Neuroimaging techniques in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies

episode 22

“I believe if we understand how our brain works, it will put us in a better position to design a curriculum for our students.”

Prof. Defeng Li

Hello and welcome again to Minds between Languages! This time we are delighted to have as our guest Prof. Defeng Li who will share with us his insights on Translation, Cognition and Directionality.

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VLC Lei, TI Leong, CT Leong, L Liu, CU Choi, MI Sereno, D Li, RS Huang (2024). Phase‐encoded fMRI tracks down brainstorms of natural language processing with subsecond precision. Human Brain Mapping 45 (2), e26617. doi: 10.1002/hbm.26617. (Corresponding author).

Lin. X., Lei, V., Li, D . & Yuan, Z. (2018). Which is more Costly in Chinese to English Simultaneous Interpreting, “Pairing” or “Transphrasing”? Evidence from an fNIRS neuroimaging study. Neurophotonics. (SCI) (Corresponding author) [Q1; 1.12]

Lin, X., Lei, V., Li, D. Hu, Z., Xiang, Y. & Yuan, Z. (2018). Mapping the small-world properties of brain networks in Chinese to English simultaneous interpreting by using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences. Vol. 11, No.3. pp. 1840001- 1840012. (Web of Science, Scorpus) [Q3;0.42]

Li, D. (2004) Trustworthiness of think-aloud protocols in the study of translation process. International journal of applied linguistics, 14/3, pp. 301-313.  (SSCI) [Q1; 0.71]

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