Invited talks and workshops


    Li., J. (2022). Modeling language processing at multiple timescales. Basque Center On Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL), Spain, April 25, 2022.

    Li., J. (2022). Modeling language processing at multiple timescales. Chang Lab, University of California, San Francisco, March 30, 2022.

    Li., J. (2022). Modeling language processing in naturalistic and controlled experiments. Stanford Cognitive & Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, Stanford University, February 24, 2022.

    Li., J. (2022). Modeling language processing in naturalistic and controlled experiments. The LT Research Forum Series, City University of Hong Kong, January 25, 2022.

    Li., J. (2021). Modeling language processing in naturalistic and controlled experiments. Hasson Lab, Princeton University, December 3, 2021.

    Li., J. (2021). Analysis of neuroimaging data using naturalistic designs. NYUAD Neuroimaging Science Talks, November 24, 2021.

    Li., J. (2021). Grammatical predictors for fMRI time-courses during naturalistic listening. Leipzig Lectures on Language End-of-Year Symposium, October 20-21,2021.

    Li., J. (2021). Cortical processing of pronoun resolution revealed by computationalmodels. SNL Symposium: What can NLP systems teach us aboutlanguage in the brain?, October 8, 2021.

    Li., J. (2021). Modeling pronoun resolution in the brain. Workshop on Computational Neurolinguistics (WCNL2021), August 21, 2021.

    Li., J. (2021). Referential processing in the brain. Language in Interaction Consortium, Donders Center / Max Planck Institute, the Netherlands, June 21, 2021.

    Li, J., Hale, J. (2021). Neuro-computational models of language processing: The case of reference and coreference. Leipzig Lectures on Language, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. May 26, 2021. [YouTube]

    Li, J. (2021). Cortical processing of reference in language revealed by computational models. Neurolinguistics Lab, University of Maryland, April 27, 2021.

Conference presentations


    Li, J., Luh, W., Pylkkänen, L., Yang, Y., & Hale, J. (2021). Modeling pronoun resolutionin the brain. Poster presented virtually at the 3rd Chinese Conference of Computationaland Cognitive Neuroscience (CCCN), June 11-13, 2021.
  • CCCN2021 Best Poster Award

      • Li, J., Luh, W., Pylkkänen, L., Yang, Y., & Hale, J. (2021). Modeling pronoun resolution in the brain. Data Blitz presented virtually at Society for Cognitive Neuroscience (CNS), March 13-16, 2021.

      Zhang, S., Li, J. & Hale, J. (2021). Neural mechanisms of zero pronoun resolution in Chinese. Poster presented virtually at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), March 13-16, 2021.

      Li, J., Luh, W., Pylkkänen, L., Yang, Y., & Hale, J. (2021). Modeling pronoun resolution in the brain. Poster presented virtually at Society for Neuroscience (SfN): Global Connectome, January 11-13, 2021.

      Donald, D., Zhang, S., Li, J., Pallier, C., Whitman, J. & Hale, J. (2020). Grammatical number in French and Chinese brains. Poster presented virtually at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL), October 21-25, 2020.

      Li, J. & Pylkkänen, L. (2020). Disentangling semantic association from semantic composition in the LATL. Poster presented virtually at the 33rd Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing (CUNY), March 19-21, 2020.

      Li, J. & Pylkkänen, L. (2019). Disentangling semantic association from semantic composition in the LATL. Poster presented at the 11th Annual Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference (SNL), Helsinki, Finland, August 20-22, 2019.

      Li, J., & Hale, J. (2019). Tracking the subprocesses of pronoun resolution during naturalistic comprehension. Poster presented at the Cogntive Neuroscience Society (CNS), San Fransico, USA, March 23-26, 2019.
  • CNS2019 Postdoctoral Fellow Award

      • Li, J., Fabre, M., Luh, W., & Hale, J. (2018). Neural Mechanism for pronoun resolution in Chinese during naturalistic listening. Poster presented at Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing (AMLaP), Berlin, Germany, September 6-8, 2018.

      Li, J., Fabre, M., Luh, W., & Hale, J. (2018). fMRI evidence for binding theory during anaphora resolution in naturalistic listening. Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL), Quebec, Canada, August 16-18, 2018.
  • SNL2018 Travel Award

      • Li, J., Fabre, M., Luh, W., & Hale, J. (2018). The Role of Syntax during Pronoun Resolution: Evidence from fMRI. Paper presented at the ACL Workshop on Cognitive Aspects of Computational Language Learning and Processing (CogCL), Melbourne, Australia, July 19, 2018.

      Li, J., Fabre, M., Luh, W., & Hale, J. (2018). Modeling Brain Activity Associated with Pronoun Resolution in English and Chinese. Paper presented at the NAACL Workshop on Computational Models of Reference, Anaphora, and Coreference (CRAC), New Orleans, USA, June 9, 2018.

      Li, J., Pallier, C., Yang, Y., & Hale, J. (2017). Neural correlates of semantic coherence in English and Chinese speakers during natural language comprehension. Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL), Baltimore, USA, November 8-10, 2017.
  • SNL2017 Travel Award

      • Hale, J., Bhattasali, S., Brennan, J., Li, J., Luh, W., & Pallier, C. (2017). Localizing Structure-building and Memory Retrieval in Naturalistic Language Comprehension. Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL), Baltimore, USA, November 8-10, 2017.

      Li, J., Brennan, J., Mahar, A., & Hale, J. (2016). Temporal lobes as combinatory engines for both form and meaning. Poster presented at the Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Linguistic Complexity (CL4LC, COLING), Osaka, Japan, December 11, 2016.

      Li, J. & Tilsen, S. (2016). Early prosodic manifestations of disfluency. Paper presented at Speech Prosody, Boston, May 31-June 3, 2016.
  • Speech Prosody 2016 IPA Student Award

      • Li, J. & Tilsen, S. (2016). Phonetic evidence for two types of disfluency. Paper presented at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), Washington, USA, January 7-10,2016.

      Li, J. & Tilsen, S. (2015). Phonetic evidence for two types of disfluency. Poster presented at the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Glasgow, UK, August 10-14, 2015.

      Li, J., Klemens, K., & Spence, C. (2013). Sonority, shape and size in sound symbolism. Poster presented at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), Boston, USA, January 3-6, 2013.