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师资队伍

Adam John Privitera

特聘研究员

教育背景
工作履历
研究领域
学术兼职
科研项目
发表论文

2007年:美国纽约州立大学布法罗分校 心理学学士

2010年:美国纽约州立大学布法罗分校 心理学硕士 

2022年:香港大学教育学院 哲学博士


2021–2023:温州肯恩大学人文学院心理学助理教授

2023–2024:新加坡南洋理工大学学习发展研究中心研究员

2024–2026.6:新加坡南洋理工大学教育科学中心研究员


1. 双语认知、双语优势与执行控制(抑制控制、注意力网络)

2. 外语道德效应、语言熟练度对决策行为的调控

3. 教育神经科学、神经技术落地教师教育

4. 学习科学、终身学习认知神经机制

5. ERP/EEG 脑电神经标记、教育心理测量


客座主编:Trends in Neuroscience and Education

期刊编委:

Bilingualism: Language and Cognition

Trends in Neuroscience and Education

Frontiers in Psychology

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Humanities and Social Science Communications

美国大学理事会,2016–至今:AP心理学官方阅卷考官

2025–至今:UNESCO全球教育学习科学联盟会员

2023–至今:国际本科心理学人才标准参考小组专家

2025:心理学会、认知科学学会正式会员

新加坡国家级项目:

2025–2030:ACES 创意培育项目,新加坡文化、社区与青年部,分课题1A首席研究员

2025–2028:L3MA 中年及老年语言学习健康研究,新加坡教育部,独立首席研究员

2024–2028:GenAI 时代成人继续教育微学习框架,新加坡技能创前程局,联合首席

2024–2027:早期母语发展双语元语言支架研究,新加坡教育部AcRF Tier2,联合首席

2023–2024:终身学习循证综述研究,新加坡教育部,独立首席

1. Xia, L., Privitera, A. J., Jin, X., Liang, L., & Ooi, S. (accepted). Second Language Experience and Auditory Cognitive Control: Is More Necessarily Better? International Journal of Bilingualism. SSCI Q2

2. Ng, S.H.S., Chan, H.Y., Wong, J. H. K., Sam, L., & Privitera, A. J. (in press). Mapping the landscape: generative AI in higher education assessment (2020-2024) - a scoping review. Interactive Learning Environments.

https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2026.2614079 SSCI Q1

3. Privitera, A. J. (in press). Bilingual Effects on Cognitive Control: Are we Looking in the Right Place? Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728925100576 SSCI Q1

4. Privitera, A. J., Yee, J., Carthery-Goulart, M. T., Momenian, M., & Weekes, B. S. (2026). Investigating the “Bilingual Edge”: Origins, Current Practices, and Future Directions. Brain and Language.SSCI/SCIE

5. Privitera, A. J., Wang, J., & Jiang, X. (2026). Understanding of Psychological Literacy: Comparative Insights From Undergraduates in China and the United Kingdom. Teaching of Psychology, 53(1), 52-61.

https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283241247181 (Original work published 2026) SSCI Q3

6. Privitera, A. J., & Du, H. (2025). Bringing the Brain into Teacher Education: Supporting Neurotechnology Adoption and Effective Teaching in China. Beijing International Review of Education, 7(1-2), 130-144.

https://doi.org/10.1177/25902547251356047 Scopus Q1

7. Privitera, A. J., Wang, J., & Jiang, X. (2025). What do Chinese Psychology Majors Know About Brain Research? Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 39.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2025.100254 ESCI Q2

8. Privitera, A. J. (2025). Influence of Cognitive Control on the Moral Foreign Language Effect. International Journal of Bilingualism, 29(5), 1460-1473. https:/doi.org/10.1177/13670069241292498 SSCI Q2

9. Privitera, A. J., Ng, S. H. S., & Chen, S. H. A. (2025). Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Learning and Interventions for Improvement Across the Adult Lifespan: A Systematic Review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106281 SCIE Q1

