Papers
McIlvain G., Schneider J.M., Matyi M.A., McGarry M.D.J., Qi Z., Spielberg J., & Johnson C.L. (2022). Mapping brain mechanical property maturation from childhood to adulthood. NeuroImage. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119590
Schneider J.M., Weng Y-L., Hu A., & Qi Z. (2022). Linking the neural basis of distributional statistical learning with transitional statistical learning: The paradox of attention. Neuropsychologia. 172: 108284 [Pre-print]
Earle F.S., Qi Z. (2022). Overnight changes to dual-memory processes reflected in speech-perceptual performance. Attention, Perception, Psychophys. 84: 231–243.
Zinszer, B. D., Hannon, J., Kouadio, É., Akpé, H., Tanoh, F., Hu, A., Qi, Z., & Jasińska, K. (2021, October 12). Does non-linguistic segmentation still predict literacy in an L2 education? Statistical learning in Ivorian primary schools. Stage-1 registered report in-principal acceptance at Language Learning. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/FTHWC
Anteraper S.A., Guell X., Collin G., Qi Z., Ren J., Nair A., Seidman L., Keshavan M., Zhang T., Tang Y., Li H., McCarley R.W., Niznikiewicz M., Shenton M.E., Stone W., Wang J., & Whitfield-Gabrieli S. (2021). Abnormal function in dentate nuclei precedes the onset of psychosis: a longitudinal fMRI study in high-risk individuals. Schizophrenia Bulletin. DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbab038
Schneider J.M., Hu A., Legault J., & Qi Z. (2020). Measuring statistical learning across modalities and domains in school-aged children via an online platform and neuroimaging techniques. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e61474. DOI: 10.3791/61474. [Video Protocol]
Qi Z., Love J., Fisher C.L., & Brown-Schmidt S. (2020). Referential context and executive functioning influence children’s resolution of syntactic ambiguity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. DOI: 10.1037/xlm0000886
Qi Z. & Legault J. (2020). Neural hemispheric organization in successful adult language learning: is left always right? Psychology of Learning and Motivation. 72: 119-163. DOI: 10.1016/bs.plm.2020.02.004
Qi Z., Han M., Wang Y., de Los Angeles C., Liu Q., Garel K., Chen E., Whitfield-Gabrieli S., Gabrieli J.D.E., & Perrachione T.K. (2019). Speech processing and plasticity in right hemisphere predict real-world foreign language learning in adults. Neuroimage. 192: 76-87. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.03.008
Qi Z., Sanchez Araujo Y., Georgan W. C., Gabrieli J.D.E., & Arciuli J. (2019). Hearing matters more than seeing: A cross-modality study of statistical learning and reading ability. Scientific Studies of Reading, J. DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2018.1485680
Ryskin, R., Qi, Z., Covinton, N., Duff, M., & Brown-Schmidt, S. (2018). Knowledge and Learning of Verb Biases in Amnesia. Brain and Language, 180-182: 62-83
Qi Z.*, Beach S. D.*, Finn A. S., Minas J., Goetz C., Chan B., & Gabrieli J. D. E. (2017). Dissociable language learning strengths are predicted by native-language N400 and P600. Neuropsychologia. 98: 177-191.
Ryskin R. A., Qi Z., Duff M. C., & Brown-Schmidt S. (2017). Verb biases are shaped through lifelong learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 43(5): 781-794.
Lu C.*, Qi Z.*, Harris A., Wisman Weil L., Han M., Halverson K., Perrachione T. K., Kjelgaard M., Wexler K., Tager-Flusberg H., & Gabrieli J. D. E. (2016) Shared neuroanatomical substrates for impaired phonological working memory across reading disability and autism. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 1(2): 169-177, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2015.11.001
Qi Z., Han M., Garel K., Chen E. S., & Gabrieli J. D. E. (2015). White-matter structure in the right hemisphere predicts Mandarin Chinese learning success. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 33: 14-28.
Qi Z., Yuan S., & Fisher C. L. (2011) Where does verb bias come from: Experience with particular verbs affects online sentence processing, In N. Danis, K. Mesh, & H. Sung (Eds.), Proceedings of 35th Boston University Conference on Language Development. 500-512. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
(*: equal contribution)
Manuscripts Under Review
O’Brien A.M., Perrachione T.K., Wisman Weil L., Sanchez Araujo Y., Halverson K., Harris A., Ostrovskaya I., Kjelgaard M., Wexler K., Tager-Flusberg H., Gabrieli J.D.E, & Qi Z. (2022). Altered engagement of the speech motor network is associated with reduced phonological working memory in autism.
