Research Projects - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - CBS

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	Completed
Conversational Brains (COBRA)	European Union's Horizon 2020	Prof. William S.Y. Wang (Co-I), Dr. Caicai Zhang (Co-I)	Completed
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	Completed
How Does the Cerebellum Contribute to Language Learning? A Linguistic Extension of the Internal Models Account	Faculty Reserve	Dr. Manson C.M. Fong	Completed
The neuroanatomy of L3 acquisition: a six-month language booster for beginning learners of Italian	Departmental Earnings	Dr. Manson C.M. Fong	Completed
Asymmetries in Cantonese Children's Comprehension and Production of Relative Clauses: Structure, Typology and Processing	GRF	Dr. Angel Chan	Completed
Influence of Language on Speech Impairments in Parkinson's Disease: Adding Cantonese to the FRALUSOPARK Project	RGC PROCORE Frace/ HK Joint Research Scheme	Dr. Angel Chan	Completed
Comprehension and Production of Relative Clauses in Cantonese Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder	The HKPhD Fellowship Scheme 2018/19	Dr. Angel Chan (CS)	Completed
Assessing the narrative and lexical abilities of Urdu- Cantonese bilingual preschool children in Hong Kong: Establishing groundwork on their school and community language (Cantonese) abilities for improving the differentiation of South Asian ethnic minority children with and without language impairments	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Postdoctoral Fellowships Scheme 2018 (chief supervisor)	Dr. Angel Chan (CS)	Completed
Assessing Urdu-speaking multilingual children in Hong Kong and Pakistan: Heritage language acquisition and Developmental Language Disorder	The HKPhD Fellowship Scheme 2019/20	Dr. Angel Chan (CS)	Completed
Revisiting Nonword Repetition as a Clinical Marker in Cantonese-speaking Children with Developmental Language Disorder: a Pilot Study	Departmental General Research Fund	Dr. Angel Chan	Completed
Improving the differentiation of South Asian bilingual ethnic minority children in Hong Kong with and without suspected Developmental Language Disorders: A longitudinal profile of narrative and sentence repetition skills	RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme 2020/2021	Dr. Angel Chan (CS)	Completed
Revisiting Nonword Repetition as a diagnostic tool in Cantonese-speaking children with Developmental Language Disorder	General Research Fund (GRF) 2020/21	Dr. Angel Chan	Completed
Expressing meaning in personal and fictional narratives in Hindi-speaking children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder	The HKPhD Fellowship Scheme 2021/22	Dr. Angel Chan	Completed
The effects of robot-assisted speech training in improving speech prosody by trilingual children with autism spectrum disorder	RGC grant	Dr. Si Chen	Completed
Developing a Social Robot for Cantonese &Mandarin Speech Prosody Training in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder	the Standing Committee on Language Education &Research (SCOLAR)	Dr. Si Chen	Completed
Effect of musical disorder on the neural processing of lexical tone	ECS	Dr. Caicai Zhang	Completed
Neural mechanisms for phonological alternation with high and low productivity – a case study on tone sandhi	NSF	Dr. Caicai Zhang (Co-PI)	Completed
The Neurocognition of Typical and Atypical Language Development: Towards Developing Early Biomarkers	the Human Subjects Ethics Sub-committee (HSESC)	Dr. Caicai Zhang	Completed
Comprehension of Figurative Language in Cantonese-speaking Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders	Departmental	Dr. Candice C.-H. Cheung	Completed
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	Completed
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	Completed
The effects of overnight consolidation on the generalization across talkers - a case study on Cantonese tones	Language Learning Early Career Grant	Dr. Quentin Qin	Completed
From segmental sequencing to pitch-variation skills: New insights for diagnosing childhood apraxia of speech	General Research Fund (GRF)	Dr. Min Ney Wong, PI	Completed
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 Tracking of L1 and L2 Speech in Ageing Bilinguals.	PolyU Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme	Prof. William S.Y. Wang	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
Joint Research Laboratory for Language, Brain, and Applications	PolyU (UGC) Mainland / GBA Research Funding Scheme	Prof. William S.Y. Wang (Co-I)	On-going
Ultrasound Imaging Powered by AI and Robotics for Ageing-Related Neuromusculoskeletal Diseases	PolyU (UGC), Projects of RISA	Prof. William S.Y. Wang (Co-I), Dr. Manson C.M. Fong (Co-I)	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
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
Bilingual NCS children in Hong Kong: Learner Language Characteristics and Second Language Vulnerability	Dean's Reserve	Dr. Angel Chan	On-going
Bilinguals’ Use of Linguistic Cues for Prediction and Adaptation	University Postdoctoral Fellowships Scheme	Dr. Angel Chan (Chief supervisor)	On-going
Relative Clause Processing in Cantonese-Speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment: A Pilot Study	Departmental	Dr. Angel Chan	On-going
Improving the Identification of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in Bilingual Cantonese-Speaking Children: A Pilot Study on the Diagnostic Potential of Nonword Repetition in Lower Elementary Students	Departmental General Research Fund	Dr. Angel Chan	On-going
Early diagnosis and treatment of children with autism spectrum disorder based on an integration of robot and augmented reality technology (RGC matching fund)	RGC matching fund	Dr. Si Chan	On-going
Early diagnosis and treatment of children with autism spectrum disorder based on an integration of robot and augmented reality technology (Sin Wai Kin Foundation Limited)	Sin Wai Kin Foundation Limited	Dr. Si Chan	On-going
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
Impact of acquiring Jyutping on speech processing in Cantonese readers: A combined behavioral and event-related study	Departmental	Dr. Caicai Zhang	On-going
Neurocognitive markers for typical language development and language disorders in children: A longitudinal study based on long-term memory, sleep and brain development [儿童语言发展与语言障碍的神经认知标记：一项基于长期记忆、睡眠与脑神经的纵向研究]	National programme Sci-Tech Innovation 2030 – “Brain Science and Brain-like Research” Major Project (Young Scientist category)	Dr. Caicai Zhang	On-going
The efficacy of explicit vs. implicit intervention procedures for Cantonese children with Developmental Language Disorder: A randomized controlled trial	Health and Medical Research Fund, Seed Grant	Dr. Caicai Zhang	On-going
General auditory or speech-specific origin? Talker normalization revisited	GRF	Dr. Gang Peng	On-going
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