Yingying Wang

Yingying is an associate professor specializing in using advanced brain imaging techniques (e.g., fMRI, DWI, fNIRS, MEG) to examine brain plasticity due to sensory loss and to study brain development during literacy and language acquisition. Her ongoing projects include the identification of brain factors that predict speech perception outcomes for cochlear implant candidates and the examination of the neural basis of reading in children who are deaf/hard of hearing. She is committed to interdisciplinary research and collaboration to bridge brain, behavior, and clinical sciences. She also encourages students to develop critical thinking skills and get involved in research early.

icon-academic-capEducation

Ph D, University of Cincinnati, 2013
MS, Shanghai University, 2005
BA, Shanghai University, 2002

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SLPA 896, Readings and Research in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; Language & Literacy, Fall 2019
SLPA 981, Seminar in Speech Pathology; Neuroimaging & Lang Disorders, Fall 2019
BSEN 896, Special Problems; Functional Connectivity Associ, Spring 2019
ECEN 991, Independent Study, Spring 2019
BSEN 896, Special Problems; Neuroimaging Data Acq/Proc, Summer 2019
SLPA 453, Neurological Foundations of Speech and Language, Fall 2022
SLPA 862, Cognition and Language in Adults, Fall 2022

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Development of Tract-Specific White Matter Pathways During Early Reading Development in At-Risk Children and Typical Controls, Cereb Cortex
Bayesian MEG time courses with fMRI priors, Brain Imaging and Behavior
Functional Connectivity Evoked by Orofacial Tactile Perception of Velocity, Frontiers in Neuroscience
Sex differences in white matter development during adolescence: a DTI study., Brain research, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2012
Examining the relationship between home literacy environment and neural correlates of phonological processing in beginning readers with and without a familial risk for dyslexia: an fMRI study., Annals of dyslexia, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2016
Comparison of functional network connectivity for passive-listening and active-response narrative comprehension in adolescents., Brain connectivity, May 2014
From auditory change detection to reading and word processing: Impairments in children with intractable epilepsy

icon-business-chartResearch & Grants

Spch Percept Adults w/Cochlear Implants, DHHS-NIDCD, July 2019
Identifying Neural and Behavioral Characteristics of Reading in Children with Hearing Loss, Internal, May 2018

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Functional connectivity evoked by saltatory pneumotactile stimuli on the glabrous hand, Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) , Rome, Italy
Specialization of phonological and semantic reading routes in early childhood, Great Plains IDeA-CTR, Omaha, NE
Functional Connectivity Evoked by Orofacial Tactile Perception of Velocity, Chicago, IL
Understanding the Reading Brain, Nebraska Academy for Early Childhood Research Networking, Lincoln, NE
Research Updates, Nebraska Speech Language Hearing Association, Omaha, NE
Neural specialization of reading in young children, Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), San Francisco, CA
White Matter Development in at-risk children and typical controls, Families and Schools (CYFS) Summit, Research in Early Childhood, Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel, Lincoln, NE

icon-bookmark-starAwards & Honors

The Division of Developmental Medicine Fellow Award, Boston Children's Hospital, 2015
Cognitive Neuroscience Society People’s Choice Award Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society conference, 2014
NIH funded Neuroimaging Training Award, NIH, 2014

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