Fixation-related fMRI analysis reveals the neural basis of natural reading of unspaced and spaced Chinese sentences

W Zhou, S Wang, M Yan - Cerebral Cortex, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Although there are many eye-movement studies focusing on natural sentence reading and
functional magnetic resonance imaging research on reading with serial visual presentation …

Modeling bilingual lexical processing through code-switching speech: A network science approach

Q Xu, M Markowska, M Chodorow, P Li - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The study of code-switching (CS) speech has produced a wealth of knowledge in the
understanding of bilingual language processing and representation. Here, we approach this …

The depth of semantic processing modulates cross‐language pattern similarity in Chinese–English bilinguals

H Li, Y Cao, C Chen, X Liu, S Zhang… - Human Brain …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies have investigated factors related to the degree of cross‐language overlap
in brain activations in bilinguals/multilinguals. However, it is still unclear whether and how …

Neural signatures of hierarchical linguistic structures in second language listening comprehension

L Lu, Y Deng, Z Xiao, R Jiang, JH Gao - eneuro, 2023 - eneuro.org
Native speakers excel at parsing continuous speech into smaller elements and entraining
their neural activities to the linguistic hierarchy at different levels (eg, syllables, phrases, and …

Cross-language pattern similarity in the bilateral fusiform cortex is associated with reading proficiency in second language

J Qu, L Zhang, C Chen, P Xie, H Li, X Liu, L Mei - Neuroscience, 2019 - Elsevier
Previous studies have found that native Chinese speakers recruit the bilateral fusiform gyrus
to read English words, in the same manner as they read Chinese words (ie, the assimilation …

[HTML][HTML] Functional preference of the left inferior parietal lobule to second language reading

J Zhang, H Li, M Zhang, Z Wang, X Ao, J Jian, N Wei… - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
Additional neural substance for reading in a second language has been reported by prior
studies. However, to date, there has been little investigation into whether and how the …

Brain asymmetry differences between Chinese and Caucasian populations: a surface-based morphometric comparison study

Y Lou, L Zhao, S Yu, B Sun, Z Hou, Z Zhang… - Brain Imaging and …, 2020 - Springer
Asymmetry has been proved to exist in the human brain structure, function and behavior.
Most of the existing brain asymmetry findings are originated from the western populations …

Language experiences and cognitive control: A dynamic perspective

P Li, Y Dong - Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 2020 - Elsevier
The effect of bilingual experience on cognitive control has been intensively examined in the
past two decades, but empirical studies have provided inconsistent findings about the …

Earlier second language acquisition is associated with greater neural pattern dissimilarity between the first and second languages

J Ou, W Li, Y Yang, N Wang, M Xu - Brain and Language, 2020 - Elsevier
It is controversial as to how age of acquisition (AoA) and proficiency level of the second
language influence the similarities and differences between the first (L1) and the second …

Large enhancement of conductivity in Weyl semimetals with tilted cones: Pseudorelativity and linear response

S Rostamzadeh, İ Adagideli, MO Goerbig - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
We study the conductivity of two-dimensional graphene-type materials with tilted cones as
well as their three-dimensional Weyl counterparts and show that a covariant quantum …