Tang W., Christiansen M.H., Qi Z. (2022): Human statistical learning dynamically shapes the hippocampal processing of temporal associations. bioRxiv 2022.04.04.487009. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.04.487009
Hu A., Kozloff V., Owen Van Horne A., Chugani D., & Qi Z. (September, 2021). Dissociation Between Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Statistical Learning in Children with Autism. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3hks8
Zinszer B.D., Hannon J., Kouadio E., Akpé H., Tanoh F., Seri A., Hu A., Qi Z., & Jasinska K. Statistical learning in children’s emergent L2 literacy: Cross-cultural insights from rural Côte d’Ivoire. https://osf.io/preprints/africarxiv/q8k5w/
Qi Z., Anteraper S.A., Collin G., Nieto-Castnon A., Pasternak O., Seidman L., McCarley R.W., Li H., Zhang T., Tang Y., Xu L., Keshavan M.S., Niznikiewicz M., Stone W.S., Wang J., Shenton M.E., & Whitfield-Gabrieli S. (in revision). Resting-state connectivity analysis reveals markers of resilience to psychosis in a study on clinical high-risk youth in Shanghai.
Conference Presentations
Hu A., Trice K., Yi-Lun Weng, & Qi Z. (2022). Less-is-more: A developmental fMRI study on auditory statistical learning. Talk at Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, USA.
Schneider J.M., Scott T.L., Legault J., & Qi Z. (2022). The heterogeneous engagement of the language brain regions during auditory statistical learning: an fMRI study. Society for Neurobiology of Language, Philadelphia, USA.
Hu A., Trice K., Yi-Lun Weng, & Qi Z. (2022). Greater plasticity in the language network in children than adults during statistical learning. Society for Neurobiology of Language, Philadelphia, USA.
O’Brien A., Perrachione T.K., Tager-Flusberg H., Gabrieli J.D.E., & Qi Z. (2022). Reduced phonological working memory in autism is associated with altered speech-motor engagement. Society for Neurobiology of Language, Philadelphia, USA.
Hu A., & Qi Z. (2022) Dissociated learning processes in the development of statistical learning. Talk at Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning. San Sebastian, Spain
Tang W., Christiansen M. H., & Qi Z. (2022). Human statisical learning dynamically shapes the hippocampal processing of temporal associations. Poster at International Conference on Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning, San Sebastian, Spain.
Hu A., Kozloff V., Owen Van Horne A., & Qi Z (2022). Disassociation between linguistic and nonlinguistic statistical learning in children with autism. Poster at International Conference on Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning, San Sebastian, Spain.
Schneider J., Scott L., Legault J., & Qi Z. (2022). The heterogenous engagement of the language net work during statistical learning. Poster at International Conference on Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning, San Sebastian, Spain.
Weng Y., Owen Van Horne A., & Qi Z. (2022). Prediction in verb bias learning: an individual differences approach. Talk at the Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing (Virtual Conference).
Trice K., Saratsli D., Papafragou A., & Qi Z. (2021). Pragmatic inference and social cognition in acquiring (and remembering) word meanings. Talk at Boston University Conference on Language Development (Virtual Conference). Video
Tang W. & Qi Z. (2021). Autocorrelated activity in the human hippocampus encodes transition patterns during visual statistical learning. Talk at the 17th Annual Context and Episodic Memory Symposium, Philadelphia, PA.
McIlvain G., Schneider J., Matyi MA., DiFabio MS., Delgorio PL., McGarry MDJ., Spielberg JM., Qi Z., Johnson CL. (2021). Regional brain mechanical properties throughout maturation from childhood to adulthood. Poster at International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Conference.
McIlvain G., Schneider J., Matyi MA., McGarry MDJ., Spielberg JM ., Qi Z., Johnson CL. (2021) . Dimorphic sex differences in brain viscoelastic properties from childhood to adulthood. Poster at OHBM 2021 Annual Meeting.
O’Brien A., Qi Z., Tager-Flusberg H., & Gabrieli JDE. (2021). Atypical neural representation of phonological working memory in children with autism. Poster at 20th International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting.
Hu A., Kozloff V., & Qi Z. (2021) Relationship between linguistic statistical learning and grammar development in children with autism spectrum disorder. Poster at SRCD Virtual Biennial Meeting.
Trice K., Hernandez M., Saratsli D., Heisler D., & Qi Z. (2021) Pragmatic inference facilitates word retention in school-aged children. Short Talk at CUNY Virtual Conference on Human Sentence Processing.
