Introduction

I am fascinated by language and how it works in daily life. I love to observe people when they use language and figure out what might be going on in their minds. Now, with the techniques of ERP and fMRI, I can look into people’s brains and obtain biological support for my speculations. 

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My research interests are formal syntax, Formosan linguistics, and second language acquisition. In the future, I would like to adopt the methods of neurolinguistics to examine the current syntactic theories and/or principles in order to know better about languages and the language faculty.

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I am always curious about how bodily experiences and world knowledge can govern our mind, which in turn influences the way we use language to communicate. With this curiosity in mind, my research interests are centrally cognitive semantics (particularly conceptual metaphor and metonymy), lexical semantics, and the pragmatic function of linguistic expressions.

To explore how meanings are encoded in our mental lexicon, a step further is to see how meanings are processed in our brain via the integration of neuroscience techniques (ERP for now). Recently, I find it especially fascinating to examine the cognitive role of semantic prosody, and I am now working on this subject as the main topic of my thesis. 

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My current research interests include Phonology, Phonetics, L1/L2 acquisition and transfer, and tone sandhi in particular. For my master's thesis, I am using the electrophysiological (ERP) method to probe into how our brain processes tone sandhi in a code-mixing context.

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Language is a powerful tool that shapes human perception and can contribute to societal polarization, particularly in the context of political news and information. My research primarily focuses on how language influences the way we receive political content and how it can subtly reinforce or shift political stances.

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It’s been proven that language, to some extent, influences people’s thoughts. To take a step further, I’d like to know if a certain manner of speech (e.g., politically correct language) affects the way people think as well. Aside from this, I’m exploring the extrinsic factors that help preserve and solidify people’s language ability as we age.

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Language and music are human-specific abilities shaped by culture, playing crucial roles in communication, education, and social bonding. They share structural and cognitive similarities, yet how the brain processes them remains an ongoing debate. Many questions about their neural connections, overlaps, and distinctions are still unresolved. I’m interested in exploring these challenges using neuroimaging techniques to better understand their relationship.

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Growing up, I was always driven by a deep curiosity about the underlying mechanisms behind manifested behaviors, and I sought answers grounded in our biological systems. I love learning about how human brains work, and the truth is, no two brains are the same! Neurodiversity, though a well-recognized concept in the Western world, remains less acknowledged in Chinese culture. My research interests include using Event-Related Potentials (ERP) to explore how different types of brains (e.g., ADHD, autism) process various aspects of language, and how bilingualism may interact with these processes, either enhancing or impairing executive functions.

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