Sha Tao
Biographic Data
| ID | 3820747 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sha Tao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sha |
| FAMILY NAME | Tao |
| SIGNATURE | TAO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Beijing Normal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0928-0681 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Multilevel Predictors of Reading and Mathematics Achievement
Peer influence on children’s academic achievement
Developmental Individual Variability of Brain Functional Networks During Childhood and Adolescence
Childhood and adolescence are critical periods for the maturation of functional brain networks, supporting cognitive and behavioral development. While normative developmental trajectories of functional networks have been well documented, patterns of individual variability and their developmental changes remain to be clarified. Using cross-sectional resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging datasets from 257 children (aged 6–12 years) an…
The effect of different bilingual experiences on attentional control ability
Aims and objectives: Attentional control is an important cognitive ability, and it includes the abilities of attention and inhibitory control. It remains unclear whether a bilingual advantage in attentional control exists and whether different bilingual experiences exert distinct effects on this ability. This study aimed to address these questions. Research Questions: (1) Does bilingual experience enhance attentional control? (2) Do different bil…
Resolving the mystery of Chinese developmental dyslexia
Developmental dyslexia is a specific learning disability for which early identification and intervention are crucial. In alphabetic languages, phonological awareness and letter naming are well-established early markers of reading disorders. For developmental dyslexia in Chinese, a language that differs from alphabetic languages in multiple aspects, little is known about its early markers. Here, we report findings from a 2.5-year longitudinal beha…
Developmental differences in generalizable neural representations driven by multiple emotional and cognitive tasks
摘要: 从脑智发育视角来讲, 神经系统随着心理发展会产生出一系列具有功能特异化(specialization)且高度协同的模块。这些模块之间究竟如何协同支撑儿童情感与认知功能发展呢?本研究综合利用多个经典的情感与认知任务范式(含注意网络测试、情绪匹配和工作记忆任务)以及层级化(hierarchical)的多体素神经表征建模方法, 重点考察7~12岁学龄儿童多元需求(multi-demand)额顶系统在情感与认知任务驱动下的通用性(task-general)作用以及分层级神经表征的组织方式。结果表明:儿童低年龄组、儿童高年龄组和成人组被试均表现出了多元需求额顶系统(包括顶内沟和额眼区域)共同参与多种情感与认知任务的现象, 即跨任务共同激活; 值得强调的是, 学龄儿童多元需求额顶系统表现出了更低水平的跨任务神经表征可泛化性(generalizability), 而作为控制分析的前扣带回、背外侧前额叶和前脑岛则没有表现出组间的可泛化性差异。我们推测多元需求额顶系统在发育中可能作为一个潜在的通用…
Developing and testing an analysis system to assess singing-pitch accuracy of Chinese children
While several perceptual procedures exist to assess pitch accuracy of singing, computer-assisted methods are scarce. We developed and tested a method that combines automated frequency analysis with manual note segmentation. PitchAnalyzer2.2 software was used to extract the fundamental frequency and the musical pitches of the audio samples. The onsets, offsets, and steady-state sections of the sung syllables were detected manually to identify the …
The potential transfer effect of musical expertise to auditory verbal working memory
Musical expertise has been shown to facilitate verbal working memory (WM) performance, but the findings lacked consistency. Given the overlapped auditory encoding process for language and music, there may be an association between one's native language background and the effects of musical expertise. In the present study, we investigate (1) the effects of musical expertise on verbal WM with different native language backgrounds and (2) the role o…
Unveiling the Heterogeneity of Sensation Seeking and Collectivism Development in Chinese Adolescents
OBJECTIVE: Understanding the impact of sociocultural tendencies on the personality development of adolescents represents a critical theoretical and practical issue in the field of adolescent development. In the context of China's collectivist culture, the developmental trajectories of and the interaction between sensation seeking and collectivism among adolescents remain largely unknown. METHOD: This study examined the heterogeneity of the joint …
English as a foreign language teachers' burnout
Educators have recently garnered significant focus for the crucial role they play, particularly concerning their emotions. These emotions have the potential to either boost their progress in their profession or hinder their progress, like burnout which may trigger or intensify poor mental health and quit the job. Burnout arises from the intermittent occurrence of emotional distress among English as a foreign language (EFL) educators as they fulfi…
Neural specialization with generalizable representations underlies children’s cognitive development of attention
From childhood to adulthood, the human brain develops highly specialized yet interacting neural modules that give rise to nuanced attention and other cognitive functions. Each module can specialize over development to support specific functions, yet also coexist in multiple neurobiological modes to support distinct processes. Advances in cognitive neuroscience have conceptualized human attention as a set of cognitive processes anchored in highly …
Short-term training helps second-language learners read like native readers
What Components of Working Memory Are Impaired in Children with Reading and/or Mathematics Difficulties
Both reading difficulties (RD) and mathematics difficulties (MD) are common neurodevelopmental disorders. The co-occurrence of RD and MD, known as comorbid RDMD, is estimated to range between 21% and 45% of children with learning disabilities. Deficits in working memory have been reported in both RD and MD groups, as well as among comorbid RDMD. However, previous comorbidity studies have only examined the role of some components of working memory…
