Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Memberships of committees and professional bodies
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Member of the Associations for Psychological Science (APS)
Member of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
Member of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL)
Member of the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience (BACN)
Member of the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS)
Overview
Biography
I completed my PhD in psycholinguistics and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Glasgow in 2012. After a year as a Research Fellow at the University of Kent, I joined the University of Manchester as a Lecturer in 2013. I am now a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University.
Research Interests
My research interests broadly lie in cognitive neuroscience of language. My current work focuses on neurocognitive mechanisms of inner speech and verbal hallucinations, abstract conceptual processing, discourse reading, and bilingual processing. I use behavioural methods, EEG, s/fMRI, eye tracking, neurostimulation, computational modelling in my research.
External Grant Funding
> 2021-2022, Yao, B., EPS Small Grant, EPS, £3,500.
> 2019-2020, Yao, B., Bial Foundation Grants for Scientific Research (284/2018), Bial Foundation, €45,000.
> 2019-2020, Yao, B. & Keitel, A., British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (SRG1819\191229), The British Academy, £9,942.
> 2016-2019, Yao, B., ESRC Future Research Leaders (ES/N002784/1), ESRC, £270,778.
> 2013-2015, Yao, B., Study Visit grant, EPS, £2,000.
Lab Members
> Dr Bo Yao (PI, director)
> Olivia Mak (PhD student)
> Jaydan Pratts (PhD student)
> Tslil Ofir (PhD student)
> Guyu Shen (PhD student)
> Jiaxuan Chen (PhD student)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Areas of expertise
- RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
- fMRI
- EEG
- TMS/tDCS
- Eye tracking
- R
- MATLAB
- SPM
- EEGLAB
- BF Psychology
- Embodied cognition
- Reported speech
- Social interaction
- P Philology. Linguistics
- Psycholinguistics
- Pragmatics
Keywords
- cognitive neuroscience
- experimental psychology
- psycholinguistics
- language
- embodied cognition
- pragmatics
- ERP/EEG
- fMRI
- TMS
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Bridging Phenomenology and Neural Mechanisms of Inner Speech: ALE Meta-Analysis on Egocentricity and Spontaneity in a Dual-Mechanistic Framework
Pratts, J., Pobric, G. & Yao, B., 2023, In: NeuroImage. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120399.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigating the lateralisation of experimentally induced auditory verbal hallucinations
Mak, O., Yao, B., Kotz, S., Couth, S. & Plack, C., 6 Jul 2023, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mental simulations of phonological representations are causally linked to silent reading of direct versus indirect speech
Yao, B., 8 Jan 2021, In: Journal of Cognition. 4, 1, p. 1-14Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reading direct speech quotes increases theta phase-locking: evidence for cortical tracking of inner speech?
Yao, B., Taylor, J., Banks, B. & Kotz, S., 1 Oct 2021, In: NeuroImage. 239, 118313.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Processing Speech and Thoughts during Silent Reading: Direct Reference Effects for Speech by Fictional Characters in Voice-Selective Auditory Cortex and a Theory-of-Mind Network
Alderson-Day, B., Moffatt, J., Bernini, M., Mitrenga, K., Yao, B. & Fernyhough, C., 7 May 2020, In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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How does inner speech work and why do we care?
Bo Yao (Speaker)
Feb 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Asia (Event)
Bo Yao (Academic expert member)
2020Activity: Membership › Membership of committee › Research
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How does inner speech work and why do we care?
Bo Yao (Speaker)
Oct 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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Temporal dynamics of mentally simulated speech in silent reading
Bo Yao (Speaker)
25 Sept 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Body Up: Current trends and future directions in embodiment and social interaction
Elizabeth Lewis (Co-Organiser), Paraskevi Argyriou (Organiser), Kyriaki Giannou (Co-Organiser) & Bo Yao (Co-Organiser)
13 Jun 2019Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Datasets
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Direct speech quotations promote low relative-clause attachment in silent reading of English
Yao, B. (Creator), UK Data Service, 2018
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-853105, http://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/853105/
Dataset
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Mental simulations of phonological representations are causally linked to silent reading of direct versus indirect speech
Yao, B. (Creator), UK Data Service, 27 Nov 2020
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-854460, https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/854460/
Dataset