| Project title | Grant | PI |
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Advancing the identification of Developmental Language Disorder inMandarin-Cantonese Billingual children: a reference standard and novel assessment measures |
RGC grant |
Dr. Angel Chan |
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Innovating Multilingual Assessment and Intervention in the Education of Speech Therapists: Building Capacity in the Use of Automatic Speech Recognition Technologies for Serving Cantonese-Speaking Multilingual Children |
Departmental Learning & Teaching Grant |
Dr. Angel Chan |
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Autobiographical memory and personal narratives and their association in Mandarin-speaking elementary children and adolescents with and without Autism: a pilot study |
Faculty Reserve for International Research Collaboration |
Dr. Angel Chan |
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A Functional Account of Chinese Relative Clauses: The Effects of Topichood on Cantonese-speaking Children’s Acquisition of Relative Clauses and Implications for Chinese Language Learning by South Asian Ethnic Minority Children in Hong Kong |
The HKPhD Fellowship Scheme |
Dr. Angel Chan (Chief supervisor) |
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Bilingual NCS children in Hong Kong: Learner Language Characteristics and Second Language Vulnerability |
Dean's Reserve |
Dr. Angel Chan |
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Bilinguals’ Use of Linguistic Cues for Prediction and Adaptation |
University Postdoctoral |
Dr. Angel Chan (Chief supervisor) |
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Relative Clause Processing in Cantonese-Speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment: A Pilot Study |
Departmental |
Dr. Angel Chan |
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Improving the Identification of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in Bilingual Cantonese-Speaking Children: A Pilot Study on the Diagnostic Potential of Nonword Repetition in Lower Elementary Students |
Departmental General Research Fund |
Dr. Angel Chan |
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A pilot study on the neural mechanisms of the encoding of tone sandhi with high vs. low productivity in Chinese dialects |
Fund for GRF Project Rated 3.5 (CRG) |
Dr. Caicai Zhang |
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Impact of acquiring Jyutping on speech processing in Cantonese readers: A combined behavioral and event-related study |
Departmental |
Dr. Caicai Zhang |
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Neurocognitive markers for typical language development and language disorders in children: A longitudinal study based on long-term memory, sleep and brain development [儿童语言发展与语言障碍的神经认知标记：一项基于长期记忆、睡眠与脑神经的纵向研究] |
National programme Sci-Tech Innovation 2030 – “Brain Science and Brain-like Research” Major Project (Young Scientist category) |
Dr. Caicai Zhang |
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The efficacy of explicit vs. implicit intervention procedures for Cantonese children with Developmental Language Disorder: A randomized controlled trial |
Health and Medical Research Fund, Seed Grant |
Dr. Caicai Zhang |
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General auditory or speech-specific origin? Talker normalization revisited |
GRF |
Dr. Gang Peng |
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Psychological and Neural Bases of Tone Perception at Different Stages of Tone Development: The case of of Tibetan |
Dean's Reserve |
Dr. Gang Peng |
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Attention and Attrition: Neural Speech Tracking of L1 and L2 Speech in Ageing Bilinguals. |
RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme |
Dr. Manson C.M. Fong |
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Attention and Attrition: Neural Speech Tracking of L1 and L2 Speech in Ageing Bilinguals. |
PolyU Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme |
Dr. Manson C.M. Fong |
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Longitudinal brain age and language changes in mild cognitive impairment (MCI): the influence of genetic factors |
Start-up Fund for RAPs under the Strategic Hiring Scheme |
Dr. Manson C.M. Fong |
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The neuroanatomy of L3 acquisition: a six-month language booster for beginning learners of Italian |
Departmental Earnings |
Dr. Manson C.M. Fong |
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Group-level and individual-level precision functional mapping of the linguistic cerebellum: comparisons across linguistic and motor domains |
GRF |
Dr. Manson C.M. Fong |
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Representation of action meanings in left-handers with left hemisphere language dominance: a litmus test of the embodiment hypothesis |
Projects of RISA |
Dr. Manson C.M. Fong |
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On the tip of the tongue: the impact of AoA on word retrieval difficulty in normal ageing |
Departmental Earnings |
Dr. Manson C.M. Fong |
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Longitudinal tracking of lifestyle and cognitive changes based on actigraphy and electroencephalography |
Projects of RISA |
Dr. Manson C.M. Fong |
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Early diagnosis and treatment of children with autism spectrum disorder based on an integration of robot and augmented reality technology (RGC matching fund) |
RGC matching fund |
Dr. Si Chan |
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Early diagnosis and treatment of children with autism spectrum disorder based on an integration of robot and augmented reality technology (Sin Wai Kin Foundation Limited) |
Sin Wai Kin Foundation Limited |
Dr. Si Chan |
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The Proactive Brain Health Project: Cognitive–linguistic, Brain and Epigenetic Age Biomarkers of Normal Ageing and Alzheimer’s Disease |
Sin Wai Kin Foundation Limited (Donation) |
Prof. William S.Y. Wang |
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Joint Research Laboratory for Language, Brain, and Applications |
PolyU (UGC) Mainland / GBA Research Funding Scheme |
Prof. William S.Y. Wang (Co-I) |
| Project title | Grant | PI |
|---|---|---|
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Asymmetries in Cantonese Children's Comprehension and Production of Relative Clauses: Structure, Typology and Processing |
GRF |
Dr. Angel Chan |
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Influence of Language on Speech Impairments in Parkinson's Disease: Adding Cantonese to the FRALUSOPARK Project |
RGC PROCOREFrace/ |
Dr. Angel Chan |
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Comprehension and Production of Relative Clauses in Cantonese Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder |
The HKPhD Fellowship Scheme 2018/19 |
Dr. Angel Chan (CS) |
