Professor TANG, Ding-lan

Research Interests:

• Speech motor control
• Speech perception
• Neuromodulation (TMS, tDCS)
• Brain imaging (MEG, EEG) during spoken language
• Stuttering 

Teaching areas:

• SHSC 2032 Research Methods and Statistics for Speech and Hearing Sciences
• SHSC 2034 Speech Science

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Award, awarded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2022

St Anne's Research Grants, awarded by St Annes's college, University of Oxford, 2019-2020

Guarantors of Brain Grant, awarded by the Guarantors of Brain, 2019

Tang, D-L., Parrell, B; Sara D. Beach, Niziolek, C. A., (2025). “The brain’s sensitivity to sensory error can be modulated by altering perceived variability”. Journal of Neuroscience 45(5) .DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0024-24.2024

Tang, D-L., M. Tommerdahl; Niziolek, C*. A; Parrell, B*., (2025) “Theta-burst stimulation over primary somatosensory cortex modulates tactile acuity of tongue”. Journal of Neurophysiology 133 (5), 1341-1349. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00556.2024.

Tang, D-L; Xie, X-R; Karlin, R., (in press). “Articulatory and laryngeal auditory-motor control are independent in tonal language speakers”. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

Tang, D-L; Niziolek, C. A; Parrell, B., (2025). “Formant variability is related to vowel duration across speakers”. JASA Express Letters 5(11). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0039754

Tang, D-L., Niziolek, C*. A; Parrell, B*., (2023). “Modulation of somatosensation by transcranial magnetic stimulation over somatosensory cortex: a systematic review”. Experimental Brain Research 241 (4), 951-977, doi: 10.1007/s00221-023-06579-9

*Equal contribution

Tang, D-L., Parrell, B*; Niziolek, C. A*., (2022). “Movement variability can be modulated in speech production”. Journal of Neurophysiology 128 (6), 1469-1482. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00095.2022.

*Equal contribution

Tang, D-L., Möttönen, R; Asaridou, S. S, Watkins, K. E., (2021). “Asymmetry of auditorymotor speech processing is determined by language experience”. Journal of Neuroscience 41

(5), 1059-1067. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1977-20.2020.

Tang, D-L., McDaniel, A; Watkins, K. E., (2021). “Disruption of Speech Motor Adaptation with Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Articulatory Representation in Primary Motor Cortex”. Cortex 145, 115-130. DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2021.09.008.

Tang, D-L., Zhang, J-Y, Li X, Zhang, Y-X., (2021). “Dopamine enhanced auditory perceptual learning in humans via long-term memory consolidation”. bioRxiv DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.16.448678.

Xiong, Y. Z., Tang, D. L., Zhang, Y. X., & Yu, C. (2020). “Complete cross-frequency transfer of tone frequency learning after double training”. J Exp Psychol Gen, 149(1), 94-103. doi:10.1037/xge0000619.

Gao, X*., Yan, T. T*., Tang, D. L., Huang, T., Shu, H., Nan, Y., & Zhang, Y. X. (2019). “What Makes Lexical Tone Special: A Reverse Accessing Model for Tonal Speech Perception”. Front Psychol, 10, 2830. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02830.

*Equal contribution

Zhang Y -X., Tang D-L., Moore DR., & Amitay S. (2017). “Supramodal Enhancement of Auditory Perceptual and Cognitive Learning by Video Game Playing”. Front. Psychol.

8:1086.

Review Editor in Brain Imaging and Stimulation: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021- present.

Peer Reviewer: Human Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain Stimulation, Neurobiology of Language, Cortex, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, Brain and Language, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Plos One, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, etc

Invited Talks:

“Using altered auditory feedback to understand the neurobiology of speech production”, The University of Hongkong, online, 2023 

“Using altered auditory feedback to understand the neurobiology of speech production”, University of Texas - Dallas, Dallas, TX, 2023

“Auditory-motor interactions during speech perception and production”, UTHealth, Houston, TX, 2022

“语音产出和感知期间的听觉-运动皮层交互作用” 北京师范大学—珠海, online, 2020.