Qingfang Zhang
Professor
Email: qingfang.zhang@ruc.edu.cn
Correspondence: Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, 59# Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100872, China.
Education
2003, Ph.D in Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2000, M.A in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Peking University.
1997, B.S. in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Peking University.
Academic and professional employment
2013.10-present, Professor, Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China
2010.2-2013.12, Professor, Key Lab of Behavioral Sciences, Division of Cognitive and Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2007.1-2010.1, Associate Professor, State Key lab of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Division of Cognitive and Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2008.4-2009.3, Research Associate, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, UK. granted by The Royal Society.
2007.3-2007.4, Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Sussex University, granted by Universities’ China Committee in London.
2003-2006, Assistant Professor, Division of Cognitive and Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Research areas
Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Neuroscience
Academic services
Acta Psychologica Sinica, Member of the editorial board, 2022-2025.
Chinese Journal of Phonetics, Member of the editorial board, 2021-present.
Research Grants
1. Neural basis of cognitive aging for syntactic and prosodic encoding in Chinese speech production (32171055), granted by National Science Foundation in China, 580,000RMB, 2022-2025.
2. How sensorimotor representations influence object and action pictures naming in Chinese (21YJA190011), granted by the foundation of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 100,000RMB, 2022-2024.
3. Language issues in healthy China (ZDI145-6), the key project granted by State Language Commission, 200,000RMB, 2022-2025.
4. Aging of syntactic and prosodic encoding in Chinese sentence production (18XNLG28), granted by Renmin University of China, 300,000RMB, 2018-2020.
5. Grammar encoding and prosodic encoding of sentence production in Chinese (16YYA006), Key project granted by Beijing Social Science Foundation, 120,000RMB, 2016-2018.
6. Aging of speech production and neural correlates in Chinese (31471074), granted by National Science Foundation in China, 820,000RMB, 2015-2018
7. The cognitive and neural mechanism of syntactic and prosodic encoding in Chinese speech production (16YYA006). The Key project Granted by Beijing Social Science Foundation, 120,000RMB, 2016-2020.
8. Handwritten production and its neural correlates in Chinese (31170977), granted by National Science Foundation in China, 560,000RMB, 2012-2015.
9. Language production in Chinese (09CX232023), granted by Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Science for excellent young scientist, 1,000,000RMB, 2009.10-2014.9.
10. Orthographic priming of picture naming: Effects of semantic radicals on facilitation in naming (11CPD002), granted by The Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences and Bureau of International Co-operation Chinese Academy of Sciences, 70,000 Euros, PI at Chinese side, 2011-2013.
11. The syllable role and its neural correlates in Chinese word production (70870761), granted by National Science Foundation in China, 320,000RMB, 2009-2011.
12. Segmental and metrical encoding in Chinese word production. Granted by Institute of Psychology Chinese Academy of Sciences for young scientists, 200,000RMB, 2008-2009.
13. Orthography and phonology in speech production (IIF-2007/R1), granted by Royal Society, 18,200 Pounds, 2008.4-2009.3.
14. The lexical access and its brain function of Chinese word production (30400134), granted by National Science Foundation in China, 200,000RMB, 2005-2007.
15. The phonological encoding of Chinese word production (04CYY002), granted by National Social Science Foundation in China. 55,000RMB, 2005-2006.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Zhang, Q. Language production: Perspective of psycholinguistics. Huadong Normal University Press, 2019.
Journal Articles (* Corresponding author)
2023
Wang, Z., Jiang, Y., & Zhang, Q*. (2023). Facilitation effect of token syllable frequency in Chinese spoken word production. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02374-3
Wang, Z., & Zhang, Q*. (2023). Aging of grammatical advance planning in sentence production: An eye-movement study. Psychological Research. 30 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-023-01861-5
Cai, X., Ouyang, M., Yin, Y., & Zhang, Q*. (2023). Sensorimotor adaptation to format-shifted auditory feedback is predicted by language-specific factors in L1 and L2 speech production. Language and Speech, https://doi.org/10.1177/00238309231202503.
