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Eiling Yee

Eiling Yee

Staff Scientist

Semantic memory, neural representation of concepts, spoken word recognition, aphasia, neural basis of language, eye movements during language processing

E-Mail: e.yee@bcbl.eu
Tel.: +34 943 309 300 (ext: 222)
personal web page: https://sites.google.com/site/eilingyee/home

Publications

  • Yee, E., Ahmed, S., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (In press) Colorless green ideas (can) prime furiously. Psychological Science
  • Yee, E., Chrysikou, E.G. & Thompson-Schill S. L. (In press) The Cognitive Neuroscience of Semantic MemoryThe Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Neuroscience. Kevin Ochsner and Stephen Kosslyn (Eds.) Oxford University Press.
  • Yee, E., Huffstetler, S., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2011) Function follows Form: Activation of Shape & Function Features During Object Identification. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. doi: 10.1037/a0022840
  • Mirman*, D., Yee*, E., Magnuson, J.S., & Blumstein, S.E. (2011) An Evaluation of Theories of Spoken Word Recognition Deficits in Aphasia Using Eye-Tracking and Computational Modeling. Brain and Language, 117, 53-68. *The first two authors contributed equally to this work.
  • Yee, E., Drucker, D.M., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2010) fMRI-adaptation evidence of overlapping neural representations for objects related in function or manipulation. NeuroImage, 50, 753-763.
  • Myung, J., Blumstein, S.E., Yee, E., Sedivy, J.C., Thompson-Schill, S.L., & Buxbaum, L.J. (2010) Impaired access to manipulation features in apraxia: Evidence from eyetracking and semantic judgment tasks. Brain and Language, 112, 101-112.
  • Yee, E., Overton, E., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2009) Looking for meaning: Eye movements are sensitive to overlapping semantic features, not association. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 16(5), 869-874.
  • Yee, E., Blumstein, S.E., & Sedivy, J.C. (2008) Lexical-semantic activation in Broca’s and Wernicke’s aphasia: Evidence from eye movements. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20, 592-612.
  • Yee, E., & Sedivy, J. (2006) Eye movements to pictures reveal transient semantic activation during spoken word recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 32(1), 1-14.
  • Yee, E. (2005) The Time Course of Lexical Activation During Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from Unimpaired and Aphasic Individuals. Doctoral Thesis. Department of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, Brown University.
  • Ullman, M. T., Izvorski, R., Love, T., Yee, E., Swinney, D., & Hickok, G. (2005) Neural correlates of lexicon and grammar: Evidence from the production, reading and judgment of inflection in aphasia. Brain and Language, 93, 185-238.
  • Yee, E., Blumstein, S.E., & Sedivy, J. (2004) The Time course of lexical activation in Broca’s and Wernicke’s aphasia: Evidence from eye movements. Brain and Language, 91, 62-63.