Principal Investigator

Chia-Lin Lee

🎓 Ph.D in Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Po-Heng Chen

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As human beings, we acquire and use language effortlessly in life despite its complexity. My research interests focus on cognitive and neural mechanisms of language learning and processing and how these mechanisms could be affected by individual variations and healthy aging.

Doctoral Student

Mei-Chun Kuo

I first became intrigued by the complexity of Mandarin Chinese during a university exchange program in Germany, which led me to pursue the study of linguistics. After completing my MA in TCSL at NCCU and several years of teaching experience, I turned my interest now to how the human brain processes Mandarin Chinese, hoping through experimental design to uncover the underlying neural mechanisms hidden behind the language.

Doctoral Student

Tsu-Yueh Hsu

I received a B.S. in psychology and a B.A. in foreign languages and literature at National Cheng Kung University. I’m currently studying how language influences our brain’s emotion processing of facial expressions with EEG/ERP experiments.

Doctoral Student

Tzuyu Liu

I received an MA degree in linguistics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before that, I studied at National Tsing Hua University. I'm interested in psycholinguistics, particularly in the cognitive interfaces underlying sentence processing.

Master’s Student

Min-Peng Kuo

My research project focuses on the effect of aging on older adult language processing functions.

Master’s Student

Nianke Cai

As a master’s student in the Graduate Institute of Linguistics at National Taiwan University, my primary research interests lie in the fields of neurolinguistics and cognitive neuroscience. I am currently involved in a project exploring how aging affects novel word learning, with the ultimate goal of enhancing cognitive resilience and mitigating the risk of dementia in older adults.

Master’s Student

Wei-Ting Xie

I am a master’s student with a deep passion for novels. Wu Ming-Yi’s How the Brain Got Language? <人如何學會語言> inspired me to pursue linguistics. It remains my favorite, and I hope more people will have the chance to read it.

Undergraduate Intern

Yi-Chung Tseng

Through the study of languages and literatures, I find myself undergoing a linguistic turn, particularly toward second language acquisition.

Undergraduate Intern

Jiun-Jr Chang

Currently studying in the Department of Medicine at National Taiwan University. I am really fond of reading, music, and deeply fascinated by neuroscience.

Yi Chun Ko

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I hold an M.A. in Linguistics and a B.A. in Economics from National Taiwan University, with additional training in Neurobiology and Cognitive Science. My thesis examined the Nref effect’s sensitivity to referential load and the role of domain-general resources in working memory across modalities. My research interests include psycholinguistics and neuroscience, particularly referential processing, ambiguity, and working memory in language. During my master’s training, I gained experience conducting EEG/ERP experiments and assisting in neurolinguistics research. I also served as a teaching assistant for four semesters, mentoring over 20 students in experimental design and data analysis.

Szu-Chi (Amanda) Lin

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I am a PhD student in the NTU × Academia Sinica Data Science Degree Program. My research sits at the intersection of machine learning, deep learning, language modeling, and cognitive neuroscience. I previously completed my B.S. in Mathematics and M.A. in Linguistics at National Taiwan University.

I am especially interested in building rigorous, interpretable pipelines for complex human data, and in using computational tools to ask theoretically meaningful questions about language and the mind. I value reproducible research, careful validation, and methodological clarity, particularly in settings where machine learning is applied to behavioral, linguistic, or neurocognitive data.

Jacopo Minniti

I am an undergraduate student at Minerva University (San Francisco), majoring in AI & Mathematics with a minor in Neuroscience. My primary interest lies in understanding the brain through machines and improving machines through insights from the brain. In particular, I am interested in establishing a formal mapping between inductive biases in language models and the human language network.