Language, Computation and Cognition (LaCC) Lab

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Welcome to the Language, Computation and Cognition (LaCC) lab at the Technion Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences!

We study language from an interdisciplinary perspective with the aim of advancing the scientific understanding of human language processing, improving natural language processing, and creating new applications for reading and language learning. To this end, we draw on theory from linguistics and cognitive science, develop computational models, and carry out large-scale behavioral (e.g. eyetracking) and neuroimaging (e.g. MEG and EEG) experiments.

Interested in joining the lab? See our Join page and get in touch!

News

Oct 14, 2024	New paper accepted to CoNLL 2024, where we find misalignments between language model and human language processing in non-ordinary reading regimes. The Effect of Surprisal on Reading Times in Information Seeking and Repeated Reading.
Oct 8, 2024	Is it possible to predict reading comprehension solely from eye movements during reading? New paper accepted to EMNLP 2024 investigates just that. Fine-Grained Prediction of Reading Comprehension from Eye Movements.
Aug 31, 2024	New to eye-tracking research? Already running eye-tracking studies and would like to improve the quality of the collected data? Check out new video tutorials on how to determine the dominant eye and perform high quality calibration with an Eyelink 1000+ / Portable Duo, created by Ella Lion and collaborators in the MultiplEYE project.
Aug 5, 2024	Yoav Meiri and Keren Gruteke Klein will present at ISCOL 2024.
Jul 14, 2024	Omer Shubi presented work on “Fine Grained Prediction of Reading Comprehension from Eye Movements”, at HILS.