Trice K., Hernandez M., Saratsli D., Heisler D., & Qi Z. (2021) Pragmatic complexity and the development of social cognition in children’s word learning and retention. Poster at SRCD Virtual Biennial Meeting.
Tang W., & Qi Z. (2021) Temporal dynamics of visual statistical learning in the human hippocampus. Poster at Computational and Systems Neuroscience Virtual Meeting.
Weng Y-L., Schneider J.M., & Qi Z. (2020). Neural sensitivity to local and global distributional information in speech changes as a function of development. Poster at Boston University Conference on Language Development (Virtual Conference). Video
Weng Y-L., Nguyen A, Ryskin R., & Qi Z. (2020) Neural representation of syntactic prediction: a simultaneous eye-tracking and EEG study. Poster at Society for Neurobiology of Language (Virtual Conference). Video
Saratsli D., Papafragou A. & Qi Z. (2020). Social cognition and pragmatic inference in word learning. Poster at Boston University Conference on Language Development (Virtual Conference). Video
Weng Y-L., Nguyen A, Ryskin R., & Qi Z. (2020) Prediction and sentence ambiguity resolution: A simultaneous eye-tracking and EEG study Poster at Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Amherst, MA. https://osf.io/meetings/cuny2020/
Hu A., Kozloff V., & Qi Z. (2019). Multimodal Statistical Learning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Poster at Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.
Schneider J.M., Arnon I., Nguyen A., Mendez K., & Qi Z. (2019). Does prior language experience hinder statistical learning? Poster at Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.
Schneider J.M., Weng Y-L., Kozloff V., Nguyen A., & Qi Z. (2019). Neural sensitivity to speech distributional information underlies statistical learning. Poster at the Society for Neurobiology of Language Conference, Helsinki, Finland.
Qi Z., Nguyen A., Ozernov-Palchik O., Beach S., May S., Arciuli J., & Gabrieli J.D.E. (2018). Statistical learning in reading development and reading impairment. Poster at Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.
Nguyen A., Sanchez Araujo Y., Georgan W., Arciuli J., & Qi Z. (2018). Re-examine the reliability of statistical learning tasks across domains and modalities. Poster at Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
Kozloff V., Nguyen A., Arciuli J., & Qi Z. (2018). Statistical learning in a noisy environment is associated with vocabulary. Poster at Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.
Mendez K., Nguyen A., Kozloff V., & Qi Z. (2018). The role of native language in statistical learning success. Poster at University of Delaware’s ninth annual Undergraduate Research and Service Scholar Celebratory Symposium, Newark, DE.
Perrachione, T.K., Babcock, S., Han, M., Salvatore, J., Minas, J., Finn, A.S., Gabrieli, J.D.E., & Qi, Z. (2018). Neural responses during procedural memory tasks are related to foreign language learning outcomes. Poster at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA.
Ryskin, R., Qi, Z., Duff, M., & Brown-Schmidt, S. (2018) The effects of aging on verb bias and learning. Talk at the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Davis, CA
Qi, Z., Han, M., Wang, Y., de los Angeles, C., Liu, Q., Garel, K., Chen, E.S., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Gabrieli, J.D.E., & Perrachione T.K. (2017) Speech processing and plasticity in the right hemisphere predict real-world foreign language learning in adults. Poster at the Society for Neurobiology of Language, Baltimore, MD.
Qi, Z., Sanchez Araujo, Y., Georgan, W. C., Gabrieli, J.D.E., & Arciuli, J. (2017). Hearing matters more than seeing: A cross-modality study of statistical learning and reading ability. Talk at The 3rd meeting of the New England Research on Dyslexia Society, Storrs, CT.
Qi, Z. & Whitfield-Gabrieli, S. (2017) How does the restless brain inform us about the risks for psychosis? Talk at Shanghai Forum of Early Phase of Psychosis Identification and Intervention, Shanghai, China.
Ryskin, R., Qi, Z., Covinton, N., Duff, M., & Brown-Schmidt, S. (2017) Knowledge and Learning of Verb Biases in Amnesia. Poster at CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Cambridge, MA.
Ryskin, R., Qi, Z., Duff, M., & Brown-Schmidt, S. (2017) Syntactic variability between and within speakers: When to adapt, when to generalize? Talk at CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Cambridge, MA.
Qi, Z., Han, M., Minas, J., Finn, A. S., & Gabrieli, J.D.E. (2017) Cortical plasticity of sentence processing after classroom-based language training experience. Poster at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.