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Chinese Name
Research Interests
Phonetics, Psycholingistics, Neurolinguistics, Congenital amusia, Language disorders
Biography
Dr. Shao employs both behavioral and electroencephalogram (EEG) techniques to explore the online language processing in the human brain. Currently, her research mainly focuses on the congenital amusia (tone deafness), an innate musical disorder which influences around 1.5 – 4% population. She explores this line of research through an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together linguistics, music psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Another key focus of her work is how aging and age-related declines affect speech processing.
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):
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Projects
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Who is speaking? An investigation on talker’s voice perception in older adults.
SHAO, J. (PI) & GUAN, J. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research project
Research Output
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How Aging and Age-Related Hearing Loss Affect the Recognition of Emotion in Whispered Speech
Wang, Y., Xu, M. & Shao, J., 18 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Language and Speech. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Vocal Emotion Perception in Mandarin-Speaking Older Adults with Hearing Loss
Wang, Y., Xu, M., Shao, J., Zhu, J., Yang, Y., Yan, N., Wang, L. & Zhou, Y., Apr 2025, In: Speech Communication. 169, 15 p., 103204.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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The combined effects of bilingualism and musicianship on listeners’ perception of non-native lexical tones
Zhang, L., Zhu, J., Shao, J. & Zhang, C., Nov 2024, In: Speech Communication. 165, 12 p., 103147.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Aging-Related Decline in Phonated and Whispered Speech Perception Not Compensated For by Increased Duration and Intensity: Evidence From Mandarin-Speaking Adult Listeners
Xu, M., Shao, J., Liu, B., Wang, L., Ding, H. & Zhang, Y., 13 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 66, 2, p. 735-749 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Distributional learning of musical pitch despite tone deafness in individuals with congenital amusia
Zhu, J., Chen, X., Chen, F., Zhang, C., Shao, J. & Wiener, S., May 2023, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 153, 5, p. 3117-3129 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)