Publications

Lee, T-w., and Chan, S*. (2022): Better early than late for a filler: An fMRI study on the filler-gap order in language. Journal of Neurolinguistics, vol. 66, no. 101126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2023.101126  [SCI/SSCI, *Corresponding author]

Chan, S. (2022): Dynamics of nominal classification systems in language processing. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 671-685. https://www.doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2021.2011331 [SCI/SSCI]

Fan, C. D., Collart, A., and Chan S.* (2022). When two languages are competing: An ERP study on sentence processing in expert and novice interpreters. Interpreting, vol. 24, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1075/intp.00069.fan [SSCI/AHCI, *Corresponding author] 

Collart, A*, and Chan, S.* (2021). Processing past time reference in a tenseless language: An ERP study on the Mandarin aspectual morphemes -le and -guo. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 59, 100998. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2021.100998 [SCI/SSCI, *Corresponding authors] 

Ku, L.*, Chan, S.* & Lai, V.T. (2020) Personality Traits and Emotional Word Recognition: An ERP Study. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-020-00774-9.10.3758/s13415-020-00774-9 [SCI, *Corresponding authors] 

Chan, S.* (2019). An elephant needs a head but a horse does not: An ERP study of classifier-noun agreement in Mandarin, Journal of Neurolinguistics, vol. 52, 100852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2019.100852.10.1080/20445911.2018.1560299 [SSCI, *Corresponding author] 

Lin, K., and Chan, S.* (2019). When senses meet functions: an amodal stage in conceptual processing, Journal of Cognitive Psychology, vol. 31, no. 1, 64-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2018.1560299  [SSCI, *Corresponding author]

Liao, C., and Chan S*. (2016). Direction matters: Event-related brain potentials reflect extra processing costs in switching from the dominant to the less dominant language. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 40, 79-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2016.06.004 [SSCI, *Corresponding author] 

Chien, P., and Chan S*. (2015). Old songs can be as fresh as new: an ERP study on lyrics processing. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 35, 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2015.02.002 [SSCI, *Corresponding author] 

Yang, L., and Chan S.* (2013). Semantic categorization in Prader-Willi syndrome: A case study in Chinese. Concentric: Studies in Linguistics, 39(2), 83-111. Available Online: http://www.concentric-linguistics.url.tw/upload/articlesfs31140609180437384.pdf [THCI-Core, *Corresponding author] 

Yang ,J., Chan, S., Khan, S., Schneider, A., Nanakul, R., Teichholtz, S., Niu, Y., Seritan, A., Tassone, F., Grigsby, J., Hagerman, P., Hagerman, R., and Olichney, J. (2013). Neural substrates of executive dysfunction in Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome. Cerebral Cortex, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 2657-2666. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhs251 [SCI]

Chan, S.,* Ryan, L., and Bever, T. (2013). Role of the striatum in language: syntactic and conceptual sequencing. Brain and Language, vol. 125, no. 3, pp. 283-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2011.11.005 [SSCI, *Corresponding author]

Olichney, J., Taylor, J., Hillert, D., Chan, S., Salmon, D., Gatherwright, J., Iragui, V.J., and Kutas, M. (2010). fMRI congruous word repetition effects reflect memory variability in normal elderly. Neurobiology of Aging, vol. 31, no. 11, pp. 1975-1990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.10.010 [SCI]

Olichney, J., Taylor, J., Chan, S., Yang, J., Stringfellow, A., Hillert, D., Simmons, A., Salmon, D., Iragui-Madoz, V., and Kutas, M. (2010). fMRI responses to words repeated in a congruous semantic context are abnormal in mild Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropsychologia, vol. 48, no. 9, pp. 2476-2487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.04.021 [SCI] 

Olichney, J., Chan, S., Wong, L., Schneider, A., Seritan, A., Niese, A., Yang, J., Laird, K., Teichholtz, S., Khan, S., Tassone, F., and Hagerman, R. (2010). Abnormal N400 word repetition effects in Fragile X-associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome. Brain, vol. 133, no. 5, pp. 1438-1450. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awq077 [SCI] 

Lee, T and Chan S. Comparing the neural correlates and effective connectivity of different types of syntactic movements in Mandarin Chinese: An fMRI study. Poster that will be presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL), Brisbane, Australia, October 24-26, 2024.

Sung C and Chan S. Diluting Swearing? Context plays a role. Poster presented at the 11th Conference on Language, Discourse, and Cognition (CLDC 11), Taipei, Taiwan, May 3-4, 2024.

Yang Y and Chan S. An ERP study on cross-cultural humor: Taiwanese subjects’ response to American sarcastic insults. Poster presented at Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (29th AMLaP conference), San Sebastian, Spain, August 31-September 2, 2023.

Chan S. Dynamics of information activation of noun countability and semantic category in language processing. Poster presented at the Cognitive Science Society Annual Conference (COGSCI 2023), Sydney, Australia, July 26-29, 2023. 

Lee, T and Chan S. The role of the right prefrontal regions in processing sentences with gaps. Poster presented at the Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics 13 (TEAL-13), Taipei, Taiwan, May 12-14, 2023.

Collart A and Chan S. Processing past time and aspect: Event-related potentials reveal different neuronal brain responses elicited by the Mandarin verbal morpheme –guo. Abstract presented at the 3rd International Conference on Theoretical East Asia Psycholinguistics (ICTEAP-3), November 20-21, 2021. (Virtual meeting).

