Research Projects
| Project title | Grant | PI | Status |
| An adaptation of Melodic Intonation Therapy for dementia: a pilot study in Hong Kong | Departmental GRF | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | Completed |
| Neurocognitive Bases of Immediate Learning Success and Retention of Second Language Words in Older Adults : an MRI Study using Voxel-based Morphometry and Functional Connectivity Analysis | Dean's Reserve | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | Completed |
| Semantic Processing across the Adult Lifespan - A Pilot Study | Fund for GRF Project Rated 3.5 (CRG) | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | Completed |
| Complexity of Electroencephalographic Responses to Speech and Music: a Comparison Between Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitively Normal Adults | Dean's Reserve | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | Completed |
| Functional Connectome of Semantic Processing across the Adult Lifespan: A Multi-modal Investigation using EEG and fMRI | GRF | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | Completed |
| Neurocognitive bases of immediate learning success and lexical consolidation of second language words in older adults: a multi-modal (MRI/EEG) study on medial temporal lobe functions | GRF | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | Completed |
| Quantification of Brain Age by Functional MRI Data: Complexity and Functional Connectivity | Research Institute for Smart Ageing | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | Completed |
| Bilingualism and cognition: A longitudinal study on older adults in Hong Kong | Departmental GRF | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | Completed |
| What can we learn of subjective cognitive decline (SCD) from discourse comprehension? A neural speech tracking study. | Inter-Faculty Collaboration Scheme for FH, FHSS and FENG | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | On-going |
| Attention and Attrition: Neural Speech Tracking of L1 and L2 Speech in Ageing Bilinguals. | RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | On-going |
| Attention and Attrition: Neural Speech Attention and Attrition: Neural Speech Tracking of L1 and L2 Speech in Ageing Bilinguals | PolyU Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | On-going |
| Longitudinal brain age and language changes in mild cognitive impairment (MCI): the influence of genetic factors | Start-up Fund for RAPs under the Strategic Hiring Scheme | Dr. Manson C.M. Fong | On-going |
| The Proactive Brain Health Project: Cognitive–linguistic, Brain and Epigenetic Age Biomarkers of Normal Ageing and Alzheimer’s Disease | Sin Wai Kin Foundation Limited (Donation) | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | On-going |
| How Does the Cerebellum Contribute to Language Learning? A Linguistic Extension of the Internal Models Account | Faculty Reserve | Dr. Manson C.M. Fong | On-going |
| The neuroanatomy of L3 acquisition: a six-month language booster for beginning learners of Italian | Departmental Earnings | Dr. Manson C.M. Fong | On-going |
| Group-level and individual-level precision functional mapping of the linguistic cerebellum: comparisons across linguistic and motor domains | GRF | Dr. Manson C.M. Fong | On-going |
| Representation of action meanings in left-handers with left hemisphere language dominance: a litmus test of the embodiment hypothesis | Projects of RISA | Dr. Manson C.M. Fong | On-going |
| On the tip of the tongue: the impact of AoA on word retrieval difficulty in normal ageing | Departmental Earnings | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | On-going |
| Longitudinal tracking of lifestyle and cognitive changes based on actigraphy and electroencephalography | Projects of RISA | Prof. William S.Y. Wang | On-going |
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A Functional Account of Chinese Relative Clauses: The Effects of Topichood on Cantonese-speaking Children’s Acquisition of Relative Clauses and Implications for Chinese Language Learning by South Asian Ethnic Minority Children in Hong Kong |
The HKPhD Fellowship Scheme |
Dr. Angel Chan (Chief supervisor) |
On-going |
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Asymmetries in Cantonese Children's Comprehension and Production of Relative Clauses: Structure, Typology and Processing |
GRF |
Dr. Angel Chan |
On-going |
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Bilingual NCS children in Hong Kong: Learner Language Characteristics and Second Language Vulnerability |
Dean's Reserve |
Dr. Angel Chan |
On-going |
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Bilinguals’ Use of Linguistic Cues for Prediction and Adaptation |
University Postdoctoral |
Dr. Angel Chan (Chief supervisor) |
On-going |
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Influence of Language on Speech Impairments in Parkinson's Disease: Adding Cantonese to the FRALUSOPARK Project |
RGC PROCORE Frace/ |
Dr. Angel Chan |
On-going |
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Relative Clause Processing in Cantonese-Speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment: A Pilot Study |
Departmental |
Dr. Angel Chan |
On-going |
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A pilot study on the neural mechanisms of the encoding of tone sandhi with high vs. low productivity in Chinese dialects |
Fund for GRF Project Rated 3.5 (CRG) |
Dr. Caicai Zhang |
On-going |
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Effect of musical disorder on the neural processing of lexical tone |
ECS |
Dr. Caicai Zhang |
On-going |
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Impact of acquiring Jyutping on speech processing in Cantonese readers: A combined behavioral and event-related study |
Departmental |
Dr. Caicai Zhang |
On-going |
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Neural mechanisms for phonological alternation with high and low productivity – a case study on tone sandhi |
NSF |
Dr. Caicai Zhang (Co-PI) |
On-going |
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Comprehension of Figurative Language in Cantonese-speaking Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders |
Departmental |
Dr. Candice C.-H. Cheung |
On-going |
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Relations between Theory of Mind, Mental State Terms, and Presuppositions in Cantonese-speaking Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders |
GRF |
Dr. Candice C.-H. Cheung |
On-going |
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The Sequence of Steps in Theory of Mind Development for Cantonese-speaking Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder |
Departmental |
Dr. Candice C.-H. Cheung |
On-going |
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General auditory or speech-specific origin? Talker normalization revisited |
GRF |
Dr. Gang Peng |
On-going |
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Psychological and Neural Bases of Tone Perception at Different Stages of Tone Development: The case of of Tibetan |
Dean's Reserve |
Dr. Gang Peng |
On-going |
| The effects of overnight consolidation on the generalization across talkers - a case study on Cantonese tones |
Language Learning Early |
Dr. Quentin Qin | On-going |
