Invited Talks

1. Chung-Fat-Yim, A. (2025, May). The brain on language: How cognitive and cultural factors shape language learning and acquisition. Dr. Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim was the Early Career Keynote Speaker at the Cognitive Neuroscience of Individual Differences in Adult Language Learning: Future Directions conference, Chicago, IL. 

2. Chung-Fat-Yim, A. (2024, May). My journey as a cognitive neuroscientist. Invited talk given at Northside College Preparatory High School, Chicago, IL.

3. Chung-Fat-Yim, A. (2024, March). The influence of bilingualism on cognitive development. Invited talk given as part of the Loyola University Neuroscience Seminar Series, Chicago, IL.

4. Chung-Fat-Yim, A. (2023, October). Cognitive consequences of bilingualism. Invited talk given as part of the Inaugural Marginalia Community Symposium at Boston College, Boston, MA.

5. Chung-Fat-Yim, A. (2023, April). How bilingual language experience shapes cognitive abilities. Invited talk given at the symposium titled iBrain Erasmus International Symposium on Heritage Bilingualism. Kotagiri, India. [Remote talk]

6. Chung-Fat-Yim, A. (2021, December). The cognitive benefits of learning a second language. Invited talk given at the German International School Chicago open house, Chicago, IL.

7. Chung-Fat-Yim, A. (2021, October). How learning a second language shapes the mind and brain. Invited talk given as part of the Faculty/Staff Day at the German International School Chicago, Chicago, IL. [Remote talk]

8. Chung-Fat-Yim, A. (2021, August). Bilingualism's positive impact on cognitive development. Invited talk given at the International Student Program Culture of Language Speaker Series at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. [Remote talk]

9. Chung-Fat-Yim, A. (2020, November). The cognitive effects of being bilingual. Invited talk given at the Cognitive Sciences Brownbag at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. [Remote talk]

10. Chung-Fat-Yim, A. (2019, October). Are stories just as transporting in your foreign language? Invited talk given at the Institute of Multilingualism, Fribourg, Switzerland.

11. Chung-Fat-Yim, A. (2019, September). A closer look at bilingualism and executive functioning. Invited talk given to the Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics Research Group, Evanston, IL. [Remote talk] 

12. Chung-Fat-Yim, A. (2018, November). How learning two languages positively impacts cognitive development. Invited talk given at the 2nd annual Bilingual Education Fair, San Francisco, CA.

13. Chung-Fat-Yim, A. (2018, February). Growing up with two languages: The effect of bilingualism on cognitive development. Invited talk given at the 1st annual Bilingual Education Fair, San Francisco, CA.

Conference Talks

1. Elmessiry, M., Williams, A. I., Chung-Fat-Yim, A., & Marian, V. (2025, April). Language changes how depression symptoms are expressed in Spanish-English bilinguals. Talk presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. *Recipient of the MPA Graduate Student Paper Award

2. Elmessiry, M., Williams, A. I., Chung-Fat-Yim, A., & Marian, V. (2024, October). Depression symptoms are expressed differently across languages in bilinguals. Talk presented at the Bilingualism Forum, Chicago, IL.

3. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Hayakawa, S., & Marian, V. (2023, August). Bilingualism experience shapes linguistic and cognitive abilities. Talk presented as part of the symposium titled Consequences of Bilingualism for Memory and Cognition chaired by Drs. Sirada Rochanavibhata and Viorica Marian at the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Nagoya, Japan.

4. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Hayakawa, S., & Marian, V. (2023, April). Bilingualism predicts NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery scores: A cluster analysis. Talk presented as part of the symposium on Linguistic and Cognitive Processing in Bilinguals and Second Language Learners chaired by Drs. Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim and Viorica Marian at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

5. Williams, A. I., Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Haack, L., Marian, V., & Pfiffner, L. (2022, November). Promising effects of socioemotional skills training in bilingual children with attention and behavioral concerns. Talk presented at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chicago, IL.

6. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Chen, P., & Marian, V. (2022, May). Culture and input familiarity influence emotion perception in bilinguals. Talk presented as part of the symposium on Multilingualism and Emotion chaired by Drs. Stephen Chen and Aya Williams at the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Conference Poster Presentations

1. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Page, M., & Marian, V. (2025, August). Phonological overlap connects semantically-unrelated concepts: Evidence from neural correlates of language co-activation. Poster presented at the Cognitive Science Society, San Francisco, CA. 

