Volume 55

This study, integrating psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives, investigates bilingual puns with phonetic approximations between two languages, Chinese and English, as a medium for humour and identity expression, and how phonetic approximations involving consonantal shifts (e.g., s/sh and f/h), vowel transformations, rhoticity, and addit...

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This study investigates the impact of environmental factors on neuroticism by focusing on a cohort of Chinese females born in the 1970s. Specifically, it examines the correlation between filial piety as an environmental factor and levels of neuroticism in these individuals. Compliance served as a mediator in the hypothesized model, and the ideal of...

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This article reviewed previous studies testing for the causal or correlational relationship between modality-specific brain regions (e.g. motor cortex) and processing of corresponding perceptual-motor semantics. The proposed experiment aimed to investigate the functional role of visual cortex in understanding visual-associated words by studying the...

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Previous studies have supported the view that gambling disorder is associated with impaired decision-making. While scholars try to explain it through neurobiological approaches, this study aims to investigate different explanations from the perspective of evolutionary psychology. Our research will mainly focus on the underlying malfunction of risk ...

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This literature review focuses on the effect of working memory deficits on academic performance in children with ADHD. Many research studies cover the basic aspects of ADHD’s impact on both working memory and school performance. However, many neglect the variance in academic performances that are affected. For example, many researchers have neglect...

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When humans want to befriend someone, they must remember what their faces look like and try to link faces and names together. Sometimes, they may mismatch some of their friends due to the high similarity of faces. Indeed, they may not observe faces carefully so that information from faces is not deeply stored in their mind. People trained in visual...

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Traditional foreign language exams in China typically prioritize listening, reading, and writing, often overlooking the importance of oral communication. This study aims to address this imbalance by investigating whether digital tools can enhance oral English proficiency among Chinese primary school students. Specifically, we focus on the use of di...

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Previously, communication difficulties between autistic people and their non-autistic peers were attributed to the Theory of Mind deficit; an alternative model was proposed in the recent decade, arguing for a bidirectional breakdown in communication across neurotypes. By reviewing selected articles, empirical evidence favored the double empathy pro...

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Throughout history, the authenticity and credibility of children’s eyewitness testimony have been subjects of ongoing debate among researchers. Our study examines previous research on factors affecting the accuracy and reliability of children’s testimony, highlighting how external factors, particularly interview elements, significantly contribute t...

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This paper examines the contrasting concepts of love in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Classical Chinese thought. Through comparative analysis, it highlights how cultural contexts shape understandings of love. In Romeo and Juliet, love is depicted as intense and fervent, driving the protagonists to the brink of self-destruction and prioritizing...

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