Virtual Psycholinguistics Forum (VPF, 心理语言学线上论坛)
This forum was proposed in the context of a worldwide lockdown in response to the
COVID-19
pandemic. We invite psycholinguists to give an online talk or tutorial on a
theoretical frontier,
experimental findings around a topic, and/or cutting-edge methods, in the area
of psychology of
language. Talks are given on an ad hoc basis roughly every
two
four weeks. To participate, please click on one of the following Zoom links.
https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/779556638
https://cuhk.zoom.cn/j/779556638
(mainland China)
With permission from the speaker, we will record the talk for subsequent
re-visit. If you have any
suggestions/questions, please email zhenguangcai@cuhk.edu.hk.
This forum is organised by a committee consisting of:
Zhenguang Cai (The
Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Xin Wang
(Macquarie University)
Ya-Ning Chang
(University of Cambridge)
Qingqing Qu (Chinese
Academy of Sciences)
Cynthia
Siew (National University of Singapore)
Denise Hsien Wu (National Central University)
Yaling Hsiao (University of Birmingham)
Aine Ito
(National University of
Singapore)
Jixing Li (City
University of Hong
Kong)
Hao
Yan (Xi'an
International Studies University)
We acknowledge the generous support for this forum from the Chinese University
of Hong Kong,
especially Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Brain and Mind
Institute, and the Joint
Research Centre for Language and Human Complexity. Also, we maintain a
moderated mailing list,
where we post talk and other academic information. To SUBSCRIBE, simply send
an email (with
‘subscribe’ in the subject line) to: vpf-list-join@listserv.cuhk.edu.hk.
***Announcement*** In September/October 2023, VPF will host a
symposium on the
implications of large language models for language sciences. So fare, we have
the following lineup
of speakers: Giovanni Cassani (Tilburg University), Kyle Mahowald (University
of Texas at Austin),
Tal Linzen (New York University), Najoung Kim (Boston University), and
Zhenguang Cai (The Chinese
University of Hong Kong). Stay tune for more info on this website.
Talk Schedule (Hong Kong time)
25 April 2025 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Crosslinguistic
influence on
L2 use
of implicit
causality information Hyunwoo Kim (Yonsei University)
Abstract
Past talks/tutorials
- 26 March 2025 (16:00–17:30 HK time) Looking ahead:
parafoveal
processing in reading
Yanli Pan (University of Birmingham)
Abstract
Video recording (password:+T8&0!4M)
- 26 Feb 2025 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Are LLMs Good
Literature
Review Writers? Evaluating
the Literature Review Writing Ability of Large Language Models
Xuemei Tang
(The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Abstract
Video recording (password:%zmnx2zc)
- 4 Dec 2024 (15:00–16:30 HK time) ‘Transforming’ the
neuroscience
of language with
multidimensional connectivity metrics for EEG/MEG analysis
Olaf Hauk
(University of Cambridge) Abstract
Video recording (password:j!5g59T$)
- 6 Nov 2024 (15:00–16:30 HK time) 基于多脑同步技术的口译认知神经机制研究
燕浩 (西安外国语大学) Abstract
- 9 Oct 2024 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Lexico-syntactic
features in
language production:
The case of gender and classifier processing Niels Schiller
(City University of Hong Kong)
Abstract
Video recording (password:3kt?yRr9)
- 11 Sept 2024 (21:00–22:30 HK time) The Side of the Grass
We Kept
Trimming
Ethan Kutlu
(University of Iowa) Abstract
Video recording (password:2NU@vd1F)
- 14 Aug 2024 (17:00–18:30 HK time) The contribution of
episodic
memory and subsequent
sleep-related consolidation to the updating of lexical knowledge
Matthew HC Mak
(University of Warwick) Abstract
- 17 July 2024 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Semantic transfer in
initial
L2 word learning
Yen Na Cherry,Yum (The Education University
of Hong Kong) Abstract
Video recording (password:qZ1PC!px)
- 22 May 2024 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Error analysis of
consonant
production in
speech-sound-disordered children in Mandarin I-Ping Wan (National Chengchi University) Abstract
Video recording (password:6c#a1^S?)
- 24 Apr 2024 (21:00–22:30 HK time) Generative and
Item-Specific
Knowledge in Multiword
Expression Processing Emily Morgan (University of California,
Davis) Abstract
Video recording (password:Yt9#fQ=!)
