publications

2025

1. Neuroscience

   

   Neuroanatomical correlates of auditory and visual statistical learning: Cortical and subcortical volume predictors

   Praveen Prem, Sukhmani Kaur Saggu, Adwoa Boadu, and 3 more authors

   Neuroscience, 2025

   Abs DOI

   Statistical Learning (SL) is the ability to implicitly extract and learn statistical regularities from the environment. SL processes are ubiquitous across the lifespan through their proven role in language acquisition and adaptive behaviors. While recent neuroimaging research has identified networks of active brain regions during SL processes, less is known about whether structural differences in these regions may contribute to SL abilities. Here, we explore the extent to which visual SL (VSL) and auditory SL (ASL) performance are linked to cortical vs. subcortical brain volume. 61 Participants (43 Female) completed ASL and VSL tasks, each involving a familiarization and a testing phase. During familiarization, participants observed a sequence of structured triplets of unfamiliar and non-linguistic shapes (for VSL), and environmental sounds (for ASL). During testing, participants identified correct triplets/pairs on a series of alternative-forced-choice questions for both VSL and ASL. High-resolution T1-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans were taken of all participants, from which volumes were extracted for each cortical (planum temporale, fusiform gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus) and subcortical (caudate, nucleus accumbens, putamen, globus pallidus) regions of interest. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that performance during the ASL task was significantly related to the volume of the IFG, whereas VSL performance was significantly associated with volumes of all examined subcortical ROIs (p < 0.05). These findings suggest that differences in the IFG and subcortical volumes are differentially associated with SL abilities across visual and auditory modalities, further advancing our understanding of the domain-general and domain-specific aspects of SL processes.

2025

1. Functional Brain Activation during Visual Statistical Learning is Related to Rapid Automatised Naming of Digits and Objects: an fMRI Study

   P. Prem, A. Boadu, S. Saju, and 2 more authors

   Scientific Studies of Reading, 2025

   Under Review
2. Crossing Paths of Reading Processes and Statistical Learning in the Corticospinal Tract: Evidence from Diffusion Tensor Imaging

   P. Prem, P. Eze, R. Chew, and 3 more authors

   Cortex, 2025

   Submitted
3. Better honest than sorry: State anxiety reduces dishonesty in low trait-anxious individuals

   P. Prem, K. Yogeeswaran, and K. Nash

   Cognition, 2025

   Submitted
4. Neural Basis of Behavior Change in Choosing Stigmatized Foods

   S.F. Ellis, P. Prem, M. Kicenski, and 3 more authors

   Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2025

   Submitted
5. Examining the cerebral-cerebellar connectivity during spelling tasks

   E. Czobor, C.L. Striemer, K. Cheema, and 3 more authors

   The Cerebellum, 2025

   Under revision

2024

1. Increased attention decreases the convincingness of belief-confirming evidence

   D. Simpson, P. Prem, and K. Nash

   Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, 2024

   Under Review. Preprint at SSRN

   DOI

2025

1. Anatomical Characterization of the Brainstem Subregions: A large-scale MRI Study

   P. Prem, D. Aalto, S. Lulich, and 1 more author

   2025

   In progress
2. Functional and structural neural differences following mindfulness treatment for Primary Biliary Cholangitis

   J. Cummine, P. Prem, E. Osness, and 2 more authors

   2025

   In progress
3. The Neural Correlates of Statistical Learning and Reading Fluency

   A. Boadu, P. Prem, S. Saju, and 2 more authors

   2025

   In progress
4. Functional Connectivity during Visual and Auditory Statistical Learning

   C. Borle, P. Prem, A. Boadu, and 3 more authors

   2025

   In progress
5. Examining the Relationship between Hemispheric Asymmetry of White Matter Pathways and Literacy Skills in Adults

   R. Chew, P. Prem, P. Eze, and 4 more authors

   2025

   In progress

2025

1. Neural Basis of Behavior Change in Sustainable Food Choices

   S.F. Ellis, P. Prem, M. Kicenski, and 3 more authors

   22rd Annual Meeting of Society for NeuroEconomics, 2025

   [Poster]

2024

1. Functional Brain Activation during Visual Statistical Learning is Related to Rapid Automatized Naming of Digits and Objects: an fMRI Study

   P. Prem, A. Boadu, K. Nisbet, and 3 more authors

   2024 Annual Meeting of Canadian Society for Brain, Behavior and Cognitive Science, 2024

   [Invited Talk]
2. Experimentally Induced Anxiety Reduces Behavioural Dishonesty in Low-Trait Anxious

   P. Prem and K. Nash

   22nd Annual Meeting of Society for NeuroEconomics, 2024

   [Poster]

   DOI

2020

1. Review: Predictive Factors of Delinquent Behaviour in Children of Low Indian Socioeconomic Groups

   P. Prem

   2020 National Conference on Community Mental Health, 2020

   [Invited Talk]

2017

1. How to live for what you really need to live for

   P. Prem

   TEDxYouth DPS RK Puram 2017, 2017

   [Invited Talk]