{"id":6001,"date":"2023-06-18T19:04:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T23:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/?post_type=profile&p=6001"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:06:55","slug":"ran-li","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/profile\/ran-li\/","title":{"rendered":"Ran Li"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Mukadam, N., & Kiran, S. (in press). Functional MRI evidence for reorganization of language networks.\u00a0<\/span>Aphasia \u2013 Handbook of Clinical Neurology.<\/em><\/p>\n

Li, R.,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Perrachione, T. K., Tourville,\u00a0<\/span>J<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>A<\/span>., & Kiran, S. (<\/span>2021<\/span>).\u00a0<\/span>Representation of semantic typicality in<\/span>\u00a0brain activation patterns in healthy adults and individuals with aphasia: a multi-voxel pattern analysis.\u00a0<\/span>Neuropsychologia<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>107893.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107893<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Faroqi-Shah, Y., Kevas, Y., &\u00a0<\/span>Li, R.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(2021). Lexical category differences in bilingual picture naming: implications for models of lexical representation.\u00a0<\/span>Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>1-15.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S1366728921000213<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Li, R.,\u00a0<\/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.\u00a0<\/span>Neuropsychological Rehabilitation<\/em>,<\/em>\u00a01-30.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09602011.2020.1773278<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Li, R.,\u00a0<\/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.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S1366728918000913<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Li, R.,<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Pe\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.,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Gilmore, N., O\u2019Connell, M., & Kiran, S. Evolution of speech errors after complexity-based semantic naming treatment in individuals with aphasia.\u00a0<\/span>In preparation<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Li, R.,<\/b>\u00a0Li, 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>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Perrachione,\u00a0<\/span>T.\u00a0<\/span>K., Tourville,\u00a0<\/span>J.\u00a0<\/span>A., Kiran, S. (<\/span>Oct 2020).\u00a0<\/span>Representation of semantic typicality in\u00a0<\/span>brain activation patterns in healthy adults and individuals with aphasia: a multi-voxel pattern analysis.\u00a0<\/span>Academy of Aphasia 5<\/em><\/span>8<\/em>th Annual Meeting,\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Virtual<\/em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Li, R.<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Perrachione,\u00a0<\/span>T.\u00a0<\/span>K., Tourville,\u00a0<\/span>J.\u00a0<\/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.\u00a0<\/span>Cognitive Neuroscience S<\/em><\/span>ociety 2020 Virtual Meeting.<\/em><\/p>\n

Li, R.<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Li, W & Kiran, S. (Oct 2019). Effect of Chinese Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (C-VNeST) in Mandarin-English\u00a0<\/span>bilinguals with\u00a0<\/span>aphasia.\u00a0<\/span>Academy of Aphasia 57th Annual Meeting,<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Macau SAR.<\/span><\/p>\n

Faroqi-Shah, Y.<\/span>, Milman, L.,\u00a0<\/span>Li, R.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(Oct 2019). Comparing language performance in bilinguals and monolinguals: some measures are more equal than others.\u00a0<\/span>Academy of Aphasia 57th Annual Meeting,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Macau SAR.<\/p>\n

Li, R.<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Faroqi-Shah, Y & Wang, M. (Nov<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>2017). Investigation of\u00a0<\/span>bilingual\u00a0<\/span>disadvantage in\u00a0<\/span>verb and\u00a0<\/span>noun\u00a0<\/span>retrieval in Mandarin-English\u00a0<\/span>bilinguals.\u00a0<\/span>Academy of Aphasia 55th Annual Meeting,\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Baltimore, USA.<\/span><\/p>\n

Faroqi \u2013 Shah, Y.<\/span>,\u00a0<\/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.\u00a0<\/span>American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention,\u00a0<\/span><\/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\u00a0Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":22217,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6003,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6001\/revisions\/6003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}