- 28 Mar 2024 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Meaning composition in
LLMs
and the human brain
Jixing Li
(The City University of Hong Kong)
Abstract
Video recording (password:7Ka=8AV&)
- 31 Jan 2024 (10:00–11:30 HK time) When Hands Speak As
Loud as
Words: Insights from
Gesture and Sign Language Concerning the Cognitive and Neural
Mechanisms of Learning
Laura Morett (University of Missouri)
Abstract
Video recording (password:eL^!1.s5)
- 29 Nov 2023 (16:00–17:00 HK time) MacBehaviour: An R
package for
behavioural studies
of large language models
Xufeng Duan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Abstract Github tutorial
Paper
Video recording (password:0@H0AmzM)
- 1 Nov 2023 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Cracking the pitch code
in
music and language: A
summary of findings from the ERC-funded CAASD project Fang Liu
(University of Reading) Abstract
Video recording (password:yrv2s!SK)
- 4 Oct 2023 (21:00–22:30 HK time) Evidence for
abstraction-via-exemplars from lexical
category inference in neural language models Najoung
Kim (Boston University)
Abstract
- 27 Sept 2023 (21:00–22:30 HK time) Surprisal does not
explain
syntactic
disambiguation difficulty Tal Linzen (New York University)
Abstract
Video recording (password:+s91uhk2)
- 20 Sept 2023 (21:00–22:30 HK time) Formal and functional
competence in large language
models Kyle Mahowald (University of Texas at
Austin) Abstract
Video recording (password:$n6k5JKt)
- 13 Sept 2023 (21:00–22:30 HK time) Do large language
models
resemble humans in
language use?
Zhenguang Cai (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Abstract
Video recording (password:26#BMnp*)
- 6 Sept 2023 (21:00–22:30 HK time) Words alone, words
together,
not only words, new
words
Giovanni Cassani (Tilburg University) Abstract
Video recording (password:5qp+jNUu)
- 12 July 2023 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Distributional models
of word
meaning – A
psycholinguistic overview and practical instruction Fritz Günther
(Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Abstract
Video recording (password:Ekmgh?3A)
- 14 June 2023 (16:00–17:30 HK time) The role of figurative
language in conveying
emotion: insights from neuroscientific research
Francesca Citron (Lancaster University) Abstract
Video recording (password:=4w95a3a)
- 19 May 2023 (20:00–21:30 HK time) The enduring myth of
Categorical Perception: A view
from its source in Speech Perception Bob McMurray
(University of Iowa and Haskins Laboratories) Abstract
Video recording (password:5DTtMhj?)
- 19 Apr 2023 (20:00–21:30 HK time) Error Prevention in
Psychological Research
Julia Strand
(Carleton College) Abstract
Video recording (password:8nmhw.uD)
- 22 Mar 2023 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Tonal studies from an
interdisciplinary perspective
Gang
PENG (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Abstract
Video recording (password:M@3CPii#)
- 23 Feb 2023 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Neural mechanisms
underlying
individual differences
in language learning
Gangyi Feng (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Abstract
Video recording (password:MN4W.P5c)
- 25 Jan 2023 (16:00–17:30 HK time) Evolving phonological
networks
in second language
learners Eva Maria Luef (Charles University, Czech
Republic) Abstract
Video recording (password:!U*18yR0)
- 28 Dec 2022 (15:00–16:30 HK time) What can statistical
learning
tell us about
reading, and what can reading tell us about statistical learning:
Lessons from
individual-differences studies Noam Siegelman
(Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Abstract
Video recording (password:UT3#$3PX)
- 30 Nov 2022 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Historical Psychology
from
Quantitative Text
Analysis Li Ying (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Abstract
- 2 Nov 2022 (16:00–17:30 HK time) The role of the
linguistic
distance between
mother-tongue (L1) and second language (L2) in L2 acquisition:
evidence from big learner
corpora
Dora Alexopoulou (University of Cambridge) Abstract
Video recording (password: .12z^.jK)
- 5 Oct 2022 (14:00–15:30 HK time) How does training
variability
influence learning and
consolidation of lexical tones? Quentin Zhen QIN (Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology) Abstract
Video recording (password:9FA^SD5V)
- 14 Sept 2022 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Multi-scale
neuroimaging on
language tone
processing Wen-Jui Kuo (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung
University) Abstract
Video recording (password:FdBr2ix&)
- 10 Aug 2022 (14:00–15:30 HK time) [Tutorial] An
Introduction to
Network Analysis for
Psycholinguists Cynthia Siew (National University of
