TSANG Yiu-Kei
Associate Professor, Department of Education Studies
Director, Centre for Learning Sciences
Hong Kong Baptist University
Contact number: 34115325
Email: yktsang@hkbu.edu.hk
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4978-1333
https://scholars.hkbu.edu.hk/en/persons/yiu-kei-tsang-11
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KGDLzioAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
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Ph. D., Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Dissertation: Speech perception in Chinese: How are the different levels of ambiguity resolved? |
Jul 2009 |
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M. Phil., Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Thesis: Semantic access in Chinese speech comprehension: The role of morpheme frequency and context |
Jul 2006 |
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B. SSc., Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Jul 2003 |
RESEARCH GRANTS
| Externally-funded: | |
| Project: Parafoveal processing in Chinese sentence reading by old readers: An eye-tracking study (Principal Investigator) Amount: HK$ 724,700 Source: General Research Fund, HK | Jan 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Project: Phonological encoding in Cantonese-English bilingual speech production: An event-related brain potential study (Co-Investigator) Amount: HK$332,000 Source: General Research Fund, HK | Jan 2020 – Mar 2021 |
| Project: Holistic vs. decompositional storage of Chinese words: An electrophysiological study (Principal Investigator) Amount: HK$ 586,000 Source: General Research Fund, HK | Jan 2018 – Dec 2020 |
| Project: The role of sub-lexical semantics during Chinese word recognition: Evidence from children and adults (Co-Investigator) Amount: RMB 231,000 Source: National Natural Science Foundation of China, China | Jan 2016 – Dec 2018 |
| Project: The neural dynamics of lexical and post-lexical semantic processing modulated by the context (Co-investigator) Amount: RMB 210,000 Source: National Natural Science Foundation of China, China | Jan 2016 – Dec 2018 |
| Project: Tonal processing in the brain: A Cantonese study (Co-investigator) Amount: HK$ 543,260 Source: General Research Fund, HK | Jan 2012 – Jun 2014 |
| Internally-funded: | |
| Acquisition of eye-tracker Amount: HK$ 343,200 Source: Equipment Matching Fund, HKBU | Jun 2018 |
| Project: Chinese word recognition: An event-related potential megastudy (FRG1/17-18/027) (Principal Investigator) Amount: HK$ 48,000 Source: Faculty Research Grant I, HKBU | Feb 2018 – Oct 2018 |
| Project: Chinese two-character word behavior database (Principal Investigator) Amount: HK$ 199,720 Source: 3-way Partnership Research Grant, HKBU | Sep 2015 – Aug 2016 |
| Project: Processing homonymous morphemes in Chinese: An event-related potential study (Principal Investigator) Amount: HK$ 96,840 Source: Faculty Research Grant II, HKBU | May 2015 – Apr 2016 |
| Acquisition of EEG machine Amount: HK$ 485,000 Source: Equipment Matching Fund, HKBU | Oct 2014 |
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
| Publications | Scimago Journal Ranking (SJR) |
| Tsang, Y.-K., & Zou, Y. (in press). An ERP Megastudy of Chinese Word Recognition. Psychophysiology. | Q1 in Cognitive Neuroscience |
| Tsang, Y.-K., Zou, Y., & Tse, C. Y. (2022). Semantic Transparency in Chinese Compound Word Processing: Evidence from Mismatch Negativity. Neuroscience, 490, 216-223. | Q2 in Neuroscience (miscellaneous) |
| Tsang, Y.-K. (2021). Morphophonological activation in Chinese word recognition: Evidence from heteronymic characters. The Mental Lexicon, 16, 240-270. | Q1 in Linguistics and Language |
| Zhao, S., Wu, Y., Tsang, Y.-K., Sui, X., & Zhu, Z. (2021). Morpho-semantic analysis of ambiguous morphemes in Chinese compound word recognition: An fMRI study. Neuropsychologia, 157, 107862. | Q1 in Behavioral Neuroscience |
| Zou, Y., Lui, M., & Tsang, Y.-K. (2020). The roles of lexical tone and rime during Mandarin sentence comprehension: An event-related potential study. Neuropsychologia, 147, 107578 | Q1 in Behavioral Neuroscience |
| Wu, Y., Duan, R., Zhao, S., & Tsang, Y.-K. (2020). Processing ambiguous morphemes in Chinese compound word recognition: Behavioral and ERP evidence. Neuroscience, 446, 249-260. | Q2 in Neuroscience (miscellaneous) |
| Huang, J., Tsang, Y.-K. Xiao, W., & Wang, S. (2020). Morphosemantic activation of opaque Chinese words in sentence comprehension. PLOS ONE, 15, e0236697. | Q1 in Multidisciplinary |
| Zou, Y., Tsang, Y. K., & Wu, Y. (2019). Semantic radical activation in Chinese phonogram recognition: Evidence from event-related potential recording. Neuroscience, 417, 24-34. | Q2 in Neuroscience (miscellaneous) |
| Wang, J., Wong, A. W. K., Tsang, Y. K., Wang, S., & Chen, H. C. (2019). Behavioural evidence for segments as subordinate units in Chinese spoken word production: The form-preparation paradigm revisited. PLOS ONE, 14, e0225718. | Q1 in Multidisciplinary |
| Lui, M., So, W. C., & Tsang, Y. K. (2018). Neural evidence for reduced automaticity in processing emotional prosody among men with high levels of autistic traits. Physiology & Behavior, 196, 47-58. | Q2 in Behavioral Neuroscience |
| Tsang, Y.-K., Huang, J., Lui, M., Xue, M., Chan, Y.-W. F., Wang, S., & Chen, H.-C. (2018). MELD-SCH. A megastudy of lexical decision in simplified Chinese. Behavior Research Methods, 50, 1763-1777. | Q1 (10 out of 160) in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology |
| Tsang, Y.-K., Wu, Y., Ng, H. T. Y., & Chen, H.-C. (2017). Semantic activation of phonetic radicals in Chinese. Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience, 32, 618-636. | Q1 in Linguistics and Language |
| Wu, Y., Tsang, Y.-K., Wong, A. W.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2017). The processing of homographic morphemes in Chinese: An ERP study. Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience, 32, 102-116. | Q1 in Linguistics and Language |
