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
External Links
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