Contact information
New Radcliffe House, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6NW
Research groups
Collaborators
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Kate Watkins
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Colleges
Qiming (Simon) Yuan
DPhil Candidate
Bilingualism, Speech, & Language
Research Summary
I am a DPhil student supervised by Prof. Kate Watkins and Prof. Heidi Johansen-Berg. I am a Clarendon Scholar funded by Clarendon Fund and St John's College. I am also a North Senior Scholar at St John's College. My research project investigates the brain's role in supporting speech-motor control. I uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate brain activity and changes in brain function and structure in people who stutter. Also, I uses noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) targeting certain brain areas to enhance speech-motor control.
Beyond my primary research, I also investigate language production in bilinguals using MRI, electroencephalogram (EEG), and NIBS.
I also collaborate with other researchers to study the cerebellum's role in speech and reading.
Apart from my research, I am also on the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Scholar's programme.
Key publications
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The cerebellum and cognition: further evidence for its role in language control
Yuan Q. et al, (2022), Cerebral Cortex
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A new perspective for understanding the contributions of the cerebellum to reading: The cerebro-cerebellar mapping hypothesis
Li H. et al, (2022), Neuropsychologia, 170, 108231 - 108231
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Patterns and networks of language control in bilingual language production.
Yuan Q. et al, (2021), Brain Struct Funct, 226, 963 - 977
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Neural interaction between language control and cognitive control: Evidence from cross-task adaptation
Yuan Q. et al, (2021), Behavioural Brain Research, 401
Recent publications
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A large-scale database of Chinese characters and words collected from elementary school textbooks.
Zhang M. et al, (2023), Behav Res Methods
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Processing negative emotion in two languages of bilinguals: Accommodation and assimilation of the neural pathways based on a meta-analysis
Dang Q. et al, (2023), Cerebral Cortex
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Continuous speech tracking in bilinguals reflects adaptation to both language and noise
Zinszer BD. et al, (2022), Brain and Language, 230, 105128 - 105128
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A new perspective for understanding the contributions of the cerebellum to reading: The cerebro-cerebellar mapping hypothesis
Li H. et al, (2022), Neuropsychologia, 170, 108231 - 108231