Ostrand, R., Berger, S.E. (2024).
Humans Linguistically Align to their Conversational Partners, and Language Models Should Too.
Workshop on Large Language Models and Cognition at International Conference of Machine Learning (ICML) 2024.
[pdf]
Ostrand, R., Brimijoin, K., Piorkowski, D., He, J., Albert, E., Houde, S. (2024). Say what? Real-time linguistic guidance supports novices in writing utterances for conversational agent training. Proceedings of the 6th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI '24). DOI:10.1145/3640794.3665554
[link] [pdf] [data] (open access)
Piorkowski, D., Ostrand, R., Brimijoin, K., He, J., Albert, E., Houde, S. (2024). Towards Interactive Guidance for Writing Training Utterances for Conversational Agents. Proceedings of the 6th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI '24). DOI:10.1145/3640794.3665553
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Awarded Best paper honorable mention
Do, H.J., Ostrand, R., Weisz, J.D., Dugan, C., Sattigeri, P., Wei, D., Murugesan, K., Geyer, W. (2024). Facilitating Human-LLM Collaboration through Factuality Scores and Source Attributions. Proceedings of Workshop on Trust and Reliance in Evolving Human-AI Workflows (TREW) at CHI 2024.
[link] [pdf] [data] (open access)
Ostrand, R., Ferreira, V.S., Piorkowski, D. (2023). Rapid Lexical Alignment to a Conversational Agent. Proceedings of Interspeech 2023, 2653-2657. DOI:10.21437/Interspeech.2023-2332
[link] [pdf] [data] (open access)
Hamrick, P., Sanborn, V., Ostrand, R., Gunstad, J. (2023). Lexical Speech Features of Spontaneous Speech in Older Persons With and Without Cognitive Impairment: Reliability Analysis. JMIR Aging, 6:e46483. DOI: 10.2196/46483
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Dorsi, J., Ostrand, R., Rosenblum, L.D. (2023). Semantic Priming from McGurk words: Priming depends on perception. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 85, 1219-1237. DOI: 10.3758/s13414-023-02689-2
[link] [pdf] [data]
Piorkowski, D., Ostrand, R., Rizk, Y., Isahagian, V., Muthusamy, V., Weisz, J.D. (2022). Accuracy is Not All You Need. NeurIPS Workshop on Human-Centered AI.
[link] [pdf]
Kleinman, D., Morgan, A.M., Ostrand, R., Wittenberg, E. (2022). Lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on language processing. PLoS ONE 17(6), e0269242. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0269242
[link] [pdf] [data] (open access)
Media: [Psychology Today] [IBM blog post] [Quartz article] [World Economic Forum video and article] [ORF (Austrian public broadcasting)]
Ostrand, R., Ryskin, R. (Stage 1 Registered Report accepted in principle). Learning speaker-specific structural expectations. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
[link] (open access)
Sanborn, V., Ostrand, R., Ciesla, J., Gunstad, J. (2022). Automated Assessment of Speech Production and Prediction of MCI in Older Adults. Applied Neurology: Adult, 29(5), 1250-1257. DOI:10.1080/23279095.2020.1864733
[link] [pdf]
Ostrand, R., Chodroff, E. (2021). It's alignment all the way down, but not all the way up: Speakers align on some features but not others within a dialogue. Journal of Phonetics, 88, 101074. DOI:10.1016/j.wocn.2021.101074
[link] [pdf] [data] (open access)
Abrami, A., Gunzler, S., Kilbane, C. Ostrand, R., Ho, B.K., Cecchi, G. (2021). Automated computer vision assessment of hypomimia in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(2):e21037. DOI:10.2196/21037
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Ostrand, R., Gunstad, J. (2021). Using Automatic Assessment of Speech Production to Predict Current and Future Cognitive Function in Older Adults. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 34(5), 357-369. DOI:10.1177/0891988720933358
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Agurto, C., Cecchi, G.A., Norel, R., Ostrand, R., Kirkpatrick, M., Baggott, M.J., Wardle, M.C., de Wit, H., Bedi, G. (2020). Detection of Acute 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) Effects Across Protocols Using Automated Natural Language Processing. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45, 823-832. DOI:10.1038/s41386-020-0620-4
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Norel, R., Agurto, C., Heisig, S., Rice, J.J., Zhang, H., Ostrand, R., ... Cecchi, G.A. (2020). Speech-based characterization of dopamine replacement therapy in people with Parkinson's disease. npj Parkinson's Disease, 6.
