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

Faculty

Current Faculty

Youyi Liu Ph.D.Children’s language acquisition, language development and disorder; Language processing; Second language learning and processing. youyiliu#bnu.edu.cn

Educational Experience

2001.9-2006.7, Ph. D. & M.A. in Cognitive Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

1997.9-2001.7, B.A. in Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Professional Experience

2023.9- Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience & Learning, Beijing Normal University

2014.3-2014.4, Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

2008.9-2023.8, Assistant Professor, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience & Learning, Beijing Normal University

2008.2-2008.8, Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Richmond, Virginia, USA

2007.4 - 2007.6, Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

2006.9 - 2008.8, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of Systems Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Research Description

My research involves the study of language acquisition, development and processing from the perspectives of behavior and brain, covering the following topics: 1) early language development and its relationship with late reading development; 2) oral language disorder and reading disorder; 3) word and sentence processing in L1 and L2.

Publications

1. Yang, T., Kurkela, J. L. O., Chen, K., ,Liu, Y., Shu, H., Cong, F., Hämäläinen, J. A., & Astikainen, P. (2024). Native language advantage in electrical brain responses to speech sound changes in passive and active listening condition. Neuropsychologia, 201, 108936. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108936

2. Gong, Z., Zhou, M., Dai, Y., Wen, Y., Liu, Y.^*, & Zhen, Z.^* (2023). A large-scale fMRI dataset for the visual processing of naturalistic scenes. Scientific Data, 10(1), 559. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02471-x

3. Zhang, Y., Ma, S., Liu, Y., Kong, F., & Zhen, Z. (2023). Functional integration of anterior insula related to meaning in life and loneliness. Journal of affective disorders, 338, 10–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.05.067

4. Zhou, M., Gong, Z., Dai, Y., Wen, Y., Liu, Y., & Zhen, Z. (2023). A large-scale fMRI dataset for human action recognition. Scientific Data, 10(1), 415. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02325-6

5. Hao, M., Fang, X., Sun, Z., & Liu, Y.^* (2022). The Extended Simple View of Reading in Adult Learners of Chinese as a Second Language. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:846967. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.846967

6. Zou, L., Packard, J. L., Xia, Z., Liu, Y., & Shu, H. (2019). Morphological and Whole-Word Semantic Processing Are Distinct: Event Related Potentials Evidence From Spoken Word Recognition in Chinese. Front Hum Neurosci, 13, 133. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2019.00133

7. Liu, Y., Georgiou, G. K., Zhang, Y., Li, H., Liu, H., Song, S., ... & Shu, H. (2017). Contribution of cognitive and linguistic skills to word-reading accuracy and fluency in Chinese. International Journal of Educational Research, 82, 75-90.

8. Wermke, K., Ruan, Y., Feng, Y., Dobnig, D., Stephan, S., Wermke, P., . . . Shu, H. (2017). Fundamental Frequency Variation in Crying of Mandarin and German Neonates. Journal of Voice, 31(2), 255 e225-255 e230. doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2016.06.009

9. Yang, J., Li, P., Fang, X., Shu, H., Liu, Y.^*, & Chen, L. (2016). Hemispheric involvement in the processing of Chinese idioms: An fMRI study. Neuropsychologia, 87, 12-24. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.04.029

10. Zou, L., Packard., J.L., Xia, Z., Liu, Y., & Shu, H. (2016) Neural Correlates of Morphological Processing: Evidence from Chinese. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 9:714. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00714

11. Yang T., Cong F., Chang Z., Liu Y., Ristainiemi T., Li H. (2016) Individual Independent Component Analysis on EEG: Event-Related Responses Vs. Difference Wave of Deviant and Standard Responses. In: Cheng L., Liu Q., Ronzhin A. (eds) Advances in Neural Networks – ISNN 2016. ISNN 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 9719. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40663-3_4

12. Su, M., Wang, J., Maurer, U., Zhang, Y., Li, J., McBride, C., Tardif, T., Liu, Y., & Shu, H. (2015). Gene–environment interaction on neural mechanisms of orthographic processing in Chinese children. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 33, 172-186. doi:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2014.09.007

13. Wu, H., Ma, X., Zhang, L., Liu, Y., Zhang, Y., & Shu, H. (2015). Musical experience modulates categorical perception of lexical tones in native Chinese speakers. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 436. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00436

14. Hao, M., Liu, Y., Shu, H., Xing, A., Jiang, Y., & Li, P. (2015). Developmental changes in the early child lexicon in Mandarin Chinese. Journal of Child Language, 42, 505-537. doi:10.1017/S030500091400018X

15. Zhang, Y., Li, P., Piao, Q., Liu, Y., Huang, Y., & Shu, H. (2013). Syntax does not necessarily precede semantics in sentence processing: ERP evidence from Chinese. Brain and Language, 126(1), 8-19. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2013.04.001

16. Zou, L., Desroches, A. S., Liu, Y., Xia, Z., & Shu, H. (2012). Orthographic facilitation in Chinese spoken word recognition: an ERP study. Brain and Language, 123(3), 164-173. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.09.006

17. Li, P., Shu, H., & Liu, Y. (2012). Neurocognitive approaches to the processing of Chinese. In J. Huang, A. Li, & A. Simpson (eds.), Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Chinese Linguistics. Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

18. Yang, J., Shu, H., Bi, Y., Liu, Y., & Wang, X. (2011). Dissociation and association of the embodied representation of tool-use verbs and hand verbs: An fMRI study. Brain and Language, 119(3):167-174. doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2011.06.001.

19. Liu, Y.^*, Hao, M., Li, P., & Shu, H. (2011). Timed picture naming norms for Mandarin Chinese. PLoS ONE, 6(1): e16505. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016505.

20. Liu, Y^*., Li. P., Shu, H., Zhang, Q., & Chen, L. (2010). Structure and meaning in Chinese: An ERP study of idioms. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 23, 615-630.

21. Liu, Y., Hao, M., Shu, H., Tan, L., & Weekes, B. (2008). Age-of-acquisition effects on oral reading in Chinese. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15(2), 344-350.

22. Liu, Y.^*, Shu, H., & Weekes, B. (2007). Differences in neural processing between nouns and verbs in Chinese: Evidence from EEG. Brain & Language, 103(1/2), 75-77.

23. Liu, Y.^*, Shu, H., & Li, P. (2007). Word naming and psycholinguistic norms: Chinese. Behavior Research Methods, 39(2), 192-198.

24. Chen, L., Shu, H., Liu, Y., Zhao, J., & Li, P. (2007). ERP signatures of subject-verb agreement in L2 learning. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 10(2), 161-174.

25. Weekes, B. S., Shu, H., Hao, M., Liu, Y., & Tan, L. H. (2007). Predictors of timed picture naming in Chinese. Behavior Research Methods, 39(2), 335-342.

26. Li, X., Shu, H., Liu, Y., Li, P. (2006). The representation of verbs in sentence processing: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18(10),1774-1787.