魏然

职称：助理教授、研究员

办公室：教育学院431

电子邮箱：ranwei@pku.edu.cn

研究方向：发展及教育心理学 儿童语言习得 认知发展 家庭及社会文化环境因素 早期社会化进程 眼动及脑电研究方法

 

教育经历：

2016.8 – 2021.5

哈佛大学 教育学院及文理学院

哲学博士（专业：人类发展与教学；心理、大脑与行为）

 

2014.8 – 2015.5

哈佛大学 教育学院

教育学硕士

 

2010.8 – 2014.7

清华大学 外国语言文学系

文学学士

 

工作经历：

2023.9至今

完美注册,完美注册(中国)教育学院

助理教授、研究员

 

2021.9 – 2023.9

哈佛大学医学院、波士顿儿童医院 认知神经科学实验室

博士后研究员

 

主要学术成果

部分期刊论文：

[1] Wei, R., Sullivan, E., Begum, F., Rahman, N., Tofail, F., Haque, R., & Nelson, C. (2024). Parental communicative input as a protective factor in Bangladeshi families living in poverty: A multi-dimensional perspective. Developmental Science, E13494. 
[2] Xing, J.*, Wei, R.*, Wang, H.*, Hua, Z., Tang, X., Yi, L., Li, X., & Liu, J. (2024). Symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder interactively predict children's verbal fluency. Journal of Attention Disorders. (*共同第一作者)
[3] Reese, E., Kokaua, J., Guiney, H., Bakir-Demir, T., McLauchlan, J., Edgeler, C., Schaughency, E., Taumoepeau, M., Salmon, K., Clifford, A., Maruariki, N., McNaughton, S., Gluckman, P., Nelson, C., O'Sullivan, J., Wei, R., Pergher, V., Amjad, S., Trudgen, A., & Poulton, R. (2023). Kia Tīmata Pai (Best Start): a study protocol for a cluster randomised trial with early childhood teachers to support children's oral language and self-regulation development. BMJ Open, 13(9), e073361. 
[4] Tang X., Hua, Z., Xing, J., Yi, L., ..., Wei, R.*, Li, X.*, & Liu, J*. (2022). Verbal fluency as a predictor of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis and co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms. Reading and Writing. (*共同通讯作者)
[5] Wei, R., Kirby, A., Naigles, L., & Rowe, M. (2022). Parents’ talk about conceptual categories with infants: Stability, variability, and implications for expressive language development. Journal of Child Language. 
[6] McCatharn, J., Herbert, K., Wei, R., & Rowe, M. (2021). Avenues for increasing parenting knowledge: Interviewing parents about preferred information sources. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 
[7] Ronfard, S.*, Wei, R.*, & Rowe, M. (2021). Exploring the linguistic, social, and cognitive skills underlying processing efficiency as measured by the looking-while-listening paradigm. Journal of Child Language, 1-24. (*共同第一作者及通讯作者)
[8] Choi, A., Wei, R., & Rowe, M. (2021). Show, give and point gestures across infancy differentially predict language development. Developmental Psychology. 
[9] Wei, R., Leech, K., & Rowe, M. (2020). Decontextualized language use during American and Chinese caregiver-child interactions. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 71, 101214. 
[10] Wei, R., Ronfard, S., Leyva, D., & Rowe, M. (2019). Teaching a novel word: Parenting styles and toddlers’ word learning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 187, 104639. 
[11] Leech, K., Wei, R., Harring, J. R., & Rowe, M. L. (2018). A brief parent-focused intervention to improve preschoolers’ conversational skills and school readiness. Developmental Psychology, 54(1), 15-28.

 

专著章节：

 

Rowe, M., Wei, R., & Salo, V. (2021). Early gesture predicts later language development. In A. Morgenstern & S. Goldin-Meadow (Eds.), Gesture in language. Mouton.

 

部分会议论文：
[1] Wei, R., Liszkowski, U., Harris, P., & Rowe, M. (November, 2024). What is the baby “saying”? Adults’ interpretation of infants’ gestures. Paper presented at the 49th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development.
[2] Wei, R., Li, J., Wang, M., & Yamamoto, Y. (March, 2023). How Questions Drive Teaching and Learning in European-American and Chinese-American Families. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. 
[3] Wei, R., Kirby, A., Naigles, L., & Rowe, M. (July, 2021). Parents’ talk about conceptual categories with infants: Stability, variability, and implications for expressive language development. Paper presented at the 2021 International Association for the Study of Child Language Conference.
[4] Wei, R., Leech, K., & Rowe, M. (April, 2021). Decontextualized language in Chinese and American caregiver-child interactions: Similarities, differences, and implications for children’s narratives. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. 
[5] Wei, R., Kirby, A., Naigles, L., & Rowe, M. (October, 2020). Parents’ talk about conceptual categories with infants: Stability, variability, and implications for expressive language development. Paper presented at the Many Paths to Language Workshop at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics.
[6] Wei, R., Ronfard, S., Leyva, D., & Rowe, M. (March, 2019). Teaching a novel word: Parenting styles and toddlers’ word learning. Paper presented at the 2019 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting.

 

部分邀请报告：
[1] 2024年8月，新西兰奥克兰大学Liggins Institute 
报告题目：Understanding developmental eye-tracking data: The what, why, and how
[2] 2021年10月，英国伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院心理系
报告题目：Relations between parental education and sentence processing among Chinese preschoolers
[3] 2021年6月，挪威奥斯陆大学教育科学系
报告题目：Understanding the role of the home environment in Chinese preschoolers’ language development
[4] 2019年10月，瑞士苏黎世大学比较语言学系
报告题目：Decontextualized language in caregiver-child interactions: Cultural patterns and developmental implications
[5] 2019年7月，瑞士苏黎世大学心理学研究中心
报告题目：What is the baby “saying”? Adults’ interpretation of infants’ gestures
[6] 2019年6月，清华大学外文系语言、心理与认知学科群学术报告
报告题目：Teaching a novel word: Parenting styles and toddlers’ word learning
[7] 2019年5月，挪威奥斯陆大学特殊教育系及教育系Open Seminar: Parent-Child Interaction across Early Development and Cultures
报告题目：Decontextualized language use during American and Chinese caregiver-child interactions. 
[8] 2019年5月，挪威奥斯陆大学Language Acquisition Seminar
报告题目：Teaching a novel word: Parenting styles and toddlers’ word learning

 

部分获奖情况

国家自然科学基金委员会-青年科学基金项目（2025-2027）

Society for Research in Child Development Early Career Travel Award

Harvard Graduate School of Education Doctoral Research Grant

Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Research Grant

Harvard Graduate Student Council Research Award

Society for Research in Child Development Student Travel Award

Harvard University Marco Polo Fellowship

清华大学优良毕业生、优秀学生干部

 

部分期刊审稿：

Child Development, Contemporary Educational Psychology, Developmental Review, Reading and Writing, First Language, Infant Behavior and Development, Infancy, Autism Research, Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, European Journal of Education