Contact information
Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3EL
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 speech 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
Failure to replicate enhancement of speech adaptation using tDCS over motor cortex and cerebellum.
Journal article
Yuan Q. et al, (2025), Cortex, 192, 152 - 164
The cerebellum and cognition: further evidence for its role in language control.
Journal article
Yuan Q. et al, (2022), Cereb Cortex, 33, 35 - 49
new perspective for understanding the contributions of the cerebellum to reading: The cerebro-cerebellar mapping hypothesis.
Journal article
Li H. et al, (2022), Neuropsychologia, 170
Patterns and networks of language control in bilingual language production.
Journal article
Yuan Q. et al, (2021), Brain Struct Funct, 226, 963 - 977
Recent publications
Functional Parcellation Between Bilingual Language Control and Cognitive Control in the Cerebellum.
Journal article
Chen J. et al, (2025), Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1554, 280 - 290
Failure to replicate enhancement of speech adaptation using tDCS over motor cortex and cerebellum.
Journal article
Yuan Q. et al, (2025), Cortex, 192, 152 - 164
Short-term language switching training reveals an adaptive cerebellar network for bilingual language control.
Journal article
Chang Q. et al, (2025), Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1549, 274 - 287
Failure to replicate enhancement of speech adaptation using tDCS over motor cortex and cerebellum
Preprint
Yuan Q. et al, (2025)