10. Zhou, Y., & Privitera, A. J. (2025). Subjective Versus Objective Language Proficiency Measures in the Investigation of Bilingual Effects on Cognitive Control. International Journal of Bilingualism, 29(3), 549-565. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069241229393 SSCI Q2

11. Zhang, X., Pan, X., Wang, Y., Xu, M., & Privitera, A. J. (2025). Time course of indirect reply processing in native and non-native Mandarin speakers: An ERP study. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 28(3), 589–600. www.doi.org/10.1017/S1366728924000695 SSCI Q1

12. Choo, C. M., Bai, S., Privitera, A. J., & Chen, S. H. A. (2025). Brain Imaging Studies of Multisensory Integration in Emotion Perception: A Scoping Review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 172.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106118 SCIE Q1

13. Wang, Y., Zhong, L., Jin, M., Liao, D., Privitera, A. J., Wong, A. Y. L., Fong, G. C. H., Bao, S.-C., & Sun, R. (2025). Assessing stroke-induced abnormal muscle coactivation in the upper limb using the surface EMG co-contraction Index: A systematic review. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 81, 102985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2025.102985 SCIE Q2

14. Privitera, A. J., Chen, S. H. A., & Carthery-Goulart, M. T. (2024). Introduction to the special issue: Bringing the brain into education: The application of findings from the Science of Learning to teacher training and development. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 36.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2024.100236 ESCI Q2

15. Xie, Z., Privitera, A. J., & Huang Y. (2024). Bilingualism From a Holistic Perspective: Investigation of Bilingual Effects on Cognitive Control. Current Psychology, 43, 32437–32450. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06800-0 SSCI Q2

16. Privitera, A. J., & Sun, R. (2024). The P3 and Academic Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Educational Research, 128.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2024.102462 SSCI Q1

17. Privitera, A. J. (2024). Is Dialect Proficiency Associated with Improved Executive Function? Applied Psycholinguistics, 45(5), 811-833.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716424000286 SSCI Q1

18. Privitera, A. J., Ng, S. H. S., & Chen, S. H. A. (2024). Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Learning and Interventions for Improvement Across the Adult Lifespan: A Systematic Review Protocol. PLOS ONE, 19(5).

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301935 SCIE Q1

19. Privitera, A. J., Ng, S. H. S., Kong, A. P. H., & Weekes, B. S. (2024). AI and Aphasia in the Digital Age: A Critical Review. Brain Sciences, 14(4).

https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14040383 SCIE Q3

20. Momenian, M., Privitera, A. J., & Weekes, B. S. (2024). Nouns are not always processed faster than verbs in bilingual speakers: effects of language distance. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 27(1), 75-83.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728923000408 SSCI Q1

21. Privitera, A. J. (2024). Is There a Foreign Language Effect on Academic Integrity? Higher Education, 88, 609–626.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01134-5 SSCI Q1

22. Wei, Y., Tang, Y., & Privitera, A. J. (2024) Functional priority of syntax over semantics in Chinese ‘ba’ construction: evidence from eye-tracking during natural reading. Language and Cognition, 16(2), 380-400.

https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2023.42 SSCI Q2

23. Tsang, E.W., Yuen, C.C., Lau, J.C., Ma, V.W., Wat, M.T., Yu, Y.Y., Privitera, A.J., Chung, R.C. and Chan, C.C. (2024). Influences of lifestyle profiles and problematic internet use on mental distress in university students. Psychological Studies, 69, 81-91.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-023-00766-y ESCI Q3

24. Privitera, A. J., Ng, S. H. S., & Chen, S. H. A. (2023). Defining the Science of Learning: A Scoping Review. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 32.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2023.100206 ESCI Q2

25. Sun, R., Chan, C., Hsiao, J., Privitera, A. J., Gao, J., & Tang, A.C. (2023). Tracking gaze position from EEG: Exploring the possibility of an EEG-based virtual eye-tracker. Brain and Behavior, 13(10), e3205.

