{"id":2801,"date":"2017-10-19T13:40:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T17:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aphasiaresearch\/?page_id=2801"},"modified":"2024-05-06T14:25:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T18:25:17","slug":"ran-li","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aphasiaresearch\/people\/lab-alumni\/ran-li\/","title":{"rendered":"Ran Li"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Progress – Ph.D. in Speech-Language Pathology, Boston University<\/div>\n
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2017 – M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology, University of Maryland<\/div>\n
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2015 – B.A. in Hearing and Speech Sciences, Linguistics (Cognitive Psychology Track), University of Maryland<\/div>\n

Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aphasia<\/p>\n

Bilingualism<\/p>\n

Language intervention<\/p>\n

Neuroimaging<\/p>\n

Machine learning<\/p>\n

Current Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes in Bilingual Aphasia Using Computational Modeling<\/a>\u00a0(PROCoM)<\/span><\/p>\n

Chinese Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST)<\/a><\/p>\n

Predicting Typicality Effect from Individual Brain Activity Patterns in Healthy Subjects \u2013 Multi-Voxel Pattern Analysis (MVPA)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publications and Working Papers<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Li, R., <\/strong><\/span>Mukadam, N., & Kiran, S. (in press). Functional MRI evidence for reorganization of language networks. <\/span>Aphasia – Handbook of Clinical Neurology.<\/em><\/p>\n

Li, R., <\/strong><\/span>Perrachione, T. K., Tourville, <\/span>J<\/span>. <\/span>A<\/span>., & Kiran, S. (<\/span>2021<\/span>). <\/span>Representation of semantic typicality in<\/span> brain activation patterns in healthy adults and individuals with aphasia: a multi-voxel pattern analysis. <\/span>Neuropsychologia<\/em><\/span>, <\/em>107893. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107893<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Faroqi-Shah, Y., Kevas, Y., & <\/span>Li, R.<\/strong><\/span> (2021). Lexical category differences in bilingual picture naming: implications for models of lexical representation. <\/span>Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. <\/em>1-15. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S1366728921000213<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Li, R., <\/b><\/span>Li, W., & Kiran, S. (2020). Effect of Mandarin Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) in Mandarin-English bilinguals with aphasia: A single-case experimental design. <\/span>Neuropsychological Rehabilitation<\/em>,<\/em> 1-30. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09602011.2020.1773278<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Li, R., <\/b><\/span>Faroqi-Shah, Y., & Wang, M. (2019). A comparison of verb and noun retrieval in Mandarin\u2013English bilinguals with English-speaking monolinguals.\u00a0<\/span>Bilingualism: Language and Cognition,\u00a022<\/span>(5), 1005-1028. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S1366728918000913<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Li, R.,<\/b><\/span> Pe\u00f1aloza, C., Kiran, S. The influence of bilingual language history on bilingual lexical access: A comparison between Spanish-English and Mandarin-English healthy bilinguals and bilinguals with aphasia.\u00a0In preparation<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Li, R., <\/strong><\/span>Gilmore, N., O\u2019Connell, M., & Kiran, S. Evolution of speech errors after complexity-based semantic naming treatment in individuals with aphasia. <\/span>In preparation<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Conference Presentations<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Symposium Talks<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Li, R.,<\/b> Li, W & Kiran, S. (May 2019). Effect of Chinese Verb Network Strengthening Treatment in Mandarin-English bilinguals with aphasia. The 2019 Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Whitefish, Montana, USA.<\/span><\/p>\n

Posters<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Li, R.<\/strong><\/span>, <\/strong><\/span>Perrachione, <\/span>T. <\/span>K., Tourville, <\/span>J. <\/span>A., Kiran, S. (<\/span>Oct 2020). <\/span>Representation of semantic typicality in brain activation patterns in healthy adults and individuals with aphasia: a multi-voxel pattern analysis. <\/span>Academy of Aphasia 5<\/em><\/span>8<\/em>th Annual Meeting, <\/em><\/span>Virtual<\/em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Li, R.<\/strong><\/span>, <\/strong><\/span>Perrachione, <\/span>T. <\/span>K., Tourville, <\/span>J. <\/span>A., Kiran, S. (<\/span>May 2020). Predicting typicality effect from brain activation patterns in healthy adults and individuals with aphasia: a multi-voxel pattern analysis. <\/span>Cognitive Neuroscience S<\/em><\/span>ociety 2020 Virtual Meeting.<\/em><\/p>\n

Li, R.<\/strong><\/span>, <\/strong><\/span>Li, W & Kiran, S. (Oct 2019). Effect of Chinese Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (C-VNeST) in Mandarin-English <\/span>bilinguals with <\/span>aphasia. <\/span>Academy of Aphasia 57th Annual Meeting,<\/em><\/span> Macau SAR.<\/span><\/p>\n

Faroqi-Shah, Y.<\/span>, Milman, L., Li, R.<\/strong><\/span> (Oct 2019). Comparing language performance in bilinguals and monolinguals: some measures are more equal than others. Academy of Aphasia 57th Annual Meeting, <\/em>Macau SAR.<\/p>\n

Li, R.<\/strong><\/span>, <\/strong><\/span>Faroqi-Shah, Y & Wang, M. (Nov<\/span> 2017). Investigation of <\/span>bilingual <\/span>disadvantage in <\/span>verb and <\/span>noun <\/span>retrieval in Mandarin-English <\/span>bilinguals. <\/span>Academy of Aphasia 55th Annual Meeting, <\/em><\/span>Baltimore, USA.<\/span><\/p>\n

Faroqi – Shah, Y.<\/span>, Li, R.<\/strong><\/span>*, Milman, L., Pranger, M.*, & Evans, T. M*. (Nov 2016). Language performance in bilinguals: some measures are more equal than others. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention, <\/em>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Academic Honors<\/strong><\/div>\n
2021\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Recipient of Boston University Sargent Student Research Grant ($5000)<\/span><\/div>\n
2019 \u00a0 \u00a0 Recipient of NIH\/NIDCD Academy of Aphasia Young Investigator Fellowship ($1200) for the 57th AoA Annual Meeting<\/span><\/div>\n
2019 \u00a0 \u00a0 Recipient of NIH\/NIDCD RSCA Student Fellowship ($1600) for the 2019<\/span>\u00a0Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Education In Progress – Ph.D. in Speech-Language Pathology, Boston University 2017 – M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology, University of Maryland 2015 – B.A. in Hearing and Speech Sciences, Linguistics (Cognitive Psychology Track), University of Maryland Research Interests Aphasia Bilingualism Language intervention Neuroimaging Machine learning Current Projects Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes in Bilingual Aphasia Using Computational Modeling\u00a0(PROCoM) Chinese […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13546,"featured_media":0,"parent":708,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aphasiaresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aphasiaresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aphasiaresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aphasiaresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13546"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aphasiaresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2801"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aphasiaresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4064,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aphasiaresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2801\/revisions\/4064"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aphasiaresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aphasiaresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}