colleague Frank Jäkel wrote a book on AI. I sadly don't know German but I happily know Frank, and I've heard him talking about this for a while now, and just on that basis I'd recommend the German speakers in the audience check it out
August 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
my friend/colleague Frank Jäkel wrote a book on AI. I sadly don't know German but I happily know Frank, and I've heard him talking about this for a while now, and just on that basis I'd recommend the German speakers in the audience check it out
We had a lot of fun delivering the Eye Tracking and NLP tutorial at ACL! The slides are available on the tutorial website acl2025-eyetracking-and-nlp.github.io
ACL 2025 Tutorial: Eye Tracking and NLP
ACL 2025 Tutorial on Eye Tracking and NLP
acl2025-eyetracking-and-nlp.github.io
August 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
We had a lot of fun delivering the Eye Tracking and NLP tutorial at ACL! The slides are available on the tutorial website acl2025-eyetracking-and-nlp.github.io
Reposted by Yevgeni Berzak
Help us record firefly flashes! 👇🙏
Do you have fireflies in your backyard? Biologist @oritpeleg.bsky.social is collecting data! #emergence docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Help us Record Firefly Flashes ✨
Firefly flashes are amazing ❤️ During mating season, fireflies gather in groups and flash their species-specific flash pattern. To better understand these communication signals, we developed a method ...
docs.google.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Help us record firefly flashes! 👇🙏
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Out now in TiCS, something i've been thinking about a lot:
"Physics vs. graphics as an organizing dichotomy in cognition"
(by Balaban & me)
relevant for many people, related to imagination, intuitive physics, mental simulation, aphantasia, and more
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lBaC4sIRv...
"Physics vs. graphics as an organizing dichotomy in cognition"
(by Balaban & me)
relevant for many people, related to imagination, intuitive physics, mental simulation, aphantasia, and more
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lBaC4sIRv...
June 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Out now in TiCS, something i've been thinking about a lot:
"Physics vs. graphics as an organizing dichotomy in cognition"
(by Balaban & me)
relevant for many people, related to imagination, intuitive physics, mental simulation, aphantasia, and more
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lBaC4sIRv...
"Physics vs. graphics as an organizing dichotomy in cognition"
(by Balaban & me)
relevant for many people, related to imagination, intuitive physics, mental simulation, aphantasia, and more
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lBaC4sIRv...
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If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind.
Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!
Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!
May 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind.
Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!
Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!
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I'm hiring a postdoc to start this fall! Come work with me? recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07123
Post-Doctoral position - Department of Linguistics
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
May 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I'm hiring a postdoc to start this fall! Come work with me? recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07123
👀 📖 Big news! 📖 👀
Happy to announce the release of the OneStop Eye Movements dataset! 🎉 🎉
OneStop is the product of over 6 years of experimental design, data collection and data curation.
github.com/lacclab/OneS...
Happy to announce the release of the OneStop Eye Movements dataset! 🎉 🎉
OneStop is the product of over 6 years of experimental design, data collection and data curation.
github.com/lacclab/OneS...
May 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
👀 📖 Big news! 📖 👀
Happy to announce the release of the OneStop Eye Movements dataset! 🎉 🎉
OneStop is the product of over 6 years of experimental design, data collection and data curation.
github.com/lacclab/OneS...
Happy to announce the release of the OneStop Eye Movements dataset! 🎉 🎉
OneStop is the product of over 6 years of experimental design, data collection and data curation.
github.com/lacclab/OneS...
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New paper! We show that eye movements during normal reading (no extra task) are effective at predicting reading comprehension as measured by recall. Both early and late eye-movement measures are key. This research was led by the amazing Diane Mézière.
ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
<em>Reading Research Quarterly</em> | ILA Literacy Journal | Wiley Online Library
Recent research on the use of eye movements to predict performance on reading comprehension tasks suggests that while eye movements may be used to measure comprehension, the relationship between eye-...
ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New paper! We show that eye movements during normal reading (no extra task) are effective at predicting reading comprehension as measured by recall. Both early and late eye-movement measures are key. This research was led by the amazing Diane Mézière.
ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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In person (no streaming/zoom) sentence processing workshop at Potsdam with Tal Linzen, Brian Dillon, Titus von der Malsburg, Oezge Bakay, William Timkey, Pia Schoknecht, Michael Vrazitulis, and Johan Hennert:
vasishth.github.io/sentproc-wor...
vasishth.github.io/sentproc-wor...
Sentence processing workshop, May 27, 2025
vasishth.github.io
May 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
In person (no streaming/zoom) sentence processing workshop at Potsdam with Tal Linzen, Brian Dillon, Titus von der Malsburg, Oezge Bakay, William Timkey, Pia Schoknecht, Michael Vrazitulis, and Johan Hennert:
vasishth.github.io/sentproc-wor...
vasishth.github.io/sentproc-wor...