https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.3205 SCIE Q2

26. Privitera, A. J., Momenian, M., & Weekes, B. S. (2023). Modeling the Bilingual Advantage: Do Results Differ Between Analysis Methods? Ampersand, 11.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amper.2023.100134 DOAJ Q1

27. Privitera, A. J., Li, S., Zhou, Y., & Wang, M. (2023). Modulatory Role of Foreign Language Experience on the Moral Foreign Language Effect. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 26(5), 1038-1050.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728923000275 SSCI Q1

28. Carthery-Goulart, M. T., Privitera, A. J., & Weekes, B. S. (2023). Does language distance modulate the contribution of bilingualism to cognitive reserve in seniors? A systematic review. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias, 38.

https://doi.org/10.1177/15333175231167223 SCIE Q2

29. Privitera, A. J., Zhou, Y., & Xie, X. (2023). Inhibitory Control as a Significant Predictor of Academic Performance in Chinese High Schoolers. Child Neuropsychology, 29(3), 457-473. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2022.2098941 SCIE Q3

30. Privitera, A. J., Momenian, M., & Weekes, B. S. (2023). Graded Bilingual Effects on Attentional Network Function in Chinese High School Students. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 26(3), 527-537.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728922000803 SSCI Q1

31. Privitera, A. J., & Weekes, B.S. (2023). Scoping Review of Research Practices in the Investigation of Bilingual Effects on Inhibition and Attention in Young People. International Journal of Bilingualism, 27(5), 749-775.

https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069221121498 SSCI Q2

32. Privitera, A., J., & Du, H. (2022). Educational Neurotechnology: Where Do We Go From Here? Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 29.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2022.100195 ESCI Q2

33. Privitera, A. J. (2022). On the Utility of the P3 as a Neuromarker of Academic Performance: A Brief Review. Italian Journal of Educational Technology, 30(3), 33-44.

https://doi.org/10.17471/2499-4324/1264 DOAJ

34. Privitera, A. J., Sun, R., & Tang, A. C. (2022). A resting-state network for novelty: similar involvement of a global network under rest and task conditions. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 323.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2022.111488 SCIE Q3

35. Privitera, A. J., & Tang, A. C. (2022). Functional significance of individual differences in P3 network spatial configuration. Journal of Psychophysiology. 36(4), 215-230.

https://doi.org/10.1027/0269-8803/a000295 SCIE/SSCI Q4

36. Privitera, A. J., Momenian, M., & Weekes, B.S. (2022). Task-Specific Bilingual Effects in Mandarin-English Speaking High School Students in China. Current Research in Behavioral Sciences, 3.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crbeha.2022.100066 Scopus Q1

37. Privitera, A. J., & Weekes, B.S. (2021). Protocol for a Scoping Review of Research Practices in the Investigation of Bilingual Effects on Inhibition and Attentional Function in Young People. Social Science Protocols, 4.

https://doi.org/10.7565/ssp.v4.5760

38. Privitera, A. J. (2021). A scoping review of research on neuroscience training for teachers. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 24.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2021.100157 ESCI Q2

39. Privitera, A. J. (2020). Overcoming Textbook Access Barriers in an Introductory Psychology Course: A Community College OER Study. The International Journal of Open Educational Resources, 3(2), 201-214.

https://doi.org/10.18278/ijoer.3.2.11

40. Wang, D., Privitera, A. J., Jiang, Y., & Zai, Z. (2020). What does bathroom graffiti reveal about young adults in China? Journal of Youth Studies, 23(7) 945-958.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2019.1645947 SSCI Q1

41. Wang, D., & Privitera, A. J. (2019). Beyond Self -Report Methods: Sand Tray Used in Resilience Evaluation. Arts in Psychotherapy, 63, 60-67.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2019.03.001 SSCI Q3

42. Gerbasi, K. C., Bernstein, P. L., Conway, S., Scaletta, L. L., Privitera, A., Paolone, N, & Higner, J. (2008). Furries from A to Z (Anthropomorphism to Zoomorphism). Society & Animals, 16, 197-222.

https://doi.org/10.1163/156853008X323376 SCIE Q4