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'''Welcome to Action & Cognition Laboratory (ACL) at Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience[http://icn.ncu.edu.tw], National Central Unviersity[http://ncu.edu.tw], Taiwan!!'''
== News ==
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|From left to right: Jason Han, Liang-Wei Kuo, Jyh-Jong Hsieh, Maggie Lin, Zai-Fu Yao, Erik Chang, Chiawei Li, I-Chu Chen, Sylvia Chiu
|2023-11||Hsin-Ping Tien received [https://www.nstc.gov.tw/sci/ch/detail/bedbf0a8-e942-4772-91a8-abb2c88fcf46 PhD studying abroad funding from the Taiwan NSTC] to conduct research in the Berlin Mobile Brain/Body Imaging Lab, Technische Universität Berlin, for a year. Congratulations!!  ([[Media:2024PhDNSTCabroadlist.jpg|partial awardee List]])
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|2023-07||Hsin-Ping Tien won the [https://www.psychonomic.org/page/2023YatesRecipients 2023 Psychonomic Society J. Frank Yates Student Conference Award] . Congratulations!!
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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:
|2023-03||Bing-Shan Wu wins [https://www.cogneurosociety.org/gsa-pfa-award-winners/ Graduate Student Award of the 2023 CNS Annual Meeting]. Congratuations!
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|1. Life span changes in motor control and higher cognitive functions
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|2. Influence of cognitive and physical training on brain/behavioral plasticity
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|3. Hypnotic modulations on motor control and numerical cognition
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|4. Individual difference in human spatial navigation
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|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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|2023-01||Congratulations to Bing-Shan Wu for successfully defending her master's thesis!
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=== Before 2023 ===
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|'''Lab Members'''
|2022-06||Postdoctoral fellow position @ACL open for applications ([https://www.ncu.edu.tw/en/events/show.php?num=16727&page= details]).
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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])
|2021-05||Hsin-Ping defended his master thesis successfully!! Congratulations!
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|2019-11|| Maggie and Hsin-Ping (team acl.2019) together won the first place in [http://ir.ncu.edu.tw/index.php/zh/2019-08-12-07-47-12/340-2019-11-20 the poster competition of NCU Institutional Research]. Wonderful job!!
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|'''Students'''||'''Academic Year'''||'''Dissertation Areas'''
|2019-07||Condrowati defended her master thesis successfully! Congratulations!
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|Sylvia Chiou||2013||Guidance or Interference? Augmented Feedback Benefits Bimanual Coordination Even After Removal
|2019-06||Prof. Chang got awarded a 4-year MOST grant to study the MEG brain dynamics of sequential motor learning.
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|Zai-fu Yao||2013||Influence of Aging and Physical Activity on Cognitive Control and Visual Search
|2019-02||Nicki Lee defended her master thesis successfully! Congratulations!
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|Maggie Lin||2014||
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|style="width:30%;"|Prof. Chang got awarded a 3-year MOST grant to study impacts of daily stress level on implicit and explicit motor learning.
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|'''Alumni'''||'''Year of Study'''||'''Theses'''
|2017-01||Maggie defended her master thesis successfully! Congratulations!
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|Jyh-Jong Hsieh||2008~20011||On the Extension of Peripersonal Space: Remote Tool Use and Multisensory Integration
|2016-10||Zai-Fu Yao got awarded the [http://ww2.psy.ntu.edu.tw/cpa/news_20161008.asp 2016 Professor Su Hsiang-Yu Psychological Thesis Award ](Master Category A) by the Taiwanese Psychological Association. Congratulations!!
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|Chian-Huei Tang||2008~2012||How Do Parameters of Motor Response Influence Selective Inhibition? Evidence from the Stop-signal Paradigm
|2016-08||Prof. Chang got awarded a 3-year MOST grant to study cognitive ageing and inhibitory mechanisms.
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|Jason Zhi-Xiang Han||2006~2008||Influence of the Consciousness State of Action Observation on Action Priming
|2016-06||Hsiang-Yu received the Government Scholarship to Study Abroad from Ministry of Education.
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|Wen-Jing Lin||2007~2010||The Contributions of Global and Local Object Landmarks in Human Wayfinding Behavior )
|2016-06||Maggie received the award to attend international conference (OHBM) from the Ministry of Education.
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|Hung-Chi Li||2007~2010||Gender Differences in the Orienting of Visuospatial Attention: The Influences of Cue Types and Expectancy
|2016-05||Zai-Fu defended his master thesis successfully! Congratulations!
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|Tzu-chen Lung||2007~2010||On the training and transfer of task switching
 
