{"id":27703,"date":"2024-08-29T14:45:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T06:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/hlt\/?page_id=27703"},"modified":"2024-10-07T13:53:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T05:53:59","slug":"bernardjap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/hlt\/bernardjap\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Bernard Jap"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"27703\" class=\"elementor elementor-27703\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f858820 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f858820\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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\/>MSc\u00a0<em>Groningen<\/em><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34d5096 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34d5096\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Lecturer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-envelope\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">bajjap@hkmu.edu.hk<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-phone-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">27685719<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8547c3f\" data-id=\"8547c3f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d52d09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d52d09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text\"><div class=\"heading icon-left\"><h3><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h3><h5 class=\"has-text-align-left\">My interest lies in language processing in both typical and clinical populations, with a focus on sentence comprehension and production, reading comprehension, and language assessment. One notable achievement is my collaboration with a team at the University of Groningen to design and publish\u00a0<a tabindex=\"0\" title=\"s11145 017 9748 y\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11145-017-9748-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">the first reading assessment and dyslexia test battery<\/a>\u00a0for Indonesian, a language spoken by over 250 million people.<\/h5><h5 class=\"has-text-align-left\">Currently, my research utilizes electrophysiology, particularly event-related potentials (ERPs), to uncover fundamental cognitive processes underlying language comprehension. Recently, in collaboration with researchers from PolyU HK, we explore linguistic universals by investigating neural correlates of thematic role assignment (<a tabindex=\"0\" title=\"its not scam hong kong university offers paid netflix viewing all name science\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/people-culture\/article\/3198433\/its-not-scam-hong-kong-university-offers-paid-netflix-viewing-all-name-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">one of our studies has been covered by SCMP<\/a>).<\/h5><h5 class=\"has-text-align-left\">As an early-stage researcher, I advocate for open science by ensuring my studies are replicable and methodologically robust, with data available in open-access repositories. I also support registered reports in open-access journals, where experimental protocols receive feedback before studies are conducted (see\u00a0<a tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Can the Mismatch Negativity Really Be Elicited by\" href=\"https:\/\/direct.mit.edu\/nol\/article\/doi\/10.1162\/nol_a_00147\/121672\/Can-the-Mismatch-Negativity-Really-Be-Elicited-by\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><em>example 1<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<a tabindex=\"0\" title=\"article\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0272207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><em>example 2<\/em><\/a>).<\/h5><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>Teaching Areas &amp; Research Interests<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li class=\"style1\"><h5>Psycholinguistics<\/h5><\/li><li class=\"style1\"><h5>Neurolinguistics<\/h5><\/li><li class=\"style1\"><h5>Electroencephalography (EEG)\/ Event-related potentials (ERP)<\/h5><\/li><li class=\"style1\"><h5>Sentence processing<\/h5><\/li><li class=\"style1\"><h5>Reading and dyslexia<\/h5><\/li><li class=\"style1\"><h5>Aphasiology and clinical linguistics<\/h5><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><h5 class=\"heading icon-left\"><strong>Staff Profile on the School&#8217;s website: &lt;<a tabindex=\"0\" title=\"staff profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/as\/people\/staff-profile\/?email=bajjap&amp;unit=AS&amp;po=N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Here<\/a><\/strong><strong>&gt;<\/strong><\/h5><div class=\"heading icon-left\">Last updated: 7 Oct 2024<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Bernard JapPhD\u00a0GroningenMSc\u00a0Groningen Lecturer bajjap@hkmu.edu.hk 27685719 BiographyMy interest lies in language processing in both typical and clinical populations, with a focus on sentence comprehension and production, reading comprehension, and language assessment. 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