Publications and Presentations
This is an exhaustive list; my CV has a more curated list and my Research page describes primary lines of work.
Table of Contents
- Preprints
- Refereed Conference Proceedings
- Journal articles and book chapters
- Working papers and commentaries
- Posters and Oral Presentations (without proceedings)
Preprints
Owen, L., Browder, J., Letham, B., Stocek, G., Tymms, C., and Shvartsman, M. (Submitted). Adaptive Nonparametric Psychophysics. Preprint available at arXiv:2104.09549.
Kumar, M., …, Shvartsman, M., et al. (Submitted). BrainIAK: The Brain Imaging Analysis Kit. Preprint available at OSF: 10.31219/osf.io/db2ev.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Scott, T., Shvartsman, M., Ridgeway, K. (2020). Unifying Few- and Zero-Shot Egocentric Action Recognition. EPIC@CVPR2020. Extended abstract available at arXiv: [2006.11393][https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.11393].
Cai, M. B., Shvartsman, M., Wu, A. Zhang, H. and Zhu, X. (2020). Incorporating structured assumptions with probabilistic graphical models in fMRI data analysis. Neuropsychologia, 144:107500. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107500
Spitzer, M., Musslick S., Shvartsman, M., Shenhav A., and Cohen, J.D. (2019). Asymmetric switch costs as a function of task strength. In Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
Musslick, S., Jang, S.J., Shvartsman, M., Shenhav, A., and Cohen, J.D. (2018). Constraints associated with cognitive control and the stability-flexibility dilemma. In Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
Shvartsman, M., Sundaram, N., Aoi, M., Charles, A., Willke, T and Cohen, J. D. (2018). Matrix-variate models for fMRI analysis. In Storkey, A., and Perez-Cruz, D., Proceedings of the Twenty-First International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS2018), PMLR 84:1914-1923. Extended version available at arXiv: 1711.03058.
Shvartsman, M., Srivastava, V., Sundaram, N., and Cohen, J. D. (2016) Using behavior to decode allocation of attention in context dependent decision making. In Reitter, D., and Ritter, F., Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM 2016).
Shvartsman, M., Srivastava, V., and Cohen, J. D. (2015) A Theory of Decision Making Under Dynamically Changing Context. In Cortes C., Lawrence N.D., Lee D.D., Sugiyama M., and Garnett R., Proceedings of Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) 28.
Lositsky, O., Wilson, R. C., Shvartsman, M., and Cohen, J. D. (2015). A Drift Diffusion Model of Proactive and Reactive Control in a Context-Dependent Two-Alternative Forced Choice Task. Proceedings of the 2nd multidisciplinary conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (RLDM 2015).
Shvartsman, M., Lewis, R. L., and Singh, S. Computationally Rational Saccadic Control: An Explanation of Spillover Effects Based on Sampling from Noisy Perception and Memory. Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics (CMCL 2014). Best student paper award.
*Bratman, J., *Shvartsman, M.., Lewis, R. L., & Singh, S. (2010). A new approach to exploring language emergence as boundedly optimal control in the face of environmental and cognitive constraints. In Salvucci, D. and Gunzelmann, G., editors, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. (The first two authors made equal contribution to this work.) Best Student Paper honorable mention.
Bergelson, E., Shvartsman, M.,& Idsardi, W. J. (2010) Differences in Brain Responses to Vowels and Musical Intervals. In S. M. Demorest, S. J. Morrison, & P. S. Campbell (Eds.). Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition.
Journal articles and book chapters
Boring, M., Ridgeway, K., Shvartsman, M., and Jonker, T. (2020). Continuous decoding of cognitive load from electroencephalography reveals task-general and taskspecific correlates. Journal of Neural Engineering. doi:10.1088/1741-2552/abb9bc
Parker, D., Shvartsman, M., & Van Dyke, J. A. (2017). The cue-based retrieval theory of sentence comprehension: New findings and new challenges. In Escobar, L., Torrens, V., Parodi, T. (eds.) Language Processing and Disorders. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Lositsky, O., Chen, J., Toker, D., Honey, C. J., **Shvartsman., M.}, Poppenk, J. L., Hasson, U., and Norman, K. A. (2016). Neural Pattern Change During Encoding of a Narrative Predicts Retrospective Duration Estimates. eLife, 5:e16070. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.16070.
Lewis, R. L., Shvartsman, M., & Singh, S. (2013). The adaptive nature of eye movements in linguistic tasks: how payoff and architecture shape speed-accuracy trade-offs. Topics in Cognitive Science, 5(3), 581–610. DOI:10.1111/tops.12032.