Ostrand, R., Ferreira, V.S. (2019). Repeat after us: Syntactic alignment is not partner-specific. Journal of Memory and Language, 108, 104037. DOI:10.1016/j.jml.2019.104037
[link] [pdf] [data] (open access)
Gruberg, N., Ostrand, R., Momma, S., Ferreira, V.S. (2019). Syntactic entrainment: The repetition of syntactic structures in event descriptions. Journal of Memory and Language, 107, 216-232. DOI:10.1016/j.jml.2019.04.005
[link] [pdf] [data]
Agurto, C., Norel, R., Ostrand, R., Bedi, G., de Wit, H., Baggott, M.J., Kirkpatrick, M.G., Wardle, M., Cecchi, G. (2017). Phonological markers of Oxytocin and MDMA ingestion. Proceedings of Interspeech 2017, 3142-3146.
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Ostrand, R., Blumstein, S.E., Ferreira, V.S., Morgan, J.L. (2016). What you see isn't always what you get: Auditory word signals trump consciously perceived words in lexical access. Cognition, 151, 96-107. DOI:10.1016/j.cognition.2016.02.019
[link] [pdf]
Ostrand, R., Blumstein, S.E., Morgan, J.L. (2011). When Hearing Lips and Seeing Voices Becomes Perceiving Speech: Auditory-Visual Integration in Lexical Access. In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1376-1381). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Publications Under Review
Flick, G., Ostrand, R. (under review). Automatically calculated lexical and discourse features of connected speech predict level of impairment in dementia.
Publications in Progress
Ostrand, R., Ferreira, V.S. (in prep). Partner-specific adaptation in comprehension does not entail partner-specific alignment in production.
Ostrand, R., Berger, S. (in prep). A method for personalized, longitudinal assessment of chronic illnesses using spontaneous speech production at home.
[pdf]
Ostrand, R., Brimijoin, K., Piorkowski, D., He, J., Albert, E., Houde, S. (2024). Say what? Real-time linguistic guidance supports novices in writing utterances for conversational agent training. Proceedings of the 6th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI '24). DOI:10.1145/3640794.3665554
[link] [pdf] [data] (open access)
Piorkowski, D., Ostrand, R., Brimijoin, K., He, J., Albert, E., Houde, S. (2024). Towards Interactive Guidance for Writing Training Utterances for Conversational Agents. Proceedings of the 6th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI '24). DOI:10.1145/3640794.3665553
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Awarded Best paper honorable mention
Do, H.J., Ostrand, R., Weisz, J.D., Dugan, C., Sattigeri, P., Wei, D., Murugesan, K., Geyer, W. (2024). Facilitating Human-LLM Collaboration through Factuality Scores and Source Attributions. Proceedings of Workshop on Trust and Reliance in Evolving Human-AI Workflows (TREW) at CHI 2024.
[link] [pdf] [data] (open access)
Ostrand, R., Ferreira, V.S., Piorkowski, D. (2023). Rapid Lexical Alignment to a Conversational Agent. Proceedings of Interspeech 2023, 2653-2657. DOI:10.21437/Interspeech.2023-2332
[link] [pdf] [data] (open access)
Hamrick, P., Sanborn, V., Ostrand, R., Gunstad, J. (2023). Lexical Speech Features of Spontaneous Speech in Older Persons With and Without Cognitive Impairment: Reliability Analysis. JMIR Aging, 6:e46483. DOI: 10.2196/46483
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Dorsi, J., Ostrand, R., Rosenblum, L.D. (2023). Semantic Priming from McGurk words: Priming depends on perception. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 85, 1219-1237. DOI: 10.3758/s13414-023-02689-2
[link] [pdf] [data]
Piorkowski, D., Ostrand, R., Rizk, Y., Isahagian, V., Muthusamy, V., Weisz, J.D. (2022). Accuracy is Not All You Need. NeurIPS Workshop on Human-Centered AI.
