The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Neurobiology of Language Lab (NLL)
Principal Investigator
Gangyi Feng
Associate Professor in Neurolinguistics and Psychology of Language
Postdoc in Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, UT-Austin, 2017
Postdoc in Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, CUHK, 2016
Ph.D. in Psychology, South China Normal University, 2015
B.A. in Applied Psychology, South China Normal University, 2009
Phone: (852) 3943-3190
Email: g [DOT] feng [AT] cuhk [DOT] edu [DOT] hk
Address: 401/4F, HYS building, Brain and Mind Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Postdoc
Chen Hong
Chen Hong received both his B.S. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Tsinghua University. He is interested in how the brain processes music, speech, and other auditory stimuli, specifically from acoustic to semantic information and even emotional feelings.
Email: chenhong [AT] cuhk [DOT] edu [DOT] hk
Address: 401/4F, HYS building, Brain and Mind Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Weiyi Li
Weiyi Li earned her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, specializing in the psycholinguistics of bilingual and multilingual nonliteral language processing, particularly irony comprehension in second-language learners, and the individual differences in language acquisition. She holds an M.Sc. in Education from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in English/Translation from Central China Normal University.
Email: weiyili [AT] cuhk [DOT] edu [DOT] hk
Address: 209/2F, Leung Kau Kui Building, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Peilun Song
Peilun Song received both his B.E. and Ph.D. in Information and Communication Engineering from the Zhengzhou University. His research interests mainly focus on medical image processing and analysis, multimodal data analysis and learning, machine learning and their applications on brain disease classification and prediction.
Email: peilunsong [AT] cuhk [DOT] edu [DOT] hk
Address: 401/4F, HYS building, Brain and Mind Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Rujun Duan
Rujun Duan received her Ph.D. in Psychology from The Education University of Hong Kong. Her research interests mainly focus on how children learn and process language, specifically the underlying mechanisms and the developmental trajectory of statistical learning of language acquisition throughout childhood.
Email: rujunduan [AT] cuhk [DOT] edu [DOT] hk
Address: 209/2F, Leung Kau Kui Building, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ximing Shao
Ximing received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging from University of York. She is interested in how the brain processes semantic (and other) features during language comprehension and verbal communication.
Address: 209/2F, Leung Kau Kui Building, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
PhD Students
Xuancu Hong
Xuancu Hong is a third-year Ph.D. student at CUHK under the supervision of Prof. Patrick Wong and Gangyi Feng. He received his B.A. in English Studies with a minor in Psychology from the University of Macau. His research mainly focuses on language learning, multimodal linguistics, and turn-taking & discourse.
Email: hongxc [AT] link [DOT] cuhk [DOT] edu [DOT] hk
Address: Room G36, Leung Kau Kui Building, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, HK SAR, P.R. China
Qiren Dong
Qiren Dong obtained a BSc Computer Science from University College London with the minor in Biomedical Engineering. His principal research interests are in the fields of speech perception and language acquisition, and in the application of deep learning to neurolinguistics (e.g. brain encoding and decoding).
Email: qiren [DOT] dong [AT] link [DOT] cuhk [DOT] edu [DOT] hk
Address: Room G19, Leung Kau Kui Building, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, HK SAR, P.R. China
Jiayin Huang
Jiayin Huang received her M.A. in Linguistics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research interests are in the areas of grammar learning and the neural representation of syntax in social interactive situations.
Email: jiayinhuang [AT] link [DOT] cuhk [DOT] edu [DOT] hk
Address: Room G19, Leung Kau Kui Building, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, HK SAR, P.R. China
RAs
Ruyi Gan
Ruyi Gan received her B.A. degrees in linguistics and French language literature from the University of Maryland and her M.A. in Linguistics from CUHK. Her main research interest is categorial learning and underlying neuro mechanisms in non-native languages.
Email: ruyigan [AT] cuhk [DOT] edu [DOT] hk
Address: 209/2F, Leung Kau Kui Building, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Manyee Li
Manyee Li received her B.A. degrees in English from the Chongqing University in 2024. She is mainly responsible for preparing the materials needed for the experiments and collecting experimental data.
Email: Zorali [AT] cuhk [DOT] edu [DOT] hk
Address: 209/2F, Leung Kau Kui Building, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yidu Wu
Yidu Wu received his BEng and MSc in Computer Science from Chongqing University and City University of Hong Kong. He is now the lab technician.
Email: yiduwu [AT] cuhk [DOT] edu [DOT] hk
Address: 401/4F, HYS building, Brain and Mind Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Nan Wang
Nan Wang has received her B.A. in English Language and literature from Nanjing Normal University, and Master’s degree in Linguistics from CUHK. Her main research focus is on speech perception and learning process.
Fun fact: A dog person and sci-fi lover
Email: nanwanglin [AT] link [DOT] cuhk [DOT] edu [DOT] hk
Address: Leung Kau Kui Building, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, HK SAR, P.R. China
MA Students
Yanyi Peng
Email: pengyy0744 [AT] 163 [DOT] com
Yuxi Li
Email: 1155204331 [AT] link [DOT] cuhk [DOT] edu [DOT] hk
Visiting Students
Shuguang Yang
Shuguang is particularly interested in language acquisition and representation in large language models, as well as their similarities to humans.
Haimei Zhou
Haimei is interested in how brain and LLM processes Chinese and English words, and the language learning mechanisms of non-native speakers