State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University

Faculty

Current Faculty

Li Liu Ph.D.Brain and children’s literacy development lilyliu#bnu.edu.cn http://brdl.bnu.edu.cn

Educational Experience

2006-2009　Ph.D　Psychology, Beijing Normal University

2001-2004　MS　Psychology, Beijing Normal University

1997-2001　BA　Biology, Beijing Normal University

Professional Experience

2017.09-　　Professor, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University

2012.09-2017.08　Associate professor, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University

2009.08-2012.08　Assistant professor, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University

Research Description

My group focuses on studying the literacy development of children from the perspective of cognitive psychology and brain science, and paying special attention to the neural basis and intervention research of dyslexia. Our series of studies have revealed the developmental pattern of the reading brain network of Chinese children, and revealed the atypical brain structure and function of Chinese dyslexia, which has drawn increasing attention from peer researchers. Besides, my group has also developed a series of evaluation tools of the language and reading ability development for preschool and school-aged children. Furthermore, we are dedicated to the science popularization of children language development, as well as the educational consultation of language learning difficulties.

Publications

1、Gao, D., Liang, X., Ting, Q., Nichols, E. S., Bai, Z., Xu, C., Cai, M., & Liu, L*. (2024). A meta-analysis of letter-sound integration: Assimilation and accommodation in the superior temporal gyrus. Human brain mapping, 45(15), e26713. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26713

2、Liu, X., Zhang, L., Yu, S., Bai, Z., Qi, T., Mao, H., Zhen, Z., Dong, Q., & Liu, L*. (2024). The Effects of Age and Reading Experience on the Lifespan Neurodevelopment for Reading Comprehension. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 36(2), 239–260. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02086

3、Bai, Z., Gao, D., & Liu, L*. (2023). Promotion of Preschool Children's Literacy Readiness: A Perspective Based on Brain and Cognitive Science. Studies in Early Childhood Education, 01, 40-49.

4、Liang, X., Li, G., Bai, Z., Feng, X., Gao, Y., Zhang, M., Ding, G., Meng, X.*, & Liu, L*. (2023). Chinese Reading and Brain Development Dataset for Children and Adolescents. China Scientific Data (Chinese and English Online Edition), 8(03), 190-198.

5、Liu, X*., He, Y., Gao, Y., Booth, J. R., Zhang, L., Zhang, S., Lu, C., & Liu, L*. (2022). Developmental differences of large-scale functional brain networks for spoken word processing. Brain and language, 231, 105149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2022.105149

6、Liang, X., Li, G., He, Y., Xu, C., Meng, X., Lu, C., & Liu, L*. (2022). Sex differences in the intrinsic reading neural networks of Chinese children. Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 54, 101098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101098

7、He, Y., Liu, X., Hu, J., Nichols, E. S., Lu, C., & Liu, L*. (2021). Difference Between Children and Adults in the Print-speech Coactivated Network. Scientific Studies of Reading, 26(3), 250–265. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2021.1965607

8、Gao, Y., Meng, X., Bai, Z., Liu, X., Zhang, M., Li, H., Ding, G., Liu, L*., & Booth, J. R*. (2022). Left and Right Arcuate Fasciculi Are Uniquely Related to Word Reading Skills in Chinese-English Bilingual Children. Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.), 3(1), 109–131. https://doi.org/10.1162/nol_a_00051

9、Nichols, E. S.*, Gao, Y., Fregni, S., Liu, L*., & Joanisse, M. F. (2021). Individual differences in representational similarity of first and second languages in the bilingual brain. Human brain mapping, 42(16), 5433–5445. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25633

10、Gao, Y., Zheng, L., Liu, X., Nichols, E. S., Zhang, M., Shang, L., Ding, G., Meng, X.*, & Liu, L*. (2019). First and Second Language Reading Difficulty Among Chinese-English Bilingual Children: The Prevalence and Influences From Demographic Characteristics. Frontiers in psychology, 10, 2544. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02544

11、Liu, X., Gao, Y., Di, Q., Hu, J., Lu, C., Nan, Y., Booth, J. R., & Liu, L*. (2018). Differences between child and adult large-scale functional brain networks for reading tasks. Human brain mapping, 39(2), 662–679. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23871

12、Nan, Y.*, Liu, L., Geiser, E., Shu, H., Gong, C. C., Dong, Q., Gabrieli, J. D., & Desimone, R*. (2018). Piano training enhances the neural processing of pitch and improves speech perception in Mandarin-speaking children. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(28), E6630-E6639. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1808412115

13、Gao, Y., Sun, Y., Lu, C., Ding, G., Guo, T., Malins, J. G., Booth, J. R., Peng, D., & Liu, L*. (2017). Dynamic spatial organization of the occipito-temporal word form area for second language processing. Neuropsychologia, 103, 20–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.06.007

14、Qi, T., Gu, B., Ding, G., Gong, G., Lu, C., Peng, D., Malins, J. G., & Liu, L*. (2016). More bilateral, more anterior: Alterations of brain organization in the large-scale structural network in Chinese dyslexia. NeuroImage, 124(Pt A), 63–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.09.011

15、Kim, S. Y., Qi, T., Feng, X., Ding, G., Liu, L.*, & Cao, F*. (2016). How does language distance between L1 and L2 affect the L2 brain network? An fMRI study of Korean-Chinese-English trilinguals. NeuroImage, 129, 25–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.11.068

16、Sun, Y., Peng, D., Ding, G., Qi, T., Desroches, A. S., & Liu, L*. (2015). The dynamic nature of assimilation and accommodation procedures in the brains of Chinese-English and English-Chinese bilinguals. Human brain mapping, 36(10), 4144–4157. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22904

17、Wang, J., Gao, D., Li, D., Desroches, A. S., Liu, L.*, & Li, X*. (2014). Theta-gamma coupling reflects the interaction of bottom-up and top-down processes in speech perception in children. NeuroImage, 102 Pt 2, 637–645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.08.030

18、Malins, J. G., Gao, D., Tao, R., Booth, J. R., Shu, H., Joanisse, M. F., Liu, L.*, & Desroches, A. S*. (2014). Developmental differences in the influence of phonological similarity on spoken word processing in Mandarin Chinese. Brain and language, 138, 38–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2014.09.002

19、Cao, F.*, Young Kim, S., Liu, Y., & Liu, L*. (2014). Similarities and differences in brain activation and functional connectivity in first and second language reading: evidence from Chinese learners of English. Neuropsychologia, 63, 275–284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.09.001