Sensation Seeking and Substance use in Chinese Adolescents
Longitudinal predictions between executive function and general and specific psychiatric problems in school-age children
This study examined the longitudinal associations of various executive function components with subsequent psychiatric problems in Chinese school-age children. Data from 1,639 children (44.36% girls) ages 6-13 years were drawn from the Children School Functions and Brain Development project. Executive function components were assessed by the cancellation test, the Corsi test, and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Psychiatric problems were determin…
Simple View of Reading in Chinese
With a one-stage meta-analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) analysis based on 49,416 individuals from 267 independent samples and 210 studies, the current study systematically investigated models including meta-linguistic skills, decoding, language comprehension, and reading comprehension for Chinese population. Findings showed that (1) decoding and language comprehension were moderately related and together explained 52.7% variance of re…
Who are the nonresponders to intervention among Chinese children learning English as a second language
The purpose of this study was to examine the profiles of nonresponders among native Chinese-speaking students struggling in English reading before and after an intensive intervention in phonological awareness as well as letter knowledge. Struggling English learners (n = 72) were screened from 668 Grade 4 students based on their English word recognition, school English examinations, and nominations by teachers. About 43% of struggling readers were…
Culture and perceptions on cancer risk and prevention, information access, and source credibility
We aimed to explore cancer risk and prevention perceptions, information access, and source credibility evaluation about cancer risk and prevention in adults in an Eastern cultural context (China). We conducted 32 in-depth interviews in two Chinese cities: Shanghai and Wuhan, from September 2016 to January 2017. Though not fully supported by scientific evidence, our findings showed that stress was among the top five concerns in the participants’ p…
English Consonant Identification in Multi-Talker Babble
The identification of English consonants in quiet and multi-talker babble was examined for three groups of young adult listeners: Chinese in China, Chinese in the USA (CNU), and English-native listeners. As expected, native listeners outperformed non-native listeners. The two non-native groups had similar performance in quiet, whereas CNU listeners performed significantly better than Chinese in China listeners in babble. It is concluded that CNU …
Second‐Language Reading Difficulties Among Native Chinese‐Speaking Students Learning to Read English
The authors report two studies that examined how native‐ and second‐language skills were related to second‐language reading difficulties for native Chinese‐speaking fourth graders learning to read English. In study 1, 50 poor English readers with Chinese‐reading difficulties (the PB group) and 34 poor English readers without Chinese‐reading difficulties (the PE group) were compared with 53 typically developing controls on phonological awareness, …
A meta-analysis on the relation between reading and working memory
The purpose of this study was to determine the relation between reading and working memory (WM) in the context of 3 major theories: the domain-specificity theory (debate) of WM, the intrinsic cognitive load theory, and the dual process theory. A meta-analysis of 197 studies with 2026 effect sizes found a significant moderate correlation between reading and WM, r = .29, 95% CI [.27, .31]. Moderation analyses indicated that after controlling for pu…
The role of collective perception of school psychological environment in grades 4~6 students' academic achievement
摘要
Food preferences, personality and parental rearing styles
Social Support
Life transitions, such as university attendance, entail the reconstruction of relations between the individual and the environment. This study aimed to explore how perceptions of social support changed across time during the first semester of university, and how social support, coping strategies, and adjustment were interrelated among 390 first-year students in Beijing, China. Results indicated that overall levels of social support among students…
Social Support
Life transitions, such as university attendance, entail the reconstruction of relations between the individual and the environment. This study aimed to explore how perceptions of social support changed across time during the first semester of university, and how social support, coping strategies, and adjustment were interrelated among 390 first-year students in Beijing, China. Results indicated that overall levels of social support among students…
A meta-analysis on the relation between reading and working memory
The purpose of this study was to determine the relation between reading and working memory (WM) in the context of 3 major theories: the domain-specificity theory (debate) of WM, the intrinsic cognitive load theory, and the dual process theory. A meta-analysis of 197 studies with 2026 effect sizes found a significant moderate correlation between reading and WM, r = .29, 95% CI [.27, .31]. Moderation analyses indicated that after controlling for pu…
Second‐Language Reading Difficulties Among Native Chinese‐Speaking Students Learning to Read English
