Phil joins Science Media Center, Taiwan, to talk about latest research in 40 Hz sensory stimulation and EEG entrainment. 

Phil老師在台灣科技媒體中心「40赫茲光照可否改善失智？」背景說明線上記者會中，討論40赫茲研究最新發展，以及市面上產品應該做的腦波驗證，SMC新聞稿可按此。若要深入了解本實驗室在40Hz一系列研究的結果與Phil老師觀點，可見台大理學院電子報。

Congrats to Marcel for passing his PhD thesis defense! It's been a wonderful journey from Master's to PhD degree, way to go Dr. Tahamata!!!

恭喜Marcel博士畢業囉!  Marcel博論研究的靈感來自Phil教普心時，記憶那一週的開場白: "假裝你打工六個月存了幾萬塊，去夏威夷度了一個你夢寐以求的假期，結果回來在機場時你在拿行李時不小心敲到頭，正好忘記過去一個禮拜假期的記憶(但打工的記憶都還在)。請問，這趟假期還值得嗎?"。這問題雖然很粗糙，但通常普心的同學們會一半一半，有人不在乎記憶而覺得還是值得，也有人重視記憶而覺得假期不值得，透過這個例子讓同學們理解，記憶雖然人人都有，但它在每個人心中的"價碼"可能不太一樣，這也牽扯到每個人認不認為記憶是一個人組成的主要成分。Marcel把這個概念跟法律上的被告做結合，探討國民法官是如何看待被告的記憶與失憶。

又到了畢業的季節了😭 今年，實驗室的畢業生陳亭竹(UC Riverside)與曹心慧(UC Davis)皆很大方的與學弟妹分享申請國外博班的心路歷程，有興趣國外留學的學弟妹們可以參考看看喔!

Hazel 亭竹 (UC Riverside)

Eileen 心慧 (UC Davis)

Our newest paper published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease found no evidence that Delta M+ BrainCare light can entrain human EEG at 40 Hz. As a lighting device that is already marketed as a "brain care" device, this null result is deeply concerning. There is no way gamma entrainment signals can propagate to frontal and medial temporal regions if they cannot be observed in the visual cortex in the first place. We advocate that all future products targeting 40 Hz entrainment should provide solid EEG entrainment evidence.

本實驗室最新發表在《阿茲海默症期刊》的研究指出，台達電的M+ BrainCare燈光裝置無法在40赫茲下同步人類腦波。由於該產品目前已經以「護智」之名進行市場行銷，因此這項結果須被重視。如果連視覺皮質都無法觀察到同步現象，那麼同步訊號幾乎不可能被傳導到前額葉與內側顳葉等關鍵腦區(而我們的確也沒觀察到這些腦區有增強的40Hz腦波訊號)。我們建議未來聲稱可產生40赫茲腦波同步的新產品都應提出有力的神經共振數據來佐證其效果。[全文連結]

Our first paper in eyewitness memory is now published in Psychological Research! And congrats to Hsin-Hui for making this happen!

This paper is titled "Can within-individual consistency in episodic recall be used to retrospectively estimate eyewitness memory?". In this paper, instead of using working memory or executive function to predict whether a particular eyewitness's memory is reliable, we use a staged event to test the eyewitness again. The rationale is that, the best predictor (even retrospectively) of a psychological construct, is probably that construct itself. Therefore, how do we know if the eyewitness's account is trustworthy when there is no ground truth? Give them a staged crime (where you know the ground truth) to witness again, test their memory, and score them!

恭喜曹心慧同學的論文被Psychological Research接受! 心慧大三上學期加入實驗室，大三下拿到國科會大專生計畫，暑假收案與分析，大四上學期投稿，四下畢業前就發表囉! 這篇研究主要探討警官如何在沒有CCTV的情況下，確認熱心幫忙的目擊者究竟記憶是否正確，有多少成分可信，或可能是錯誤記憶。我們採用使用第二個事件影片再測的方式，來回推第一個事件的記憶準確度。實驗證實是可行的! 一個人上個禮拜記憶好的話，這個禮拜也不會差到哪裡去，反之亦然，因此可用第二個(有答案)的測驗來推估第一個(沒答案)的記憶準確度。

So many good news to start off 2025! 

