Publications of Luyao Chen

Gao, C., Wu, J., Cheng, Y., Ke, Y., Qu, X., Yang, M., … Chen, L. (2025). Continuous theta-burst stimulation demonstrates language-network-specific causal effects on syntactic processing. NeuroImage, 306. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121014

Yang, M., Liu, Y., Yue, Z., Yang, G., Jiang, X., Cai, Y., … Chen, L. (2024). Transcranial photobiomodulation on the left inferior frontal gyrus enhances Mandarin Chinese L1 and L2 complex sentence processing performances. Brain and Language, 256. doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2024.105458

Li, Z., Zhou, Z., Wang, X., Wu, J., & Chen, L. (2024). Neural correlates of analogical reasoning on syntactic patterns. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 36, 854–871.

Liu, Y., Gao, C., Wang, P., Friederici, A. D., Zaccarella, E., & Chen, L. (2023). Exploring the neurobiology of Merge at a basic level: Insights from a novel artificial grammar paradigm. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1151518

Chen, L., Yang, M., Gao, F., Fang, Z., Wang, P., & Feng, L. (2023). Mandarin Chinese L1 and L2 complex sentence reading reveals a consistent electrophysiological pattern of highly interactive syntactic and semantic processing: An ERP study. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1143062

Wang, P., He, Y., Maess, B., Yue, J., Chen, L., Brauer, J., … Knösche, T. R. (2022). Alpha power during task performance predicts individual language comprehension. NeuroImage, 260. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119449

Wang, P., Knösche, T. R., Chen, L., Brauer, J., Friederici, A. D., & Maess, B. (2021). Functional brain plasticity during L1 training on complex sentences: Changes in gamma‐band oscillatory activity. Human Brain Mapping, 42, 3858–3870.

Chen, L., Goucha, T., Männel, C., Friederici, A. D., & Zaccarella, E. (2021). Hierarchical syntactic processing is beyond mere associating: Functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence from a novel artificial grammar. Human Brain Mapping, 42, 3253–3268.

Chen, L., Wu, J., Hartwigsen, G., Zhongshan, L., Wang, P., & Feng, L. (2021). The role of a critical left fronto-temporal network with its right-hemispheric homologue in syntactic learning based on word category information. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 58. doi:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2020.100977

Chen, L., Wu, J., Fu, Y., Kang, H., & Feng, L. (2019). Neural substrates of word category information as the basis of syntactic processing. Human Brain Mapping, 40, 451–464.

Yang, ingchuan, Liu, Y., Yue, Z., Yang, G., Jiang, X., Cai, Y., … Chen, L. (2024, January 23). Transcranial photobiomodulation on the left prefrontal cortex enhances Mandarin Chinese L1 and L2 complex sentence processing performances. BioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2024.01.22.576680

Wang, P., He, Y., Maess, B., Yue, J., Chen, L., Brauer, J., … Knösche, T. R. (2021, October 13). Individual alpha power predicts language comprehension. BioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2021.10.12.464065