Singapore) Abstract
Video recording (password:6sBt2yg@)
- 13 July 2022 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Effect of word order
asymmetry on the cognitive
load of English-Chinese sight translation—Evidence from eye
movement data Xingcheng Ma
(Southeast University) Abstract
Video recording (password:3EM$N!8F)
- 22 June 2022 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Different insights
into
bilingual language
processing Xin Wang (Macquarie University)
Abstract
Video recording (password:!k*r%v2E)
- 18 May 2022 (16:00–17:30 HK time) Choose your words
wisely: the
role of semantic and
sociolinguistic features in lexical selection Alissa Melinger
(University of Dundee)
Abstract
Video recording (password:6diZK.zy)
- 20 Apr 2022 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Structural priming as a
tool
Zhenguang G. Cai (The
Chinese University of Hong Kong) Abstract
Video recording (password:b94ohU=9)
Slide
- 23 Mar 2022 (16:00–17:30 HK time) What do iconic gestures
and
practical actions
communicate to children? Suzanne Aussems
(University of Warwick) Abstract
Video recording (password:HZ1Kbv5=)
- 23 Feb 2022 (16:30–18:00 HK time) Speech sound perception
and
production: Influence
of orthography Clara D. Martin (Basque Center on Cognition,
Brain and Language)
Abstract
Video recording (password:WhGV&Fk9)
- 26 Jan 2022 (20:00–21:30 HK time) When words fail us: The
role
of structure and
process on word retrieval impairments Nichol
Castro (University at Buffalo)
Abstract
Video recording (password:m!6*t?Rr)
Slides
- 12 Jan 2022 (11:00–12:30 HK time) Representational
similarity as
a tool in the
cognitive science of language Simon
Fischer-Baum (Rice University) Abstract
- 1 Dec 2021 (16:00–17:30 HK time) Parietal lobe
contributions to
episodic memory
dysfunction: insights from neurodegenerative syndromes
Siddharth
Ramanan (University of Cambridge)
Abstract
Video recording (password:&TfpM8?P)
- 17 Nov 2021 (15:00–16:30 HK time) The architecture of the
Mandarin phonological
mental lexicon Karl David Neergaard (Valdecilla Biomedical
Innovation and Research
Institute in Santander)
Abstract
Video recording (password:e!U1Gg0S)
- 3 Nov 2021 (15:00–16:30 HK time) The brain basis of
Chinese
handwriting: insights
from functional and structural MRI Yang Yang (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Abstract
Video recording (password:8C+kNJcg)
- 20 Oct 2021 (16:00–17:30 HK time) Contextual Influences
on
Multilingual Lexical
Access Francesca M. Branzi (University of
Liverpool) Abstract
Video recording (password:8W.V5eMZ)
- 6 Oct 2021 (16:00–17:30 HK time) The language that
children hear
and read:
Implications for language and literacy development Yaling Hsiao
(University of Oxford)
Abstract
- 22 Sep 2021 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Probing the limits of
linguistic experience in our
theories of language
Nick Huang (National University of Singapore) Abstract Video recording (password:X0$u%jK!)
- 8 Sep 2021 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Generalising active
gap-filling
Tim Hunter (Department of
Linguistics, UCLA)
Abstract Video recording (password:ud+PUk5G)
- 25 Aug 2021 (15:00–16:30 HK time) In Search of a Missing
Link: A
Brand New Two-Brain
Theory of Human Cognition Ovid J. L.
Tzeng (Academia Sinica) Abstract Video recording (password:j6PS8W!P)
- 11 Aug 2021 (21:00–22:30 HK time) The emergence of
grammar from
perspective
Brian MacWhinney (Carnegie Mellon
University)
Abstract Video recording (password:QN3sNk)
- 28 July 2021 (12:00–13:30 HK time) Syntactic Entrainment
as a
Candidate Mechanism for
Learning the Meanings of Syntactic Constructions Victor
Ferreira (University of California San Diego) Abstract Video recording (password:Ln^00G?m)
- 14 July 2021 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Cognitive,
neuroanatomical,
and genetic basis of
developmental dyslexia Jingjing Zhao (Shaanxi Normal University) Abstract Video recording (password:x2J+NGA2)
- 30 June 2021 (15:00–16:30 HK time) Digital Language
Learning
(DLL): Insights from
Behavior, Cognition, and the Brain Ping Li
(The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Abstract
- 16 June 2021 (12:00–13:30 HK time) Encoding and accessing
syntactic structure in
memory: Insights from verbal agreement Brian Dillon Maayan Keshev
(University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Abstract Video recording (password:@1K$C+E4)
- 9 June 2021 (15:00 –16:30 HK time) How permeable are
native and
non-native syntactic
processing to crosslinguistic influence? Holger Hopp
(University of Braunschweig) Abstract Video recording (password:$&W4.+?w)
- 19 May 2021 (15:00 –16:30 HK time) Temporal dynamics and
cognitive mechanisms of