Collart A and Chan S. Not all the pasts are the same: An ERP study of the temporal constraints of the Mandarin aspectual markers -le and -guo. Poster presented at the 33rd CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, March 2020. (Virtual meeting)

Lee T and Chan S. Biological foundation of syntactic movement directions. Poster presented at the 33rd CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, March 2020. (Virtual meeting)

Chan S. L1 syntax may still be working in L2 sentencing processing. Abstract presented at the 7th European Conference on Language Learning (ECLL2019), University College London, London, UK, July 19-21, 2019. 

Collart A and Chan S. Aspect is distinct from time reference: An ERP study of the perfective  marker -le in Mandarin Chinese. Abstract presented at the 32nd CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA, March 29-31, 2019.

Chen Y and Chan S. Semantic Prosody in the Processing of Mandarin-Chinese Verbs: An ERP study. Abstract presented at the joint conference ICPEAL 17 – CLDC 9 (the 17th International Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages and the 9th Conference on Language, Discourse, and Cognition). Taipei, October 19-21, 2018.

Chan S. and Lin K. The biological foundation of conceptual hierarchy. Abstract presented at the International Linguistic Association 62nd Annual Conference. Hong Kong, May 26-28, 2017.

Liao C and Chan S. Comprehension of code-mixed sentences in bilingual elders: An event-related potentials (ERP) study. Poster presented at the 24th Annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). San Francisco, USA, March 25-28, 2017.

Chan S and P Chien. Language-specific categorization may influence how people perceive the world: an fMRI study on linguistic relativity. Poster presented at the 6th Brain and Mind Research in the Asia-Pacific (BMAP) Symposium. Auckland, New Zealand, August 23-25, 2016.

Ku L and Chan S. The modulation of personality on Chinese emotion word processing: an ERP study. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). New York, USA, April 2-5, 2016.

Lin K and Chan S. The role of semantic features in processing basic-level concepts in Mandarin Chinese: an ERP study. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). New York, USA, April 2-5, 2016.

Chan S. Grammatical agreement in Mandarin: an ERP study of classifier-noun pairing. Abstract presented at the International Hokkaido Forum: Organization Behavior, Psychology, and Education (iHOPE, 2015). Sapporo, Japan, June 23-25, 2015. 

Liao C and Chan S. Sentence context can affect the bilingual word identification process: An assessment of Bilingual Interactive Activation Plus (BIA+) model with ERP. Abstract presented at the Annual Meeting of Taiwan Society of Cognitive Neuroscience. Taipei, Taiwan, June 24, 2015.

Chien P and Chan S. Song Familiarity in Lyrics Processing: An ERP Study. Poster presented at the 21st Anniversary meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Boston, USA, April 5-8, 2014.

Liao C and Chan S. Switching into a non-dominant language is harder: An ERP study of simultaneous Bilinguals. Poster presented at the 21st Anniversary meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Boston, USA, April 5-8, 2014. 

Chan S, Ku L, Liu C and Liao C. A cow needs a head but a horse does not: An MEG study on Mandarin classifiers. Research abstract presented at the 7th East Asia Symposium on Superconductive Electronics (EASSE), National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, October 23-26, 2013.

Chan S. Chinese classifiers: a neurolinguistic perspective. Research abstract presented at the Workshop on the grammar of measurement in Chinese. In Conjunction with the 21st annual meeting of International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL), National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 7-9, 2013.

Chan S, Liao C and Ku L. Headless cows are hard to process: an ERP study of Mandarin classifiers. Poster presented at the 20th Anniversary meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. San Francisco, USA, April 13-16, 2013.

Yang J-C, Taylor JR, Chan S, Salmon DP, Iragui-Madoz V, Kutas M, Olichney JM. fMRI Congruous Word Repetition Effects Show Loss of Hemispheric Encoding/Retrieval Asymmetry in MCI. Presented at the 18th Annual Human Brain Mapping (OHBM). Beijing, China, June 10-14, 2012. (abstract; ePub: http://ww4.aievolution.com/hbm1201/index.cfm?do=abs.viewAbs&abs=5892).

Yang L and Chan S. Semantic Categorization in Prader-Willi Syndrome: A Case Study in Chinese. Research abstract presented at the 6th Conference on Language, Discourse, and Cognition (CLDC2012). Taipei, Taiwan, May 4-6, 2012.

Liao C and Chan S. Code-mixing and language use: the asymmetrical processing cost in understanding switched sentences. Poster presented at 2012 Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC, March 8-11, 2012.

Liao C and Chan S. The asymmetrical processing cost of code-mixing in Mandarin-Taiwanese bilinguals. Proceedings of the 2011 National Conference on Linguistics (NCL). National Sun Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Olichney J, Chan S, Schneider A, Niese A, Pak J, Nanakul R, Tassone F, Hagerman R. ERP Abnormalities of Auditory Attention in Fragile X-Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome. Poster presented at the 61st American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA, April 25-May 2, 2009.

Olichney J, Chan S, Schneider A, Niese A, Laird KT, Nanakul R, Tassone F, Hagerman R. Reduced ERP Word Repetition Effects in Patients with Fragile X-associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome. Poster presented at the 16 the Annual Meeting of Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). San Francisco, CA, March 21-24, 2009.