Publications

Bo Yao, Jack E. Taylor, Sara C. Sereno (2022). What can size tell us about abstract conceptual processing?. Journal of Memory and Language, 127, 104369.

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Bo Yao, Jason R. Taylor, Briony Banks, Sonja A. Kotz (2021). Reading direct speech quotes increases theta phase-locking: Evidence for cortical tracking of inner speech?. NeuroImage, 239, 118313.

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Bo Yao (2021). Mental simulations of phonological representations are causally linked to silent reading of direct versus indirect speech. Journal of Cognition, 4(1), 6.

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Ben Alderson-Day, Jamie Moffatt, Marco Bernini, Kaja Mitrenga, Bo Yao, Charles Fernyhough (2020). Processing speech and thoughts during silent reading: Direct reference effects for speech by fictional characters in voice-selective auditory cortex and a Theory-of-Mind network. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32(9), 1637-1653.

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Graham G. Scott, Anne Keitel, Marc Becirspahic, Bo Yao, Sara C. Sereno (2019). The Glasgow Norms: Ratings of 5,500 words on nine scales. Behavior Research Methods, 51(3), 1258-1270.

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Bo Yao, Christoph Scheepers (2018). Direct speech quotations promote low relative-clause attachment in silent reading of English. Cognition, 176, 248-254.

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Andrew J. Stewart, Jeffrey S. Wood, Elizabeth Le-Luan, Bo Yao, Matthew Haigh (2018). ‘It’s hard to write a good article’: The online comprehension of excuses as indirect replies. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(6), 1265-1269.

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Andrew J. Stewart, Elizabeth Le-Luan, Jeffrey S. Wood, Bo Yao, Matthew Haigh (2018). Comprehension of indirect requests is influenced by their degree of imposition. Discouse Processes, 55(2), 187-196.

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Bo Yao, Anne Keitel, Gillian Bruce, Graham G. Scott, Patrick J. O'Donnell, Sara C. Sereno (2018). Differential emotional processing in concrete and abstract words. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 44(7), 1064-1074.

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Sara C. Sereno, Christopher J. Hand, Aisha Shahid, Bo Yao, Patrick J. O'Donnell (2018). Testing the limits of contextual constraint: Interactions with word frequency and parafoveal preview during fluent reading. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(1), 302-313.

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Mario Weick, John A. Allen, Milica Vasiljevic, Bo Yao (2016). Walking blindfolded unveils unique contributions of behavioural approach and inhibition to lateral spatial bias. Cognition, 147, 106-112.

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Sara C. Sereno, Graham G. Scott, Bo Yao, Elske J. Thaden, Patrick J. O'Donnell (2015). Emotion word processing: Does mood make a difference?. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1191.

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Bo Yao, Christoph Scheepers (2015). Inner voice experiences during processing of direct and indirect speech. in Frazier, L., & Gibson, E. (Ed.), Explicit and Implicit Prosody in Sentence Processing (pp. 287-307). Springer..

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Bo Yao, Graham G. Scott, Phil McAleer, Patrick J. O'Donnell, Sara C. Sereno (2014). Familiarity with interest breeds gossip: Contributions of emotion, expectation, and reputation. PLoS ONE, 9(8), e104916.

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Bo Yao, Milica Vasiljevic, Mario Weick, Margaret E. Sereno, Patrick J. O'Donnell, Sara C. Sereno (2013). Semantic size of abstract concepts: It gets emotional when you can’t see it. PLoS ONE, 8(9), e75000.

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Bo Yao, Pascal Belin, Christoph Scheepers (2012). Brain ‘talks over’ boring quotes: Top-down activation of voice-selective areas while listening to monotonous direct speech quotations. NeuroImage, 60(3), 1832-1842.

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Bo Yao, Christoph Scheepers (2011). Contextual modulation of reading rate for direct versus indirect speech quotations. Cognition, 121(3), 447-453.

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Bo Yao, Pascal Belin, Christoph Scheepers (2011). Silent reading of direct versus indirect speech activates voice-selective areas in the auditory cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(10), 3146-3152.

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