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主要经历

My background is in cognitive psychology, and my areas of interest include lexical representation and processing, and individual differences within this domain. That is, I am interested to know how words are acquired, organized, and retrieved, as well as how individuals are different in terms of the way their minds operate during these processes. Currently, my research mainly focuses on 1) psycholinguistic properties of the Chinese words, 2) cognitive factors underlying bilingual vocabulary development, and 3) lexical semantics characteristic of populations with psychological disorders. Chinese characters and words pose unique challenges and opportunities for researchers in the field. However, there appears to be quite some catching-up to do relative to research on the English words, which is more advanced in both L1 and L2 contexts. A better understanding of the Chinese words contributes not only to theoretical frameworks about the Chinese language, but potentially also to practical dimensions about the wellbeing of Chinese speakers.  

I list here some recent work to give you a more concrete idea about these areas of research.

Bao, Z., & Xu, X. (in press). Evaluating word lists against word frequency, lexical age-of-acquisition and concreteness. Lingua, 278.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2022.103417

Li, F., & Xu, X. (in press). Impairment of semantic composition in schizophrenia: An ERP study with lexical stimuli, Neuropsychologia, 171.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108241

Xu, X., Li, J., & Chen, H. (2022). Valence and arousal ratings for 11,310 simplified Chinese words. Behavioral Research Methods, 54, 26–41.https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-021-01607-4

Li, F., & Xu, X. (2021). Electrophysiological evidence for the coexistence of expectancy fulfillment and semantic integration during the processing of binding and compound nouns, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 166, 25-37.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.05.004

Xu, X., Li, J., & Guo, S. (2021). Age of acquisition ratings for 19,716 simplified Chinese words. Behavioral Research Methods, 53, 558–573.https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01455-8

Xu, X., & Li, J. (2020) Concreteness/abstractness ratings for two-character Chinese words in MELD-SCH. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0232133.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232133

Xu, Xu., Kang, C., & Guo, T. (2019). Brain electrophysiological responses to emotion nouns versus emotionless nouns, Journal of Neurolinguistics, 49, 144-154.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2018.10.003

Xu, X, Kang, C., Pascucci, D., & Guo, T. (2018). The relationship between semantic access and introspective awareness, Brain and Cognition, 123, 47-56.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2018.02.005

I am currently accepting applications for both Master’s and Doctorate degrees. If you are interested to apply or seek advice, please feel free to contact me via email (xu.xu@sjtu.edu.cn).