Anna Yi Leung

Anna Yi Leung

Research Scientist in Psycholinguistics and Metascience
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
I am a doctoral researcher in psycholinguistics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, formerly trained and served as a Chinese language teacher in Hong Kong primary and secondary schools. My research revolves around the cognitive mechanisms underlying reading development and the methodology used to identify subtypes of developmental dyslexia. I also build infrastructures based on metascientific principles to help synthesise research findings in psychological sciences. I am committed to bridging the gap between scientific research and the actual practice in the educational and clinical settings. My goal is to translate cross-disciplinary knowledge for researchers, educators, practitioners, and parents by connecting insights across fields.

Measuring morphological awareness in English-speaking adults: How task format, item features, and reading comprehension affect test item difficulty

This study investigated how task format, reading comprehension ability, and linguistic item features influence item difficulty in morphological awareness (MA) assessments among …

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Re-SearchTerms: A Shiny app for exploring terminology variations in psychology and metascience

The wording of definitions for terms in open scholarship and research practices may be inconsistent, making it difficult for researchers to understand and apply them accurately. …

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Let’s talk about language—and its role for replicability

Science strives towards a credible and comprehensive understanding of the world around us. Across disciplines within the social and behavioural sciences (and beyond), limitations …

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Quantifying concept definition heterogeneity in academic texts: Insights into variability in conceptualization

Academic texts often define a given concept using words. Across texts, definitions may represent the same or different meanings of the given concept, especially for concepts in …

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A Sun is but a Morning Star"—Reading Thoreau's "Walden

I finished Henry Thoreau’s “Walden” or “Life in the Woods” in a psychologically-drunk state. I purchased this book back in June as I needed to learn to enjoy solitude during the …

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Is There Real Philanthropy?

Altruism is one of the key topics in education, social and developmental psychology, and of course, humanity. I remembered that a colleague of mine and I were discussing if …

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