language production Qingqing Qu (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Abstract Video recording (password:5A+bU7s3)
- 5 May 2021 (15:00 –16:30 HK time) Syntactic blocking:
When
syntactic representations
are not shared across languages Robert
J. Hartsuiker (Ghent University) Abstract Video recording (password:%6md59$F)
- 21 April 2021 (13:00 –14:30 HK time) What masked form
priming
tells us about the
difference between L1 and L2 lexical processing Marcus Taft (University of New South Wales)
Abstract
- 24 March 2021 (15:00 –16:30 HK time) Bilingual Brains
Brendan Weekes
(University of Hong Kong) Abstract Video recording (password:?*GA0?HH)
- 10 March 2021 (15:00 –16:30 HK time) Case and Agreement
Attraction in Armenian:
Experimental and Computational Investigations Shravan
Vasishth (University of Potsdam) Abstract Video recording (password:M!@mfsi0)
- 13 January 2021 (15:00 –16:30 HK time) Optical mapping of
brain
activation during
bilingual translation
Zhen Yuan (University of Macau) Abstract Video recording (password:UBJ6z$48)
- 4 November 2020 (20:00 HK time) How are vocabulary and
grammar
acquired? Insights
from artificial language learning studies Padraic
Monaghan (Lancaster University)
Abstract Video recording (password:f5#S1e^9)
- 28 October 2020 (16:00 HK time) Oral language, reading
instruction and literacy
development in a computational model of word reading Ya-Ning Chang
(MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge) Abstract Slide
- 7 October 2020 (15:00 HK time) Morphology in Child and
Adult
Learners’ Spoken
Language Comprehension Harald Clahsen
(Potsdam Research Institute for Multilingualism, University of
Potsdam) Abstract
- 23 September 2020 (16:00 HK time) How to obtain evidence
for the
null hypothesis
Zoltan
Dienes (University of Sussex)
Abstract Video recording (password:a=8%3Em9)
- 9 September 2020 (15:00 HK time) CRM: An Integrated Model
of
Word Processing and
Eye-Movement Control During Chinese Reading Xingshan Li (Institute of Psychology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences) Abstract [Slides in English, talk in
Chinese]
Video recording (password:.sAC1=%K)
- 26 August 2020 (11:00 HK time) Associative Memory in
Bilinguals
Wendy S. Francis (University of Texas at El
Paso) Abstract Video recording (password:?tGcK0n=)
- 12 August 2020 (15:00 HK time) The proximate units of
phonological encoding in
Chinese spoken word production Qingfang Zhang (Renmin University of China)
Abstract [Talk in
Mandarin Chinese] Video recording (password:3.*rR!Gm)
- 5 August 2020 (15:00 HK time) [Tutorial] How to do
experiments
on bilingual word
recognition Xin Wang (Macquarie University) Abstract Video recording (password:%8bsWXR&)
- 22 July 2020 (15:00 HK time) Neural print tuning in
reading and
dyslexia: modulation
by top-down processes and potential use for evaluating
intervention methods Urs Maurer (The Chinese University of Hong
Kong) Abstract Video recording (password:y4*+iT0?)
- 8 July 2020 (16:00 HK time) [Tutorial] How to design
online
experiments using
Gorilla/Qualtrics Dave
Haslett (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Abstract Video recording (password:4j+#^#B6)
- 1 July 2020 (16:00 HK time) Quantifying the structure of
the
mental lexicon using
network science Cynthia Siew
(National University of Singapore) Abstract
Video recording (password:4w&$3^6=)
- 24 June 2020 (16:00 HK time) [Tutorial] How to use R for
Psycholinguistics Research
Max Dunn (The
Chinese University of Hong Kong) Abstract
Materials Video recording (password:8d@0IQ6h)
- 17 June 2020 (15:00 HK time) Integration of Information
in
Reading Patrick Sturt
(University of Edinburgh) Abstract Video recording (password:1O%34$88)
- 10 June 2020 (16:00 HK time) Understanding dialogue:
Language
use and social
interaction Martin J. Pickering (University of Edinburgh)
Abstract Slides Video recording (password:9x^CP29D)
- 27 May 2020 (21:00 HK time) Language processing over a
noisy
channel Edward Gibson (MIT
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences) Abstract Video recording (password:8T&M@0!7)
- 20 May 2020 (16:30 HK time) Personalized learning to
optimize
language
outcome Patrick C. M. Wong
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Abstract
- 13 May 2020 (16:00 HK time) [Tutorial] How to do
mixed-effects
models in language
research: A practical introduction using R Zhenguang G. Cai (The
Chinese University of Hong Kong) Slides Scripts Video recording (password:0x^646g8)
- 20 April 2020 (21:00) Information processing and
cross-linguistic
universal
Edward Gibson (MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences) Slides
Video recording (Password: 2j?n?.k4)
- 07 April 2020 (13:00) How do people predict
language?
Aine Ito (University of
Tokyo) Slides Video recording (Password: BWr91w)