Chi-Lin Yu

Chi-Lin Yu

A Developmental Psychologist, Cognitive Neuroscientist, and Methodologist who uses science to understand people like you and me.

Working Papers (available upon request)

  1. Yu, C. L., Eggleston, R., Zhang, K., Nickerson, N., Sun, X., Marks, R., Hu, X. S., Brennan, J. R., Wellman, H. M., & Kovelman, I. (Under Revision) Neural processing of children’s theory of mind in a naturalistic story-listening paradigm. https://psyarxiv.com/8ns5v

  2. Yu, C. L., Lee, S., Wellman, H. M., & Olson, S. L. (Under Revision). Theory of mind and executive function underlie childhood psychotic symptoms.

  3. Yu, C. L., Gau S. F., Lin, H. Y., Lai, M. C., Lee, S. H., & Chou, T. L. (Under Revision). Atypical neural factor structures underlying theory of mind processing in autism: an fMRI study.

  4. Eggleston, R., Marks, R., Sun, X., Yu, C. L., Zhang, K., Nickerson, N., Caruso, V., Hu, X. S., & Kovelman, I. (Under Review). Brain bases of morphological awareness differ between typical readers and children with dyslexia.

  5. Nickerson, N., Sun, X., Caruso, V., Zhang, K., Yu, C. L., Eggleston, R., Chaku, N., Hu, X. S., Satterfield, T. & Kovelman, I. (Under Review). What’s in the sound? Common and language-specific patterns in brain activation and functional connectivity for phonological awareness in Spanish-English bilinguals.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Yu, C. L., & Wellman, H. M. (In Press). Where do differences in theory-of-mind development come from? An agent-based model of social interaction and theory-of-mind. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology.

  2. Hong, S., Yu, C. L., Rousson, A., Bender, A., Fedina, L., Herrenkohl, T. (In Press). Exploring the impact of adversity history on internalizing symptoms in adulthood: Analysis of types, repetition, variety, and timing of past adversity. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

  3. Zhang, K., Sun, X., Yu, C. L., Eggleston, R., Marks, R., Nickerson, N., Caruso, V., Hu, X. S., Tardif, T., Chou., T. L., Booth, J. R. & Kovelman, I. (2023). Phono- logical and morphological literacy skills in English and Chinese: A cross-linguistic neu- roimaging comparison of Chinese-English bilingual and monolingual English children. Human Brain Mapping, 44(13), 4812–4829. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26419

  4. Yu, C. L. & Wellman, H. M. (2023). All humans have a “theory of mind.” Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53, 2531–2534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05584-1

  5. Sun, X., Marks, R., Eggleston, R., Zhang K., Yu, C. L., Nickerson, N., Caruso, V., Chou., T., Hu., X. S., Tardif, T., Booth, J.R., Beltz, A.M., & Kovelman, I. (2023). Bilingual proficiency enhances neural network density: Sources of heterogeneity in children’s functional connectivity during English word processing. Neurobiology of Language, 4(2), 198-220. https://doi.org/10.1162/nol_a_00092

  6. Sun, X., Marks, R., Eggleston, R, Zhang, K., Lau, C., Yu, C. L., Nickerson, N., & Kovelman, I. (2023). Impacts of the COVID-19 disruption on the language and literacy development of monolingual and heritage bilingual children in the United States. Reading and Writing, 36(2), 347-375. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-022-10388-x

  7. Marks, R., Labotka, D., Sun, X., Nickerson, N., Zhang, K., Eggleston, R., Yu, C. L., Uchikoshi Y., Hoeft F., & Kovelman, I. (2023). Morphological awareness and its role in early word reading in English monolinguals, Spanish–English, and Chinese–English simultaneous bilinguals.. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 26(2), 268-283. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728922000517

  8. Sun, X., Marks, R., Zhang, K., Yu, C. L., Eggleston, R., Nickerson, N., Chou, T.L., Hu, X.S., Tardif, T., Satterfield, T., & Kovelman, I. (2023) Brain bases of En- glish morphological processing: A comparison between Chinese-English, Spanish-English bilingual, and English monolingual children. Developmental Science, 26(1), e13251. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13251

  9. Yu, C. L. & Wellman, H. M. (2022). Young children treat puppets and dolls like real persons in theory of mind research: A meta-analysis of false-belief understanding across ages and countries. Cognitive Development, 63, 101197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101197

  10. Wellman, H. M., & Yu, C. L. (In Press). Theory of puppets or theory of mind? Mis- understanding how children construe puppets in psychological research: A commen- tary on Packer and Moreno-Dulcey (2022). Cognitive Development, 63, 101218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101218

  11. Marks, R. A., Eggleston, R. L., Sun, X.,Yu, C. L.., Zhang, K., Nickerson, N., Hu, X.-S., & Kovelman, I. (2021). The neurocognitive basis of morphological processing in typical and impaired readers. Annals of Dyslexia, 72(2), 361–383. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-021-00239-9

  12. Sun, X., Zhang, Z., Marks, R., Karas, Z., Eggleston, E., Nickerson, N., Yu, C. L., Wagley, N., Hu X., Caruso, V., Chou, T-L., Satterfield, T., Tardif, T., Kovelman, I. (2022). Morphological and phonological processing in English monolingual, Chinese-English bilingual, and Spanish-English bilingual children: An fNIRS neuroimaging dataset. Data in Brief, 42, 108048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108048