2. Soto, C., Sung, N. Y., Biju, J., Chung-Fat-Yim, A., & Marian, V. (2025, May). Tracking meaning: The role of phonological overlap in bilingual semantic networks. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience of Individual Differences in Adult Language Learning: Future Directions, Chicago, IL.

3. Sung, N. Y., Soto, C., Chung-Fat-Yim, A., & Marian, V. (2025, April). Unrelated yet connected: How phonological overlap across languages rewires semantic associations in bilinguals. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

4. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Chen, P., & Marian, V. (2024, December). The influence of culture on multisensory emotion perception in bicultural bilinguals. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Seattle, WA.

5. Fernandez-Duque, M., Chung-Fat-Yim, A., & Marian, V. (2024, November). Dual-language experience influences divergent thinking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New York City, NY.

6. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Chen, P., & Marian, V. (2024, November). Culture influences multisensory emotion perception in bicultural bilinguals. Poster presented at the Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting, New York City, NY.

7. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Hayakawa, S., & Marian, V. (2023, April). Bilingualism Predicts NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery Scores: A Cluster Analysis. Talk presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

8. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Bartolotti, J., & Marian, V. (2022, November). The influence of language experience and bigram frequencies on rapid automatized naming. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.

9. Williams, A. I., Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Haack, L., Marian, V., Pfiffner, L. (2022, November). Promising effects of socioemotional skills training in bilingual children with attention and behavioral concerns. Talk presented at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chicago, IL.

10. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Chen, P., & Marian, V. (2022, August). Cultural immersion and experience shape emotion perception in bilinguals. Poster presented at the 4th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children, Tromsø, Norway.

11. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Chen, P., & Marian, V. (2022, May). Culture and input familiarity influence emotion perception in bilinguals. Talk presented as part of the symposium on Multilingualism and Emotion chaired by Drs. Stephen Chen and Aya Williams at the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

12. Jesin, D., Chung-Fat-Yim, A., & Bialystok, E. (2018, August). Looking Beyond RTs: The effect of bilingualism on executive control. Poster presented at the Summer 2018 NSERC Undergraduate Research Conference, Toronto, ON. 

13. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., & Mar, R. A. (2018, July). Narrative transportation for text in one's first or second language. Poster presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, Brighton, United Kingdom.

14. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Grundy, J. G., Barker, R. M., Anderson, J. A. E., & Bialystok, E. (2017, October). Brain signal complexity in monolingual and bilingual children. Poster presented at the 10th biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Portland, OR.

15. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Peterson, J. B., & Mar, R. A. (2016, July). Self-paced sentence-by-sentence reading on story comprehension, recall, and narrative transportation. Poster presented at the 23rdannual meeting for the Scientific Study of Reading, Porto, Portugal.

16. Li, H., Jia, H., Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Jin, L., & Yu, D. (2016, May). Neural correlates of vertical disparity gradient and cue conflict in Panum’s limiting case. Poster presented at the 16th annual meeting for the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida.

17. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Berkes, M., Mesite, L., Bellana, B., Luk, G., & Bialystok, E. (2015, May). Structural and functional differences between monolingual and bilingual young adults. Poster presented at the Workshop on Bilingualism and Executive Function, New York City, NY.

18. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Mesite, L., Bellana, B., Luk, G., & Bialystok, E. (2015, March). White matter differences in monolingual and bilingual young adults. Poster presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.

19. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Friesen, D. C., Timmer, K., & Bialystok, E. (2014, July). Electrophysiological differences between monolinguals and bilinguals on the flanker task. Poster presented at the 24thannual meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Sciences, Toronto, ON.

20. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Friesen, D., & Bialystok, E. (2013, November). Lexical resolution from semantic competitors in monolinguals and bilinguals. Poster presented at the 54th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, ON.

21. Sorge, G. B., Hawrylewicz, K., Chung-Fat-Yim, A., & Bialystok, E. (2013, October). Do bilingualism and attentional difficulties interact in executive function performance? Poster presented at the 8thbiennial meeting of the Cognitive Developmental Society, Memphis, TN.  

22. Chung-Fat-Yim, A., & Ono, H. (2010, April). The forbidden zone for single vision. Poster presented at the York University Undergraduate Thesis Poster Day, Toronto, ON.