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Biography
I am a Lecturer at the School of Psychological Sciences.
My research typically uses an experimental approach and utilizes a variety of methodologies, such as eye-tracking, to investigate the coordination of perceptual and cognitive processes involved in natural reading, including vision, attention, memory, and language processing.
Externally, I currently serve as:
- A consulting editor for the journal Behavior Research Methods
- A member of the editorial board for Scientific Reports.
Research interests
My research examines the cognitive and perceptual processes underlying reading comprehension, with a focus on:
Eye Movements as a Window into Reading Comprehension
- Investigating how eye movements (e.g., how long readers look at particular words or phrases and the movements of eyes, etc.) reveal cognitive processes during reading.
- Exploring how visual attention interacts with higher-order linguistic comprehension, including syntax, semantics, and discourse processing.
Cross-Language Differences in Reading Behaviors
- Examine how different writing systems (e.g., alphabetic, logographic) influence reading strategies.
- Identifying universal vs. language-specific reading mechanisms through behavioural, eye-tracking, and neurological experiments.
Processing and Retention of Misinformation in Digital Environments
- Investigating how readers encode, retain, and update (or fail to update) misinformation and correct information.
- Exploring the cognitive mechanisms behind misinformation persistence and resistance to correction, and how that’s being impacted by the everyday reading environment.
Multimodal Information Integration: Reading, Hearing, and Seeing
- Studying how individuals integrate information from text, speech, and visual stimuli (like when one listens to/watches the talk while taking notes).
- Investigating how different modalities (especially between reading and listening) contribute to knowledge construction and comprehension.
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, Ph.D., Academy of Psychology and Behaviour, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
1 Sept 2011 → 16 Jun 2014
Award Date: 16 Jun 2014
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 3 Finished
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CFR: Macquarie University Centre for Reading
Castles, A., McArthur, G., Parrila, R., Badcock, N., Banales, E., Beyersmann, L., Chik, A., Coltheart, M., Cupples, L., Cutler, H., Djonov, E., Kinoshita, S., Kohnen, S., Kruger, J., Menary, R., Nickels, L., Reichle, E., Ryan, M., Wang, H. & Yu, L.
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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CEPET: Centre for Elite Performance Expertise and Training (CEPET) - MQRC 2019
Thompson, B., Wiggins, M., Crane, M., Curby, K., Downey, G., Griffin, B., Kallen, R., Pearlman, K., Reichle, E., Rich, A., Richardson, M., Sutton, J., Taylor, M., Auton, J., Baird, A., Bicknell, K., Carrigan, A., Di Ieva, A., Garrido, W., Kangas, M., Olsen, K., Williams, M. & Yu, L.
1/01/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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MQRIS Small: Child-friendly mobile eye-trackers to take hearing, language, and literacy research to new populations and environments
Benders, T., Demuth, K., Castles, A., Cox, F., Sharma, M., Proctor, M., Kotze, H., Kim, J., Xu Rattanasone, N., Bruggeman, L., Giblin, I., Castro-Meneses, L. & Yu, L.
1/01/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
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Meaning composition in the processing of transposed-constituent compound nonwords
Kinoshita, S., Perica, V. & Yu, L., 1 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 51, 3, p. 357-369 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dynamic reading in a digital age: new insights on cognition
Liao, S., Yu, L., Kruger, J-L. & Reichle, E., Jan 2024, In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 28, 1, p. 43-55 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Letter identity and position coding in the parafovea
Veldre, A., Yu, L., Andrews, S. & Reichle, E. D., Oct 2024, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition. 50, 10, p. 1683-1702 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Scanpath regularity as an index of reading comprehension
Mézière, D. C., Yu, L., McArthur, G., Reichle, E. D. & von der Malsburg, T., 2 Jan 2024, In: Scientific Studies of Reading. 28, 1, p. 79-100 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Citations (Scopus)72 Downloads (Pure) -
The psychology of reading: insights from Chinese
Reichle, E. D. & Yu, L., Jan 2024, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 223 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Press/Media
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What does switching from paper to screens mean for how we read?
Lili Yu, Sixin Liao, Jan-Louis Kruger & Erik Reichle
11/12/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment