Publications

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Peer-reviewed

  1. 2026

    A common framework for semantic memory and semantic composition

    Ryan M.C. Law, Matthew A. Lambon Ralph, Olaf Hauk

    Imaging Neuroscience Journal article

  2. 2025

    Position: Principles of Animal Cognition to Improve LLM Evaluations

    Sunayana Rane*, Cyrus F. Kirkman*, Graham Todd*, Amanda Royka*, Ryan M.C. Law*, Erica Cartmill, Jacob G. Foster (*equal contribution)

    Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) Conference paper

  3. 2023

    Can we separate semantic representations from computations? A commentary on Calzavarini (2023)

    Olaf Hauk, Federica Magnabosco, Ryan M.C. Law

    Language, Cognition and Neuroscience Commentary

  4. 2021

    Lists with and without syntax: A new approach to measuring the neural processing of syntax

    Ryan M.C. Law, Liina Pylkkänen

    Journal of Neuroscience Journal article

  5. 2020

    Neural correlates of modal displacement and discourse-updating under (un)certainty

    Maxime Tulling, Ryan M.C. Law, Ailís Cournane, Liina Pylkkänen

    eNeuro Journal article

    Media coverage (9)

PhD thesis

  • 2026

    Concepts, Combinations, and Counts in Brains and Machines

    Ryan M.C. Law

    PhD thesis, University of Cambridge

Preprints & under review

  • Anterior temporal lobes show route-dependent sensitivity to conceptual specificity: Evidence from MEG and EEG

    Ryan M.C. Law, Olaf Hauk, Matthew A. Lambon Ralph