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🤖🧠 Paper out in Nature Communications! 🧠🤖
Bayesian models can learn rapidly. Neural networks can handle messy, naturalistic data. How can we combine these strengths?
Our answer: Use meta-learning to distill Bayesian priors into a neural network!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/n
Bayesian models can learn rapidly. Neural networks can handle messy, naturalistic data. How can we combine these strengths?
Our answer: Use meta-learning to distill Bayesian priors into a neural network!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/n
May 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🤖🧠 Paper out in Nature Communications! 🧠🤖
Bayesian models can learn rapidly. Neural networks can handle messy, naturalistic data. How can we combine these strengths?
Our answer: Use meta-learning to distill Bayesian priors into a neural network!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/n
Bayesian models can learn rapidly. Neural networks can handle messy, naturalistic data. How can we combine these strengths?
Our answer: Use meta-learning to distill Bayesian priors into a neural network!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/n
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Made a new assignment for a class on Computational Psycholinguistics:
- I trained a Transformer language model on sentences sampled from a PCFG
- The students' task: Given the Transformer, try to infer the PCFG (w/ a leaderboard for who got closest)
Would recommend!
1/n
- I trained a Transformer language model on sentences sampled from a PCFG
- The students' task: Given the Transformer, try to infer the PCFG (w/ a leaderboard for who got closest)
Would recommend!
1/n
May 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Made a new assignment for a class on Computational Psycholinguistics:
- I trained a Transformer language model on sentences sampled from a PCFG
- The students' task: Given the Transformer, try to infer the PCFG (w/ a leaderboard for who got closest)
Would recommend!
1/n
- I trained a Transformer language model on sentences sampled from a PCFG
- The students' task: Given the Transformer, try to infer the PCFG (w/ a leaderboard for who got closest)
Would recommend!
1/n
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Check out our new work on introspection in LLMs! 🔍
TL;DR we find no evidence that LLMs have privileged access to their own knowledge.
Beyond the study of LLM introspection, our findings inform an ongoing debate in linguistics research: prompting (eg grammaticality judgments) =/= prob measurement!
TL;DR we find no evidence that LLMs have privileged access to their own knowledge.
Beyond the study of LLM introspection, our findings inform an ongoing debate in linguistics research: prompting (eg grammaticality judgments) =/= prob measurement!
New preprint w/ @jennhu.bsky.social @kmahowald.bsky.social : Can LLMs introspect about their knowledge of language?
Across models and domains, we did not find evidence that LLMs have privileged access to their own predictions. 🧵(1/8)
Across models and domains, we did not find evidence that LLMs have privileged access to their own predictions. 🧵(1/8)
March 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Check out our new work on introspection in LLMs! 🔍
TL;DR we find no evidence that LLMs have privileged access to their own knowledge.
Beyond the study of LLM introspection, our findings inform an ongoing debate in linguistics research: prompting (eg grammaticality judgments) =/= prob measurement!
TL;DR we find no evidence that LLMs have privileged access to their own knowledge.
Beyond the study of LLM introspection, our findings inform an ongoing debate in linguistics research: prompting (eg grammaticality judgments) =/= prob measurement!
Reposted by Yevgeni Berzak
it's only Consciousness if it comes from the Consciousness region of the brain, otherwise its just sparkling attention
March 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
it's only Consciousness if it comes from the Consciousness region of the brain, otherwise its just sparkling attention
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new preprint on Theory of Mind in LLMs, a topic I know a lot of people care about (I care. I'm part of people):
"Re-evaluating Theory of Mind evaluation in large language models"
(by Hu* @jennhu.bsky.social , Sosa, and me)
link: arxiv.org/pdf/2502.21098
"Re-evaluating Theory of Mind evaluation in large language models"
(by Hu* @jennhu.bsky.social , Sosa, and me)
link: arxiv.org/pdf/2502.21098
March 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
new preprint on Theory of Mind in LLMs, a topic I know a lot of people care about (I care. I'm part of people):
"Re-evaluating Theory of Mind evaluation in large language models"
(by Hu* @jennhu.bsky.social , Sosa, and me)
link: arxiv.org/pdf/2502.21098
"Re-evaluating Theory of Mind evaluation in large language models"
(by Hu* @jennhu.bsky.social , Sosa, and me)
link: arxiv.org/pdf/2502.21098
Reposted by Yevgeni Berzak
Out today in Nature Machine Intelligence!
From childhood on, people can create novel, playful, and creative goals. Models have yet to capture this ability. We propose a new way to represent goals and report a model that can generate human-like goals in a playful setting... 1/N
From childhood on, people can create novel, playful, and creative goals. Models have yet to capture this ability. We propose a new way to represent goals and report a model that can generate human-like goals in a playful setting... 1/N
February 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Out today in Nature Machine Intelligence!
From childhood on, people can create novel, playful, and creative goals. Models have yet to capture this ability. We propose a new way to represent goals and report a model that can generate human-like goals in a playful setting... 1/N
From childhood on, people can create novel, playful, and creative goals. Models have yet to capture this ability. We propose a new way to represent goals and report a model that can generate human-like goals in a playful setting... 1/N
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Hello! I'm looking to hire a post-doc, to start this Summer or Fall.
