Perceptual Span in Mongolian Text Reading
The perceptual span of vertically written Mongolian reading was asymmetric downward, extending one syllable above the fixation and three syllables below the fixation.
Hello!
I'm Yaqian Bao (that's my official name, btw). But in the vast grasslands of Inner Mongolia, where I'm from, I'm known as Borogjoon. I go by Bao, which is like the best of both worlds—it starts with the same sound as Borogjoon and is part of my official name. So whether you call me Borogjoon, Bao, or Yaqian, it all comes back to the same person: a proud Mongolian, currently navigating the second year of my PhD journey in Cognitive Science of Language at McMaster University, Canada.
I am passionate about cognitive processing during reading, with a particular focus on bringing one of the most understudied languages, Mongolian, into the research spotlight. My current research centers on traditional Mongolian reading, which features a uniquely vertical reading direction, using eye-tracking methods. Additionally, I am interested in cross-language comparisons to uncover both universal and language-specific reading processes. I am also keen on applying machine learning and computational modeling techniques to further explore these topics.
If you want to know more, here is my CV .
Vertically Written Mongolian Studies
The Eye-movement Database of Traditional Mongolian
This paper introduces an eye-tracking corpus of passage reading data in the vertical writing system of traditional Mongolian.
Visual Attention Deployment During Traditional Mongolian Reading
This study investigated the underlying mechanisms contributing to the asymmetry of the perceptual span.
