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Feifei Liang
Psychology
Tianjin Normal University
Tianjin
Language: Chinese, English
Psycholinguistics
Eye-Tracking
Near-Infrared Optical Imaging
Chinese Reading Cognition
Reading Eye Movement Control
Vocabulary Acquisition
Cognitive Neural Mechanisms
Developmental Dyslexia
Reading Disorders
Language Processing
Areas of Focus
- Psycholinguistics: Mainly using eye-tracking technology and near-infrared optical imaging to investigate Chinese reading cognition. Specifically focusing on the development of reading eye movement control, the cognitive neural mechanisms of vocabulary acquisition, and the causes and improvement of developmental dyslexia.
Work Experience
- 2023.01-Present - Tianjin Normal University - Professor
- 2017.12-2022.12 - Tianjin Normal University - Associate Professor
- 2018.08-2019.08 - University of Central Lancashire - Visiting Scholar
- 2013.07-2017.11 - Tianjin Normal University - Lecturer
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010.09-2013.07 PhD in Developmental and Educational Psychology: Tianjin Normal University
- 2011.09-2012.09 Joint PhD Program: University of Southampton
- 2007.09-2010.07 Master's in Developmental and Educational Psychology: Tianjin Normal University
- 2003.09-2007.07 Bachelor's in Applied Psychology: Northwest Normal University
Publications
- The importance of the positional probability of word final (but not word initial) characters for word segmentation and identification in children and adults' natural Chinese reading, Liang, F. F., Gao, Q., Bai, X. J., & Liversedge, S. P., 2023
- The role of character positional frequency on Chinese word learning during natural reading, Liang, F. F., Blythe, H. I., Bai, X. J., Yan, G. L., Li, X., Zang, C. L., & Liversedge, S. P., 2017
- Interword spacing effects on the acquisition of new vocabulary for readers of Chinese as a second language, Bai, X. J., Liang, F. F., Blythe, H. I., Zang, C. L., Yan, G. L., & Liversedge, S. P., 2013
Awards
- Second Prize in the Fifth National Educational Science Research Outstanding Achievement Award (2021): Co-corresponding author of the paper 'New Word Acquisition and Its Improvement in Children with Developmental Dyslexia'
- Second Prize in the Eighth Higher Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (2020): Fourth author of the monograph 'Reading Psychology'
- Third Prize in the Fifteenth Tianjin Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award (2018): Third author of the paper 'The Development of Visual Information Acquisition Speed for Chinese Readers: Evidence from Disappearing Text'
- Second Prize in the Fifth National Educational Science Research Outstanding Achievement Award (2016): Second and corresponding author of the paper 'Interword Spacing Effects on the Acquisition of New Vocabulary for Readers of Chinese as a Second Language'
- Third Prize in the Seventh Higher Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (2015): Second and corresponding author of the paper 'The Role of Word Boundary Information in Chinese Reading Saccade Target Selection: Evidence from Chinese Second Language Learners'
- Second Prize in the Third Tianjin Educational Science Research Outstanding Achievement Award (2014): Third author of the paper 'Is There a Vertical Component in Saccade Targeting in Chinese Reading'