Congrats to Ching-Fang and Yu-Hsuan for winning the Academic Excellence Award! And, congrats to Vivian for getting admission into NTU's graduate clinical program (~5% admission rate)!!! And, congrats to Alisa for winning the Dean's Award from the College of Science (4-5 recipients per year)!!!  Wow!

狂賀!! 恭喜江菁芳同學、蔡雨璇同學榮獲書卷獎!  恭喜潘亭杉同學榮獲理學院院長獎!!

余慧玲同學也在競爭激烈的碩班申請脫穎而出，要來台大臨床心理組唸碩士啦!🎉

This month we are happy to welcome our friend and collaborator from Poland, Adrianna Jakubowska, to join us here in Taiwan! Ada is a PhD student from Maria Grzegorzewska University, and is collecting data here in Taiwan on the relationship between hostile attribution, norm violation, and moral judgment. 

這個月我們歡迎從波蘭來的合作夥伴Ada加入實驗室! Ada是我們去年11月在司法心理與犯罪防治年會認識的研究者，也都對道德判斷等題目有興趣，因此Ada今年特地申請計畫來台合作，歡迎!

Phil will be serving as an Associate Editor for Psychological Research in March. Psychological Research is one of our lab's favorite journal as it focuses experimental work in the topics of human perception, attention, memory, and action, as well as some very solid applied work. It already has more than 100 years of history, and we are humbled to be able to contribute to its legacy.

恭喜Phil老師被知名實驗派期刊Psychological Research選為期刊副編輯! Psychological Research是一個擁有百年歷史的認知實驗心理期刊，在1922年由德國的完形心理學家們成立。歷經百年的歷練，期刊仍忠實於實驗派取向的感覺、注意力、記憶與動作研究，而近年來亦發表許多結合認知神經方法與實務應用的研究(像是近年來許多優質的目擊證人記憶皆從Psychological Research發表)，非常符合我們實驗室的理念。Phil老師其實關注這個期刊已經很多年了，如今能加入編輯團隊並貢獻一份心力，實在是非常榮幸!

Our longest paper, ever, is now published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports. The take-home message is pretty much in the title: "Single-session gamma sensory stimulation entrains real-time electroencephalography but does not enhance perception, attention, short-term memory, or long-term memory". Therefore, from the perspective of EEG entrainment, 40 Hz sensory stimulation likely requires repeated stimulation (in terms of weeks) to reach its cognitive and neurophysiological effects.

恭喜彩瑄與亭萱的研究成果順利發表於Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports! 彩瑄與亭萱自北醫醫學系大一時就加入實驗室，花了不少時間收集腦波資料。這篇研究主要是針對目前很熱門的阿茲海默症治療新發現-40 Hz聲光刺激的研究。我們發現僅有一次的40 Hz的聲光刺激是無法在感知、注意、短期與長期記憶功能上造成影響的。因此，未來的聲光刺激若要成為阿茲海默症的臨床介入，應朝向"少量多餐"的方向思考應用與執行層面。

順便一提，這篇研究也是本實驗室有史以來寫過最長的論文。😅

Here is our first paper of 2025, published in New Ideas in Psychology! In this short perspective paper, Phil and Tony argue that in the era of prediction and classification, we must not forget the importance of mechanisms and causal explanations. Only a solid understanding of mechanisms can give scientists a sense of what type of errors (false positive or negative) will be more prominent in our AI algorithm or biomarker. We use lie detection as an example in this paper, but the same rationale is true for any AI-facilated biomarkers.

2025第一篇發表於New Ideas in Psychology刊登! 有了AI以後，我們還需要認知神經的理論嗎? AI技術與認知理論能共存嗎? 該共存嗎? Phil & Tony繼上一篇Nature Neuroscience Reviews討論何謂機制後，進一步在這篇論文中探討基礎科學對於機制的了解如何會對應用科學(或AI)所在意的預測有重大貢獻。也因此，我們呼籲AI學者們雖然在意prediction & classification，但別忘掉explanation的重要性。

本篇論文以測謊為例，但其實把測謊換成癌症偵測或任何生理的biomarker也適用，算是將認知科學領域的訊號偵測理論做跨域應用。

So many good news to start off 2025! First, we congratulate Alisa for being awarded the Government Fellowship for Studying Abroad. Alisa will be joining UCL to study for her Master's degree in UX/Usability. 

