Publications

Journal publications

* Corresponding author

Hong, C., Teng, X., Li, Y., Hsu, S. M., Tsao, F. M., Wong, P., & Feng, G.* (2025). Language-specific Tonal Features Drive Speaker-Listener Neural Synchronization. arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.05211.
Xu, Z., Yang, Y., Yuan, T., Feng, G., & Cai, Z. G. (2025) Neural Substrates Associated with Character Amnesia in Chinese Handwriting: A Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1-19.
Gao P., Jiang Z., Yang Y., Zheng Y, Feng G.*, Li X. (2024). Temporal neural dynamics of understanding communicative intentions from speech prosody. NeuroImage, 299, 120830.
Gan Z., Zheng L., Wang S. and Feng G.* (2023). Distribution-dependent representations in auditory category learning and generalization. Front. Psychol. 14:1132570. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1132570
Yuan, D., Ng, I. H. Y., Feng, G., Chang, W. T., Tong, M. C., Young, N. M., & Wong, P. C. (2023). The Extent of Hearing Input Affects the Plasticity of the Auditory Cortex in Children With Hearing Loss: A Preliminary Study. American Journal of Audiology, 1-12.
Gan, Z., Wang, S., & Feng, G.* (2023). Functional magnetic resonance imaging data for the neural dynamics underlying the acquisition of distinct auditory categories. Data in Brief, 47, 108972.
Meng, D., Wang, S., Wong, P., Feng, G.* (2022). Generalizable predictive modeling of semantic processing ability from functional brain connectivity. Human Brain Mapping, 43, 4274-4292.
Taylor, A., Zhang, F., Niu, X., Heywood, A., Stocks, J., Feng, G., Popuri, K., Beg, M.F., Wang, L., 2022. Investigating the temporal pattern of neuroimaging-based brain age estimation as a biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease related neurodegeneration. NeuroImage, 263, 119621.
Feng, G.*, Gan Z., Yi H., Ell, S., Wang, S., Roark, C. L., Wang, S., Wong, P. C. M., Chandrasekaran, B. (2021). Neural dynamics underlying the acquisition of distinct auditory category structures. NeuroImage, 244, 118565.
Feng, G.*, Ou, J., Gan, Z., Jia, X., Meng, D., Wang, S., Wong, P.C.M. (2021). Neural fingerprints underlying individual language learning profiles. Journal of Neuroscience, 41, 7372-7387.
Feng, G.*, Gan, Z., Llanos, F., Meng, D., Wang, S., Wong, P.C.M., Chandrasekaran, B. (2021). A distributed dynamic brain network mediates linguistic tone representation and categorization. NeuroImage, 224, 117410.
Feng, G.*, Li, Y., Hsu, S-M., Wong, P.C.M., Chou, T-L., Chandrasekaran, B. (2021) Emerging native-similar neural representations underlie non-native speech category learning success. Neurobiology of Language, 2, 280-307.
Wong, P.C.M., Lai, C.M., Chan, P.H.Y., Leung, T.F., Lam, H.S., Feng, G., Maggu, A.R., Novitskiy, N. (2021). Neural Speech Encoding in Infancy Predicts Future Language and Communication Difficulties. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30, 2241-2250.
Feng, G., Yi, H.G., Chandrasekaran, B. (2019). The role of the human auditory corticostriatal network in speech learning. Cerebral Cortex, 29(10): 4077-4089.
Feng, G., Ingvalson, E.M., Grieco-Calub, T.M., Roberts, M.Y., Ryan, M.E., Birmingham, P., Burrowes, D., Young, N., Wong, P.C.M. (2018). Neural preservation underlies speech improvement from auditory deprivation in young cochlear implant recipients. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 115(5), E1022-E1031.
Feng, G., Gan Z., Wang, S., Wong, P. C. M., Chandrasekaran, B. (2018). Task-general and acoustic-invariant neural representation of speech categories in the human brain. Cerebral Cortex, 28(9): 3241-3254.
Feng, G., Chen, Q., Zhu, Z., Wang, S. (2016). Separate brain circuits support integrative and semantic priming in the human language system. Cerebral Cortex, 26(7): 3169-3182.
Feng, G., Chen, H.-C., Zhu, Z., He, Y., Wang, S., (2015). Dynamic brain architectures in local brain activity and functional network efficiency associate with efficient reading in bilinguals. NeuroImage, 119, 103-118.
Zhang, F., Wang, S., Yang, J., Feng, G. (2015). Atypical brain functional connectivity in autism spectrum disorders. Advances in Psychological Science, 23(7): 1196-1204.
Zhu, Z., Feng, G., Zhang, J.X., Li, G., Li, H., Wang, S., (2013). The role of left prefrontal cortex in sentence-level semantic integration. NeuroImage, 76(1), 325-331.
Zhu, Z., Fan, Y., Feng, G., Huang, R., Wang, S., (2013). Large scale brain functional networks support sentence comprehension: Evidence from both explicit and implicit language tasks. PLoS ONE, 8.
Zhu, Z., Hagoort, P., Zhang, J.X., Feng, G., Chen, H.C., Bastiaansen, M., Wang, S., (2012). The anterior left inferior frontal gyrus contributes to semantic unification. NeuroImage, 60, 2230-2237.
Cheung, H., Chen, L., Szeto, C.-Y., Feng, G., Lu, G., Zhang, Z., Zhu, Z., Wang, S., (2012). False belief and verb non-factivity: A common neural basis? International Journal of Psychophysiology, 83, 357-364.
Feng, G., Zhu, Z., Duan, Y., Zhang, W. (2011). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: neural mechanisms and intervention. Journal of Psychological Science, 34(4): 931-938.
Zhu, Z., Wang, S., Feng, G., Liu, Y., (2011). Left inferior frontal gyrus and semantic unification in sentence comprehension. Advances in Psychological Science, 19(8), 1147-1158.
Zhu, Z., Wang, S., Feng, G., Li, G., (2011). The neural basis of semantic unification. Journal of Psychological Science, 19(8), 1147-1158.

Patents

Wong, P.C.M., Feng, G., Yang, N.M. Neural Predictors of Language Skill Outcomes in Cochlear Implantation Patients. US Patent (Patent No. 11,607,309. 2023, Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office).
Wong, P.C.M., Novitskiy, N., Feng, G., et al. Forecasting Developmental Language and Communication Outcomes in Healthy Children (預測嬰幼兒的發育語言和交流能力的方法和工具). PRC Patent (PRC Patent No. ZL202010692253.5. 2023); Macao Patent (Ref. No. J/007105).

Recent conference presentations

Chen Hong, Xiangbing Teng, Yu Li, Shen-Mou Hsu, Feng-Ming Tsao, Patrick C. M. Wong, Gangyi Feng. Sublexical linguistic features drive the speaker-listener neural synchronization. SNL 2024.