个人简历

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D. Developmental Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Coordinator of Bachelor of Education Programme (Pre-Primary Curriculum), University of Macau
Assistant Professor of Child Development, University of Macau, Macau
Postdoctoral Fellow, Learning Research & Development Center, University of Pittsburgh
TEACHING AREA
Cognition and Learning in the Early Years (EDEC702)
Early Childhood Development (EDPC623)
Language and Literacy Development (EDEC753)

研究领域

Language and Literacy Acquisition, Dyslexia, Reading Comprehension Difficulty, Writing Composition
Bilingualism, Second Language Acquisition
Speech Perception, Phonological Processing, Music Perception
Math Learning Disability
Language and Cognitive Development in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders"PROJECTS AND GRANTS
Does Music Training Enhance Chinese Children’s Early Reading Abilities? University of Macau.
Speech Perception and Reading Abilities in Chinese-English Bilingual Children. University of Macau."

近期论文

Zhang, J., Teo, T., & Wu, C. (2018). Second language emotion words modulate early conflict processing in a flanker task: differentiating emotion-label words and emotion-laden words. Language and Speech, 1, 1-11. doi: 10.1177/0023830918807509.
Zhang, J., Wu, C., Yuan, Z., & Meng, Y. (in press). Different early and late processing of emotion-label words and emotion-laden words in second language: An ERP study. Second Language Research. doi: 10.1177/0267658318804850
Zhang, J., Meng, Y., He, J., Xiang.,Y. Wu, C., Wang, S., & Yuan, Z.(2018). McGurk effect by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and typically developing controls: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3680-0.
Hu, Z., Zhang, J., Couto, T., A., Xu., S., Luan, P., & Yuan, Z. (corresponding author) (2018). Optical mapping of brain activation and connectivity in occipitotemporal cortex during Chinese character recognition. Brain Topography, 1, 1-15. doi : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-018-0650-y
Zhang, J., Meng, Y., McBride, C., Fan, X., & Yuan, Z. (2018). Combining behavioral and ERP methodologies to investigate the difference between McGurk effects demonstrated by Cantonese and Madarin speakers. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,12,1801-1811.
Wang, M., Lu, F., Hu., Z., Zhang, J., & Yuan, Z. (2018.) Optical mapping of prefrontal brain connectivity and activation during emotional anticipation. Behavioural Brain Research, 35, 122-128.
Zhang, J., Meng, Y., Tong, X., Yuan, Z., & Wu, C. (2018). Exploring the neural correlates of lexical stress perception in English among Chinese-English bilingual children with autism spectrum disorder: an ERP study. Neuroscience Letters, 666, 158-164.
Wang, M., Zhang, J., Lu, F., Xiang, Y., & Yuan, Z. (2018). Neuroticism and conscientiousness respectively positively and negatively correlated with the network characteristic path length in dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex: A resting-state fNIRS study. Brain and Behavior, e01074, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/brb3.1074
Zhang, J., Wu, C., Zhou, T., & Meng, Y. (2018). Cognate facilitation priming effect is modulated by writing system: Evidence from Chinese-English bilinguals. International Journal of Bilingualism, 1, 1-14. doi.org/10.1177/1367006917749062
Lu, F., Wang, Y., Zhang, J., Chen, H., & Yuan, Z. (2017). Mapping of the dominant frequency of brain signal oscillations in motor systems. Scientific Reports, 7, 14703. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-15046-9
Zhang, J., Wu, C., Meng, Y., & Yuan, Z. (2017). Different neural correlates of emotion-label words and emotion-laden words: An ERP study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11,4551-4559. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00455
Zhang, J., Meng, Y., Fan, X., Ortega-Llebaria, M., & Ieong, S. (2017). Stress typicality effect in Chinese advanced and intermediate ESL learners. Educational Psychology, 38(5), 617-632. doi: 10.1080/01443410.2017.1380169