Also, congrats to Yu-Hsuan for getting admitted by the Master's program of Manchester Psychology. We have 2 students leaving for UK soon!

恭喜潘亭杉同學公費留考榜首，也拿到英國UCL UX/Usability碩班錄取信啦! 

蔡雨璇同學也拿到Manchester碩班錄取信了。大家都要離開實驗室去英國了啦😭

Congrats to Marcel on publishing yet another paper in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology! In this study, Marcel looks into the a possible omission vs. commission effect in moral judgement that might be present in the well-used Young et al. (2007) moral vignettes.

恭喜博士生Marcel繼去年的發表後，這次論文再一次被老牌期刊Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology接受! 在這研究中，我們探討在傷害相同的情況下，人們(或國民法官們)對於"有作為"與"無作為"的道德判斷。

Congrats to Alvis for publishing another paper in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences! In this mini-review, Alvis reviews the use of noninvasive brain stimulation (rTMS) in working memory enhancement in schizophrenia, and reveals a possible dosage effect that has not been discussed before.

Alvis will be serving as a resident doctor in the Psychiatry Department of National Taiwan University Hospital in 2025. Well done Alvis!

恭喜士強的新論文被針對Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences刊登! 我們針對rTMS在思覺失調症中似乎有劑量反應的現象做討論。

也恭喜士強在2025即將進如台大醫院精神科擔任住院醫師，狂賀!!!

Congrats to Ankit for publishing his Master's thesis in Consciousness & Cognition! This project is a follow-up on the perspectival shape study by Morales, Bax, and Firestone, where we invesitgated the time course of such representation (from birth to death, so to speak). Ankit is now doing his PhD in Michigan State.

恭喜Ankit的碩論被Consciousness & Cognition接受刊登! 這個研究探討視覺系統如何從平面圖像建立出立體表徵，以及該平面圖像在腦內留存多久。

Ankit目前在美國密西根攻讀博士學位，我們懷念他(咦)。

The 3rd International Conference on Forensic Psycholgy is now over! Our lab has been planning this conference for the past one year, and it's so satisfying to see everything fall in place. We had speakers from all over the world, talking about criminal law, interrogation techniques, eyewitness memory, moral psychology, forensic methodology, and psychiatric assessment. The 4th conference will be held in Taoyuan next year, please stay tuned!

第三屆司法心理學國際研討會落幕了! 感謝台灣司法心理與犯罪防治協會與台大心理系的支持，11/2~3這個週末非常精彩! 請看理學院報導。

New tACS paper accepted by Schizophrenia!  Congrats to Prangya & Yuhui!

This is a collaborative project with Shuang-Ho Psychiatry. We applied theta tACS over right frontoparietal cortices and found improved visual working memory in half of the Schizophrenia patients.

恭喜于惠與Prangya論文被Schizophrenia接受! 這個做在思覺失調症病人身上的交流電刺激研究源自跟雙和醫院精神科王俊凱醫師的合作，狂賀!

Phil is guest-editing a special issue "Oscillaiton & Cognition" in Biological Psychology with Dr. Hsieh (NCKU) and Dr. Juan (NCU), please consider submitting your work on brain oscillations and cognitive processing to this special issue!

我們實驗室正協助Biological Psychology期刊編輯認知與神經共振的特刊，歡迎各位老師同學們踴躍投稿!

Phil goes live with TOYP foundations and talks about how psychology and neuroscience are intertwined.

Phil老師接受Cue十傑採訪，介紹腦科學與心理學的關係，歡迎大家觀看!

Phil joins the Taiwan Association for Visual Rehabilitation to discuss visual attention, implicit processing, and conscious awareness.

Phil老師與台灣視覺復健專業服務協會的夥伴們討論視覺、注意與意識。

A new short correspondence publication on Nature Reviews Neuroscience from Phil and Tony! In this correspondence we acknowledge the explanatory power of different levels of mechanism in neuroscience, and try to propose a way for deciding which level is mechanistically appropriate.

