Prof. Fan CAO

My research interests include reading development and disorders, second language learning, as well as joint attention in young children with ASD. I study these research questions as a way to understand neural plasticity. I am interested in the neural mechanisms underlying these developmental and learning disorders, as well as how brain structure and function change following behavioral intervention.

Feng G*, Shen L, Shi L, Yan X, Liang Y, Zhang L, Zuo S, Wu Y, Cao F. (2025). Brain changes following two reading interventions in Chinese children with reading disability. Developmental Science. Xu S*, Wang X, Shen L, Yan X, Feng G, Cao F. (2025). Brain functional differences during irony comprehension in adolescents with ASD. Cerebral Cortex. 35(2) bhaf003, https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaf003 Yan, X.*, Fu, Y., Feng, G., Li, H., Su, H., Liu, X., Wu, Y., Hua, J., & Cao F. (2024). Reading disability is characterized by reduced print–speech convergence. Child Development, 00, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14134 Yan, X. *, Feng, G., Fu, Y., Hua, J., & Cao F, (2024). Age-related changes in individuals with and without reading disability: Behavioral and fMRI evidence. Imaging Neuroscienc