Zhang, J., Wang, C., Lambert, R., Wu, C., & Wen, H. (2017). Validity Evidence for the Chinese version Classroom Appraisal of Resources and Demands (CARD). Psychology in the Schools, 54, 1079-1093. doi: 10.1002/pits.22053
Zhang, J., Fan, X., Cheung, S., Meng, Y., Cai, Z., & Hu, B. Y. (2017). The role of early language abilities on math skills among Chinese children. PLoS ONE, 12(7), 1-14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181074
Zhang, J., Meng, Y., Wu, C., & Zhou, D. Z. (2017). Writing system modulates the association between music sensitivity and reading ability: Evidence from Chinese-English bilingual children. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01965.
Zhou, I., Yin, Y., Zhang, J., & Zhang, R. (2016). Does font type influence the N200 enhancement effect in Chinese word recognition? Journal of Neurolinguistics, 39, 57-68.
Zhang, J., McBride-Chang, C., Wong, A. M-Y., & Shu, H. (2014). Longitudinal correlates of reading comprehension difficulties in Chinese children. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 27, 481-501.
Zhang, J., McBride-Chang, C., Wagner, R. K., & Chan, S. (2014). Uniqueness and overlap: Characteristics and longitudinal correlates of native Chinese children’s writing in English as a foreign language. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 17, 347-363.
Chang, L. Y., Xu, Y., Perfetti, C. A., Zhang, J., & Chen, H.-C. (2014). Supporting orthographic learning at the beginning stage of learning to read Chinese as a second language. International Journal of Disability, Development, and Education, 61(3), 288-305.
Tong, X., McBride-Chang, C., Zhang, J., Chung, K. K. H., Lee, C. -Y., Shuai, L., & Tong, X. (2014). Neural correlates of acoustic cues of English stress in Cantonese-speaking children. Brain and Language, 138, 61-70.
Tong, X., McBride-Chang, C., Lee, C. -Y., Zhang, J., Shuai, L., Mauere. U., & Chung, K. K. H. (2014). Segmental and suprasegmental features in speech perception in Cantonese second graders: An ERP study. Psychophysiology, 51, 1158-1168.
Zhang, J., & McBride-Chang, C. (2014). Auditory sensitivity, speech perception, L1 Chinese and L2 English reading abilities in Hong Kong Chinese children. Developmental Psychology, 50, 1001-1013.
Xu, Y., Chang, L., Zhang, J., & Perfetti, C. A. (2013). Reading, writing, and animation in character learning in Chinese as a foreign language. Foreign Language Annals, 46, 423-444.
Zhang, J., & McBride-Chang, C. (2012). Learning to read around the world. In Andrew Holliman et al. (Eds.), The Routledge International Companion to Educational Psychology (pp. 73-82).
Zhang, J., McBride-Chang, C., Tong, X., Wong, A., Shu, H., & Fong, C.Y.-C. (2011). Reading with meaning: The contributions of meaning-related variables at the word and subword levels to early Chinese reading comprehension. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 25, 2183-2203. doi: 10.1007/s11145-011-9353-4.
Zhang, J., & McBride-Chang, C. (2011). Diversities in Chinese literacy acquisition. Writing System Research, 3, 87-102.
Yan, C. M.-W., McBride-Chang, C., Wagner, R. K., Zhang, J., Wong, A. M. Y.-W., & Shu, H. (2012). Writing quality in Chinese children: Speed and fluency matter. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 25, 1499-1521. doi: 10.1007/s11145-011-9330-y.
Zhang, J., & McBride-Chang, C. (2010). Auditory sensitivity, speech perception, and reading development and impairment. Educational Psychology Review, 22, 323-338.
Lin, D., McBride-Chang, C., Shu, H., Zhang, Y.P., Li, H., Zhang, J., Aram, D., & Levin, I. (2010). Small wins big: Analytic Pinyin skills promote Chinese word reading. Psychological Science, 21, 1117-1122.
Lin, D., Zhang, J., & McBride-Chang, C. (2009). Literacy acquisition and impairment in young children. In Leone Colombo, et al. (Eds.), Preschool Children: Physical Activity, Behavioral Assessment and Developmental Challenges (pp. 1-18). New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
HONORS AND AWARDS
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Zhang, J., Meng, Y., Tong, X., Yuan, Z., & Wu, C. (2018, February). Neural correlates of lexical stress perception in English among Chinese-English bilingual children with autism spectrum disorder. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia. Tsukuba, Japan.