Cai, X., Yin, Y., & Zhang, Q*. (2023). Behavioral and ERP evidence of distinct pitch feedback control in late bilinguals’ L1 and L2 speech production. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. DOI:10.1017/S1366728923000019
Bao, L. Qiang, Z., & Zhang, Q*. (2023). Multiple phonological activation in Chinese spoken word production. Behavioral Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114523
Pan, J., & Zhang, Q*. (2023). The cognitive mechanism of syllable frequency effects in speech production: A cross-language perspective. Advances in Psychological Science, 31(9), 1676-1687.
Xu, N., Zhang, M., Wu, H., & Zhang, Q. (in press). Distinct effects of working memory load in aging of word comprehension and production. Psychological Development and Education, accepted.
2022
He, J., Brehm, L., & Zhang, Q*. (2022). Dissociation of writing processes: A functional MRI study on the neural substrates for the handwriting of Chinese characters. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34(12), 2320-2340. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01911
Yan, Q., & Zhang, Q*. (2022). Theta band (4–8 Hz) oscillations reflect online processing of rhythmic processing in speech production. Brain Sciences, 12, 1593. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121593
Wang, C., & Zhang, Q*. (2022). The time course of lexical and sublexical phonological activation in Chinese written production. Biological Psychology, 175, 108450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108450
Xin, X., & Zhang, Q*. (2022). The inhibition effect of affordances in action picture naming: An ERP study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 34(6), 951-966. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01847
Zhou, Y., Liu, Y., & Zhang, Q*. (2022). The influence of stimulus onset asynchrony on semantic effect in spoken word production: A picture-word interference paradigm study. Acta Psychological Sinica, 54(5), 453-465.
Ouyang, M., & Zhang, Q*. (2022). Mechanisms of aging in Tip-of-the-tongue occurrence and resolution in lexical access: A two-step approach study. Journal of Psychological Science, 45(6), 1390-1397.
Yan, Q., & Zhang, Q*. (2022). Temporal processing of rhythm in speech: Evidence from a meta-analysis. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 20(5), 607-614.
2021
Zhang, Q*., Zhou, Y., & Lou, H. (2021). The dissociation between age of acquisition and word frequency effects in Chinese spoken picture naming. Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung. 10.1007/s00426-021-01616-0
Cai, X., Yin, Y., & Zhang, Q*. (2021). Online control of voice intensity in bilinguals’ L1 and L2 speech production: Evidence from unexpected and brief noise masking. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 64, 1471-1489. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00330.
Wang, C., & Zhang, Q*. (2021). Word frequency modulated lexical access in written production: Evidence from ERPs and neural oscillations. Psychophysiology, DOI: 10.1111/PSYP.13775
Cai, X., Ouyang, M., Yin, Y., & Zhang, Q* (2021). Language proficiency moderates the effect of semantic relatedness in L2 spoken word production. Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2020.147231
Zhang, Q*., Qian, Z., & Zhu, X*. (2021). The multiple phonological activation in Chinese spoken word production: An ERP study in a word translation task. Acta Psychological Sinica, 53(1), 1-14.
2020
Yin, Y., & Zhang, Q*. (2020). Chinese characters are read using not only visual but also writing-related motor information. Psychophysiology, e13696, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13696
Cai, X., Yin, Y., & Zhang, Q*. (2020). A cross-language study on feedforward and feedback control of voice loudness in Chinese-English bilinguals. Applied Psycholinguistics, doi:10.1017/S0142716420000223, 41(4), 771-795.
Yin, Y., Cai, X., Ouyang, M., & Zhang, Q*. (2020). The N200 enhancement effect in Chinese reading is modulated by actual writing. Neuropsychologia, 142, 107462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107462
Cai, X., Ouyang, M., Yin, Y., & Zhang, Q* (2020). The effect of time pressure and semantic relatedness in spoken word production: A topographic ERP study. Behavioral Brain Research, 387, 112587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112587
Cai, X., Yin, Y., & Zhang, Q*. (2020) The roles of syllable and phoneme during phonological encoding in Chinese spoken word production: A topographic ERP study. Neuropsychologia, 142, 107382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107382
Ouyang, M., Cai, X., & Zhang, Q*. (2020). Aging effects on phonological and semantic priming in the Tip-of-the-Tongue: Evidence from a two-step approach. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 338. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00338
Xin, X., Lan, T., & Zhang, Q. (2020). Assimilation mechanisms of phonological encoding in second language spoken production for English-Chinese bilinguals. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 52(12), 1377-1392.