[link] [pdf]
Kleinman, D., Morgan, A.M., Ostrand, R., Wittenberg, E. (2022). Lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on language processing. PLoS ONE 17(6), e0269242. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0269242
[link] [pdf] [data] (open access)
Media: [Psychology Today] [IBM blog post] [Quartz article] [World Economic Forum video and article] [ORF (Austrian public broadcasting)]
Ostrand, R., Ryskin, R. (Stage 1 Registered Report accepted in principle). Learning speaker-specific structural expectations. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
[link] (open access)
Sanborn, V., Ostrand, R., Ciesla, J., Gunstad, J. (2022). Automated Assessment of Speech Production and Prediction of MCI in Older Adults. Applied Neurology: Adult, 29(5), 1250-1257. DOI:10.1080/23279095.2020.1864733
[link] [pdf]
Ostrand, R., Chodroff, E. (2021). It's alignment all the way down, but not all the way up: Speakers align on some features but not others within a dialogue. Journal of Phonetics, 88, 101074. DOI:10.1016/j.wocn.2021.101074
[link] [pdf] [data] (open access)
Abrami, A., Gunzler, S., Kilbane, C. Ostrand, R., Ho, B.K., Cecchi, G. (2021). Automated computer vision assessment of hypomimia in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(2):e21037. DOI:10.2196/21037
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Ostrand, R., Gunstad, J. (2021). Using Automatic Assessment of Speech Production to Predict Current and Future Cognitive Function in Older Adults. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 34(5), 357-369. DOI:10.1177/0891988720933358
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Agurto, C., Cecchi, G.A., Norel, R., Ostrand, R., Kirkpatrick, M., Baggott, M.J., Wardle, M.C., de Wit, H., Bedi, G. (2020). Detection of Acute 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) Effects Across Protocols Using Automated Natural Language Processing. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45, 823-832. DOI:10.1038/s41386-020-0620-4
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Norel, R., Agurto, C., Heisig, S., Rice, J.J., Zhang, H., Ostrand, R., ... Cecchi, G.A. (2020). Speech-based characterization of dopamine replacement therapy in people with Parkinson's disease. npj Parkinson's Disease, 6.
Ostrand, R., Ferreira, V.S. (2019). Repeat after us: Syntactic alignment is not partner-specific. Journal of Memory and Language, 108, 104037. DOI:10.1016/j.jml.2019.104037
[link] [pdf] [data] (open access)
Gruberg, N., Ostrand, R., Momma, S., Ferreira, V.S. (2019). Syntactic entrainment: The repetition of syntactic structures in event descriptions. Journal of Memory and Language, 107, 216-232. DOI:10.1016/j.jml.2019.04.005
[link] [pdf] [data]
Agurto, C., Norel, R., Ostrand, R., Bedi, G., de Wit, H., Baggott, M.J., Kirkpatrick, M.G., Wardle, M., Cecchi, G. (2017). Phonological markers of Oxytocin and MDMA ingestion. Proceedings of Interspeech 2017, 3142-3146.
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Ostrand, R., Blumstein, S.E., Ferreira, V.S., Morgan, J.L. (2016). What you see isn't always what you get: Auditory word signals trump consciously perceived words in lexical access. Cognition, 151, 96-107. DOI:10.1016/j.cognition.2016.02.019
[link] [pdf]
Ostrand, R., Blumstein, S.E., Morgan, J.L. (2011). When Hearing Lips and Seeing Voices Becomes Perceiving Speech: Auditory-Visual Integration in Lexical Access. In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1376-1381). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
[link] [pdf] (open access)
Publications Under Review
Flick, G., Ostrand, R. (under review). Automatically calculated lexical and discourse features of connected speech predict level of impairment in dementia.
Publications in Progress
Ostrand, R., Ferreira, V.S. (in prep). Partner-specific adaptation in comprehension does not entail partner-specific alignment in production.
Ostrand, R., Berger, S. (in prep). A method for personalized, longitudinal assessment of chronic illnesses using spontaneous speech production at home.