Current Projects
Use of probabilistic speech cues in bilingual context
Different VOT variance distribution between Spanish (narrow) and Basque (wide) Visual world paradigm
Summary: To examine whether bilinguals can simultaneously maintain different probability distributions in their minds for two languages spoken by the same talker
Method: Visual world paradigm with eye-tracking
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Effects of accent familiarity and rhythmic abilities on cognitive load in L2 listening: An individual difference approach
Perceptual rhythmic ability
Productive rhythmic ability and temporal variability
Pupillometry
Perceptual rhythmic ability
Productive rhythmic ability and temporal variability
Pupillometry
Summary: To examine whether individual listener differences in receptive and productive rhythmic abilities predict cognitive load for accent perception in L2 listening
Methods: Pupillometry experiment and behavioral tasks
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Methods: Pupillometry experiment and behavioral tasks
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Language-Specific or universal? The nature and roles of consistency and gradiency in speech perception
Visual analogue scales (VAS)
Visual world paradigm
Visual analogue scales (VAS)
Visual world paradigm
Summary: To examine the predictors of individual differences in listeners' speech categorization gradiency and recovery in Lexical Garden Paths in Spanish-English bilinguals
Methods: Visual analogue scale (VAS), visual world paradigm with eye-tracking, and various behavioral tasks
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Methods: Visual analogue scale (VAS), visual world paradigm with eye-tracking, and various behavioral tasks
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Previous Projects
Adaptation patterns and their associations with mismatch negativity: An electroencephalogram (EEG) study with controlled expectations
Summary:
- Distinct adaptation patterns were found for multiple repetitions in different components
- The mismatch negativity (MMN) combines two processes: an initial adaptation in the N1 and a continuous memory trace effect in the P2
Method: EEG with a pure tone roving paradigm
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- Distinct adaptation patterns were found for multiple repetitions in different components
- The mismatch negativity (MMN) combines two processes: an initial adaptation in the N1 and a continuous memory trace effect in the P2
Method: EEG with a pure tone roving paradigm
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Revisiting the influence of phonological similarity on cognate processing: Evidence from Cantonese-Japanese bilinguals
Summary:
- Phonological similarity, no matter measured objectively (OPS) or subjectively (SPS), appears to have minimal impact on Japanese cognate lexical decision among Cantonese-Japanese bilinguals
- This finding diverges from previous studies conducted on alphabetic languages, which showed a positive relationship between phonological similarity and cognitive processing
Method: Japanese (L2) lexical decision task
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- Phonological similarity, no matter measured objectively (OPS) or subjectively (SPS), appears to have minimal impact on Japanese cognate lexical decision among Cantonese-Japanese bilinguals
- This finding diverges from previous studies conducted on alphabetic languages, which showed a positive relationship between phonological similarity and cognitive processing
Method: Japanese (L2) lexical decision task
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How do Hong Kong bilingual children with Chinese dyslexia perceive dyslexia and academic learning? An interview study of metaphor analysis
Summary: Based on their metaphors and quotes, most children with dyslexia understand the concept of dyslexia and various learning domains well
Method: Interview with metaphor analysis
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Method: Interview with metaphor analysis
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The effects of input and output modalities on language switching between Chinese and English
Summary: Language switch costs can be found in writing and listening, but not only in speaking and receiving visual information as found in most previous research
Method: Behavioral task of language switching
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Method: Behavioral task of language switching
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