How to assess the roles of vision and language to reading? We studied how purely visual computational models for word and letter recognition processed visual Braille (⠉⠑⠗⠏⠑) and found that they don't replicate human behavioural / neural results, showing the need of language processing in reading

bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Feedforward computational models of vision do not explain expert neural processing of visual Braille in the human visual system https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.14.718353v1

Out now another piece of my PhD. In short, we show that learning a new script, with or without line junctions (├ v. ⠗), mostly relies on the linguistic mapping of one script to a pre-existing orthography, with limited contribution of the script's visual features doi.org/10.3758/s13423-025-02788-1

Connecting the dots: Similar visual orthographic acquisition for Braille or line junctions - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Most written systems share basic shape features with natural objects such as line junctions, a commonality thought to be at the basis of fluent reading. Studies that compared reading acquisition for d...

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Yep, that finally happened. Thank you @hansopdebeeck.bsky.social and @olicolli.bsky.social for the great supervision over the years and to all the colleagues that accompanied me in this terrific experience

Laboratory of Biological Psychology@biopsylbp.bsky.social · 10mo ago

‼️New Dr. in town! Huge congrats to @fcerpelloni.bsky.social from @hansopdebeeck.bsky.social lab for successfully defending his PhD! Well done!