List of project
1.A longitudinal study of the contributions of phonological processing to mathematics development in kindergarten children(PI)
Nov. 2019-Nov.2022
2.Different contributions of cognitive profiles to fractions of Chinese primary children: A cross-sectional study (PI)
Collaborator: Jon Star, Harvard University Jan.2017-June.2019
3.How do phonological awareness, phonological memory, and RAN contribute to early arithmetic of young children? The mediation effect of early numeracy knowledge (Co-I)
Collaborator: Catherine McBride, Direct Grant of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jun.2018-June.2019
4.An eye movement exploration of the visual factors during fatigue driving (PI)
Supervisor: Xuemin Zhang, National Undergraduate Innovation Program Nov.2011-Mar.2013
5.The aging effect of task switching (PI)
Supervisor: Dahua Wang, BNU Undergraduate Innovation Research Grant
Nov.2010-Mar.2012
List of papers
1. Dang,
X. X., Chen, Y. H.,& Yang, X. J.(2020). Distinguishing between
High-confidence True and False Memories: Evidence from Eye Movements.Australian Journal of
Psychology.
2. Yang, X. J.& Zhang, X. (2020). Dissociated
contributions of cognitive profiles to symbolic and non-symbolic mathematics.Early Childhood Research Quarterly.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.04.003
3. Wu,
H.,Yang, X.,Chen, Y. (2020). How
do Working Memory and Inhibition Contribute to the SNARC Effect in Chinese
School-aged Children?Cognitive
Development.
4. Yang, X. J.& Meng, X. Z. (2020). How does
visual processing contribute to reading and mathematics of Chinese young
children?Frontiers in Psychology.Doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00462
5. Wong, S. W. L., Zheng, M., Cheung, H.,Yang, X. J.,Ho, C. S. H., McBride, C.
(2020).The effect of twinning on Chinese and English vocabulary
development. Child Development. doi:10.1111/cdev.13400
6. Yang, X. J., & McBride, C. (2020). Phonological
processing matters in early Chinese reading and mathematics.Educational Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2020.1771679
7. Yang, X. J., McBride, C., Ho, C. S. H., &
Chung, C. C. (2019). Longitudinal associations of phonological processing skills,
Chinese word reading, and arithmetic.Reading and Writing.doi: 10.1007/s11145-019-09998-9
8. Yang, X. J., Chung, C. C., & McBride, C. (2019). The contributions of executive
functioning and visual-spatial skills to Chinese children’s mathematical learning.Educational Psychology.1,1-27. doi:
10.1080/01443410.2018.1546831
9. Yang, X. J., Peng, P., & Meng, X. Z. (2019).
The Domain-general Precursors of Chinese Reading Acquisition in Beginning
Readers: The Mediation Effect of Domain-specific Factors.Frontiers in Psychology. 9, 1-13.doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02670
10. Yang, X. J.,
Peng, P., & Meng, X. (2019). How do metalinguistic awareness, working
memory, reasoning, and inhibition contribute to Chinese character reading of
kindergarten children?. Infant and Child Development, e2122.
doi:10.1002/icd.2122
11. Li, H., Booth, J. R., Bélanger, N.
N…Yang, X. J… & Liu, L. (2018).
Structural correlates of literacy difficulties in the second language: Evidence
from Mandarin-speaking children learning English. NeuroImage.179,
288-297. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.06.037.
12. Cheung, S. K.,Yang, X. J.,Dulay, K. M., & McBride, C. (2018). Family and
individual variables associated with young Filipino children's numeracy
interest and competence. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 36(2),
334-353. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12222
13. Peng, P.#, Yang, X. J.#(Co-first author),& Meng, X. (2017). The relation between approximate number
system and early arithmetic: The mediation role of numerical knowledge. Journal
of Experimental Child Psychology, 157, 111-124.
14. Feng, X., Li, L., Zhang, M.,Yang, X.,Tian, M., Xie, W.,.. &
Ding, G. (2017). Dyslexic children show atypical cerebellar activation and
cerebro-cerebellar functional connectivity in orthographic and phonological
processing. Cerebellum, 16(2), 496-507.
15. Yang, X. J.&
Meng, X. Z. (2016). Dissociation between exact and approximate
addition in developmental dyslexia.Research in Developmental Disabilities, 56,139-152. doi:
10.1016/j.ridd.2016.05.018
16. Yang, X. J.,Han,
Y. G., & Wang, D. H. (2013). The aging effect of task switching.Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 11(3),
359-366. [杨秀杰, 韩雨歌, &王大华. (2013). 任务切换的老化效应. 心理与行为研究, 11(3), 359-366.] (CSSCI)
17. *Yang, X. J.&
Feng, Y. N. (2013). Effects of negative emotion and gender difference on task
switching.Chinese Mental Health Journal,
27(5), 396-400. [*杨秀杰&冯亚楠. (2013). 消极情绪对任务切换的作用及其性别差异. 中国心理卫生杂志, 27(5), 396-400.] (CSSCI)