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Li Xingshan
Psychology CAS
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: English, Chinese
Cognition
Reading
Chinese
Mechanisms
Individual Differences
Influencing Factors
Eye Movement
Control
Advanced Cognition
Psychology
Areas of Focus
- Cognitive mechanisms of Chinese reading
- Individual differences and influencing factors in reading ability
- Eye movement control mechanisms in advanced cognitive activities
Work Experience
- 2009-present - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 2007-2009 - Vanderbilt University - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2003-2007 PhD in Psychology: University of Massachusetts Amherst
- 1999-2002 Master's in Biomedical Engineering: Southeast University
- 1988-1992 Bachelor's in Electronic Engineering, minor in Computer Science: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Publications
- Universal and specific reading mechanisms across different writing systems, Li, X., Huang, L., Yao, P. & Hyönä, J., 2022
- Predictability Eliminates Neighborhood Effects During Chinese Sentence, Yao, P., Staub, A., & Li, X., 2022
- Prior context influences lexical competition when segmenting Chinese overlapping ambiguous strings, Huang, L., Staub, A., & Li, X., 2021
- On the segmentation of Chinese incremental words, Zhou, J. & Li, X., 2021
- An Integrated Model of Word Processing and Eye-Movement Control During Chinese Reading, Li, X., & Pollatsek, A., 2020
- Attention shifting during the reading of Chinese sentences, Liu, W., Inhoff, A. W., & Li, X., 2020
- Fine Subdivisions of the Semantic Network Supporting Social and Sensory–Motor Semantic Processing, Lin, N., Wang, X., Xu, Y., Wang, X., Hua, H., Zhao, Y., & Li, X., 2018
- Using support vector machines to identify literacy skills: Evidence from eye movements, Lou, Y., Liu, Y., Kaakinen, J. K., & Li, X., 2017
- Reading is fundamentally similar across disparate writing systems: A systematic characterization of how words and characters influence eye movements in Chinese reading, Li. X., Bicknell, K., Liu, P., Wei, W., & Rayner, K., 2014
- On the segmentation of Chinese words during reading, Li, X., Rayner, K., & Cave, K., 2009
Awards
- 2011: Best Paper Award, American Psychological Association
- 2014, 2016: Outstanding Graduate Advisor Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
