Assistant Professor

Research Interests

Research Interests: Cognitive neuroscience of language; Psycholinguistics; Applications of AI language models in first and second reading; Technology-enhanced language learning

Courses Taught

EPSY590: Eye Tracking in Reading Research

EPSY590: Language, Brain, and Technology

EPSY590: Cognitive Psychology Research Method

Additional Campus Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
Assistant Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Recent Publications

Chen, L., Oralova, G., Fang, X., Clark, S., Teodorescu, D., Helfrich, M., Fyshe, A., Demmans Epp, C., & Perfetti, C. (2026). Text difficulty modulates the surprisal effect in self-paced reading. Reading and Writing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-026-10768-7

Wang, W., Chen, L., & Perfetti, C. (2026). The late frontal positivity reflects incremental mental model updating: Graded predictability effects during authentic text reading. Brain and Language, 272, Article 105667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105667

Chen, L., Xu, Y., & Perfetti, C. (2025). Acquiring the structure of a writing system is important in learning to read: a test of the character-word dual-focus approach in learning Chinese as a second language. Bilingualism, 28(4), 1056 - 1067. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728924000920

Chen, L., Perfetti, C., & Xu, Y. (2025). Orthographic and Meaning Processes in Reading Chinese Compounds: Comparisons Between L1 and L2 Reading. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 54(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-024-10117-1

Chen, L., Oralova, G., Clark, S., Teodorescu, D., Fyshe, A., Epp, C. D., Helfrich, M., & Perfetti, C. (2025). Tracking the Dynamic Word-by-Word Incremental Reading Through Multimeasures. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 51(8), 1324-1346. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001438

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