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Panpan Yao
Psychology
Beijing Language and Culture University
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Cognitive Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Lexical Processing
Sentence Comprehension
Native Chinese Speakers
Syntactic Structure
Chinese Learners
Psycholinguistics
Language Processing
Neuroscience
Areas of Focus
- Cognitive and neural mechanisms of lexical processing and sentence comprehension in native Chinese speakers
- Cognitive and neural mechanisms of syntactic structure processing in Chinese learners
Work Experience
- 2018.06 - 2021.05 Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2021.05 - Present Beijing Language and Culture University, School of Psychology - Associate Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2013.09 - 2018.01 PhD in Psycholinguistics: Queen Mary University of London
- 2010.09 - 2013.07 Master's in Basic Psychology: Beijing Normal University
- 2006.09 - 2010.07 Bachelor's in Management: Tianjin Foreign Studies University
Publications
- Processing evidence for the grammatical encoding of the mass/count distinction in Mandarin Chinese, Yao, P., Stockall, L., Hall, D., & Borer, H., 2022
- Universal and specific reading mechanisms across different writing systems, Li, X., Huang, L., Yao, P., & Hyönä, J., 2022
- Plausibility and syntactic reanalysis in processing novel noun-noun combinations during Chinese reading: Evidence from native and non-native speakers, Yao, P., Alkhammash, R., & Li, X., 2022
- Sentence context modulates the neighborhood frequency effect in Chinese reading: Evidence from eye movements, Yao, P., Slattery, T. J., & Li, X., 2021
- Predictability eliminates neighborhood effects during Chinese sentence reading, Yao, P., Staub, A., & Li, X., 2021
- Semantic similarity to known second language words impacts learning of new meanings, Zhang, Y., Chen, B., Tang, Y., Yao, P., & Lu, Y., 2018
- Cross-linguistic differences affect late Chinese-English learners on-line processing of English tense and aspect, Yao, P., Chen, B., 2017
- Parallel morpho-orthographic and morpho-semantic activation in processing second language morphologically complex words: Evidence from Chinese-English bilinguals, Zhang, Q., Liang, L., Yao, P., & Chen, B., 2016
- The effect of cognitive flexibility on task switching and language switching, Liu, H., Fan, N., Rossi, S., Yao, P., & Chen, B., 2015
- 工作记忆容量对二语句子加工中动词偏好信息利用的影响, 药盼盼，王瑞乐，陈宝国, 2013
- 词根频率对汉语母语者英语屈折词和派生词表征方式的影响, 药盼盼，李妮，陈宝国, 2012