  13. Sun, X., Zhang K., Marks, R., Nickerson, N., Eggleston, R., Yu, C. L., Chou., T., Tardif, T., & Kovelman, I. (2022). What’s in a word? Cross-linguistic influences on Spanish-English and Chinese-English bilingual children’s word reading development. Child Development, 93(1), 84-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13666

  14. Yu, C. L., Kovelman, I., & Wellman, H. M. (2021). How Bilingualism Informs us about theory of mind Development. Child Development Perspectives, 15(3), 154-159. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12412

  15. Yu, C. L., Stanzione, C. M., Wellman, H. M., & Lederberg, A. R. (2021). Theory of mind development in young deaf children with early hearing provisions. Psychological Science, 32(1), 109-119. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620960389

  16. Yu, C. L., Chen, C. C., Yang, Z. Y., & Chou, T. L. (2020). Multi-time points analysis: A time course analysis with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Behavior Research Methods, 52(4), 1700–1713. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-019-01344-9

  17. Chen, D. Y., Yu, C. L. (co-first), Su, C. W., Liao, K. H., & Hsiao, H. Y. (2019). Cognitive abilities in the game of go during the opening, middle, and endgame phases: When experimental psychology meets artificial intelligence. Chinese Journal of Psychology, 61(3), 173-196. https://doi.org/10.6129/CJP.201909_61(3).0001

  18. Yu, C. L., & Chou, T. L. (2018). A dual route model of empathy: A neurobiological perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(2212), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02212

  19. Yu, C. L., & Sheu, C. F. (2018). EFAshiny: An user-friendly shiny application for exploratory factor analysis. Journal of Open Source Software, 3(22), 567. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.00567

  20. Yu, C. L., Wang, M. Y., & Hu, J. F. (2016). Valence processing of first impressions in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex: a near-infrared spectroscopy study. NeuroReport, 27(8), 574-579. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0000000000000571

Selected Talks and Presentations

  • Yu, C. L., Eggleston, R., Zhang, K., Nickerson, N., Sun, X., Marks, R., Hu, X. S., Brennan, J. R., Wellman, H. M., & Kovelman, I. (2023, October). Using a naturalistic listening paradigm to study brain bases of language comprehension in developmental dyslexia. Symposium presentation at the 2023 Annual Reading, Literacy, & Learning Conference of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA), Columbus.

  • Yu, C. L., Stanzione, C. M., Branum-Martin, L., Wellman, H. M., & Lederberg, A. R. (2023, March). Theory of mind development in deaf children: The effects of language exposure and usage. Poster presented at the 2023 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City.

  • Yu, C. L. & Wellman, H. M. (2023, March). Where do differences in theory-of-mind development come from? An agent-based model of social interaction and theory-of-mind. Poster presented at the 2023 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City.

  • Yu, C. L., Eggleston, R., Kovelman, I., & Brennan, J. (2022, April). Using functional near-infrared spectroscopy to study developmental aspects of naturalistic narrative comprehension. Symposium presentation at the 2022 Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society (CDS), Madison.

  • Yu, C. L. & Wellman, H. M. (2022, April). Young Children Treat Puppets (and Dolls and Pictures) Like Real Persons. Poster presented at the 2022 Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society (CDS), Madison.

  • Yu, C. L., Heng, J., Wellman, H. M. (2021, April). A Meta-Analysis of Progressions in Theory-of-Mind Understandings: Theory of Mind Scale Findings Across Different Contexts - An Initial Exploration. Symposium presentation at the 2021 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Virtual.

  • Yu, C. L., Lee, S., Wellman, H. M., & Olson S. L. (2021, April). Theory of Mind and Executive Function Underlie Childhood Psychotic Symptoms. Poster presented at the 2021 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Virtual.

  • Yu, C. L., Sun, X., Zhang, K. H., Kim, J., Marks, R., Nickerson, N., … Kovelman, I. (2020, October). Cross-Language Neural Interconnection of Phonological Awareness and Morphological Awareness in Simultaneous Chinese-English Bilingual Children. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL), Virtual.

  • Yu, C. L., Lee, S. H., Chen T., & Liao, C. C. (2019, June). The Influence of Family Reading History on Chinese Classifier Processing: An fMRI Study. Poster presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Rome.

  • Yu, C. L., Lee, S. H., Gau S., & Chou, T. L. (2018, June). Aberrant Neural Organization of Theory of Mind in Youths with Autism. Poster presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Singapore.

  • Yu, C. L., & Sheu, C. F. (2017, November). EFAshiny: A shiny application for exploratory factor analysis. Poster presented at 47th annual meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology (SCiP), Vancouver.

  • Yu, C. L., Causeur, D., Shen, I. H., & Sheu, C. F. (2016, November). Using R to explore ERP data. Symposium presentation at the 46th annual meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology (SCiP), Boston.

  • Yu, C. L., Wang, M. Y., Chen, P. W., Yap, J. Y., Chang, J. S., Hsiao, Y. R., & Hu, J. F (2015, July). Using false belief task to explore the effect of empathy situation on theory of mind function. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Cognitive Science Society Meeting (CogSci), Pasadena.