LEWIS, Ashley
Biography
As a cognitive neuroscientist/psycholinguist I am fascinated by how the human brain supports our linguistic capacities. In my research I use electrophysiological methods to probe what the brain is doing while we are reading, listening, or speaking. These methods provide moment-by-moment insight into the brain’s dynamics, which is crucial for understanding the complex interplay of information processing at multiple levels of representation that underpins even the simplest imaginable forms of language. In my teaching/mentoring I try to inspire students to become scientists of tomorrow so that they can make their own scientific contributions and carry our field into the future.
Research Interests
- Psycholinguistics
- Neurolinguistics
- Syntax
- Comparative Linguistics
- Cognitive Control
- Working Memory
Key Publications
- Lewis, A. G., Schoffelen, J. M., Bastiaansen, M., & Schriefers, H. (2023). Is beta in agreement with the relatives? Using relative clause sentences to investigate MEG beta power dynamics during sentence comprehension. Psychophysiology, 60(10), e14332.
- Zeller, J., Bylund, E., & Lewis, A. G. (2022). The parser consults the lexicon in spite of transparent gender marking: EEG evidence from noun class agreement processing in Zulu. Cognition, 226, 105148.
- Lewis, A. G. (2020). Balancing exogenous and endogenous cortical rhythms for speech and language requires a lot of entraining: a commentary on Meyer, Sun & Martin (2020). Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 35(9), 1133-1137.
- Prystauka, Y., & Lewis, A. G. (2019). The power of neural oscillations to inform sentence comprehension: A linguistic perspective. Language and Linguistics Compass, 13(9), e12347.
- Lewis, A. G., & Bastiaansen, M. (2015). A predictive coding framework for rapid neural dynamics during sentence-level language comprehension. Cortex, 68, 155-168.