Marco Lai

ORCID: 0000-0002-3467-6223
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Research Areas
  • Legal and Labor Studies
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Digital Economy and Work Transformation
  • Labor Law and Work Dynamics
  • Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Corporate Governance and Law

New York University
2021-2024

National Taiwan University
2021-2023

Abstract Naturalistic paradigms using movies or audiobooks have become increasingly popular in cognitive neuroscience, but connecting them to findings from controlled experiments remains rare. Here, we aim bridge this gap the context of semantic composition language processing, which is typically examined a “minimal” two-word paradigm. Using magnetoencephalography (MEG), investigated whether neural signatures observed an auditory paradigm can extend naturalistic story listening, and vice...

10.1162/imag_a_00072 article EN cc-by Imaging Neuroscience 2024-01-01

The present study aimed to investigate the neural mechanism underlying semantic processing in Mandarin Chinese adult learners, focusing on learners who were Indo-European language speakers with advanced levels of proficiency Chinese. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging technique and a judgment task test 24 (L2 group) 26 native (L1 as control group. In task, participants asked indicate whether two-character pairs related meaning. Compared L1 group, L2 group had greater activation...

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.781304 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2021-11-18

This study aimed to investigate how age affects the ability comprehend sentence meaning, specifically individuals resolve pronouns their corresponding nouns. The included 34 young participants (20-29 years old) and older (60-81 old). were presented with sentences containing two characters a third-person singular pronoun. Stereotypical genders associated character names manipulated such that pronoun had either one, two, or no possible antecedents, rendering referentially unambiguous,...

10.1037/pag0000775 article EN Psychology and Aging 2023-08-31

Classic linguistic analyses assume that syntax is the center of system. Under this assumption, a finite set rules can produce an infinite number sentences. By contrast, construction grammar posits emerges from language use. Chinese quadrisyllabic idiomatic expressions (QIEs) offer testing ground for theoretical construct owing to their high productivity. To understand cognitive processing structure and meaning during reading comprehension, we used semantic judgment task measure behavioral...

10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1112611 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2023-02-23

The picture naming task is common both as a clinical and method to study the neural bases of speech production in healthy brain. However, this not reflective most naturally occurring productions, which tend happen within context, typically dialogue response someone else's production. How brain basis classic "confrontation naming" compares planning utterances known. Here we used magnetoencephalography (MEG) measure activity associated with language using well minimal variant task, intended...

10.1371/journal.pone.0292316 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2023-10-17

Abstract Naturalistic paradigms using movies or audiobooks have become increasingly popular in cognitive neuroscience, but connecting them to findings from controlled experiments remains rare. Here, we aim bridge this gap the context of semantic composition language processing, which is typically examined a “minimal” two-word paradigm. Using magnetoencephalography (MEG), investigated whether neural signatures observed an auditory paradigm can extend naturalistic story listening, and vice...

10.1101/2023.10.31.564951 preprint EN cc-by-nc-nd bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2023-11-01
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