Zhang, J. (2017, February). Writing system modulates the association between music sensitivity and reading. Poster presented at the 1st Annual Meeting of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia. Hong Kong, China.
Wu, C., & Zhang, J. (2016, November). Cognates are easier to learn: a psycholinguistic approach. Orally presented in the International NeuroELT Conference. Macau, China.
Zhang, J., & McBride, C. (2016, July). Bilingual prosodic transfer: Why is Chinese lexical tone sensitivity important for English reading in Chinese-English bilingual Hong Kong children? Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. Porto, Portugal.
Zhang, J., & Meng, Y. (2016, February). Stress typicality effect of Chinese ESL learners. Poster presented at the 2016 East Asia Joint Symposium on Reading and Spelling (EASRS). Seoul, Korea.
Zhang, J., Fan, X., Cheung, S., Meng, Y., & Cai, Z. (2016, November). Language abilities influence the development of early informal and formal math skills differently in Chinese children. Poster presented at the 2nd International Conference on Education and Psychology (ICEAP). Kyoto, Japan.
Zhang, J., & McBride-Chang, C. (2014, July). One stone two birds: Chinese-English bilingual children’s sensitivity to Chinese lexical tones promotes their Chinese and English word reading. Paper presented at Oxford Round Table’s 22nd Annual International Conference on Childhood Education and Issues. Oxford, UK.
Zhang, J., Perfetti, C. A., Stafura, J., Wang, Z., Wang, H., & Dunlap, S. (2013, July). The role of compounding training on Chinese word learning of CFL (Chinese as a Foreign Language) learners. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of Society for Scientific Studies of Reading. Hong Kong.
Chang, L., Zhang, J., Xu, Y., Perfetti, C. A., & Chen, H.-S. (2013, July). Visual-motor encoding effects on learning Chinese as a second orthography. Paper will be orally presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of Society for Scientific Studies of Reading. Hong Kong.
Zhang, J., & McBride-Chang, C. (2012, July). Auditory sensitivity, speech perception, L1 Chinese and L2 English reading abilities in Hong Kong Chinese children. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of Society for Scientific Studies of Reading. Montreal, Canada.
Zhang, J., & McBride-Chang, C. (2012, April). Uniqueness and overlap: Characteristics and longitudinal correlates of native Chinese children’s writing in English as a foreign language. Paper orally presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association. Vancouver, Canada.
Liu, P. D., McBride-Chang, C. & Zhang, J. (2010, July). Morphological sensitivity and its associations with vocabulary acquisition in Chinese children. Paper orally presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of Society for Scientific Studies of Reading. Berlin, Germany.
Zhang, J., & McBride-Chang, C. (2010, July). Predictors of reading comprehension difficulties in Chinese children. Paper orally presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of Society for Scientific Studies of Reading. Berlin, Germany.
Zhang, J., & McBride-Chang, C. (2009, October). Meaning acquisition and reading comprehension. Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on the Processing of East Asia Related Languages. Beijing, China.
Zhang, J., McBride-Chang, C., Shu, H., Lin, D., & Zhang, Y. (2009, April). Invented Pinyin spelling and early Chinese reading. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting. Denver, USA.
Lin, D., McBride-Chang, C., & Zhang, J. (2009, April). Kindergarten children’s reading and vocabulary development through maternal mediation of writing. Paper presented at the Society of Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting. Denver, USA.
Voting member, Society of Scientific Studies of Reading
Elected board member, Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association
Member, Society of Research in Child Development
Member, Association for Reading and Writing in Asia
Member, Oxford Round Table
Editorial Roles
Editor, PLoS One
Associate Editor, BMC Neuroscience
Editorial Board Member, Annals of Dyslexia
Editorial Board Member, Reading Research Quarterly