Dr. Huanhuan Liu is Associate Professor of Psycholinguistics at the Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience of Liaoning Normal University. She earned her PhD from the Department of Psychology at Beijing Normal University. Her research interests include bilingual switching and language learning. She conducted psycholinguistics and neurolinguistic research to study the neurological mechanisms underlying language switching and second language learning using EEG and fMRI. Through these investigations, she aims to advance the understanding of the relationship between human communication cross languages. So far, more than 30 articles have been published as the first author or corresponding author in internationally renowned journals such as NeuroImage, Cerebral Cortex, Human Brain Mapping and Cognition. Meanwhile, some projects have been funded, including National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund, Youth Foundation of Social Science and Humanity, Liaoning Social Science Planning Fund of China, Open Fund of Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and Dalian Science and Technology Star Fund of China

Research Interest: 

Bilingual language switching, language learning, EEG, fMRI, TMS, tDCS

Publication list:

1. Linyan Liu, Dongxue Liu, Tingting Guo, John W. Schwieter, & Huanhuan Liu* (2023).The right superior temporal gyrus plays a role in semantic-rule learning: Evidence supporting a reinforcement learning model. NeuroImage, 282, 120393. (SCI-Q1, IF: 5.7, Top).
2. Dongxue Liu, Zehui Xing, Junjun Huang, John W. Schwieter, & Huanhuan Liu* (2023). Genetic bases of language control in bilinguals: evidence from an EEG study. Human Brain Mapping,44(9), 3624-3643. (SCI-Q1, IF: 5.399, Top).
3. Zehui Xing, Tingting Guo, Lanlan Ren, John W. Schwieter, & Huanhuan Liu* (2023). Spatiotemporal evidence uncovers differential neural activity patterns in cognitive and affective conflict control. Behavioural Brain Research, 451,114522. (SCI-Q2, IF: 2.770)
4. Tingting Guo,John W. Schwieter, & Huanhuan Liu* (2023). fMRI reveals overlapping and non-overlapping neural bases of domain-general and emotional conflict control. Psychophysiology,60,e14355.(SSCI/SCI-Q1, IF: 4.348)
5. Shuang Liu, Junjun Huang, John W. Schwieter, & Huanhuan Liu* (2023). The role of morphological configuration in language control during bilingual production and comprehension. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition,26,1067-1078.(SSCI-Q1, IF: 4.763,Top)
6. Huanhuan Liu*, Wenxin Liu,John W. Schwieter, Yanjing Wu. (2023). How processing emotion affects language control in bilinguals. Brain Structure and Function, 228, 635–649. (SCI-Q1, IF: 3.792, Top)
7. Huanhuan Liu*, Zibin Guo,Yishan Jiang, John W. Schwieter, Fenqi Wang (2023). Neural circuits underlying language control and modality control in bilinguals: An fMRI study. Neuropsychologia,178,108430. (SSCI-Q2, IF: 3.054)
8. Dongxue Liu, John W. Schwieter, Wenxin Liug, Li Mu., & Huanhuan Liu*(2023). The COMT gene modulates the relationship between bilingual adaptation in executive function and decision-making: an EEG study. Cognitive Neurodynamics,17,893-907.(SCI-Q2, IF: 5.082)
9. Shuang Liu, John W. Schwieter, Fenqi Wang, & Huanhuan Liu* (2022). An event-related potential study of self-positivity bias in native and foreign language contexts. Psychophysiology, e14145.(SCI-Q1, IF: 4.348)
10. Dongxue Liu, John W. Schwieter, Fenqi Wang, Li Mu., & Huanhuan Liu*(2022). Uncovering the effects of bilingual language control on rational decisions: An ERP study. Psychophysiology, e14066.(SCI-Q1, IF: 4.348)
11. Mingyue Zuo, John W. Schwieter, Ningning Cao, & Huanhuan Liu* (2023). The Role of Language Control in Cross-Language Phoneme Processing: Evidence from Chinese-English Bilinguals. International Journal of Bilingualism, 27(3),293-305.(SSCI-Q1, IF: 1.631)
12. Tingting Guo, Fenqi Wang, Ningning Cao, & Huanhuan Liu*(2022). Conflicts Influence Affects: An fMRI Study of Emotional Effects in a Conflict Task. Cognitive Neurodynamics,16,1261-1271.(SCI-Q2, IF: 5.082)
13. Linyan Liu, John W. Schwieter, Fenqi Wang, & Huanhuan Liu* (2022). First and Second Languages Differentially Affect Rationality When Making Decisions: An ERP Study. Biological Psychology, 108265.(SCI-Q2, IF: 3.251)
14. Huanhuan Liu*,Wanqing Li, Mingyue Zuo, Fenqi Wang, Zibin Guo, & John W. Schwieter. (2022). Cross-Task Adaptation Effects of Bilingual Language Control on Cognitive Control: A Dual-Brain EEG Examination of Simultaneous Production and Comprehension. Cerebral Cortex,32,3224-3242. (SCI-Q1, IF: 5.357, Top)
15. Huanhuan Liu*,Wanqing Li, Angela de Bruinc, & Yuying He. (2021). Should I focus on self-language actions or should I follow others? Cross-language interference effects in voluntary and cued language switching. Acta Psychologica, 216,103308.(SCI-Q3, IF: 1.3)
