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Assist. Prof. Dr. Likan Zhan | reasoning | Best Researcher Award

Assist. Prof. Dr. Likan Zhan, Beijing Language and Culture University, China

Assist. Prof. Dr. likan zhan is a faculty member at Beijing Language and Culture University, specializing in psycholinguistics, language processing, and cognitive linguistics. His research has contributed to understanding the mechanisms underlying language processing and acquisition, with a focus on experimental and applied approaches in psycholinguistics.

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Educational Details

Ph.D. in Psycholinguistics, [Institution, Graduation Year]

M.A. in Linguistics, [Institution, Graduation Year]

B.A. in Language Studies, [Institution, Graduation Year]

Academic Appointment

Assist. Prof. Dr. likan zhan serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Beijing Language and Culture University, where he has been an active member since. He is involved in both teaching and research and plays a pivotal role in advancing the university’s linguistics and language sciences programs.

 

Professional Experience

Dr. zhan has been actively engaged in academic and professional activities within the field of psycholinguistics and language processing. He is an ad-hoc reviewer for numerous prominent journals, including Cognition, Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, Journal of Pragmatics, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Scientific Reports, and SAGE Open. He also holds a Review Editor position in Language Sciences for Frontiers in Psychology (since 2020). His professional credentials include clinical licenses, such as a licensed examiner for the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-VI) and the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System (ABAS-II), both in their Chinese versions.

Grants, Projects and Awards

Dr. zhan has led or contributed to various research projects, many of which focus on the cognitive mechanisms of language acquisition and processing. His work has received recognition and funding from national and international organizations, supporting his efforts in advancing research in language science.

Research Interests

Dr. zhan’s research interests center around language processing, psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics, and language acquisition. He employs experimental and applied methods to explore the cognitive processes involved in language understanding and usage, with particular emphasis on cross-linguistic and developmental perspectives.

Professional Activities

Ad-hoc Reviewer for Journals and Conferences

Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP) (2024 – Present)

Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing (HSP) (2024 – Present)

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research (2023 – Present)

Journal of Pragmatics (2022 – Present)

Cognition (2021 – Present)

International Journal of Developmental Disabilities (2021 – Present)

Language, Cognition and Neuroscience (2021 – Present)

First Language (2021 – Present)

Frontiers in Psychology (2020 – Present)

Scientific Reports (2018 – Present)

Journal of Visualized Experiments (2018 – Present)

Language Teaching and Linguistic Studies (In Chinese, 2016 – Present)

SAGE Open (2016 – Present)

Clinical Licenses

Licensed Examiner of Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-VI), Chinese Version

Licensed Examiner of Adaptive Behavior Assessment System (ABAS-II), Chinese Version

Editorial Role

Review Editor in Language Sciences, Frontiers in Psychology (2020 – Present)

Organization of International Meetings

Academic Advisory Committee, 24th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-24), held at Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China

 

Top Notable Publications

Zhan, L., Khrennikov, A., & Zhu, Y. (2024). Violation of Leggett–Garg inequality in perceiving cup-like objects and cognitive contextuality. Entropy, 26(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/e26110950

Zhan, L., & Zhou, P. (2023). The online processing of hypothetical events: A visual world eye-tracking study on conditionals and causal statements. Experimental Psychology, 70(2), 108-117. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000579

Zhou, P., Shi, J., & Zhan, L. (2021). Real-time comprehension of garden-path constructions by preschoolers: A Mandarin perspective. Applied Psycholinguistics, 42(1), 181-205. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716420000697

Zhou, P., Ma, W., & Zhan, L. (2019). A deficit in using prosodic cues to understand communicative intentions by children with autism spectrum disorders: An eye-tracking study. First Language. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142723719885270

Zhou, P., Zhan, L., & Ma, H. (2019). Understanding others’ minds: Social inference in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(11), 4523-4534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04167-x

Zhou, P., Zhan, L., & Ma, H. (2019). Predictive language processing in preschool children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An eye-tracking study. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 48(2), 431-452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-018-9612-5

Zhan, L. (2018). Using eye movements recorded in the visual world paradigm to explore the online processing of spoken language. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 140, e58086. https://doi.org/10.3791/58086

Zhou, P., Ma, W., Zhan, L., & Ma, H. (2018). Using the visual world paradigm to study sentence comprehension in Mandarin-speaking children with autism. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 140, e58452. https://doi.org/10.3791/58452

Zhan, L., Zhou, P., & Crain, S. (2018). Using the visual-world paradigm to explore the meaning of conditionals in natural language. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 33(8), 1049-1062. https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2018.1448935

Zhan, L. (2018). Scalar and ignorance inferences are both computed immediately upon encountering the sentential connective: The online processing of sentences with disjunction using the visual world paradigm. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00061

Moscati, V., Zhan, L., & Zhou, P. (2017). Children’s on-line processing of epistemic modals. Journal of Child Language, 44(5), 1025-1040. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000916000313

Zhan, L., Crain, S., & Zhou, P. (2015). The online processing of only if- and even if- conditional statements: Implications for mental models. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 26(7), 367-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2015.1016527

Zhou, P., Crain, S., & Zhan, L. (2014). Grammatical aspect and event recognition in children’s online sentence comprehension. Cognition, 133(1), 262-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2014.06.018

Zhou, P., Crain, S., & Zhan, L. (2012). Sometimes children are as good as adults: The pragmatic use of prosody in children’s on-line sentence processing. Journal of Memory and Language, 67(1), 149-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2012.03.005

Zhou, P., Su, Y., Crain, S., Gao, L., & Zhan, L. (2012). Children’s use of phonological information in ambiguity resolution: A view from Mandarin Chinese. Journal of Child Language, 39(4), 687-730. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000911000249

Conclusion

Assist. Prof. Dr. likan zhan’s combination of rigorous academic contributions, professional credentials, editorial responsibilities, and organizational roles in international academic events exemplifies a well-rounded and impactful research profile. His consistent involvement in enhancing academic research standards and contributing to global knowledge sharing makes him an exceptional candidate for the Research for Best Researcher Award.

 

 

Likan Zhan | reasoning | Best Researcher Award

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