Ran Li
PhD Student
- Education
- 2022 – 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 - rli92@hku.hk
Research Interests
Aphasia
Bilingualism
Language intervention
Neuroimaging
Machine learning
Current Projects
Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes in Bilingual Aphasia Using Computational Modeling (PROCoM)
Chinese Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST)
Li, R., Mukadam, N., & Kiran, S. (in press). Functional MRI evidence for reorganization of language networks. Aphasia – Handbook of Clinical Neurology.
Li, R., Perrachione, T. K., Tourville, J. A., & Kiran, S. (2021). Representation of semantic typicality in brain activation patterns in healthy adults and individuals with aphasia: a multi-voxel pattern analysis. Neuropsychologia, 107893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107893
Faroqi-Shah, Y., Kevas, Y., & Li, R. (2021). Lexical category differences in bilingual picture naming: implications for models of lexical representation. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728921000213
Li, R., Li, W., & Kiran, S. (2020). Effect of Mandarin Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) in Mandarin-English bilinguals with aphasia: A single-case experimental design. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/
Li, R., Faroqi-Shah, Y., & Wang, M. (2019). A comparison of verb and noun retrieval in Mandarin–English bilinguals with English-speaking monolinguals. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 22(5), 1005-1028. https://doi.org/10.1017/
Li, R., Peñaloza, 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. In preparation
Li, R., Gilmore, N., O’Connell, M., & Kiran, S. Evolution of speech errors after complexity-based semantic naming treatment in individuals with aphasia. In preparation
Conference Presentations
Symposium Talks
Li, R., 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.
Posters
Li, R., Perrachione, T. K., Tourville, J. A., Kiran, S. (Oct 2020). Representation of semantic typicality in brain activation patterns in healthy adults and individuals with aphasia: a multi-voxel pattern analysis. Academy of Aphasia 58th Annual Meeting, Virtual.
Li, R., Perrachione, T. K., Tourville, J. A., Kiran, S. (May 2020). Predicting typicality effect from brain activation patterns in healthy adults and individuals with aphasia: a multi-voxel pattern analysis. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2020 Virtual Meeting.
Li, R., Li, W & Kiran, S. (Oct 2019). Effect of Chinese Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (C-VNeST) in Mandarin-English bilinguals with aphasia. Academy of Aphasia 57th Annual Meeting, Macau SAR.
Faroqi-Shah, Y., Milman, L., Li, R. (Oct 2019). Comparing language performance in bilinguals and monolinguals: some measures are more equal than others. Academy of Aphasia 57th Annual Meeting, Macau SAR.
Li, R., Faroqi-Shah, Y & Wang, M. (Nov 2017). Investigation of bilingual disadvantage in verb and noun retrieval in Mandarin-English bilinguals. Academy of Aphasia 55th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, USA.
Faroqi – Shah, Y., Li, R.*, 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, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.