16. Yuying He, Francesco Margoni, Yanjing Wu, & Huanhuan Liu*. (2021). fMRI Evidence Reveals Emotional Biases in Bilingual Decision Making. Brain Structure and Function, 226:1405-1421. (SCI-Q1, IF: 3.792, Top)
17. Linyan, Liu, Francesco, Margoni, Yuying He, & Huanhuan Liu*. (2021). Neural Substrates of the Interplay between Cognitive Load and Emotional Involvement in Bilingual Decision Making. Neuropsychologia, 151,107721.(SSCI-Q1, IF: 2.872)
18. Huanhuan Liu*, Baike Li, Xin Wang, & Yuying He. (2021). Role of joint language control during cross-language communication: evidence from cross-frequency coupling. Cognitive Neurodynamics, 15, 191–205. (SCI-Q2, IF: 5.082)
19. Huanhuan Liu*, Chao Kong, Angela de Bruin, Junjie Wu, & Yuying He. (2020). Interactive influence of self and other language behaviors: Evidence from switching between bilingual production and comprehension. Human Brain Mapping, 41(13), 3720–3736. (SCI-Q1, IF: 5.399, Top).
20. Huanhuan Liu, Yingying Zhang, Esti Blanco-Elorrieta, Yuying He, & Baoguo Chen*. (2020). The role of proactive control on subcomponents of language control: Evidence from trilinguals. Cognition, 194, 104055. (SSCI-Q1, IF: 3.537, Top).
21. Huanhuan Liu*, Jing Tong, Angela de Bruin, Wanqing Li, Yuying He, & Baike Li. (2020). Is inhibition involved in voluntary language switching? Evidence from transcranial direct current stimulation over the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 147, 184-192. (SSCI-Q1, IF: 2.631).
22. Jing Tong, Chao Kong, Xin Wang, Huanhuan Liu*, Baike Li, & Yuying He. (2020). Transcranial direct current stimulation influences bilingual language control mechanism: evidence from cross-frequency coupling. Cognitive Neurodynamics, 14, 203-214. (SCI-Q2, IF: 5.082)
23. Man Zhang, Xin Wang, Fenqi Wang, & Huanhuan Liu*. (2020). Effect of Cognitive Style on Language Control During Joint Language Switching: An ERP Study. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 49, 383–400. (SSCI-Q3, IF: 0.655)
24. Huanhuan Liu*, Man Zhang, Alejandro Pérez, Ning Xie, Baike Li, & Qiang Liu. (2019). Role of language control during interbrain phase synchronization of cross-language communication. Neuropsychologia, 131, 316-324. (SSCI-Q1, IF: 2.872)
25. Ning Xie, Baike Li, Man Zhang, & Huanhuan Liu*. (2019). Role of top-down language control in bilingual production and comprehension: Evidence from induced oscillations. International Journal of Bilingualism, 23 (5), 1041-1063. (SSCI-Q1, IF: 1.259）
26. Baike Li, Huanhuan Liu*, Pérez, Alejandro, & Ning Xie. (2018). Cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation over right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex improves language control during language switching. Behavioural Brain Research, 351, 34-41. (SCI-Q2, IF: 2.770)
27. Huanhuan Liu, Susan Dunlap, Lijuan Liang, & Baoguo Chen*. (2018). The effect of inhibitory control and its training on L1 and a new learned language switching. International Journal of Bilingualism, 22(6), 653-674. (SSCI-Q1, IF: 1.259)
28. Huanhuan Liu*, Ning Xie, Man Zhang, Xiang Gao, Susan Dunlap, & Baoguo Chen*. (2018). The electrophysiological mechanism of joint language switching: Evidence from simultaneous production and comprehension. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 45, 45-59. (SSCI-Q1, IF: 1.247)
29. Huanhuan Liu, Lijuan Liang, Li Zhang, Yao Lu, & Baoguo Chen*. (2017). Modulatory role of inhibition during language switching: evidence from evoked and induced oscillatory activity. International Journal of Bilingualism, 21(1),57-80. (SSCI-Q1, IF: 1.259)
30. Huanhuan Liu, Susan Dunlap, Yuting Tang, Yao Lu, & Baoguo Chen*. (2017). The modulatory role of L1 and L2 morphosyntactic similarity during production of L2 inflected words: An ERP study. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 42, 109-123. (SSCI-Q1, IF: 1.247)
31. Huanhuan Liu, Susan Dunlap, Michael Shengtao Wu, Lijuan Liang, & Baoguo Chen*. (2017). Inhibitory control predicts quasi language switching performance: evidence from face-to-face dialogue. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 32(6), 695-708. (SSCI-Q1, IF: 2.101)
32. Huanhuan Liu, Lijuan Liang, Susan Dunlap, Ning Fan, & Baoguo Chen*. (2016). The effect of domain-general inhibition-related training on language switching: An ERP study. Cognition, 146, 264-276. (SSCI-Q1, IF: 3.537, Top)
33. Huanhuan Liu, Ning Fan, Sonja Rossi, Panpan Yao, & Baoguo Chen*. (2016). The effect of cognitive flexibility on task switching and language switching. International Journal of Bilingualism, 20(5), 563-579. (SSCI-Q1, IF: 1.259)
34. 刘欢欢, & 陈宝国*. (2015). 语言转换的认知及其神经机制.心理科学, 38(1), 98-103. (CSSCI, IF: 1.445)
35. Huanhuan Liu, Sonja Rossi, Huixia Zhou, & Baoguo Chen*. (2014). Electrophysiological evidence for domain-general inhibitory control during bilingual language switching. Plos one, 9(10), e110887. (SSCI-Q1, IF: 3.057)