Publications

In this page, you’ll find a list of my published journal articles, presented conference posters, and some talks associated with these publications. For other talks not directly relevant to my research projects and other experiences, please visit my resume/CV.

Journal Articles

• Hauptman, M., Liu, Y.-F., & Bedny, M. (2024). Built to Adapt: Mechanisms of Cognitive Flexibility in the Human Brain. Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
• Liu, Y.-F., Wilson, C., & Bedny, M. (2024). Contribution of the language network to the comprehension of Python programming code. Brain and Language
• Liu, Y.-F., Rapp, B., & Bedny, M. (2023). Reading Braille by Touch Recruits Posterior Parietal Cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
• Nastase, S. A., Liu, Y.-F., Hillman, H., Zadbood, A., Hasenfratz, L., Keshavarzian, N., . . . Hasson, U. (2021). The “Narratives” fMRI dataset for evaluating models of naturalistic language comprehension. Scientific Data
• Meshulam, M., Hasenfratz, L., Hillman, H., Liu, Y.-F., Nguyen, M., Norman, K. A., & Hasson, U. (2021). Neural alignment predicts learning outcomes in students taking an introduction to computer science course. Nature Communications
• Liu, Y.-F., Kim, J., Wilson, C., & Bedny, M. (2020). Computer code comprehension shares neural resources with formal logical inference in the fronto-parietal network. eLife
• Nastase, S. A., Liu, Y.-F., Hillman, H., Norman, K. A., & Hasson, U. (2020). Leveraging shared connectivity to aggregate heterogeneous datasets into a common response space. NeuroImage
• Lin, F.-H., Liu, Y.-F., Lee, H.-J., Chang, C. H. C., Jaaskelainen, I. P., Yeh, J.-N., & Kuo, W.-J. (2019). Differential brain mechanisms during reading human vs. machine translated fiction and news texts. Scientific reports (co-first authored)

Conference Posters

• Liu, Y.-F., Chen, J., Wilson, C., Bedny, M. (2023). Neural Representations of Algorithms in the Logical Reasoning Network are Recycled for Programming Code Comprehension. Presented at the Conference of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
• Liu, Y.-F., Wilson, C., Lu, C., Wang, Z., Chen, C., Singh, S., Bedny, M. (2023). Introductory Programming Learning Outcome Predicted By Reasoning but Not Linguistic Aptitude. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science
• Liu, Y.-F., Bedny, M. (2022). Language system contributes to ‘gist’ extraction during code comprehension. To be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language
• Liu, Y.-F., Wilson, C., Bedny, M. (2022). The neural basis of logical reasoning is engaged during the comprehension of algorithms in programming beginners. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society
• Bedny, M., Liu, Y.-F., Kanjlia, S. (2020). Overlapping neural responses to symbolic math and formal logic in the intra-parietal sulcus. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society
• Liu, Y.-F., Bedny, M., & Wilson, C. (2020). Computer code comprehension shares neural resources with formal logic and math. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society
• Liu, Y.-F., Kuo, W.-J., & Lin, F.-H. (2017). Using inter-subject correlation to probe the neural response to article genre and readability during natural reading. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
• Liu, Y.-F., Kuo, W.-J., & Lin, F.-H. (2015). Inter-subject neuronal correlation (ISC) during natural article reading. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping

Select Talks and Presentations

• “When Your Brain Gets a Code“
  • Presented at the 2023 Science Gong Show
  • Voted as the audience’s favorite talk
  • APR 2023
• “Neural Recycling of Logical Reasoning Network for Programming Code Comprehension”
  • In person symposium talk at the conference of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society
  • Symposium title: “Neural Recycling of Reasoning Networks by STEM Domains: Evidence from Studies of Math, Engineering, and Programming”
  • APR 2022
• “If either LOGIC or CODE then not (so much) LANGUAGE”
  • Guest lecture given at Foundations of Logical Thinking in JHU
  • Invited by course instructor Dr. Nicolò Cesana-Arlotti
  • FEB 2022
• “The Involvement of Bilateral Supramarginal Gyrus in Orthographic Processing during Braille Reading”
  • Slide slam video presentation at the virtual conference of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language
  • Video available on YouTube
  • OCT 2021
• “The Neural Basis of Code Comprehension”
  • Invited talk in the lab of Dr. Uri Hasson in Princeton University
  • OCT 2020
  • Invited talk in the lab of Dr. Rebecca Saxe in Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • SEP 2020
• “Computer Code Comprehension Shares Neural Resources with Formal Logic and Math”
  • Video presentation at the virtual conference of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society
  • Video available on YouTube
  • MAY 2020
• “Overlapping Neural Responses to Symbolic Math and Formal Logic in the Intra-Parietal Sulcus”
  • Video presentation at virtual conference of Cognitive Neuroscience Society
  • Video available on YouTube
  • MAY 2020