RECENT PUBLICATIONS
H. Zhang & R. Hoosain. The influence of narrative text characteristics on thematic inference during reading. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN READING,
2001, 24, 173-186.
F. Salili & R. Hoosain. Cross-cultural differences in affective meaning ofachievement: A semantic
differential study. In D.M. McInerney & S. van Etten (Eds.) SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES ON MOTIVATION AND LEARNING. 2002. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, pp. 297-328.
R. Hoosain. Speed of getting at the phonology and meaning of Chinese words. In H.S.R. Kao, C.K. Leong, & D.G. Gao (Eds.) COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE STUDIES OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.2002,pp. 129-142.
K. Wang, R. Hoosain, R.M. Yang, Y. Meng, & C.Q. Wang. Impairment of recognition of disgust in Chinese with Huntington�s or Wilson�s disease. NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA, 2003, 41, 527-537.
RESEARCH LAB
My research is centered on psycholinguistic aspects of the Chinese language, particularly the processes of getting at the meaning of words. My graduate students are working on a broader range of phenomena, including the perception of tones and other linguistic information, as well as bilingualism.
RECENT AND ONGOING RESEARCH
Project Title: “Visual field for meaning of Chinese words”
Foveal vision is limited to 2 degrees of visual angle, within which there is good acuity. The study aims at finding how far into parafoveal vision is it still possible to get to the meaning of Chinese words, and whether there is any distinct characteristics related to the orthography.
Intern Selection:
Interns should have interest in cognitive processes in recognition of words. |
