Yan, Ming (University of Potsdam, Germany)

Ming Yan

Position:	Research Scientist
Unit:	Cognitive Psychology
Project:	Eye Movements during reading Simplified and Traditional Chinese
Degree:	B.A. (2003, Psychology, Department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University P.R. China), Ph.D. (2008, Psychology, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University P.R. China)
Field:	Cognitive Psychology
Research interests:	Eye movement control mechanism in reading Chinese script, including (1) basic reading unit for Chinese language, whether readers select word unit as target for saccade even though in lack of explicit word boundary, (2) parafoveal processing in reading, given the big differences between Chinese and alphabetic languages, what information is available before fixating a word, (3) use mathematical models to simulate eye movement pattern in reading Chinese script.
Office:	Golm Campus, bldg 14, room 4.36
Office hours:	by appointment
Phone:	+ 49-331/ 977-2127
Fax:	+ 49-331/ 977-2793
Email:	mingyan@uni-potsdam.de
Post:	Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, 14476 Potsdam OT Golm