Speech, language, and Neuroscience Group

A joint research team of New York University Shanghai and East China Normal University,
in the field of cognitive neuroscience, focusing on speech, language, and other higher order human cognitive functions.

PIs

Qing Cai

Professor at East China Normal University
NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science

qcai@psy.ecnu.edu.cn

Personal page

Xing Tian

Associate Professor at New York University Shanghai
NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science

xing.tian@nyu.edu

Personal page

Staff

Lily Tao

Assistant Professor

Luan Li

Postdoc

Yuchunzi Wu

Postdoc

Students

Jiaqiu Sun

PhD Student

Yuhan Lu

Phd Student

Xiao Wang

Phd Student

Xinjing Li

Phd Student

Huiling Li

Phd Student

Mingxuan Fang

PhD Student

Zhiyuan Xu

PhD Student

Kan He

Master Student

Xikang Luo

Master Student

Shiya Cheng

Master Student

Xiaofeng Zeng

Master Student

Undergraduates/Interns

Ruoyu Wu

NYUSH

Shucheng Li

NYUSH

Yichen Guan

NYUSH

Jieyu Li

SJTU

Youcun Zheng

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Meilinda Chi

NYUSH

Zhenyan Xiao

NYUSH

Yiduo Lu

NYUSH

Alumni

Resources

TopoToolbox

EEG/MEG topographic analyzer (author: Xing Tian, David Poeppel, and David E. Huber)

TopoToolbox is an open-source software for topographic analysis on the event-related electrophysiological (EEG/MEG) data based on the method proposed by Tian and Huber (2008; 2011). TopoToolbox provides a tool for researchers to directly derive robust measures of response pattern (topographic) similarity and psychological meaningful response magnitude using electromagnetic signals in sensor space. These measures are useful for testing psychological theories without anatomical descriptions.

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SUBTLEX-CH

Chinese word corpus (author: Qing Cai and Marc Brysbaert)

These are the Chinese word frequencies discussed in the Plos ONE article of Cai & Brysbaert, which you find here. The article explains what is in the files. So, this will not be repeated here.

Tutorial Paper Visit Website

Chardb

Chinese character database (author: Jinbiao Yang and Qing Cai)

The database contains various information of more than 20,000 Chinese characters. You can filter, extract the characters on any rule as your need, and then download them.

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Expy

Psychological experiment framework (author: Jinbiao Yang)

Expy is an easy-yet-powerful experiment framework builder for psychology. It's aimed at setting up an experiment without struggling with the manual production of stimuli, data loading and storing, or the other time-consuming works, by using various module functions. Expy is designed for psycholinguistic experiments, but it's also suitable for any other experiments.

View Manual View Code (Github)

EasyEEG

EEG data analyzer (author: Jinbiao Yang)

You can use a concise string to describe the timepoint(s), condition(s), channel(s) you want to analyse. Calling only one function is enough to produce results and figures. It supports ERP, GFP, Topography plot, TANOVA, MVPA, Clustering, and other channel-based or global-field-based analysis methods. Also, it enables you to try out your own method with little effort, since MEEG is designed as an open-source platform.

View Manual View Code (Github)

Activities

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Opportunities:

Postdoctoral fellows

Multiple positions are available. Information on applying (http://shanghai.nyu.edu/about/work/fellowships).
Job inquires can be sent to the PIs:

Qing Cai - Email: qcai@psy.ecnu.edu.cn

Xing Tian - Email: xing.tian@nyu.edu

Prospective graduate students

Two ways to join our lab, either via NYU Neuroscience Doctoral Program Shanghai Track or ECNU Brain and Cognitive Science Graduate Program Track. Detailed information can be found at (http://neuro.shanghai.nyu.edu/graduate). Prospective students are encouraged to contact the PIs:
Qing Cai - Email: qcai@psy.ecnu.edu.cn

Xing Tian - Email: xing.tian@nyu.edu

Research assistants/associates

Positions are available for post-graduate students who hold Bachlor's or Master’s degrees and are looking for more research experience. Candidates are encouraged to contact the PIs.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities/Interns

Our group is open to motivated undergraduates who interested in conducting independent research on human cognitive functions, including speech, language, learning, memory and other higher order cognitive functions. Such research opportunitiescan be taken during semesters or breaks. Please send your CV, description of your research interests, and a copy of unofficial transcripts to the PIs.