Phil和Tony針對認知行為-->腦區-->神經元-->基因等證據的解釋力上該如何做選擇。發表於Nature Reviews Neuroscience。

Congrats to Eileen for getting her undergraduate research grant from NSTC! The title of her grant is "Estimating Individual Differences in Eyewitness Memory by Exploring Post-event Memory Testing".

恭喜實驗室專題生曹心慧拿到國科會大專生研究計畫! 本計畫標題為「透過探索事件後記憶之測驗以預測目擊者記憶的個體差異」，將嘗試回溯性回推目擊證人證詞的準度與可信度。

Congrats to Liza for her successful thesis defense, titled "Temporal and spatial processing in the visual modality: Behavioral and fMRI evidence from temporal reproduction task". This is a fruitful collaboration effort with Prof. Ernst Pöppel. Way to go Dr. Baranova-Parfenova!

A new study on Science sheds light on the anatomical and functional relationship between the default ascending arousal network and default mode network. Phil drafts a short summary and comments for Taiwan SMC.

Phil老師在台灣科技媒體中心「Science期刊研究大腦網絡有助未來治療意識障礙的病患」一文中發表專家意見。

Does using digital tools impair your memory? Phil shares his thoughts with Heho Health.

數位失智是真的嗎? 長期使用手機會讓記憶退化嗎? 其實不用太緊張，來看Phil老師怎麼說!

Our research on deception is featured on TTV in April, come check us out!

本實驗室第二次跟台視「發現科學」合作! 這次是簡單介紹腦科學與測謊的應用，歡迎大家收看！

Congrats to Alvis for his new publication using transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) combined with EEG.

恭喜士強新發表在Journal of Integrative Neuroscience的論文！

Congrats to Yun for getting her PhD Scholarship from the National Science & Technology Council!

恭喜實驗室畢業生朱芸拿到國科會博士生獎學金! 太棒啦~

Our FedEx paper is featured in Psychonomic Society's digital content website, in a very well written and fun piece. Woot!

恭喜士強的FedEx論文被美國Psychonomic Society選為網路必讀特選! 也幫我們撰寫了一篇非常有趣的科普文章喔!

Phil joins 50+ Talk Podcast to share his thoughts on atomic habbits and the cognitive neuroscience behind it.

Phil老師參加遠見‧天下文化《50+》學院Podcast分享養成好習慣的「腦技巧」！歡迎大家收聽喔！

Congrats to Marcel on publishing his paper "Family favouring effects across intent and outcome-based moral judgements and decisions" in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology!

恭喜博士生Marcel的論文被老牌期刊Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology發表! 在這研究中，我們探討民眾(或國民法官們)對傷害罪的道德判斷，以及該判斷如何受到動機與加/受害者角色影響。

This month in Scientific American, we comment on "The Dementia Defense" cover story, and share our research/perspective on forensic neuroscience

在這個月的科學人，Phil老師撰寫「詐盲? 真盲? 科學辦案來辨明」一文描述我們實驗室對陳敬鎧一案所提供的腦波檢測，與對於鑑識神經科學與神經法律領域的建議

Congrats to Prangya, her newest letter to Editor titled "40Hz sensory entrainment: Is real-time EEG a good indicator of future cognitive improvement?" is now published in Neurological Sciences!

印度籍醫師博士生Prangya的論文已發表!  在這篇研究中我們提供醫學工程界在預測治療失智症40hz gamma聲光刺激的療效時所缺少的腦波證據

Marcel's newest paper, titled "What does the Implicit Association Test really measure? Insights from the theoretical debate", has been accepted by Psychologia!

印尼籍博士生Marcel的論文被接受囉! 文中探討社會與行為科學家在思考Implicit Association Test的結果時，在邏輯上該注意的地方

Our newest paper titled "Driving frequency modulates correlations between executive functions and driving performance: A driving simulator study" is accepted by Perceptual & Motor Skills!

實驗室最新發表被老牌期刊Perceptual & Motor Skills接受! 我們用前額葉相關的執行功能作業來預測人們在駕駛模擬器裡的開車表現，敬請期待正式發表!

Big congrats to PhD student Niana for winning the 1st place poster award at the 2023 Consciousness Research Network (CoRN) conference!  Way to go Niana!

