2023

Lan, W., Chen, X., & Zhang, C. (2023). An acoustic study of tone sandhi in Lishui Wu. The 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), 7-11 August, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic.

Ye, Y., Rong, Y., & Peng, G. (2023). Initial Curvature of Pitch Contour Affects Fine-grain Lexical Tone Perception of Mandarin but not Cantonese. In R. Skarnitzl & J. Volín (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 322–326). Guarant International.

Li, B., Wang, X., Chen, S., Zhang, C., Lau, P., & Yang, Y. (2023). Talker normalisation of prosodic cues in non-native speakers. Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Asia 2023, Hong Kong. [Oral]

Li, B. & Chen, S. (2023) Multimodal Focus Processing in Mandarin-Speaking Children and Adults. The 15th Phonetic Conference of China (PCC 2023), July 7-10, Shenzhen, China. [Oral]

Rong, Y., Weng, Y., Tao, R., & Peng, G. (2023). The development of lexical tone normalization lags behind: Evidence from Hong Kong Cantonese-speaking children. The 14th International Conference in Evolution Linguistics, Hong Kong, China, Aug 3–5, 2023. [Oral]

Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). Human Communication: Language and Its Psychobiological Bases. The 29th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-29). May 29, 2023.

Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). Human Languages, Past, Present & Future. Masters Series of Science and Technology XXXIV, Macau. September 13, 2023.

Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). SAPIENS - a Journey of 6 Million Years. University of Macau Doctor honoris casa Lecture. December 1, 2023.

Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). "Biological Foundations of Language", Since 1967. Chair Professor Distinguished Lecture Series 2022/23, Department of Chinese and Billingual Studies, PolyU. April 18, 2023.

Wang, W. S. Y. (2023).語言與「生老病死」.  Invited lecture at「實驗語言學+」雲上論壇 by Prof. Shi Feng, Nankai University. March 13, 2023.

Xie, C. (2023). Aging effects on the language abilities of the oldest old. The 14th International Conference in Evolution Linguistics, Hong Kong, Aug 3-5, 2023. [Oral]

Xie, C. (2023). Why is conversation not easy for older adults? An experimental study on production/comprehension asymmetry in Chinese older adults. The 4th Macau Symposium on Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Macau, Sep 8-9, 2023. (Best Oral Presentation Award) [Oral].

Xie, C., & Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). A return to childhood? The retrogenic production/comprehension asymmetry in Chinese older adults. The 29th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics, Macau, May 27-29, 2023. [Oral]

Ye, Y., & Peng, G. (2023). 普通話上聲的心理表征——來自CLEESE行為實驗的證據 [Mental Representation of Mandarin Tone 3: Evidence from CLEESE Behavioral Experiment]. In 第十五屆中國語音學學術會議曁語音學前沿國際論壇 [Proceedings of the 15th Phonetics Conference of Chinese and International Forum on Phonetics] (pp. 14-15). [Oral]

Ye, Y., Rong, Y., & Peng, G. (2023). Tonal Initial Curvature Affects Fine-grain Lexical Tone Perception of Mandarin but not Cantonese. In The 14th International Conference in Evolutionary Linguistics (CIEL-14), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. [Oral]

Chen, J. X., Fong, M. C. M., Hui, N. Y., Feng, Y., Li, F. F., Ma, M. K. M., & Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). Which cognitive ability is more affected in normal aging? PAIR conference 2023: Research Excellence for Societal Impacts, Hong Kong, May 10, 2023. [Poster]

Feng, Y., Fong, M. C. M., Hui, N. Y., Chen, J., Xie, C., & Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). Neural underpinnings and cognitive correlates of hyper-priming effects in older adults: electrophysiological evidence from the primed lexical decision task. Presented at Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Asia, Dec 1-3, Hong Kong. [Poster]

Fong, M. C. M., Ma, M. K. M., Chen, J. X., Feng, Y., Hui, N. Y., Liu, Z. Y., Waye, M. M. Y., Chien, W. T., & Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). “Towards Regional Brain Age Models: Region-Sensitive Morphological Associations of Age and Gender”. PAIR conference 2023: Research Excellence for Societal Impacts, Hong Kong, May 10, 2023. [Poster]

Geng, L., & Sheng, L. (2023). Reference production in the narrative discourse of Mandarin-speaking children with developmental language disorder (DLD) and typical development (TD). Paper presented at Symposium of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Salzburg, Austria.

Hui, N. Y., Fong, M. C. M., & Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). Age-related Changes of Verbal Abilities: A Longitudinal Study of Hong Kong Older Adults. PAIR conference 2023: Research Excellence for Societal Impacts, Hong Kong, May 10, 2023. [Poster]

Hui, N. Y., Fong, M. C. M., & Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). Code-switching “without switching” and its cognitive demand. The 4th Macau Symposium on Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Macau, Sep 8-9, 2023. [Poster]

Hui, N. Y., & Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). The dynamic changes of mental lexicon: Proposal of the Experience-based Bilingual Mental Lexicon Model. PolyU Research Student Conference, Hong Kong, May 8-9, 2023. [Poster]

Lan, W., Chen, X., & Zhang, C. (2023). An acoustic study of tone sandhi in Lishui Wu. Poster presentation at the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Prague, Czech. [Poster]

Li, F. F., Fong, M. C. M., & Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). Resting-state Functional Connectivity Between the Cerebellum and Cortical Networks: Individual Differences in Verbal Working Memory. PAIR conference 2023: Research Excellence for Societal Impacts, Hong Kong, May 10, 2023. [Poster]

Lin, Y., Sheng, L., Shi, H., Yan, W., & Zhang, Y. (2023). Narrative Generation and Narrative Recall Recruit Different Executive Functions in Preschoolers with and without Developmental Language Disorder. Paper presented at Symposium of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Salzburg, Austria.

Ma, K. H. M., Fong, C. M. M., & Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). Lempel-Ziv complexity shows inverted U-shaped pattern across the adult lifespan. PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) Conference 2023, Hong Kong, May 8-11, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18671.82085 [Poster]

Sheng, L., Wong, K., Wong, V., Ng, N., Wong, A., Tsou, W., Cheung, S., & Petersen, D. (2023). Dynamic assessment of narrative in Cantonese: A preliminary study of diagnostic accuracy. Paper presented at Asian-Pacific Society of Speech-Language-Hearing 2023 conference, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.

Tang, Y., Du, Y., Liu, Y., Fong, K. K., Wang, D., & Sheng, L. (2023). Parental Adherence to Telepractice Test Protocols: Exploratory Study in a Web-Based Mandarin-English Receptive Language Assessment (MERLS). Paper presented at 2023 Jiangsu Language Development and Language Disorders Research Conference, Nanjing, China.

Wang, X., Chen, S., & Zhou, F. (2023). Declarative or declarative question? – on the acoustics of English prosody of Hong Kong trilingual children with autism spectrum disorder. The 184th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Chicago, Illinois on May 11, 2023 [Poster]

Wong, M. N., Baig, F. N., Fong, M. C. M., Chen, X., & Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). Preliminary findings of adjuvant language and tDCS therapy on brain plasticity in aphasic patients: An fMRI investigation. PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) Conference 2023, Hong Kong, May 8-11, 2023. [Poster]

Xie, C., & Wang, W. S. Y. (2023). Speak more or understand more: a preliminary study on the age-related changes in association between language and memory abilities. PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) Conference 2023, Hong Kong, May 8-11, 2023. [Poster]

Yu, J., & Sheng, L. (2023). The role of semantic head in word learning: A pilot study from Mandarin-speaking preschoolers. Paper presented at Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.