My research combines cognitive-behavioral assessments and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniques to investigate the role of the cerebellum in both typical and atypical reading.
ACEDEMIC POSITIONS
Jul 2022-present Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University
Jul 2020-Jun 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University
EDUCATION
Jul 2014-Jun 2020
Ph.D. in Basic Psychology
Supervisor: Prof. Guosheng Ding
Department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University
Oct 2018-Sep 2019 Joint-Ph.D student
Supervisor: Prof. Fumiko Hoeft
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
Apr 2010-Mar 2014
Bachelor in Applied Psychology
Supervisor: Prof. Zao Fan/ Prof. Zongkui Zhou
School of Psychology, Central China Normal University
GRANTS
National Natural Science Foundation of China (2022-2024), “Research on the Collaborative Mechanisms between the Cerebellum and Cerebrum during word Reading”
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021-2022), “Investigation of Functional Mapping between Cerebellar Cortex and Cerebral Cortex in word Reading”
PUBLICATIONS (# co-first author, * corresponding author)
1.Tao, W., Liu, L., Wu, J., Luo, Y. J., & Li, H. * (2024). Dynamic interaction between the cerebrum and the cerebellum during visual word processing. Cortex, 160, 147-162.
2.Li, L., Yu, Q., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Zhou, X., Guan, Q., Yue-Jia, Luo* & Li, H. * (2024). Electrophysiological evidence of lexical processing impacted by foreign language reading anxiety. Heliyon, 10(9).
3.Zhang, J.#, Li, H.#, Zhang, M., Wang, Z., Ao, X., Jian, J., Wei, N., Liu, H., Ding, G., & Meng, X. * (2023). Functional preference of the left inferior parietal lobule to second language reading. Neuroimage, 270, 119989.
4.Li, H., Yuan, B., Luo, Y. J., & Liu, J. (2023). Reading anxiety modulates the functional connectivity of the reading-related network during adult reading. Brain and Language, 242, 105278.
5.Li, H. #, Guan, Q. #, Huang, R., Lei, M., Luo, Y.-J., Zhang, Z., & Tao, W. * (2023). Altered functional coupling between the cerebellum and cerebrum in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Cerebral Cortex, 33(5), 2061–2074.
6.Li, H., Marks, R. A., Liu, L., Feng, X., Zhang, M., Ai, F., Gao, Y., Tian, M., Yang, X., Zhang, J., Zhong, H., Liu, L., Meng, X. *, & Ding, G. * (2022). The selective contributions of right cerebellar lobules to reading. Brain Structure and Function, 227(3), 963–977.
7.Li, H., Wu, J., Marks, R. A., Huang, H., Li, L., Dong, L., Luo, Y.-J. *, Tao, W. *, & Ding, G. (2022). Functional mapping and cooperation between the cerebellum and cerebrum during word reading. Cerebral Cortex, 32(22), 5175–5190.
8.Li, H. #, Yuan, Q. #, Luo, Y.-J., & Tao, W. * (2022). A new perspective for understanding the contributions of the cerebellum to reading: The cerebro-cerebellar mapping hypothesis. Neuropsychologia, 170, 108231.
9.Li, H., Kepinska, O., Caballero, J. N., Zekelman, L., Marks, R. A., Uchikoshi, Y., Kovelman, I., & Hoeft, F. * (2021). Decoding the role of the cerebellum in the early stages of reading acquisition. Cortex, 141, 262–279.
10. Li, H. #, Zhang, J. #, & Ding, G. * (2021). Reading across writing systems: A meta-analysis of the neural correlates for first and second language reading. Bilingualism-Language and Cognition, 24(3), 537–548.
11. Li, H., Booth, J. R., Feng, X., Wei, N., Zhang, M., Zhang, J., Zhong, H., Lu, C., Liu, L., Ding, G., * & Meng, X. * (2020). Functional parcellation of the right cerebellar lobule VI in children with normal or impaired reading. Neuropsychologia, 148, 107630.
12. Li, H., Booth, J. R., Bélanger, N. N., Feng, X., Tian, M., Xie, W., Zhang, M., Gao, Y., Ang, C., Yang, X., Liu, L., Meng, X., * & Ding, G. * (2018). Structural correlates of literacy difficulties in the second language: Evidence from mandarin-speaking children learning English. Neuroimage, 179, 288–297.
HONORS & AWARDS
Outstanding Doctorate Dissertation Award of Beijing Normal University (2021)
Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award of Hubei Province (2014)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
"Introduction to Psychology " for undergraduates
"Guidance for Academic Writing" for postgraduates.
