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==About ACL@NCU==
==About ACL@NCU==
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|The main purpose of dealing with external information from animal brains is to make movements that can change the status of the environment or the animal themselves. As a result, the brain areas that are responsible for processing various sensory perceptions, are closely related to neural networks and functional interactions of the brain areas that are responsible for planning and executing. The Action and Cognition Laboratory was founded by Dr. Erik Chang in 2007, the research focuses on exploring the characteristics of human behavioural control and the brain mechanisms of influencing these characteristics. Under the general orientation, below are research topics we are currently running:
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|'''Lab Members'''
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|'''Laboratory Directors'''
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|colspan="2"|[[Dr. EriK Chang]](Click Here to download CV[http://icn.ncu.edu.tw/images/cv_erikchang_ch_2010.pdf])
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|'''Students'''||'''Academic Year'''||'''Dissertation Areas'''
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|Sylvia Chiou||2013||Guidance or Interference? Augmented Feedback Benefits Bimanual Coordination Even After Removal
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|Zai-fu Yao||2013||Influence of Aging and Physical Activity on Cognitive Control and Visual Search
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|Maggie Lin||2014||
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|'''Alumni'''||'''Year of Study'''||'''Theses'''
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|Jyh-Jong Hsieh||2008~20011||On the Extension of Peripersonal Space: Remote Tool Use and Multisensory Integration
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|Chian-Huei Tang||2008~2012||How Do Parameters of Motor Response Influence Selective Inhibition? Evidence from the Stop-signal Paradigm
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|Jason Zhi-Xiang Han||2006~2008||Influence of the Consciousness State of Action Observation on Action Priming
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|Wen-Jing Lin||2007~2010||The Contributions of Global and Local Object Landmarks in Human Wayfinding Behavior )
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|Hung-Chi Li||2007~2010||Gender Differences in the Orienting of Visuospatial Attention: The Influences of Cue Types and Expectancy
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|Tzu-chen Lung||2007~2010||On the training and transfer of task switching
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|'''Research Assistants'''||'''Appointment Beginning'''||'''Responsible Research Project(s)'''
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|Jyh-Jong Hsieh||2012||Developing mobile devices for measuring and enhancing the cognitive ability and physical activity in middle-aged and elderly workers
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|Chia-Wei Lee||2013||An fMRI Investigation of sensorimotor and numerical magnitude representations under suggestion
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|I-Chu Chen||2014||An fMRI Investigation of sensorimotor and numerical magnitude representations under suggestion
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|Han-Chao Tsai||2014||
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|'''Previous Research Assistants'''||'''Tenure''' ||'''Responsible Research Projects'''
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|Shuo-Jie, Huang||2010~2012||Blueprint development project for the Medical Equipment Industry: An Innovative Service System for Stress-relief and LOHAS Which Integrates Personal Healthcare[NSC99-3114-B009-001])
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|Lin-Zhao, Liu||2010~2011||Exploration of the Functional and Structural Brain Mechanisms Underlying the Improvement of Central Executive Functions Induced by Physical Exercise in the Middle-Aged and Old Adults: a Fmri and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study [NSC99-2410-H008-065])
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|Rung-Yu Tzeng||2010||Blueprint development project for the Medical Equipment Industry: An Innovative Service System for Stress-relief and LOHAS Which Integrates Personal Healthcare [NSC99-3114-B009-001])
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|Yvonne J.Y. Lai||2008~2010||Effects of Age and Structural Lateral Compliance on Forward-and-up Stepping Movements [NSC95-2627-E009-001]；Sex Differences in Functional and Structural Brain Representations of Spatial Navigation and Motor Control---A Fmri and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study [NSC96-2413-H008-003-MY3])
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|Liang-Dien Hsieh ||2008~2009||Sex Differences in Functional and Structural Brain Representations of Spatial Navigation and Motor Control---A Fmri and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study[NSC96-2413-H008-003-MY3])
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|Brenda Yu||2007~2008||Effects of Age and Structural Lateral Compliance on Forward-and-up Stepping Movements [NSC95-2627-E009-001])
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|Kiwi Chung||2008~2009||「Eco-City---健康樂活城」智慧行動生活科技區域整合中心[NSC98-2218-E009-007])
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Revision as of 16:31, 4 August 2016

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2016-08 Prof. Chang got awarded a 3-year MOST grant to study cognitive ageing and inhibitory mechanisms.
2016-06 Hsiang-Yu received the Government Scholarship to Study Abroad from Ministry of Education.
2016-06 Maggie received the award to attend international conference (OHBM) from the Ministry of Education.
2016-05 Zai-Fu defended his master thesis successfully! Congratulations!


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About ACL@NCU

The Action and Cognition Laboratory was founded by Dr. Erik Chang in 2007, the research focuses on exploring the characteristics of human behavioural control and the brain mechanisms of influencing these characteristics. Under the general orientation, below are research topics we are currently studying:
1. Life span changes in motor control and higher cognitive functions
2. Influence of cognitive and physical training on brain/behavioral plasticity
3. Hypnotic modulations on motor control and numerical cognition
4. Individual difference in human spatial navigation
In terms of observing and recording behaviour, our lab now has PhaseSpace systems for motion tracking and position sensing, which could digitised the limb performance as 3D position online for examiners to analyse body movements. Due to needs of displaying actual items for the experiments of exploring human behaviour control, our lab equipped Plato Visual Occlusion Spectacles, which are able to change rapidly between transparent and light scattering and further control the timing of when visual information is presented to an experimental subject. 
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In relation to exploring the brain mechanism, our lab has been cooperating with Integrated Brain Research Unit from Taipei Veterans General Hospital for fMRI techniques, exploring brain areas of spatial navigation and working memory. We have also been collaborating with Brain Research Centre from National Chiao Tung University for the technique of combining virtual reality with analysis of brainwave frequencies, which exploring the changes of brain potential that relates to spatial navigation.

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