NeuroLML @ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Neurocognition of Language, Music and Learning Lab
Principal Investigator
Caicai ZHANG
Associate Professor, Departmental Research Committee Deputy Chair & RPg Programme Leader, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Member, Research Center for Language, Cognition & Neuroscience
Affiliated member, the Speech Therapy Unit
Editorial Board member & co-editor for the "Language Processing" collection, Scientific Reports
Academic Editor, PLOS ONE
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology
Ph.D. in Linguistics (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
M.Phil. in Humanities (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
B.A. in Chinese Language (Fudan University)
Email: caicai.zhang@polyu.edu.hk
Research Staff
Xiaocong CHEN
Research Assistant Professor
Xiaocong received his MA (specializing in phonetics and phonology) and PhD (specializing in psycholinguistics) at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. His research interest includes phonetics, phonology, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics and bilingualism. He currently investigates the neural bases of the planning of lexical tones in Chinese word production using different neurobiological techniques such as EEG and fNIRS, and the perceptual-production link underlying speech learning.
Email: xiaocong.chen@polyu.edu.hk
Muhammad Adeel KHAN
Postdoc
Adeel is a recent graduate of HKU, with a degree in "Learning Sciences and Applied Neuroscience." His research focus centers on EEG, HRV, stress, and reinforcement learning.
Email: adeel.khan@polyu.edu.hk
Jiaqiang ZHU
Postdoc
Jiaqiang does research in cognitive psychology. He focuses on language and music cognition in different populations, such as individuals with amusia and senior citizens. A variety of techniques are exploited, including psychophysics and electroencephalography. Recently, Jiaqiang explores statistical learning and publishes related scientific papers in JSLHR and JASA.
Email: jiaqiang.zhu@polyu.edu.hk
Cherry Yee Lok CHUNG
Research Assistant
Cherry graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with an BA degree in Chinese and Bilingual Studies. She is currently studying Master of Speech Therapy in PolyU. Her research interests include pediatric speech-language disorders and sleep-language association.
Jiwei MA
Research Assistant
Jiwei graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with an MA degree in Chinese Language and Literature. With a strong passion for psycholinguistics, lexical tone, and music, Jiwei has engaged in related research projects. One project examined the influence of self-voice pitch on the perception of Cantonese lexical tones. Another project investigates the possibility of remedying congenital amusia through behavioral intervention.
Email: jiwei.ma@polyu.edu.hk
Winsy Pui Ching WONG
Research Assistant
Winsy graduated from the University of Sydney with a bachelor's in speech pathology. She is a registered speech therapist in both Hong Kong and Australia. She enjoys working with SEN children and supporting their learning. She has a strong interest in psycholinguistics, specifically understanding how children with learning difficulties learn and process language in their brains.
Email: winsy-pc.wong@polyu.edu.hk
Tony Chi Ho FONG
Project Assistant
Tony has backgrounds in Language and Speech Sciences and Japanese Studies. He is interested in several neurological conditions e.g., Tourette Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Email: tonyy.fong@polyu.edu.hk
Jingran HUANG
Research Assistant
Yan graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a master's degree in applied psychology. Her research interests include child behavior and language development.
Email: jing-ran.huang@polyu.edu.hk
Cassie Zhengqin LIU
Research Assistant
Cassie graduated from University College London (UCL) with a MSc Degree in Language Sciences. She is interested in language prediction and multimodal language processing. Recently, she is helping with a project on children’s long-term memory, sleep, and brain development.
Dennis Cho Chak FUNG
Research Assistant
Dennis graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. With the research interest in language, memory, and cognitive, Dennis has engaged in related research projects. One project examines the relationship between music and language, and another project explores the relationship between long-term memory, brain, and language development. Also, he assists a project about language and cognitive abilities in neurodiversity people.
Email: chochak.fung@polyu.edu.hk
Research Student
Hansy Jueyao LIN
PhD candidate
Jueyao received her BA in Chinese and Bilingual Studies focusing on Linguistic and Speech Sciences from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and MSocSc in Psychology from City University of Hong Kong. Her research interest includes memory, learning and reading difficulties, ERP studies on children with language disorders, and related psychometric analysis.
Lu LI
PhD student
Lu graduated from Fudan University with a BA Degree in Russian and the University of Edinburgh with an MSc degree in Phonetics. She is interested in phonetics and neurolinguistics. Currently, she is working on the associations between sleep and language development in Cantonese-speaking children.
Email: lu-lucia.li@connect.polyu.hk
Jiayi LU
PhD student
Jiayi graduated from Lancaster University with a BA Hons Degree in Linguistics and a minor in English Language. She received her MSc degree in Phonetics from the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include experimental phonetics, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics. Currently, Jiayi is exploring the relationship between language, memory and brain development of Cantonese-speaking children. Additionally, she is actively involved in an ongoing project that focuses on sleep-mediated memory consolidation in the process of second language tone learning.
Ruofan WU
PhD student
Ruofan holds a BA in Linguistics (CityU) and an MSc in Psychology (University of Edinburgh). Her current research interest is in language and cognitive abilities in neurotypical people and neurodevelopmental conditions such as Autism (Ruofan has a certification of ADOS-2 administration).
Yuhong ZHU
PhD student
Yuhong received her Bachelor’s degree in French language and literature from Xiamen University and her Master’s degree in advanced studies in Linguistics from KU Leuven. Her current research interests lie in the relation between music and language, and the relation between congenital amusia and developmental dyslexia.
Email: yuhong.zhu@connect.polyu.hk
Changsheng LI
PhD student
Changsheng holds a B.S. in Psychology from Beijing Normal University and he gained his M.S. in Neuroscience at City University of Hong Kong. His research interest lies in pitch perception, lexical tone, amusia, music, and neuroscience. He is now working on associations between language development and psychological index, such as motivation and social communication.
Email: 24113805r@connect.polyu.hk
Jiabing PAN
PhD student
Jiabing graduated from Zhengzhou University with a B.A. Degree in Applied Psychology, and from Renmin University of China with an M.A. degree in Psycholinguistics. Her research interests lie in phonetics, phonology, and neurolinguistics. Currently, she is focusing on the cognitive mechanisms of phonological encoding during speech production in Cantonese-speaking children.
Email: jiabing.pan@connect.polyu.hk
Lab Alumni
(Lab Alums - Our knowledge about you may be missing/outdated here. We are updating this part and feel free to email Ruofan if you would like to add/update your info.)
| Xunan HUANG | PhD graduate, now Assistant Professor at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China |
| Zhen QIN | former Postdoc, now Assistant Professor at HKUST |
| Jing SHAO | former Postdoc, now Research Assistant Professor at HKBU |
| Tai YUAN | former Research Assistant |