The authors report two studies that examined how native‐ and second‐language skills were related to second‐language reading difficulties for native Chinese‐speaking fourth graders learning to read English. In study 1, 50 poor English readers with Chinese‐reading difficulties (the PB group) and 34 poor English readers without Chinese‐reading difficulties (the PE group) were compared with 53 typically developing controls on phonological awareness, …
Unveiling the Heterogeneity of Sensation Seeking and Collectivism Development in Chinese Adolescents
OBJECTIVE: Understanding the impact of sociocultural tendencies on the personality development of adolescents represents a critical theoretical and practical issue in the field of adolescent development. In the context of China's collectivist culture, the developmental trajectories of and the interaction between sensation seeking and collectivism among adolescents remain largely unknown. METHOD: This study examined the heterogeneity of the joint …
Sensation Seeking and Substance use in Chinese Adolescents
Longitudinal predictions between executive function and general and specific psychiatric problems in school-age children
This study examined the longitudinal associations of various executive function components with subsequent psychiatric problems in Chinese school-age children. Data from 1,639 children (44.36% girls) ages 6-13 years were drawn from the Children School Functions and Brain Development project. Executive function components were assessed by the cancellation test, the Corsi test, and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Psychiatric problems were determin…
Social Support
Life transitions, such as university attendance, entail the reconstruction of relations between the individual and the environment. This study aimed to explore how perceptions of social support changed across time during the first semester of university, and how social support, coping strategies, and adjustment were interrelated among 390 first-year students in Beijing, China. Results indicated that overall levels of social support among students…
The role of collective perception of school psychological environment in grades 4~6 students' academic achievement
摘要
Food preferences, personality and parental rearing styles
Second‐Language Reading Difficulties Among Native Chinese‐Speaking Students Learning to Read English
The authors report two studies that examined how native‐ and second‐language skills were related to second‐language reading difficulties for native Chinese‐speaking fourth graders learning to read English. In study 1, 50 poor English readers with Chinese‐reading difficulties (the PB group) and 34 poor English readers without Chinese‐reading difficulties (the PE group) were compared with 53 typically developing controls on phonological awareness, …
A meta-analysis on the relation between reading and working memory
The purpose of this study was to determine the relation between reading and working memory (WM) in the context of 3 major theories: the domain-specificity theory (debate) of WM, the intrinsic cognitive load theory, and the dual process theory. A meta-analysis of 197 studies with 2026 effect sizes found a significant moderate correlation between reading and WM, r = .29, 95% CI [.27, .31]. Moderation analyses indicated that after controlling for pu…
English Consonant Identification in Multi-Talker Babble
The identification of English consonants in quiet and multi-talker babble was examined for three groups of young adult listeners: Chinese in China, Chinese in the USA (CNU), and English-native listeners. As expected, native listeners outperformed non-native listeners. The two non-native groups had similar performance in quiet, whereas CNU listeners performed significantly better than Chinese in China listeners in babble. It is concluded that CNU …
Simple View of Reading in Chinese
With a one-stage meta-analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) analysis based on 49,416 individuals from 267 independent samples and 210 studies, the current study systematically investigated models including meta-linguistic skills, decoding, language comprehension, and reading comprehension for Chinese population. Findings showed that (1) decoding and language comprehension were moderately related and together explained 52.7% variance of re…
Who are the nonresponders to intervention among Chinese children learning English as a second language
The purpose of this study was to examine the profiles of nonresponders among native Chinese-speaking students struggling in English reading before and after an intensive intervention in phonological awareness as well as letter knowledge. Struggling English learners (n = 72) were screened from 668 Grade 4 students based on their English word recognition, school English examinations, and nominations by teachers. About 43% of struggling readers were…
Culture and perceptions on cancer risk and prevention, information access, and source credibility
We aimed to explore cancer risk and prevention perceptions, information access, and source credibility evaluation about cancer risk and prevention in adults in an Eastern cultural context (China). We conducted 32 in-depth interviews in two Chinese cities: Shanghai and Wuhan, from September 2016 to January 2017. Though not fully supported by scientific evidence, our findings showed that stress was among the top five concerns in the participants’ p…
Short-term training helps second-language learners read like native readers
What Components of Working Memory Are Impaired in Children with Reading and/or Mathematics Difficulties
Both reading difficulties (RD) and mathematics difficulties (MD) are common neurodevelopmental disorders. The co-occurrence of RD and MD, known as comorbid RDMD, is estimated to range between 21% and 45% of children with learning disabilities. Deficits in working memory have been reported in both RD and MD groups, as well as among comorbid RDMD. However, previous comorbidity studies have only examined the role of some components of working memory…