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==About ACL@NCU==
|'''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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| valign="top" width="50%" | '''Founded in 2007, the Action and Cognition Laboratory (ACL) focuses on exploring the characteristics of human action control and the underlying brain mechanisms. Ongoing research topics in ACL include:'''
# Life span changes in motor control and higher cognitive functions.
# Influence of cognitive and physical training on brain/behavioral plasticity.
# Applications of feature extraction and machine learning in neuroimaging and magneto/electrophysiology.
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<div>[[Image:Lab celebrating Denise's birthday.jpg|480px|left|thumb|Lab members taking the photo in front of ICN logo]]</div>
<div>[[Image:Erik B day.jpg|480px|left|thumb|The Chang family celebrating Erik's 2023 B-day with the students]]</div>
<div>[[Image:Lab01.JPG|480px|left|From left to right: Jason Han, Liang-Wei Kuo, Jyh-Jong Hsieh, Maggie Lin, Zai-Fu Yao, Erik Chang, Chiawei Li, I-Chu Chen, Sylvia Chiu]]</div>
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|'''Previous Research Assistants'''||'''Tenure''' ||'''Responsible Research Projects'''
==Facilities==
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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])
|To observe and record human movements in 3D space, a 6 camera [[PhaseSpace]] motion capture system is available in ACL, which could digitize effector positions online for analyzing kinematics. To study hand-object interactions, ACL is also equipped with a set of  [[Plato Visual Occlusion Spectacles]], which are able to change rapidly between transparent and light scattering status for optimally control timing of the real visual object. 
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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])
|As for examining the brain mechanism, ACL has been cooperating with [[Integrated Brain Research Unit from Taipei Veterans General Hospital]], Imaging Center of the National Yang-Ming University, and the Taiwan Mind and Brain Imaging Center of the National Cheng-Chi University for fMRI techniques to explore brain areas of spatial navigation, central executive functions, and motor learning processes. We have also been collaborating with [[Brain Research Centre from National Chiao Tung University]] for combining virtual reality with analysis of EEG time-frequency information.
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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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Latest revision as of 03:49, 11 January 2024

News

Date Events
2023-11 Hsin-Ping Tien received PhD studying abroad funding from the Taiwan NSTC to conduct research in the Berlin Mobile Brain/Body Imaging Lab, Technische Universität Berlin, for a year. Congratulations!! (partial awardee List)
2023-07 Hsin-Ping Tien won the 2023 Psychonomic Society J. Frank Yates Student Conference Award . Congratulations!!
2023-03 Bing-Shan Wu wins Graduate Student Award of the 2023 CNS Annual Meeting. Congratuations!
2023-01 Congratulations to Bing-Shan Wu for successfully defending her master's thesis!

Before 2023

Dates Events
2022-06 Postdoctoral fellow position @ACL open for applications (details).
2021-05 Hsin-Ping defended his master thesis successfully!! Congratulations!
2019-11 Maggie and Hsin-Ping (team acl.2019) together won the first place in the poster competition of NCU Institutional Research. Wonderful job!!
2019-07 Condrowati defended her master thesis successfully! Congratulations!
2019-06 Prof. Chang got awarded a 4-year MOST grant to study the MEG brain dynamics of sequential motor learning.
2019-02 Nicki Lee defended her master thesis successfully! Congratulations!
2017-01 Prof. Chang got awarded a 3-year MOST grant to study impacts of daily stress level on implicit and explicit motor learning.
2017-01 Maggie defended her master thesis successfully! Congratulations!
2016-10 Zai-Fu Yao got awarded the 2016 Professor Su Hsiang-Yu Psychological Thesis Award (Master Category A) by the Taiwanese Psychological Association. Congratulations!!
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!

About ACL@NCU

Founded in 2007, the Action and Cognition Laboratory (ACL) focuses on exploring the characteristics of human action control and the underlying brain mechanisms. Ongoing research topics in ACL include:
  1. Life span changes in motor control and higher cognitive functions.
  2. Influence of cognitive and physical training on brain/behavioral plasticity.
  3. Applications of feature extraction and machine learning in neuroimaging and magneto/electrophysiology.
Lab members taking the photo in front of ICN logo
The Chang family celebrating Erik's 2023 B-day with the students
From left to right: Jason Han, Liang-Wei Kuo, Jyh-Jong Hsieh, Maggie Lin, Zai-Fu Yao, Erik Chang, Chiawei Li, I-Chu Chen, Sylvia Chiu

Facilities

F 05pic3-2.jpg
To observe and record human movements in 3D space, a 6 camera PhaseSpace motion capture system is available in ACL, which could digitize effector positions online for analyzing kinematics. To study hand-object interactions, ACL is also equipped with a set of Plato Visual Occlusion Spectacles, which are able to change rapidly between transparent and light scattering status for optimally control timing of the real visual object. 

F 05pic4.png

As for examining the brain mechanism, ACL has been cooperating with Integrated Brain Research Unit from Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Imaging Center of the National Yang-Ming University, and the Taiwan Mind and Brain Imaging Center of the National Cheng-Chi University for fMRI techniques to explore brain areas of spatial navigation, central executive functions, and motor learning processes. We have also been collaborating with Brain Research Centre from National Chiao Tung University for combining virtual reality with analysis of EEG time-frequency information.
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