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Assessing the narrative and lexical abilities of Urdu- Cantonese bilingual preschool children in Hong Kong: Establishing groundwork on their school and community language (Cantonese) abilities for improving the differentiation of South Asian ethnic minority children with and without language impairments |
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Postdoctoral Fellowships Scheme 2018 (chief supervisor) |
Dr. Angel Chan (CS) |
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Assessing Urdu-speaking multilingual children in Hong Kong and Pakistan: Heritage language acquisition and Developmental Language Disorder |
The HKPhD Fellowship Scheme 2019/20 |
Dr. Angel Chan (CS) |
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Revisiting Nonword Repetition as a Clinical Marker in Cantonese-speaking Children with Developmental Language Disorder: a Pilot Study |
Departmental General Research Fund |
Dr. Angel Chan |
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Improving the differentiation of South Asian bilingual ethnic minority children in Hong Kong with and without suspected Developmental Language Disorders: A longitudinal profile of narrative and sentence repetition skills |
RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme 2020/2021 |
Dr. Angel Chan (CS) |
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Revisiting Nonword Repetition as a diagnostic tool in Cantonese-speaking children with Developmental Language Disorder |
General Research Fund (GRF) 2020/21 |
Dr. Angel Chan |
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Expressing meaning in personal and fictional narratives in Hindi-speaking children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder |
The HKPhD Fellowship Scheme 2021/22 |
Dr. Angel Chan |
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Towards developing AI tools in speech therapy: building training data for Automatic Speech Recognition systems to support the identification of Developmental Language Disorder in Cantonese-speaking children |
Departmental General Research Fund |
Dr. Angel Chan |
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Effect of musical disorder on the neural processing of lexical tone |
ECS |
Dr. Caicai Zhang |
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Neural mechanisms for phonological alternation with high and low productivity – a case study on tone sandhi |
NSF |
Dr. Caicai Zhang (Co-PI) |
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The Neurocognition of Typical and Atypical Language Development: Towards Developing Early Biomarkers |
the Human Subjects Ethics Sub-committee (HSESC) |
Dr. Caicai Zhang |
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Comprehension of Figurative Language in Cantonese-speaking Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders |
Departmental |
Dr. Candice C.-H. Cheung |
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Relations between Theory of Mind, Mental State Terms, and Presuppositions in Cantonese-speaking Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders |
GRF |
Dr. Candice C.-H. Cheung |
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The Sequence of Steps in Theory of Mind Development for Cantonese-speaking Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder |
Departmental |
Dr. Candice C.-H. Cheung |
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How Does the Cerebellum Contribute to Language Learning? A Linguistic Extension of the Internal Models Account |
Faculty Reserve |
Dr. Manson C.M. Fong |
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Assessing the Scope of Expertise-driven Advantages in Bimodal and Unimodal Bilinguals: A Comparison of Signed and Spoken Language Interpreters |
GRF |
Dr. Manson C.M. Fong |
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From segmental sequencing to pitch-variation skills: New insights for diagnosing childhood apraxia of speech |
General Research Fund (GRF) |
Dr. Min Ney Wong, PI |
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The effects of overnight consolidation on the generalization across talkers - a case study on Cantonese tones |
Language Learning Early |
Dr. Quentin Qin |
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The effects of robot-assisted speech training in improving speech prosody by trilingual children with autism spectrum disorder |
RGC grant |
Dr. Si Chen |
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Developing a Social Robot for Cantonese &Mandarin Speech Prosody Training in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
the Standing Committee on Language Education &Research (SCOLAR) |
Dr. Si Chen |
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Ultrasound Imaging Powered by AI and Robotics for Ageing-Related Neuromusculoskeletal Diseases |
PolyU (UGC), Projects of RISA |
Prof. William S.Y. Wang (Co-I), Dr. Manson C.M. Fong (Co-I) |
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An adaptation of Melodic Intonation Therapy for dementia: a pilot study in Hong Kong |
Departmental GRF |
Prof. William S.Y. Wang |
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Neurocognitive Bases of Immediate Learning Success and Retention of Second Language Words in Older Adults : an MRI Study using Voxel-based Morphometry and Functional Connectivity Analysis |
Dean's Reserve |
Prof. William S.Y. Wang |
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Semantic Processing across the Adult Lifespan - A Pilot Study |
Fund for GRF Project Rated 3.5 (CRG) |
Prof. William S.Y. Wang |
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Complexity of Electroencephalographic Responses to Speech and Music: a Comparison Between Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitively Normal Adults |
Dean's Reserve |
Prof. William S.Y. Wang |
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Functional Connectome of Semantic Processing across the Adult Lifespan: A Multi-modal Investigation using EEG and fMRI |
GRF |
Prof. William S.Y. Wang |
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Neurocognitive bases of immediate learning successand lexical consolidation of second language words in older adults: a multi-modal (MRI/EEG) study on medial temporal lobe functions |
GRF |
Prof. William S.Y. Wang |
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Quantification of Brain Age by Functional MRI Data: Complexity and Functional Connectivity |
Research Institute for Smart Ageing |
Prof. William S.Y. Wang |
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Bilingualism and cognition: A longitudinal study on older adults in Hong Kong |
Departmental GRF |
Prof. William S.Y. Wang |
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What can we learn of subjective cognitive decline (SCD) from discourse comprehension? A neural speech tracking study. |
Inter-Faculty Collaboration Scheme for FH, FHSS and FENG |
Prof. William S.Y. Wang |
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Conversational Brains (COBRA) |
European Union's Horizon 2020 |
Prof. William S.Y. Wang (Co-I), Dr. Caicai Zhang (Co-I) |
