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Ao Chen
Psychology
Beijing Language and Culture University
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English, Dutch
Infant
Language
Acquisition
Speech
Perception
Production
Vocabulary
Learning
Screening
Eeg
Areas of Focus
- Infant Language Acquisition
- Speech Perception and Production
- Vocabulary Learning
- Early Screening and Assessment of Language Development Disorders
- EEG
Work Experience
- 2022-11 - Present - Beijing Language and Culture University - Vice Dean, School of Psychology
- 2019-12 - 2022-10 - Beijing Language and Culture University - Vice Dean, School of Language Rehabilitation
- 2016-09 - 2018-10 - Beijing Language and Culture University - Teacher, Master's Supervisor, School of Language Rehabilitation
- 2015-04 - 2016-09 - Utrecht University Medical Center - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2014-10 - 2015-04 - MARCS Institute, Western Sydney University - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2013-01 - 2013-10 - Utrecht University - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009-2013 PhD in Linguistics: Utrecht University
- 2007-2009 MA in Linguistics: Leiden University
- 2003-2007 BA in Spanish: Peking University
- 2004-2007 BA in Economics: Peking University
- 2000-2003 High School: Renmin University Affiliated High School
Publications
- Twenty-month-olds categorically discriminate similar sounding vowels regardless of vocabulary level, an event related potentials (ERP) study, Chen, A., 2023
- Contrastive but not accurate, the lexical tone production of Chinese children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Chen, A., Zhao, R., Huang, G., Li, A. & Cheung, H., 2023
- Later but not weaker: neural categorization of native vowels of children at familial risk of dyslexia, Chen, A., 2022
- Development of neural discrimination of pitch across speech and music in the first year of life, a mismatch response study, Chen, A., Peter, V., & Burnham, D., 2022
- Native language, L2 experience, and pitch processing in Music, Chen, A., Cetincelik, M., Roncaglia-Denissen, M.P, Sadakata, M., 2021
- Simultaneous bilinguals who do not speak a tone language show enhancement in pitch sensitivity but not in executive function, Liu, L., Chen, A., & Kager, R., 2020
- Influence of native language and L2 experience on musical rhythm perception, Chen, A., 2018
- Perception of lexical neutral tone among adults and infants, Fan, S., Li, A., & Chen, A., 2018
- Are lexical tones musical? Native language’s influence on neural response to pitch in different domains, Chen, A., Peter, V., Wijnen, F., Schnack, H., Burnham, D., 2018
- Individualized early prediction of familial risk of dyslexia: a study of infant vocabulary development, Chen, A., Wijnen, F., Koster, C., & Schnack, H., 2017
- Pitch perception in the first year of life, a comparison of lexical tones and musical pitch, Chen, A., Stevens, C., & Kager, R., 2017
- Perception of tones in Mandarin and Dutch adult listeners, Liu, L., Chen, A., & Kager, R., 2017
- Mastering languages with different rhythmic properties enhances musical rhythm perception, Roncaglia-Denissen, P., Roor, D., Chen, A., Sadakata, M., 2016
- Role of native language in cross domain pitch perception, Chen, A., Liu, L. & Kager, R., 2016
- Auditory ERP response to successive stimuli in infancy, Chen, A., Peter, V., & Burnham, D., 2016
- Discrimination of non-native lexical tones in the first year of life, Chen, A., & Kager, R., 2015
- Cross-linguistic perception of Mandarin tone sandhi, Chen, A., Liu, L., & Kager, R., 2015
Awards
- 2021: Second Prize in the Third National Young Teachers' Teaching Competition in Rehabilitation-related Majors