| Jia, S., Tsang, Y.-K., Huang, J., & Chen, H.-C. (2015). Processing Cantonese lexical tones: Evidence from oddball paradigms. Neuroscience, 305, 351-360. | Q2 in Neuroscience (miscellaneous) |
| Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2014). Activation of morphemic meanings in processing opaque words. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21, 1281-1286. | Q1 (14 out of 136) in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology |
| Tsang, Y.-K., Wong, A. W.-K., Huang, J. & Chen, H.-C. (2014). Morpho-orthographic and morpho-semantic processing in word recognition and production: Evidence from ambiguous morphemes. Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience, 29, 543-560. | Q1 in Linguistics and Language |
| Jia, S., Tsang, Y.-K., Huang, J., & Chen, H.-C. (2013). Right hemisphere advantage in processing Cantonese level and contour tones: Evidence from dichotic listening. Neuroscience Letters, 556, 135-139. | Q2 in Neuroscience (miscellaneous) |
| Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2013). Morpho-semantic processing in word recognition: Evidence from balanced and biased ambiguous morphemes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 39, 1990-2001. | Q1 (15 out of 135) in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology |
| Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2013). Early morphological processing is sensitive to morphemic meanings: Evidence from processing ambiguous morphemes. Journal of Memory and Language, 68, 223-239. | Q1 (8 out of 135) in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology |
| Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2012). Eye movement control in reading: Logographic Chinese versus alphabetic scripts. PsyCh Journal, 1, 128-142. | Q2 in Psychology (miscellaneous) * data in 2015 |
| Wu, Y., Mo, D., Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2012). ERPs reveal sub-lexical processing in Chinese character recognition. Neuroscience Letters, 514, 164-168. | Q2 in Neuroscience (miscellaneous) |
| Tsang, Y.-K., Jia, S., Huang, J., & Chen, H.-C. (2011). ERP correlates of pre-attentive processing of Cantonese lexical tones: The effects of pitch contour and pitch height. Neuroscience Letters, 487, 268-272. | Q2 in Neuroscience (miscellaneous) |
| Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2010). Morphemic ambiguity resolution in Chinese: Activation of the subordinate meaning with a prior dominant-biased context. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 17, 875-881. | Q1 (14 out of 122) in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology |
| Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2009). Do position-general radicals have a role to play in processing Chinese characters? Language and Cognitive Processes, 24, 947-966. | Q1 in Linguistics and Language |
| Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2005). Comprehension and production of English versus Cantonese words in Hong Kong undergraduates: What do they say about language choice in education? Journal of Psychology in Chinese Societies, 6, 215-228. | NA |
PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
- Gao, F., & Tsang, Y. K. (2019). Parental involvement and participation in university among ethnic Koreans in China. In J. Gube & F. Gao (Eds.), Education, Ethnicity and Inequality in Multilingual Asian Context (pp. 215-233). Singapore: Springer.
- Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2008). Eye movements in reading Chinese. In K. Rayner, D. Shen, X., Bai, & G. Yan (Eds). Cognitive and cultural influences on eye movements, pp. 235-254. Tianjin People’s Press.
PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- Tsang, Y.-K. (2018). The megastudy approach of Chinese language processing. Invited oral presentation at the 17th International Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages.
- Tsang, Y.-K. (2017). Written word recognition in traditional and simplified Chinese: A megastudy approach. Oral presentation at the 1st Annual Conference of Association for Reading and Writing in Asia.
- Tsang, Y.-K., Huang, J., Wang, S., & Chen, H.-C. (2016). A psycholinguistic database for Chinese word lexical decision. Oral presentation at the 16th International Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages.
- Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2013). Morphological processing in English word recognition: Evidence from Chinese-English bilinguals. Poster presentation at the 20th Annual Meeting of Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
- Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2012). Embedded word activation in Chinese: The case of phonetic radicals. Oral presentation at the 14th International Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages.
- Tsang, Y.-K., Jia, S.-W., & Chen, H.-C. (2009). Brain lateralization in morphemic ambiguity resolution. Oral presentation at the 13th International Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages.
- Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2008). Morphemic ambiguity resolution in processing Chinese. Oral presentation at the 29th International Congress of Psychology.
- Tsang, Y.-K., Wong, W.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2008). Morphemic ambiguity resolution in processing spoken Chinese. Oral presentation at the 3rd China International Conference on Eye movement Studies.
- Tsang, Y.-K., Chen, H.-C.& Chan, N.-Y. (2007). Morphemic ambiguity resolution in processing spoken Chinese. Oral presentation at the 12th International Conference on the Processing of East Asia Related Language.
- Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (2007). Morphemic ambiguity resolution in spoken Chinese. Poster presentation at the 1st Edinburgh Meeting.
- Tsang, Y.-K., Lee. H. Y., & Chen, H.-C. (2004). Mood regulation: Mood incongruent facilitation in recognizing emotional words. Oral presentation at the 28th International Congress of Psychology.