Jiang, Y., Cai, X., & Zhang, Q*. (2020). Theta band (4~8 Hz) oscillations reflect syllables processing in Chinese spoken word production. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 52(10), 1199-1211.
Wu, H., Yu, Z., Wang, X., & Zhang, Q*. (2020). Language processing in normal aging: Contributions of information-universal and information-specific factors. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 52(5), 541-561.
Zhang, Q*., & Wang, X. (2020). Primary phonological planning units in Chinese spoken word production: Evidence from an ERP study with implicit priming paradigm. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 52(4), 414-425.
Yu, Z., & Zhang, Q*. (2020). Syntactic structure and verb overlap influence the syntactic priming effect in Mandarin spoken sentence production. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 52(3), 283-293.
Zhang, N., & Zhang, Q*. (2020). Syntactic priming effect in Chinese spoken sentence production; An eyetracking study. Journal of Psychological Science, 43(2), 288-295.
Cai, X., & Zhang, Q*. (2020). The intergration mechanisms of feedforward and feedback control in speech motor system. Advances in Psychological Science, 28(4), 588-603.
2019
Ouyang, M., Cai, X., & Zhang, Q*. (2019). The effect of lexical cohort size is independent of semantic context effect in a picture-word interference task: A combined ERP and sLORETA study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 439. https://doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00439
Feng, C., Yue, Y., & Zhang, Q*. (2019). Syllables are retrieved before segments in the spoken production of Mandarin Chinese: An ERP Study. Scientific Reports. 9, 11773. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48033-3
Zhang, N., & Zhang, Q*. (2019). Rhythmic pattern facilitates speech production: An ERP study. Scientific Reports. 9, 12974, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49375-8
Zhang, Q*., & Damian, F. (2019). Syllables constitute proximate units for Mandarin speakers: Electrophysiological evidence from a masked priming task. Psychophysiology. Psychophysiology, e13317. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13317
Ouyang, M., Cai, X., & Zhang, Q*. (2019). Cognition or metacognition: The psychological mechanism of tip-of-the-tongue in spoken production. Advances in Psychological Science, 27(12), 2052-2063. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2019.02052
Yang, Q., & Zhang, Q*. (2019). Aging effect of picture naming in Chinese: The influence of the non-selective inhibition ability. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 51(10), 1079-1090.
Zhao, R., Lou, H., Ouyang, M., & Zhang, Q*. (2019). Aging of the tip of the tongue in daily life: A diary study. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 51(5), 598-611.
Lou, H., Li, C., & Zhang, Q*. (2019). Distinct effects of age of acquisition in Chinese object and action picture naming: An ERP study. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 51(2), 143-153.
2018
Zhang, Q*., Zhu, X., & Damian, F. (2018). Phonological activation of category coordinates in spoken word production: Evidence for cascaded processing in English but not in Mandarin. Applied Psycholinguistics. doi:10.1017/S0142716418000024
2017
Zhang, Q*., & Feng, C. (2017). The interaction between central and peripheral processing in Chinese handwritten production: Evidence from the effect of lexicality and radical complexity. Frontiers in Psychology, 8:334. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00334
He, J., & Zhang, Q*. (2017). The temporal courses of word frequency effect and syllable frequency effect in Chinese handwritten production in the old: An ERP study. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 49(12), 1483-1493. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2017.01483
Huang, R., Zhang, Q*., & Li, C. (2017). Negative emotion inhibits process of spoken word production in older speakers. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 15(3), 372-378.
Li, C., Zhang, Q*., & Huang, R. (2017). The opposite effects of age of acquisition in object and action pictures naming. Psychological Exploration, 37(3), 220-225.
