{
  "id": 2004794,
  "title": "Brain-Language Alignment During Naturalistic Reading and Its Disruption by Mind-Wandering",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/brain-language-alignment-during-naturalistic-reading-and-its",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.14.744875v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Encoding models offer a principled framework for linking computational representations of language to neural activity, but most electroencephalography (EEG) evidence for brain--language alignment comes from tightly controlled, word-by-word reading paradigms. Whether such alignment is detectable during naturalistic reading, and how it is affected by lapses in attention, remains unclear. We…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}