Heeju Hwang - language and autism lab

NEWS

Congratulations to Krisya, who got admitted to the MSc in Clinical and Therapeutic Neuroscience at the University of Oxford!

Krisya Louie, a psychology undergraduate, and Dr. Hwang gave an oral presentation on recents findings of the Social and Computerized Input in Autistic Language Learning (SOCIALL) project at the Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) in November 2023.

Judy Chui Yin Ng, a linguistics undergraduate, won a best poster presentation award for her corpus study on Cantonese zeong constructions!

Suet-Ying Lam, a previous linguistics undergraduate, and Dr. Hwang's research is featured in HKU Annual Report 2022.

Annual report 2022 20_21.pdf

Our lab is currently investigating how social (conversation) and non-social language experience (reading, computer interaction) influences the acquisition of grammar and discourse in typical and atypical development.

We are recruiting primary school children with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD). If you are interested in participating in our study, please email at languageautismlab@gmail.com.

Language and Autism Lab is equipped with Eyelink 1000 Plus (remote eye-tracker) and has access to an ultrasound machine and an EEG system.

Current RAs & students:

Krisya Louie (Psychology)

Siqing Jean Ng (Psychology)

Chui Yin Judy Ng (Linguistics)

Yan Cheuk Iva Tsang (Psychology)

Wo Wai Jackie Yi (Psychology)

Fengwei Liu (Shanghai International Studies University)

Some of previous RAs:

Suet-Ying Eliza Lam (currently a PhD student at UMass Amherst)

Sherry Chen (PhD in Linguistics from MIT)

Aubrey Lau (currently a PhD student at UCSD)

Fiona Cheng (Speech Therapist in Canada)

This is the mascot of our lab, Sammy Snail!