2016
Zhu, X., Zhang, Q*., & Damian, M. F. (2016). Additivity of semantic and phonological effects: Evidence from speech production in Mandarin. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69(11), 2285-2304.
Zhang, Q*., & Wang, C. (2016). The temporal courses of phonological and orthographic encoding in handwritten production in Chinese: An ERP study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10, 417. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00417
Zhang, Q*., & Zhu, X. (2016). It is not necessary to retrieve the phonological nodes of context objects for Chinese speakers. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1161. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01161
Qu, Q*., Zhang, Q., & Damian, M. F. (2016). Tracking the time course of lexical access in orthographic production: An event-related potential study of word frequency effects in written picture naming. Brain and Language, 159, 118-126.
Zhang, Q*., Feng, C., Zhu, X., & Wang, C. (2016). Transforming semantic interference into facilitation in a picture-word interference task. Applied Psycholinguistics, 37(5), 1025-1049.
Jiang, C., & Zhang, Q*. (2016). The evolutionary origins of language and music. Chinese Science Bulletin, 61(7), 682-690.
2015
Zhu, X., Damian, F., & Zhang, Q*. (2015). Seriality of semantic and phonological processes during overt speech in Mandarin as revealed by event-related brain potentials. Brain and Language, 144, 16-25
Wang, C. & Zhang, Q*. (2015). Phonological codes constrain output of orthographic codes via sublexical and lexical routes in Chinese written production. PLoS ONE, 10(4), e0124470.
Zhang, Q*., & Wang, C. (2015). Phonology is not accessed earlier than orthography in Chinese written production: evidence for the orthography autonomy hypothesis. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 448. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00448
Yang, Q., & Zhang, Q*. (2015). Aging of speech production: behavioral and neural mechanisms. Advances in Psychological Science, 23(12), 2072-2084.
Yang, Q., & Zhang, Q*. (2015). Aging of word frequency, syllable frequency and phonological facilitation effects in Chinese speech production. Journal of Psychological Science, 38(6), 1303-1310.
Yue, Y., & Zhang, Q*. (2015). Syllable and segments effects in Mandarin Chinese spoken word production. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 47, 319-328.
Before 2014
Zhang, Q*., & Wang, C. (2014). Syllable frequency and word frequency effects in spoken and written word production in a non-alphabetic script. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 120. Doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00120 2014
Zhang, Q*. (2014). Neurolinguistic study of spoken word production in Chinese. To appear In: Encycolopedia of Chinese Language and Linguisitics. ed. Wolfgang Behr, Gu Yueguo, Zev Handel, C.-T. James Huang, & Rint Sybesma. Leiden: Brill.
Verdonschot, R. G., Nakayama, M., Zhang, Q., Tamaoka, K., & Schiller, N. O. (2013). The proximate unit of Chinese-English bilinguals: Proficiency matters. PLoS ONE, 8(4):e61454. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061454.
You, W., Zhang, Q*., Verdonschot, R. G. (2012) Masked syllable priming effects in word and picture naming in Chinese. PLoS ONE, 7(10): e46595. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046595.
Zhang, Q*., & Damian, M. (2012). Effects of orthography on speech production in Chinese. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 41(4), 267-283.
Zhang, Q*., & Zhu, X. (2011). The temporal and spatial features of segmental and suprasegmental encoding during implicit picture naming: An event-related potential study. Neuropsychologia. 49, 4813-4825.
Verdonschot, R.G*., La Heij, W., Paolieri, D., Zhang, Q., & Schiller, N. O. (2011). Homophonic context effects when naming Japanese kanji: evidence for processing costs? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 64, 1836-1849.
Qu, Q*., Damian, M., Zhang, Q., & Zhu, X. (2011). Phonology contributes to writing: Evidence from written word production in a non-alphabetic script. Psychological Science, 22, 1107-1112. doi:10.1177/0956797611417001.
Zhang, Q., & Damian, M. F*.（2010）. Impact of phonology on the generation of handwritten response: evidence from picture-word interference tasks. Memory and Cognition, 38, 519-528.
