Ping Li (psychologist)

Ping Li (Chinese: 李平; pinyin: Lǐ Píng) is currently Sin Wai Kin Professor in Humanities and Technology, Chair Professor of Neurolinguistics and Bilingual Studies, and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Prior to joining PolyU, he was a Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Information Sciences and Technology, and Associate Director of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. His research interests are in language acquisition, bilingualism, and reading comprehension in both children and adults.[1] He uses digital technologies and cognitive neuroscience methods to study neuroplasticity and individual differences in learning, so as to understand the relationships among languages, cultures, technology, and the brain. Li received a B.A. in Chinese linguistics from Peking University in 1983, an M.A. in theoretical linguistics from Peking University, a Ph.D. in psycholinguistics from Leiden University and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in 1990, and completed post-doctoral fellowships at the Center for Research in Language at the University of California, San Diego and the McDonnell-Pew Center for Research in Cognitive Neuroscience in 1992. Li has been employed at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (1992–1996), the University of Richmond (1996–2006), and Pennsylvania State University (2008–2019), and he has also served as Program Director for the Perception, Action, and Cognition Program and the Cognitive Neuroscience Program at the National Science Foundation (2007–2009).[2] Li was also President of the Society for Computation in Psychology and is currently Editor of Brain and Language, Elsevier and Senior Editor of Cognitive Science, Wiley.[3][4] He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).[5]

  1. ^ "Ping Li's Homepage". Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Ping Li's CV". Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  3. ^ Society for Computation in Psychology:SCiP Officers (Accessed Nov 2011)
  4. ^ Elsevier Science Publisher - Brain and Language (Accessed May 2024)
  5. ^ "AAAS 2021 Class Fellow". Retrieved 26 October 2021.