Beyersmann Lab
Dr. Elisabeth (Lisi) Beyersmann and her team are based at the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University and are interested in the cognitive underpinnings of language processing, particularly in understanding the processes involved in reading and reading development. The lab investigates language processing in both children and adults, using a variety of behavioural, neuropsychological, and neurophysiological techniques including MEG, EEG, and eye-tracking.
Latest Publications
(2024).
Phonological decoding and morpho-orthographic decomposition: Complementary routes during learning to read.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 242, Article 105877.
(2024).
Sand, sandpaper, and sandwiches: Evidence from a masked compound priming task in L1 and L2 speakers of English.
Journal of Cognition, 7(1).
(2024).
Literacy acquisition in Germanic languages.
In D. Meletis, M. Evertz-Rittich, & R. Treiman (Eds.), Handbook of Germanic writing systems. De Gruyter (In press).
(2023).
The role of morphemic knowledge during novel word learning.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
(2023).
Cross-language morphological transfer in similar-script bilinguals.
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
(2023).
The effect of constituent frequency and distractor type on learning novel complex words.
Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 39(2).
(2023).
The role of oral vocabulary when L2 speakers read novel words: A complex word training study.
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1–12.
(2023).
Positional encoding of morphemes in visual word recognition.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
(2023).
The effect of oral vocabulary training on reading novel complex words.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 76(6), 1321–1332.
(2023).
The effect of spoken vocabulary training on reading complex novel words.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 76(6), 1321–1332.
Recent Lab Work
Tara Arrow was awarded the University Medal for Psychology, which is Macquarie University’s most prestigious academic award and is awarded to students who have demonstrated exceptional academic excellence throughout their university studies. Congratulations Tara! (18 March 2024).
The GRA Fest provided an opportunity to wrap up 2023 with fellow research students, academic mentors, and industry experts. Claire Galea presented during the panel From dairy to Dolly Parton: Models of industry engagement for graduate researchers, chaired by Dr. Lisi Beyersmann (30 November 2023).
Recent Events
Congratulations Alex Kilby for graduating with a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) Class 1 and receiving the Macquarie University Award for Academic Excellence!
