Experience

Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.08 – present

Postdoctoral researcher in Institute of Statistical Science

[Functional Neuroimaging Lab; PI: Prof. Liou, Michelle (劉長萱)]

National Taiwan university Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.03 – 2020.07

Postdoctoral researcher in Department of Psychiatry

[ERPLab; PI: Prof. Hsieh, Ming-Hsien (謝明憲) & Dr. Lin, Yi-Ting (林奕廷)]

RIKEN CBS-TOYOTA Collaboration Center, Wako, Japan, 2019.10 – 2020.2

Visiting research scientist in Social Value Decision Making Unit

National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2018.08 – 2019.09

Postdoctoral fellow in Department of Psychology

[Laboratory of Integrated Neuroscience and Ethology; PI: Prof. Lai, Wen-Sung (賴文崧)]

National Taiwan university Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, 2007.07 – 2018.06

Research assistant in Department of Psychiatry

[ERPLab; PI: Prof. Hu, Hai-Guo (胡海國) & Prof. Hsieh, Ming-Hsien (謝明憲)]

Education

National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2010.09 – 2018.01

Ph.D. in Department of Psychology

[Dissertation: An Integrative Approach towards the Understanding of Emotional Influences on

Reward-Based Decision Making; Advisors: Prof. Lai, Wen-Sung (賴文崧) & Prof. Hsu, Yung-Fong (徐永豐)]

National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, 2002.09 – 2006.01

M.S. in Department of Psychology

[Thesis: 中文語言產製歷程: 人類電生理取向探討;

Advisor: Prof. Hsieh, Shu-Lan (謝淑蘭)]

National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, 1998.09 – 2002.06

B.S. in Department of Psychology

Awards & Honors

• Travel award, 14^th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Schizophrenia Research (JSSR),

Sapporo, Japan, 2019.04

• Travel award, 5^th Annual Meeting of Taiwanese Society of Schizophrenia Research (TSSR),

Taipei, Taiwan, 2018.08

• Chao-Ming Cheng memorial scholarship, National Taiwan University,

Taipei, Taiwan, 2017

Invited Talks

• NTU – U Tokyo Joint Symposium in Neurobiology and Cognitive Science,

Taipei, Taiwan, 2018.12

• 5^th Annual Meeting of Taiwan Society of Schizophrenia Research (TSSR),

Taipei, Taiwan, 2018.08

• 11^th International Conference on Cognitive Science,

Taipei, Taiwan, 2017.09

Skills

• EEG data acquisition: NeuroScan (gel-based) and CGX (dry electrode) systems

• EEG data analysis: ERP (event-related potential) componentry, time-frequency representation,

source reconstruction

• fMRI data analysis with SPM

• Software: SPSS, JASP, E-Prime, Stim, FreeSurfer, MATLAB (SPM & Brainstorm), Python (MNE & PsychoPy)

Publications

• Journal article

Liu, H.H., Liu, C. M., Hsieh, M.H., Chieh, Y. L., Hsu, Y.F., & Lai, W.S. (under review). Dysregulated affective arousal regulates reward-based decision-making in schizophrenia: an integrated approach.

Tsai, C. C., Liu, H. H., & Tseng, Y. L. (under review). Comparison of event-related modulation index

and traditional methods for evaluating phase-amplitude coupling using simulated brain signals.

Tseng, Y. L., Liu, H. H., Liou, M., Tsai, A. C., Chien, V. S., Shyu, S. T., & Yang, Z. S.(2019). Lingering Sound: Event-related Phase-Amplitude Coupling and Phase-Locking in Fronto-Temporo-Parietal Functional Networks during Memory Retrieval of Music Melodies. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 150. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00150

Lin, Y. T., Liu, H. H., & Hsieh, M. H. (2019). Points that need attention in quantitative EEG gamma synchronization. Journal of Affective Disorders. pii: S0165-0327(18) 32832-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.

02.054

Hsieh, M. H., & Liu, H. H. (2019). Points that need attention in auditory N100 gating research in schizophrenia. Clinical Neurophysiology, 130(1), 196. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.09.105

Liu, H.H., Huang, Y.D., Hsieh, M.H., Hsu, Y.F., & Lai, W.S. (2017). Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise: Fairness perception and emotion modulate decision making. Psychophysiology, 54 (8), 1163–

1179. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12870

Liu, H.H., Hsieh, M.H., Hsu, Y.F., & Lai, W.S. (2015). Effects of affective arousal on choice behavior, reward prediction errors, and feedback-related negativities in human reward-based decision making. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:592. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00592

• Conference paper and abstract

Liu, H.H., Hsieh, M.H., Hsu, Y.F., & Lai, W.S. (2019). Dysregulated affective processing and reward-based decision making in schizophrenia. The 14^th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Schizophrenia Research (JSSR). Sapporo, Japan.

Liu, H.H., Hsieh, M.H., Hsu, Y.F., & Lai, W.S. (2017). An integrated approach toward the understanding

of affective influences on reward-based decision making in schizophrenia. The 15^th Annual Meeting of

Society for Neuroeconomics (SNE). Toronto, Canada.

Liu, H.H., Huang, Y.D., Hsieh, M.H., Hsu, Y.F., & Lai, W.S. (2016). Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise: Fairness perception and emotion modulate decision making. Poster session presented at the 14^th annual meeting of Society for Neuroeconomics (SNE). Berlin, Germany.

Liu, H. H., Hsieh, M. H., Hsu, Y. F., & Lai, W. S. (2015). Effects of affective arousal on choice behavior, reward prediction errors, and feedback-related negativities in human reward-based decision making. Poster session presented at the 45^th annual meeting of Society for Neuroscience (SfN). Chicago, IL.

Liu, H. H., Hsieh, M. H., Lai, W. S., & Tseng, Y. L. (2014) Investigation of EEG cross-frequency coupling in statistical learning of natural images. Poster session presented at the 37^th annual meeting of Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS). Yokohama, Japan.

Liu, H. H., Li, C. T., Hsieh, M. H., Hsu, Y. F., & Lai, W. S. (2014) Emotional Faces Regulate Behavioral Responses, Parameters in Reinforcement Learning, and Event-Related Potentials during Reward-based Decision Making. Poster session presented at the 21^st annual meeting of Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). Boston, MA.

Su, Y. C., Tsai, L. T., Liu, H. H., & Chen, C. C. (2011) Spatial Contrast Perception Measured with P300 Component: Passive versus Active Tasks. Poster session presented at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV). Hong-Kong.

Chang, K. C., Lin, Y. C., Liu, H. H., Hsieh, M. H., & Hsu, Y. F. (2010) Dynamic Effects of Regularity Formation: Repetition Effect Modulates Visual MMN but not P300, and other Results. Poster session presented at the 40^th annual meeting of Society for Neuroscience (SfN). San Diego, CA

Research Interests

• Trust & reciprocity

• Collective decision making

• Reinforcement learning

• Affective processing

• Neuropsychiatric disorders

• EEG hyperscanning