Bergelson, E., Shvartsman, M., & Idsardi, W. J. (2013). Differences in mismatch responses to vowels and musical intervals: MEG evidence. PLoS One, 8(10). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0076758
Working papers and commentaries
Shvartsman, M., Srivastava, V., Sundaram, N. and Cohen, J. D. (in prep.). A theory of decision making from multiple stimuli. Draft available upon request
Bornstein A. M., Shvartsman, M. (2015). Distinguishing between descriptive and rational approaches to collapsing decision bounds. Unpublished commentary on Hawkins, et al. 2015. (equal contribution). Available upon request.
Posters and Oral Presentations (without proceedings)
Shvartsman, M. (2019). Gaussian processes and cognitive models for joint modeling of brain and behavior. Invited talk, Joint Modeling Workshop, Midwest Cognitive Science Conference.
Lositsky, O., Shvartsman, M., Wilson, R. C., and Cohen, J. D. (2017). Weak Fusion of Cue Predictions in Context-Based Decisions. Poster presented at the Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience.
Shvartsman, M., Srivastava, V., Sundaram, N., and Cohen, J. D. (2017) A theory of decision making under changing context. Invited talk, IBM Research Yorktown Heights.
Shvartsman, M., Srivastava, V., Sundaram, N., and Cohen, J. D. (2017) A theory of decision making under changing context. Invited talk, Koditschek Lab, Dept. of Eletrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvannia.
Shvartsman, M., Sundaram, N., Aoi, M., Charles, A., Wilke, T and Cohen, J. D. (2017). Matrix-variate models for fMRI analysis. Poster presented at BigNeuro Workshop at NeurIPS 2017.
Shvartsman, M., Sundaram, N., Aoi, M., Charles, A., Wilke, T and Cohen, J. D. (2017). Matrix-variate models for fMRI analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
Lositsky, O., Wilson, R. C., Shvartsman, M., and Cohen, J. D. (2017). Adaptive response priors in context-dependent decision-making. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
Lositsky, O., Wilson, R. C., Shvartsman, M., and Cohen, J. D. (2017). Adaptive response priors in context-dependent decision-making. Poster presented at the 39th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Shvartsman, M., Srivastava, V., and Cohen, J. D. (2017) Exploring fixed-threshold and optimal policies in multi-alternative decision making. Poster presented at the Multi-disciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (RLDM), Ann Arbor, MI.
Shvartsman, M., Srivastava, V., Sundaram, N., and Cohen, J. D. (2017) A theory of decision making from multiple stimuli. Invited talk, Frank Lab, Dept. of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown University .
Shvartsman, M., Srivastava, V., Sundaram, N., and Cohen, J. D. (2016) The benefits of imperfect memory for hedging against incorrect beliefs: a rational account. Talk presented at the International Conference on Thinking (ICT).
Parker, D., Shvartsman, M., Van Dyke, J. A. (2015). Agreement illusions are selective: Evidence from eye-tracking and modeling. Poster at the Architectures & Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP) 2015 conference. University of Malta.
Parker, D., Shvartsman, M., Van Dyke, J. A. (2015). Agreement illusions are selective: Evidence from eye-tracking and modeling. Talk at the Experimental Psycholinguistics Conference. Madrid.
de los Santos, G., Shvartsman, M., Boland, J. E., & Lewis, R. (2015). Categorical Expectation in Bilingualism. Poster presented at 28th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing.
Shvartsman, M., Lewis, R. L., & Singh, S. (2014) Spillover frequency effects in a sequential sampling model of reading. Talk given at the 27th annual CUNY conference on human sentence processing. <10% talk acceptance rate.
Shvartsman, M., Lewis, R. L., & Singh, S. (2013). A New Account of Spillover Effects in Reading Evidence from Parafoveal Masking. Poster presented at the 26th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing.
Shvartsman, M., Lewis, R. L., & Singh, S. (2012) The adaptive nature of eye-movement control in linguistic tasks. Talk given at the 25th annual CUNY conference on human sentence processing. <10% talk acceptance rate.
Shvartsman, M., Lewis, R., Singh, S., Smith, M., & Bartek, B. (2011). Predicting Task Performance from Individual Variation in Eye-Movement Control Strategies. Poster presented at the 24th annual CUNY conference on human sentence processing.
Shvartsman, M., Bergelson, E. & Idsardi, W.J. (2009) From tones to vowels: a neurophysiological investigation of sine and formant dyads. Poster presented at the first annual neurobiology of language conference.