Publications
Yamasaki, B. L., McGregor, K. K., & Booth, J. R. (2021). Early phonological neural specialization predicts later growth in word reading skills. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.674119 *Pre-registered study: https://osf.io/ek8rc/
Mottarella, M., Yamasaki, B. L., & Prat, C. S. (2021). Relating individual differences in reading skill to neural indices of proactive control and online filtering during a working memory task. Discourse Processes, 58(5-6), 569-591. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2021.1926407
Wang, J., Yamasaki, B. L., Weiss, Y., & Booth, J. R. (2021). Both frontal and temporal cortex exhibit phonological and semantic specialization during spoken language processing in 7- to 8-year-old children. Human Brain Mapping, 42(11), 3534-3546. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25450
Yamasaki, B. L. & Prat, C. S. (2020). Predictors and consequences of individual differences in cross-linguistic interactions: A model of second language reading skill. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728920000279
Bice, K., Yamasaki, B. L., & Prat, C. S. (2020). Bilingual language experience shapes resting-state brain rhythms. Neurobiology of Language, 1(3), 288-318. https://doi.org/10.1162/nol_a_00014
Zhou, P., Prat, C. S., Yamasaki, B. L., & Stocco, A. (2020). Monitoring of attentional oscillations through spectral similarity analysis predicts reading comprehension. Brain and Language, 200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2019.104709
Yamasaki, B. L., Stocco, A., Liu, A. S., & Prat, C. S. (2019). Effects of bilingual language experience on basal ganglia computations: A dynamic causal modeling test of the conditional routing model. Brain and Language, 197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2019.104665
Prat, C. S., Yamasaki, B. L., & Peterson, E. R. (2019). Individual differences in resting-state brain rhythms uniquely predict second language learning rate and willingness to communicate in adults. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31(1), 78-94. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01337
Yamasaki, B. L. & Luk, G. (2018). Eligibility for special education in elementary school: The role of diverse language experiences. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 49(4), 889-901. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_LSHSS-DYSLC-18-0006
Yamasaki, B. L., Stocco, A., & Prat, C. S. (2018). Relating individual differences in bilingual language experiences to executive attention. Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience, 33(9), 1128-1151. https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2018.1448092
Stocco, A., Yamasaki, B. L., & Prat, C. S. (2018). Human performance across decision making, selective attention, and working memory tasks: Experimental data and computer simulations. Data in Brief, 17, 907-914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.01.056
Kim, D. S., McCabe, C. J., Yamasaki, B. L., Louie, K. T., & King, K. M. (2018). Detecting random responders with infrequency scales using an error balancing threshold. Behavior Research Methods, 50, 1960-1970. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-017-0964-9
Stocco, A., Murray, N., Yamasaki, B. L., Renno, T., & Nguyen, J. (2017). Individual differences in the Simon effect are underpinned by differences in the competitive dynamics in the basal ganglia: An experimental verification and a computational model. Cognition, 164, 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2017.03.001
Prat, C. S., Yamasaki, B. L., Kluender, K. A., & Stocco, A. (2016). Resting-state EEG predicts rate of second language learning in adults. Brain and Language, 157-158, 44-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2016.04.007
Prat, C. S., Seo, R., & Yamasaki, B. L. (2016). The role of individual differences in working memory capacity on reading comprehension ability. In P. Afflerbach (Ed), Handbook of Individual Differences in Reading: Text and Context (pp. 331-347). New York, NY: Routledge.
Prat, C. S. & Yamasaki, B. L. (2015). The cognitive and neural correlates of individual differences in inferential processes. In E. J. O’Brien, A. E. Cook, & R. F. Lorch, Jr. (Eds), Inferences during Reading (pp. 210-227). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Yamasaki, B. L. & Prat, C. S. (2014). The importance of managing interference for second language reading ability: An individual differences investigation. Discourse Processes, 51(5-6), 445-467. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2014.913415
Stocco, A., Yamasaki, B., Natalenko, R., & Prat, C. S. (2014). Bilingual brain training: A neurobiological framework of how bilingual experience improves executive function. International Journal of Bilingualism, 18(1), 67-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367006912456617