Feng Xu (许峰)

PhD @MQLinguistics & @cllmq, phonetics; language development; cochlear implants; Python & R for data science; he/him🇨🇳🏳️‍🌈social media 📕sylvanx

[Quentin Qin @QuentinZQ2]

Towards an attentional theory of second-language speech perception: Ev… https://t.co/owJ4xmnHSG A cross-language project in collaboration with @HanyangPhonetic

[Micah G. Allen @micahgallen]

Researchers mapped neuronal building blocks of human language using wide-scale single-neuronal recordings paired with natural language processing models, revealing how the brain constructs complex phrases from microscopic cellular units.
https://t.co/8IkRbh74Bk

[Trends in Cognitive Sciences @TrendsCognSci]

Bayesian efficient coding as a theory of perception: progress, controversies, and prospects

Feature Review by Ivan Tomić, Máté Lengyel, & Paul Bays (@BaysLab)

Free access before July 29: https://t.co/M12Qn1pic7

[Feng Xu (许峰) @SylvanFengXu]

@Miao_Zhang_dr 🥰🥰🥰

[Trends in Cognitive Sciences @TrendsCognSci]

Moving intentions from brains to machines

Opinion by Christian Beste, Heleen A. Slagter, Christian Herff (@HerffC), Yukiyasu Kamitani (@ykamit), Sabrina Coninx (@sconinxphil), Richard van Wezel, & Christian Frings

https://t.co/syz2Qfqzgv

[Dr. Dominic Ng @DrDominicNg]

Writing forces your brain to coordinate memory, reasoning, and meaning-making simultaneously.

Every time you write, you rewire toward clearer thinking. Every time you let an LLM do it, you rewire toward consumption.

[Luiz Pessoa @PessoaBrain]

𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀
New paper I anticipate will become a classic in neuroscience and a must-read for students at all levels.
Understanding brain function beyond brain areas.
https://t.co/OjQPX87cfw

[Zhāng, Miǎo 张淼 @Miao_Zhang_dr]

https://t.co/Z42nZpOtsX Our paper on the nature of Changsha Xiang positional sensitive tone sandhi has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Phonetics.

[Feng Xu (许峰) @SylvanFengXu]

Dutch (Ik spreek een beetje Nederlands🥹

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

One language you wish you could speak fluently ??

[Anuja U @heyanuja]

I made a Goodreads for academic papers!
(..and blog posts, substacks, lesswrong, etc)

Paper Trails [https://t.co/dPzhlBgo8E] is something I built because I wanted a place where engaging with research felt fun, beautiful, and personal to you

I hope you give it a try & love it!

[Quentin Qin @QuentinZQ2]

#ASAASJ2025 Check out our poster on older adults’ memory consolidation of tone learning!

[Neuron @NeuroCellPress]

Online now: Human cortical dynamics of auditory word form encoding https://t.co/yYNq3rtM2B

[Razia Aliani @RaziaAliani]

I've met tons of researchers who hate stats!
If you're one of these, this book is for you ⤵️
Save (with 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦.𝘮𝘦) & Repost

The author says it perfectly:
"The most important concepts of statistics can be explained, so that ordinary people can understand it."

— No complex formulas.
— No expensive software needed.
— Just spreadsheets & clear thinking.

The book covers:
— Sample surveys
— Data presentation
— Confidence intervals
— Statistical tests

Written for people who need to collect data.
— Analyze results.
— Present findings.
But don't want to become mathematicians.

Real examples throughout.
— Like the Fitness Club survey with 30 kids.

Shows you exactly how to spot bias.
When to use different tests.
How to avoid common mistakes.

Perfect for public health researchers.
Statistics doesn't have to be scary.
(𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨)

�� Comment if you'd like a link to download this book!

[Sam Norman-Haignere @SamNormanH]

Human auditory cortex integrates information in speech across absolute time (e.g., 200 ms), not phonemes, syllables, words, or any other time-varying speech structure: https://t.co/63T8qdQkUH

[Maitreyee Wairagkar @Maitreyee_W]

Our brain-to-voice synthesis brain-computer interface paper was published in @Nature today! This neuroprosthesis synthesized the voice of a man with ALS instantaneously, enabling him to ‘speak’ flexibly and modulate the prosody of his BCI-voice. 1/7
Paper: https://t.co/STKtfgypAW

[Rosario Tomasello @tomasel9]

👉New publication on the topic of #experimentalpragmatics!

The role of #intonation in recognizing speaker´s #communicativefunction! Rising vs falling pitch!🎙️

Work led by @CaterinaVillan8 with @isabellaboux.bsky.social and #FPulvermüller

https://t.co/bFcZFgRfLN

@bll_berlin

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

You belong with me.
💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤

Letter on my site :)

[Feng Xu (许峰) @SylvanFengXu]

We found that Mandarin-speaking preschoolers with typical hearing had acquired the use of duration and pitch to mark word boundaries by age 4. Pitch did not function as a robust cue across lexical tones for this purpose - https://t.co/j1YWZN9oEf

[Zhāng, Miǎo 张淼 @Miao_Zhang_dr]

https://t.co/oMyLQFhQHN Check out an MFA tutorial I gave for the Pakistan Association of Phonetics and Phonology Scholars (PAPPS).