Our Research
Welcome to the Brain, Language, and Computation Lab at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University!
In our laboratory we conduct research to understand the neural and computational bases of language representation and learning. Our research specifically addresses the questions of neuroplasticity (e.g., how does language learning lead to experience-dependent brain changes?), individual differences (e.g., how does cognitive capacity impact learning success?), and knowledge representation (e.g., how does brain connectivity reflect knowledge and understanding?).
To achieve these goals, we rely on a variety of convergent behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging methodologies and technologies (e.g., cognitive testing, artificial neural network modeling, virtual reality, and functional magnetic resonance imaging).
Latest News
Jan 2025
Kexin Huang, Ping Li and colleagues published a paper ‘Toward Generalizing Visual Brain Decoding to Unseen Subjects’ in International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR).
Dec 2024
Prof. Li Ping, has been elected as a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society (CSS).
Dec 2024
Laboratory for Brain Science and Language Technology has moved to HZRI( PolyU-Hangzhou Technology and Innovation Research Institute)
May 2024
The theoretical and practical implications of the Science Advances paper attracted much media attention including Ming Pao Daily News , Hong Kong Economic Journal, Medical Xpress, Washington Daily News, Washington Citypaper, Weekender Singapore, Yahoo US, Croucher Foundation and others.
May 2024
Shaoyun Yu, Chanyuan Gu, Kexin Huang and Ping Li published a paper ‘Predicting the next sentence (not word) in large language models: What model-brain alignment tells us about discourse comprehension’ in Science Advances.
May 2024
Prof. Peter Hagoort visiting BLC Lab
APR 2024
Prof. Li, Prof. Hu, and colleagues visited NetDragon
MAR 2024
The educational implications of the PNAS paper attracted much media attention including RTHK, PR Newswire, Yahoo Finance, Ticker Technology, Singtao Daily, and others. The paper made it to the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric (out of 25 million plus outputs).