Sensation Seeking and Substance use in Chinese Adolescents
Longitudinal predictions between executive function and general and specific psychiatric problems in school-age children
This study examined the longitudinal associations of various executive function components with subsequent psychiatric problems in Chinese school-age children. Data from 1,639 children (44.36% girls) ages 6-13 years were drawn from the Children School Functions and Brain Development project. Executive function components were assessed by the cancellation test, the Corsi test, and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Psychiatric problems were determin…
English as a foreign language teachers' burnout
Educators have recently garnered significant focus for the crucial role they play, particularly concerning their emotions. These emotions have the potential to either boost their progress in their profession or hinder their progress, like burnout which may trigger or intensify poor mental health and quit the job. Burnout arises from the intermittent occurrence of emotional distress among English as a foreign language (EFL) educators as they fulfi…
Neural specialization with generalizable representations underlies children’s cognitive development of attention
From childhood to adulthood, the human brain develops highly specialized yet interacting neural modules that give rise to nuanced attention and other cognitive functions. Each module can specialize over development to support specific functions, yet also coexist in multiple neurobiological modes to support distinct processes. Advances in cognitive neuroscience have conceptualized human attention as a set of cognitive processes anchored in highly …
Developmental differences in generalizable neural representations driven by multiple emotional and cognitive tasks
摘要: 从脑智发育视角来讲, 神经系统随着心理发展会产生出一系列具有功能特异化(specialization)且高度协同的模块。这些模块之间究竟如何协同支撑儿童情感与认知功能发展呢?本研究综合利用多个经典的情感与认知任务范式(含注意网络测试、情绪匹配和工作记忆任务)以及层级化(hierarchical)的多体素神经表征建模方法, 重点考察7~12岁学龄儿童多元需求(multi-demand)额顶系统在情感与认知任务驱动下的通用性(task-general)作用以及分层级神经表征的组织方式。结果表明:儿童低年龄组、儿童高年龄组和成人组被试均表现出了多元需求额顶系统(包括顶内沟和额眼区域)共同参与多种情感与认知任务的现象, 即跨任务共同激活; 值得强调的是, 学龄儿童多元需求额顶系统表现出了更低水平的跨任务神经表征可泛化性(generalizability), 而作为控制分析的前扣带回、背外侧前额叶和前脑岛则没有表现出组间的可泛化性差异。我们推测多元需求额顶系统在发育中可能作为一个潜在的通用…
Developing and testing an analysis system to assess singing-pitch accuracy of Chinese children
While several perceptual procedures exist to assess pitch accuracy of singing, computer-assisted methods are scarce. We developed and tested a method that combines automated frequency analysis with manual note segmentation. PitchAnalyzer2.2 software was used to extract the fundamental frequency and the musical pitches of the audio samples. The onsets, offsets, and steady-state sections of the sung syllables were detected manually to identify the …
The potential transfer effect of musical expertise to auditory verbal working memory
Musical expertise has been shown to facilitate verbal working memory (WM) performance, but the findings lacked consistency. Given the overlapped auditory encoding process for language and music, there may be an association between one's native language background and the effects of musical expertise. In the present study, we investigate (1) the effects of musical expertise on verbal WM with different native language backgrounds and (2) the role o…
Unveiling the Heterogeneity of Sensation Seeking and Collectivism Development in Chinese Adolescents
OBJECTIVE: Understanding the impact of sociocultural tendencies on the personality development of adolescents represents a critical theoretical and practical issue in the field of adolescent development. In the context of China's collectivist culture, the developmental trajectories of and the interaction between sensation seeking and collectivism among adolescents remain largely unknown. METHOD: This study examined the heterogeneity of the joint …
Multilevel Predictors of Reading and Mathematics Achievement
Peer influence on children’s academic achievement
Developmental Individual Variability of Brain Functional Networks During Childhood and Adolescence
Childhood and adolescence are critical periods for the maturation of functional brain networks, supporting cognitive and behavioral development. While normative developmental trajectories of functional networks have been well documented, patterns of individual variability and their developmental changes remain to be clarified. Using cross-sectional resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging datasets from 257 children (aged 6–12 years) an…
The effect of different bilingual experiences on attentional control ability
Aims and objectives: Attentional control is an important cognitive ability, and it includes the abilities of attention and inhibitory control. It remains unclear whether a bilingual advantage in attentional control exists and whether different bilingual experiences exert distinct effects on this ability. This study aimed to address these questions. Research Questions: (1) Does bilingual experience enhance attentional control? (2) Do different bil…
Resolving the mystery of Chinese developmental dyslexia
Developmental dyslexia is a specific learning disability for which early identification and intervention are crucial. In alphabetic languages, phonological awareness and letter naming are well-established early markers of reading disorders. For developmental dyslexia in Chinese, a language that differs from alphabetic languages in multiple aspects, little is known about its early markers. Here, we report findings from a 2.5-year longitudinal beha…
Psychology (18 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Cognition (8 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (8 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Reading (process) (5 works)