Weiyi Ma

Dr. Weiyi Ma is an Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas's School of Human Environmental Sciences, part of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. His research bridges developmental science, education, and neurobiology, focusing on communicative and cognitive development across the lifespan. Key interests include language acquisition, emotional perception of speech/music, music's impact on learning, and technology's role in education.

Education: PhD in Education and MA in Linguistics from the University of Delaware. Research spans child development, neurocognitive processes, and cross-cultural studies. Recent work explores how music tempo influences attention in children and the effects of video gaming on cognitive functions like visual working memory and emotional perception.

Publications emphasize topics such as classifier use in language learning, verb semantics, and neural plasticity in gamers. No awards listed, but active in editorial reviews and teaching.