Daisy Lei

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Ph.D. in Psychology and Language Science, Pennsylvania State University

Teng Lab
Contact Information:

Email: daisy@ski.org


2318 Fillmore Street

San Francisco, California 94115

Publications

Lei, D., Tatsumi, Y., Hsieh, E., Giorio, C., & van Hell, G. J. (2025). Neural mechanisms of face cue predictability and the integration of facial and acoustic cues in native-and nonnative-accented words. Brain and Language, 269, 105621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105621

Miller, R. A., Dickson, S. D., Jończyk, R., Lei, D., Kremer, Gül E., Siddique, Z., Beaty, E. R., & van Hell, G. J. (2025). Critical feedback impacts creative ideation and brain oscillations. Neuropsychologia, 109307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2025.109307

Luchini, A. S., Kaufman, C. J., Goecke, B., Wilhelm, O., Kenett, N. Y., Lei, D., Benedek, M., van Hell, G. J., & Beaty, E. R. (2025). Creativity supports learning through associative thinking. npj Science of Learning, 10(1), 42. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00334-1

Lei, D., Liu, Y., & van Hell, G. J. (2022). Novel word learning with verbal definitions and images: Tracking consolidation with behavioral and event-related potential measures. Language learning, 72(4), 941–979. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12502

Urqueta Alfaro, A., Walker, L., Lee, C., & Lei, D. (2021). Tactile perception by mouth: Perceiving properties of objects when vision is impaired. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 39(3), 278–290.

Lei, D. ., Stepien, N. N., Morash, V. S., & Mackeben, M. . (2019). Effect of modulating braille dot height on reading regressions. PLOS ONE, 14, 1-17. 10.1371/journal.pone.0214799

Stepien-Bernabe, N. N., Lei, D., McKerracher, A., & Orel-Bixler, D. (2019). The impact of presentation mode and technology on reading comprehension among blind and sighted individuals. Optometry and Vision Science, 96(5), 354–361.

Urqueta Alfaro, A., Meinz, P., Morash, S. V., Lei, D., Kronberg, J., Lara, S., Jian, S., & Moore, M. (2019). Applicability and attachment findings of the Strange Situation Paradigm in infants with visual impairment. Infant Mental Health Journal, 40(6), 835–849. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21817

Urqueta Alfaro, A., Morash, V. S., Lei, D. ., & Orel-Bixler, D. (2018). Joint engagement in infants and its relationship to their visual impairment measurements. Infant Behavior and Development, 50, 311-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2017.05.010

Mentors

Projects

  • Haptic Kinematics of Two-Handed Braille Reading in Blind Adults
    Active
    Haptic Kinematics of Two-Handed Braille Reading in Blind Adults

    This page (currently under construction) accompanies a work-in-progress poster at the 2020 Eurohaptics meeting.

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  • Inactive
    The Kinematics of Braille Reading

    [Under construction]

    When blind persons read braille, a system of raised dots for tactile reading and writing, how is the information processed? How do a few indentations on the fingerpads translate to linguistic information, and how does the text, in turn, influence the motions of the hands reading it? Our work on braille addresses these processes on several levels.

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  • The Smith-Kettlewell Haptics Symposium
    Completed
    The Smith-Kettlewell Haptics Symposium

    The Smith-Kettlewell Haptics Symposium was held on March 29, 2018 to honor and remember Dr. Val Morash and her research.

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  • Regressions in Braille Reading
    Completed
    Regressions in Braille Reading

    This project explores regressions (movements to re-read text) in braille reading. The image on the right plots the braille reading finger movements in blue and regressions in black.

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Labs

  • Teng Lab
    Teng Lab
    Principal Investigator:
    Participate in our studies! Visit Teng Lab Experiment Participation for details. Welcome to the Cognition, Action, and Neural Dynamics Laboratory We aim to better understand how people perceive, interact with, and...
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