It'd be great if you could share this widely with people you think might be interested.
More details on the position & how to apply: bit.ly/cocodev_post...
Official posting here: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14723
It'd be great if you could share this widely with people you think might be interested.
More details on the position & how to apply: bit.ly/cocodev_post...
Official posting here: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14723
February 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Hello! I'm looking to hire a post-doc, to start this Summer or Fall.
It'd be great if you could share this widely with people you think might be interested.
More details on the position & how to apply: bit.ly/cocodev_post...
Official posting here: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14723
It'd be great if you could share this widely with people you think might be interested.
More details on the position & how to apply: bit.ly/cocodev_post...
Official posting here: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14723
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Our language neuroscience lab (evlab.mit.edu) is looking for a new lab manager/FT RA to start in the summer. Apply here: tinyurl.com/3r346k66 We'll start reviewing apps in early Mar. (Unfortunately, MIT does not sponsor visas for these positions, but OPT works.)
EvLab
Our research aims to understand how the language system works and how it fits into the broader landscape of the human mind and brain.
evlab.mit.edu
February 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Our language neuroscience lab (evlab.mit.edu) is looking for a new lab manager/FT RA to start in the summer. Apply here: tinyurl.com/3r346k66 We'll start reviewing apps in early Mar. (Unfortunately, MIT does not sponsor visas for these positions, but OPT works.)
The 3rd Workshop on Eye Movements and the Assessment of Reading Comprehension will take place on June 5–7, 2025 at the University of Stuttgart!
Submit an abstract by March 1st and join us!
tmalsburg.github.io/Comprehensio...
Submit an abstract by March 1st and join us!
tmalsburg.github.io/Comprehensio...
The 3rd Workshop on Eye Movements and the Assessment of Reading ComprehensionJune 5–7, 2025, University of Stuttgart
tmalsburg.github.io
February 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The 3rd Workshop on Eye Movements and the Assessment of Reading Comprehension will take place on June 5–7, 2025 at the University of Stuttgart!
Submit an abstract by March 1st and join us!
tmalsburg.github.io/Comprehensio...
Submit an abstract by March 1st and join us!
tmalsburg.github.io/Comprehensio...
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So excited to receive the Troland Award!! Huge congrats to the other winner—Nick Turk-Browne! And TY, as always, to my mentors&nominators, to my amazing labbies past&present, and to all the wonderful and supportive colleagues in our broader scientific community. <3 www.nasonline.org/award/trolan...
Troland Research Award – NAS
Two Troland Research Awards of $75,000 are given annually to recognize unusual achievement by early-career researchers (preferably 45 years of age or younger) and to further empirical research within ...
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January 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So excited to receive the Troland Award!! Huge congrats to the other winner—Nick Turk-Browne! And TY, as always, to my mentors&nominators, to my amazing labbies past&present, and to all the wonderful and supportive colleagues in our broader scientific community. <3 www.nasonline.org/award/trolan...
Fantastic resource!
Happy to share that Liz Schotter and I have just published a beginner-level tutorial introduction to eye-tracking-while-reading studies in Behavior Methods:
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
link.springer.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Fantastic resource!
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Happy New Year everyone! Jim and I just put up our January 2025 release of Speech and Language Processing! Check it out here: web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/sl...
Speech and Language Processing
Speech and Language Processing
web.stanford.edu
January 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Happy New Year everyone! Jim and I just put up our January 2025 release of Speech and Language Processing! Check it out here: web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/sl...
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postdoc opportunity in @alexwoolgar.bsky.social and my lab, based in Cambridge UK! seeking someone with excellent analytical skills to join our project using time-resolved human neuroimaging to study receptive language processing in non-speaking autistic individuals 🧠✨
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48835/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48835/
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
January 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
postdoc opportunity in @alexwoolgar.bsky.social and my lab, based in Cambridge UK! seeking someone with excellent analytical skills to join our project using time-resolved human neuroimaging to study receptive language processing in non-speaking autistic individuals 🧠✨
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48835/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48835/
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Reminder that we are looking for papers using LLMs for humanities research, for a special issue of the Computational Humanities Research Journal.
Deadline January 31st!
#NLP #DigitalHumanities #CulturalAnalytics
Deadline January 31st!
#NLP #DigitalHumanities #CulturalAnalytics
Expanding the Toolkit: Large Language Models in Humanities Research
Call for Papers: Expanding the Toolkit: Large Language Models in Humanities Research.
www.cambridge.org
January 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Reminder that we are looking for papers using LLMs for humanities research, for a special issue of the Computational Humanities Research Journal.
Deadline January 31st!
#NLP #DigitalHumanities #CulturalAnalytics
Deadline January 31st!
#NLP #DigitalHumanities #CulturalAnalytics