恭喜博士生Niana獲得意識研究網路(CoRN)大會的第一名壁報獎!!!

Phil goes on UChannel TV this month to talk about sensation & perception, and how it may be relevant to usability in technology and our everyday life

Phil老師與優視合作，上「誰來作客」討論感覺與知覺，以及科技運用

Our lab has now moved to the Department of Psychology at National Taiwan University. This should be our last move! Thank you NCKU and TMU! 

腦與認知實驗室搬到台大心理系囉!  歡迎舊雨新知繼續指教，也謝謝成大的照顧，我們會想念台南的陽光的~

Big congrats to Alvis for publishing his Fedex project in CRPI! In this study we investigated whether the "hidden arrow" in the FedEx logo can implicitly influence people's visual attention! This took Alvis 7 years to publish, but he made it, woot!!!

恭喜實驗室專題生柯士強的最新發表! 我們操弄物體與背景的關係來看人們是否真的可以下意識看見FedEx裡面的隱形箭頭(並即時做出反應)，是實驗室的代表作之一喔!  士強從大一就開始做這研究，現在已經是住院醫師了......真是不簡單的實驗!

Our collaboration with TMU Radiology, titled "thalamocortical coherence predicts persistent postconcussive symptoms", is now published in Progress in Neurobiology!

實驗室與北醫放射科的合作，探討腦震盪病人的丘腦皮質腦波共振，已在這個月發表囉!

Congrats to Yun Chu for passing her Master's thesis defense! 

恭喜碩二生朱芸通過口試!  朱芸從大學專題生做到碩士畢業，非常優秀喔!  下一站是成大心理系博班!!!

Our collaboration with Dr. Yijen Wu from NCKU Neurology, on vagus nerve stimulation and its therapeutic implicaitons, is now published!

實驗室與成大神經科吳怡真醫師合作的回顧(迷走神經刺激)這個月發表囉!

Congrats to Yun-Wan Chen for getting her undergraduate research grant from National Science & Technology Council! She'll be working on subliminal ERP-CIT!

恭喜實驗室專題生陳昀莞同學榮獲國科會大專生計畫!  昀莞將探討下意識腦波測謊之可能性，標題是「閾下刺激運用在事件相關電位隱匿訊息測試（ERP-CIT）之研究」

Our PhD student Elizaveta Baranova-Parfenova will be presenting her poster in ASSC at New York University this month, come check us out!

博士生Liza月底將會在紐約大學舉行的年度意識學會壁報發表，Liza加油!!!

Phil goes on UChannel TV this month to talk about sensation & perception, and how it may be relevant to psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia

Phil老師與優視合作，上「誰來作客」討論感覺與知覺，以及思覺失調症

This month in Scientific American, we comment on the target piece on open floor space and its psychological impact

科學人5月號「辦公空間優劣，誰說了算？」出刊！

Congrats to Ankit Gupta for passing his thesis defense! Next stop, Ankit is heading to Michigant State University for PhD study in computer science!

恭喜碩士生Ankit口試成功，順利畢業!  下一站是美國密西根州立大學的博士班囉!

Phil goes on UChannel TV this month to share some fun facts about psychology, and mind and brain

Phil老師與優視合作，上「誰來作客」討論腦科學

Congrats to Prangya for publishing her mini-review on 40hz gamma sensory entrainment in Frontiers in Neuroscience!  Come check it out!

恭喜博士生Prangya Sahu發表伽瑪感官刺激於失智症之應用文獻回顧這個月發表!

Phil shares our lab's research in forensic neuroscience at Yuan Ze University

Phil到元智大學通識講座跟同學們分享「測謊到底準不準? 淺談腦科學與測謊應用」

Our lab is now at the Cross College Elite Program of National Cheng Kung University. Wish us luck on an exciting new chapter! 

腦與認知實驗室正式加入國立成功大學不分系學士學位學程!  謝謝北醫七年多的照顧! 

Our collaboration project with radiology and orthopedics is now published in CRPI!

實驗室跟雙和醫院影像醫學部與萬芳醫院骨科的合作已發表在CRPI! 這個實驗探討資深與資浅的醫師如何看骨折的X光片做判斷，相當有趣喔!

