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Liu Siyun
Psychology
Central China Normal University
Hubei
Language: English, Chinese
Language Comprehension
Language Production
Cyber Psychology
Online Behavior
Second Language Acquisition
Embodied Theory
Cognitive Processing
Internet Use
Narration
Speech Act
Areas of Focus
- Language Comprehension and Production
- Cyber Psychology and Behavior
- Second Language Acquisition: Embodied Theory-Based Research
Work Experience
- 2018-08 to 2019-02 - Indiana University Bloomington - Visiting Scholar
- 2015-06 - State University of New York at Oswego - Visiting Scholar
- 2012-01 to Present - Central China Normal University, School of Psychology, Institute of Brain and Cognitive Sciences - Professor
- 2004-08 to 2011-12 - Central China Normal University, School of Psychology, Institute of Brain and Cognitive Sciences - Associate Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1999-09 to 2004-05 PhD in Experimental Psychology: State University of New York at Stony Brook
- 1997-09 to 1999-06 Master's coursework in Applied Linguistics: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- 1988-09 to 1992-06 Bachelor's degree in English Literature: Wuhan University
Publications
- Embodied Experience Promotes Emotional Words Processing and Representations, Jin, J., Liu*, S., Li, Y., 2021
- The impact of the irrelevant speech on visual awareness, Liu, S., Zhou, Q., Jia, H., & Zhao, Q., 2016
- The impact of cyber-experience on action verb processing, Liu*, S., Li, N., & Zhou, Z., 2015
- The impact of language labels and self-reference on new object categorical perception, Liu*, S. & Meng, J., 2015
- The effects of phonological similarity and visual similarity in immediate serial recall of Chinese Characters, Li, X. & Liu*, S., 2012
- The cognitive processing models of synesthesia and its neuropsychological mechanisms, Liu*, S., 2012
- Processing lexical tones and emotional tones in precategorical acoustic storage, Qin, W., Liu*, S., Yang, L., & Zhou, Z., 2010
- Sentence comprehension in discourse context: Evidence from the N400, Zeng, H. & Liu*, S., 2009
- A corpus study on the difference of turn-taking in online audio, online video, and face-to-face conversation, Tian, Y., Liu*, S., & Wang, J., 2023
- Shifts in narrative perspectives consume attentional resources and facilitate reading engagement, Jin, J. & Liu*, S., 2023
- An analysis of the linguistic features of popular Chinese online fantasy novels, Jin, J. & Liu*, S., 2022
- Why some verbs are harder to learn than others – a micro-level analysis of everyday learning contexts for early verb learning, Liu, S., Zhang, Y., & Yu, C., 2019
- Internet use experience influence individuals' lexical decision performance, Liu*, S., Zhou, M., & Li, Y., 2018
- The perception and representation of segmental and prosodic Mandarin contrasts in native speakers of Cantonese, Zhang, X., Samuel, A. G., & Liu*, S., 2012
- Processing fluency in forms and sounds of Chinese characters, Liu*, S., Zhang, X., Ren, Y., & Yu, Q., 2011
- The role of Mandarin lexical tones in lexical access under different contextual conditions, Liu*, S., & Samuel, A.G., 2007
- Perception of Mandarin Lexical Tones When F0 Information is Neutralized, Liu*, S., & Samuel, A.G., 2004
Awards
- 2008: Third Prize in Teaching Work, Central China Normal University
- 2011: Excellence Award in the 8th Teaching Competition, Central China Normal University
- 2017: Third Prize in the 8th Hubei Province Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award for the innovation and exploration of the all-English psychology undergraduate teaching model