Zhang, Q*., & Damian, M. F.（2009）. The time course of segment and tone encoding in Chinese spoken production: An Event-Related Potential study. Neuroscience, 163, 252-265.
Zhang, Q*., & Damian, M. F. (2009). The time course of semantic and orthographic encoding in Chinese word production: An Event-Related Potential study. Brain Research, 1273, 92-105.
Zhang, Q., & Weekes, B. S*. (2009). Orthographic facilitation effects on spoken word production: Evidence from Chinese. Language and Cognitive Processes, 24(7/8), 1082-1096.
Zhang, Q*., Chen, H.-C*, Weekes, B., & Yang, Y. (2009). Independent effects of orthographic and phonological facilitation on spoken word production in Mandarin. Language and Speech, 52, 113-126.
Zhang, Q*., & Yang, Y. (2007). Electrophysiological estimates of the time course of semantic and metrical encoding in Chinese speech production. Neuroscience, 147, 986-995.
Zhang, Q*., Damian, M. F., & Yang, Y. (2007). Electrophysiological estimates of the time course of tonal and orthographic encoding in Chinese speech production. Brain Research, 1184, 234-244.
Zhang, Q*., Weekes, B. S., & Yang, Y. (2007). Electrophysiological estimates of the time course of orthographic and metrical encoding in Chinese speech production. Brain and Language, 103, 124-125.
Weekes, B. S., Klingebiel, K., Su, I-F., Zhang, Q., Zhang, X., & Yin, W. (2007). Acquired dyslexia in Mongolian. Brain and Language, 103, 109-110.
Wang, C., You, W., & Zhang, Q*. (2012). Cognitive mechanism of handwritten production. Advances in Psychological Science, 20, 1560-1572.
Zhu, X., & Zhang, Q*. (2011). Semantic context effects of picture naming in speech production. Advances in Psychological Science, 19, 1281-1292.
Zhang, Q*. (2008). Phonological encoding in monosyllabic and bisyllabic Mandarin word production: Implicit paradigm study. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 40(3), 253-262.
Zhang, Q*. (2007). Event-related study of syntactic processing. Enogronomics, 13, 53-56.
Wang, L., Zhang, Q., & Yang, Y*. (2007). The application of EEG coherence analysis in language comprehension. Advances in Psychological Science, 15, 865-871.
Zhang, Q*., & Yang, Y. (2006). The interaction of lexical selection and phonological encoding in Chinese word production. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 38(4), 480-488.
Zhang, Q*. (2006). The feedback from phonological encoding to lemma selection in Chinese monosyllabic word production. Journal of Psychological Science, 29(6), 1382-1387.
Zhang, Q., & Yang Y*. (2005). The phonological planning unit in Chinese monosyllabic word production. Journal of Psychological Science, 28(2), 374-378.
Zhang, Q*. (2005). The syllable’s role in language production. Advances in Psychological Science, 13(6), 752-759.
Zhang, Q., & Yang, Y*.(2004). The time course of semantic, orthographic and phonological activation in Chinese word production. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 36(1), 1-8.
Zhang, Q., & Yang, Y*.(2003). The cognitive neuroscience mechanisms of speech production. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 35(2), 266-273.
Zhang, Q., & Yang, Y*. (2003). The lexical access theory in speech production. Advances in Psychological Science, 11(1), 6-11.
Zhang, Q., Yang, Y* (2003). The determiners of picture naming latency (in Chinese). Acta Psychologica Sinica, 35(4), 447-454.
Zhang, Q*., & Zhu, Y. (2001) The relationship between individual differences in working memory and linear reasoning. Journal of Psychology in Chinese Societies, 2(2), 261-282.
Zhang, Q., & Zhu, Y* (2000). Working memory and reasoning. Journal of Developments in Psychology, 8(1), 12-17.
Zhu, Y*., Li, F., & Zhang, Q. (2000). An experiment of casual perception and memory. In H. C. Chen, K. Leung (eds). Chinese Psychology in Progress, The Chinese University Press (Hong Kong), pp. 77-89.