Phil was awarded TMU GE's excellent teaching award again, congrats!

恭喜Phil老師再度榮獲北醫通識教育中心優良教師殊榮! (1102學期)

Our collaboration with ITRI on elderly's cognitive training has made the news!

我們實驗室與工研院的「認知檢測」產學合作上新聞囉！

Phil will be sharing our lab's research at Taipei SYNTREND this November

11月5號Phil老師到台北三創分享腦科學測謊，歡迎參加！

Phil's new piece on olfaction and affection is now out in Scientific American!

科學人談心說理10月號「情人鼻中嗅西施」出刊！

Phil testifies as expert witness for the JK Chen case in Kaoshung this month

本團隊Phil老師至高雄高分院，為陳敬鎧一案之鑑定擔任專家證人到庭

Check out our new commentary about brain stimulation in elderlies in SMC Taiwan

台灣科技媒體中心「以重複神經調控技術改善年長者工作記憶與長期記憶」專家意見

Phil's new piece on the social psychology behind ecological behavior is now out in Scientific American!

科學人談心說理8月號「為何環保行為不易落實？」出刊

Congrats to Phil for receiving TMU GE's excellent teaching award for 3rd year

恭喜Phil老師連續三年榮獲北醫通識教育中心優良教師殊榮! (1101學期)

Congrats to Alvis Ke and Yun-Chen Su for getting their undergraduate grants approved by Ministry of Science & Technology!

恭喜實驗室專題生柯士強同學與共同指導生蘇筠真同學(醫學系)榮獲科技部大專生計畫! 標題分別為「探討40hz聲光刺激對靜息腦波與認知功能之影響」與「探討指針促發效果的內隱和外隱特性」

Yi-Chen Tsai presents her undergraduate research project at TMU this month!!!

恭喜實驗室專題生蔡怡臻同學(保健營養學系) 的海報「探討文字和圖片記憶隨著時間衰退在罪知測試成效的差異」榮獲北醫校內師生聯合學術研究發表會佳作獎!

Congrats to Peggy Pei for getting into Cornell Tech University for her graduate study! And scholarship too! Woot!!!

恭喜實驗室專題生裴羿茹同學(保健營養學系)錄取美國Cornell Tech University研究所與入學獎學金!

Congrats to Yi-Chen Tsai for getting her graduate admission from National Yang Ming University!

恭喜實驗室專題生蔡怡臻同學(保健營養學系)錄取陽明交通大學公共衛生研究所!

Phil's new piece on near-death episodic memory experience is now out in Scientific American!

科學人談心說理5月號「從腦科學看人生跑馬燈」出刊

Congrats to Elizaveta Baranova-Parfenova for winning Taiwan Cognitive Neuroscience Society's best student presentation award! The title of her talk was 「Time perception differences in perifoveal and peripheral visual fields」

恭喜實驗室博三生Elizaveta Baranova-Parfenova的口頭報告榮獲台灣認知神經科學年會優秀學生論文傑出獎!

Congrats to Yu-Chin Huang for her admission to National Yang Ming University!

恭喜實驗室專題生黃鈺清同學(藥學系)錄取陽明交通大學神經科學研究所!

Phil appears on TV to comment on the latest research that claims to have found EEG evidence for near-death episodic flash experience

Phil老師接受台視【發現科學】採訪，討論死前「人生跑馬燈」的腦波研究

Phil's new piece on online learning (and what not to do) is now out in Scientific American!

科學人談心說理 3月號「線上學習如何事半功倍？」出刊

Phil presented our lab's research to medical students from University of Ottawa

Phil老師為加拿大渥太華大學的學生做線上演講，討論認知科學於健康照護之應用

Our research on digital/online learning was featured in Green Peace this month!

綠色和平 3月號【氣候變遷教育專欄】有提到本實驗室的數位學習研究喔!

Congrats to Phil for receiving TMU GE's excellent teaching award for the 2nd year

Phil老師榮獲北醫通識教育中心1092學期優良教師殊榮

Phil's new piece on video gaming and cognitive development is now out in Scientific American!

科學人談心說理 1月號「打電玩的小孩一定變壞？」出刊囉!