Welcome to the Language and Brain Lab
The LAB lab focuses on the study of language and speech, including its perception, production, and acquisition, as well as cognitive and neural processing. We conduct behavioral, neural, and computational linguistic research across a variety of languages.
Latest Research Publications
Deng, X., McClay, E., Jastrzebski, E., Wang, Y., & Yeung, H. H. (2024). Visual scanning patterns of a talking face when evaluating phonetic information in a native and non-native language. PloS One, 19(5), e0304150. PDF
Leung, K. K. W., & Wang, Y. (2024). Modelling Mandarin tone perception-production link through critical perceptual cues. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155(2), 1451–1468. PDF
Zeng, Y., Leung, K. K. W., Jongman, A., Sereno, J. A., & Wang, Y. (2023). Multi-modal cross-linguistic perception of Mandarin tones in clear speech. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17, 1247811–1247811. PDF
Garg, S., Ruan, H., Hamarneh, G., Behne, D. M., Jongman, A., Sereno, J., & Wang, Y. (2023). Mouth2Audio: intelligible audio synthesis from videos with distinctive vowel articulation. International Journal of Speech Technology, 26(2), 459–474. PDF
Garg, S., Hamarneh, G., Sereno, J., Jongman, A., & Wang, Y. (2023). Different facial cues for different speech styles in Mandarin tone articulation. Frontiers in Communication, 8. PDF
Sachdeva, S., Ruan, H., Hamarneh, G., Behne, D. M., Jongman, A., Sereno, J. A., & Wang, Y. (2023). Plain-to-clear speech video conversion for enhanced intelligibility. International Journal of Speech Technology, 26(1), 163–184. PDF
Aoyagi, M., & Wang, Y. (2022). Who is fu? – perception of L2 sounds that are partially neutralized in L1. Journal of Phonetics, 94, 101171. PDF
Tupper, P., Leung, K. W., Wang, Y., Jongman, A., & Sereno, J. A. (2021). The contrast between clear and plain speaking style for Mandarin tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 150(6), pp. 4464-4473. pdf
Wang, Y., Sereno, J.A., and Jongman, A. (2020). Multi-modal perception of tone. In H-M. Liu, F-M. Tsao, & P. Li (Eds.), Speech perception, production and acquisition: Multidisciplinary approaches in Chinese languages (pp. 159-176). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. pdf
Garg, S., Harmaneh, G., Jongman, A., Sereno, J.A., and Wang, Y. (2020). ADFAC: Automatic detection of facial articulatory features. MethodsX, 7.
Redmon, C., Leung, K., Wang, Y., McMurray, B., Jongman, A., and Sereno, J. A. (2020). Cross-linguistic perception of clearly spoken English tense and lax vowels based on auditory, visual, and auditory-visual information, Journal of Phonetics, 81. PDF
Cho, S., Jongman, A., Wang, Y. & Sereno, J. A. (2020). Multi-modal cross-linguistic perception of fricatives in clear speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147 (4), 2609-2624.
Leung, K. and Wang, Y. (2020). Production-perception relationship of Mandarin tones as revealed by critical perceptual cues. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147 (4), 301-306.
Tupper, P., Leung, K., Wang, Y., Jongman, A. & Sereno, J. A. (2020). Characterizing the distinctive acoustic cues of Mandarin tones. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147 (4), 2570-2580.