Dr. Caicai Zhang’s research focuses on the interaction of language with cognitive domains such as music and memory, with three major areas: (1) the relationship of language and music, investigated from the perspective of how congenital amusia affects speech processing; (2) how sleep contributes to the consolidation of speech sound categories in the brain of L2 learners; and (3) the neurocognitive mechanisms of learning and memory problems in children with developmental disorders of language.