A human brain network specialized for abstract formal reasoning
Kean, H., Fung, A., Chen, J., Ohams, C., Rule, J., Tenenbaum, J., Piantadosi, S., & Fedorenko, E.
(preprint forthcoming, see version in thesis)
Functional specificity is a core principle of human brain organization, as revealed by highly anatomically atypical brains
Kean, H., Wolna, A., Swords, S., Jhingan, N., Shewmon, A., Richardson, M., Fedorenko, E.
(preprint forthcoming, see version in thesis)
The Neural Architecture of Human Reasoning: Higher-order Cognitive Specialization for Formal
Thought and in Atypical Brains
Kean, H.
PhD Thesis, MIT, 2025
Evidence from Formal Logical Reasoning Reveals that the Language of Thought is not Natural
Language
Kean, H., Fung, A., Jaggers, P., Chen, J., Rule, J., Benn, Y., Tenenbaum, J., Piantadosi, S., Varley, R., & Fedorenko, E
Under revision
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Intuitive physical reasoning is not mediated by linguistic nor exclusively domain-general abstract representations
Kean, H., Fung, A., Pramod, RT., Chomik-Morales, J., Kanwisher, N., & Fedorenko, E.
Neuropsychologia, 2025
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Distributed Sensitivity to Syntax and Semantics throughout the Language Network
Shain*, C., Kean*, H., Casto, C., Lipkin, B., Affourtit, J., Siegelman, M., Mollica, F., Fedorenko, E. (2024)
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2024
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Preserved functional organization of human auditory cortex in individuals missing one temporal lobe from birth
Regev, T., Lipkin B., Boebinger D., Paunov A., Kean, H., Norman-Haignere S.V., and Fedorenko, E. (2024)
iScience, 2024
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Intact reading ability despite lacking a canonical visual word form area in an individual born without the left superior temporal lobe
Li, J., Kean, H., Fedorenko, E. and Saygin, Z. (2022).
Cognitive Neuropsychology, 2022
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Frontal language areas do not emerge in the absence of temporal language areas: A case study of an individual born without a left temporal lobe
Tuckute, G., Paunov, A., Kean, H., Small, H., Mineroff, Z., Blank, I.A., Fedorenko, E. (2022)
Neuropsychologia, 2022
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Precision fMRI reveals that the language-selective network supports both phrase-structure building and lexical access during language production
Hu, J, Small, H., Kean, H., Takahashi, A., Zekelman, L., Kleinman, D., Ryan, E., Nieto-Castañón, A., Ferreira, V., and
Fedorenko, E. (2022)
Cerebral Cortex, 2022
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The human language system does not support music processing
Chen, X., Affourtit, J., Ryskin, R., Regev, T., Norman-Haignere, S., Jouravlev, O., Malik-Moraleda, S., Kean, H., Varley, R., and Fedorenko, E. (2022)
Cerebral Cortex, 2022
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LanA (Language Atlas): A probabilistic atlas for the language network based on fMRI data from >800 individuals
Lipkin, B., Tuckute, G., Affourtit, J., Small, H., Mineroff, Z., Kean, H., Jouravlev, O., Rakocevic, L., Pritchett, B., Siegelman, M., Hoeflin, C., Pongos, A., Blank, I., Kline, M., Ivanova, A., Shannon, S., Sathe, A., Hoffman, M., Nieto- Castañón, A., and Fedorenko, E. (2022)
Nature Scientific Data, 2022
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Comprehension of computer code relies primarily on domain-general executive brain regions
Ivanova, A., Srikant, S., Sueoka, Y., Kean, H., Dhamala, R., O’Reilly, U., Bers, M., and Fedorenko, E. (2020)
eLife, 2020
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Composition is the core driver of the language-selective network
Mollica, F., Siegelman, M., Diachek, E., Piantadosi, S., Futrell, R., Mineroff, Z., Kean, H., Qian, P., and Fedorenko, E. (2020)
Neurobiology of Language, 2020
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Implicit model of other people's visual attention as an invisible, force-carrying beam projecting from the eyes
Guterstam*, A., Kean*, H., Webb, T., Kean, F., and Graziano, G. (2018)
PNAS, 2018
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Effects of awareness on the control of attention
Webb, T., Kean, H., and Graziano, M. (2016)
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2016
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