Team Members
Team Members
We have wide interests in psycholinguistics, and have extensive research experience in various aspects of language processing.
Our Team
(opens in a new window)Alessandro Benati (Lab Coordinator)
Areas of interests: Psycholinguistics, sentence processing, input processing and processing instruction.
(opens in a new window)Stefano Rastelli (Visiting Professor)
Areas of interests: Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics, Syntax, Statistical Learning.
(opens in a new window)Najat H S D Alabdullah (PhD student Hong Kong University, China)
Areas of interests: Psycholinguistics, sentence processing, input processing and processing instruction.
(opens in a new window)Kai(opens in a new window)qi Shi (PhD student Hong Kong University, China)
Areas of interests: Psycholinguistics, sentence processing, input processing and processing instruction.
(opens in a new window)Amin Pouresmaeil (PhD student Macquarie University, Australia)
Areas of interests: Psycholinguistics, sentence processing, input processing and processing instruction.
Associate Members
(opens in a new window)Dr Derek Chan (University of Hong Kong, China) – Honorary Member
(opens in a new window)Prof. John Schwieter (Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada) – Honorary Member
(opens in a new window)Prof. James Lee (Texas Tech University, USA) – Honorary Member
(opens in a new window)Prof. Paul Malovrh (University of South California, USA) - Honorary Member
(opens in a new window)Prof. Michael Leeser (Florida State University, USA) - Honorary Member
(opens in a new window)Dr. Laurene Glimois (Trinity College University, Ireland) – Postdoc
(opens in a new window)Dr. Giada Antonicelli (BCBL) - Honorary Member
PhD Students
Yunqing Xie and Zirong Fu are investigating Primary and Secondary effects of structured input on the acquisition of Chinese and Cantonese Syntax.
| 2025 to date | Haoyuying Xiao | Individual differences and structured input with dyslexia’s L2 learners. UCD | Thesis Supervisor |
| 2024 to date | Yunqing Xie | Doctor of Philosophy (Social Sciences & Law) | Thesis Supervisor |
| 2024 to date | Zirong Fu | Doctor of Philosophy (Social Sciences & Law) | Thesis Supervisor |
| 2024 to date | Alexis Guevara Henso | Nature and extent of incidental focus on form in English-medium instruction courses of a second language teacher education program at an expanding circle context. Anaheim University, USA | Thesis Supervisor |
| 2024 to date | Jane Kim | Investigating the Impact of Input Processing on Syntax Acquisition: Transfer of Training Effects in Korean EFL Learners. Anaheim University, USA | Thesis Supervisor |
| 2024 to date | Yunqing Xie | Primary and secondary effects on the acquisition of Cantonese syntactic features. Chinese Scholarship. UCD | Thesis Supervisor |
| 2024 to date | Laurene Glimois | Inclusive Grammar Instruction (TIGRI): An exploratory study on the effects of Processing Instruction for learners with and without dyslexia. UCD | Thesis Supervisor |
| 2024 to date | Ann Zirong | Primary and secondary effects on the acquisition of Mandarin syntactic features. Chinese Scholarship. UCD | Thesis Supervisor |
| 2023 to date | Amin Pouresmaeil | An eye tracking study on the acquisition of English relative clauses. Macquarie University, Australia | Thesis Supervisor |
| 2022 to date | Siqi Song | The use of plurilingual resources in disciplinary writing. (second supervisor). University of Hong Kong, China | Thesis Supervisor |
| 2022 to date | Kelvin Siqi | A self-paced reading study on the acquisition of English past tense regular forms. University of Hong Kong, China | Thesis Supervisor |
| 2022 to date | Najat Alabdullah | An investigation on the effects of structured input on the acquisition of English causative forms: Measuring accuracy in sentence processing and reaction times. University of Hong Kong, China | Thesis Supervisor |