Chair: Timothy Lane, Director, Brain and Consciousness Research Center, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital

Speakers:

Changwei W. Wu, Associate Professor, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital Abstract

Philip Tseng, Associate Professor, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital Abstract

Niall Duncan, Assistant Professor, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital Abstract

Tzu-Yu Hsu , Assistant Professor, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital Abstract

Timothy Lane, Professor, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital Abstract

For two decades cognitive neuroscience and philosophy have been collaborating, seeking to make progress in understanding the nature of self and consciousness.  One of the principal points of shared interest is how to make investigation of these phenomena empirically tractable.  Our symposium will both serve to highlight this collaboration and to provide a progress report concerning some specific investigations.  The symposium will treat neuronal investigations of levels of consciousness, self-consciousness, quasi-consciousness in memory, consciousness in conflict detection, and disorders of consciousness.

Chair: Wen-Sung Lai, Professor, National Taiwan University

Speakers:

Larry Young, Professor, Emory University Abstract

Ya-Wei Cheng, Professor, National Yang-Ming University Abstract

Wen-Sung Lai, Professor, National Taiwan University Abstract

The last decade has witnessed exceptional convergence between the social sciences and the neurosciences resulting in several intriguing new research fields including social cognition and social neuroscience. It has become increasingly apparent that the brain cannot be considered as an isolated entity, without consideration of the influences from other individual and social environments. This symposium shows how researches using neuroscientific approaches contribute insights and answers to the understanding of social cognition and social neuroscience in both humans and animals.

Chair: Su-Ling Yeh, Professor, National Taiwan University

Speakers:

Yi-Ping Hung, Professor, National Taiwan University Abstract

Shao-Yi Chien, Professor, National Taiwan University Abstract

Polly Huang, Professor, National Taiwan University Abstract

Su-Ling Yeh, Professor, National Taiwan University Abstract

This symposium shows how researchers apply human perception and user experience to media technology such as virtual reality, image processing, three-dimensional modelling, and voice transmission processing. Through the interdisciplinary approach, it is expected to see creative uses of media technology to enhance our perceptual experience and maintain a well-balanced healthy life.

Chair: Chia-Ying Lee, Research Fellow, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica

Speakers:

Denise Hsien Wu, Professor, Graduate Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University Abstract

Ping Li, Professor, Department of Psychology & Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition, Pennsylvania State University Abstract

Chia-Lin Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University Abstract

Chia-Ying Lee, Research Fellow, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica Abstract

Brain is our most fascinating organ which undergoes functional and structural renovation to adapt the changing world throughout life. Meanwhile, language is the most remarkable ability for human being to interact with the world. This symposium will take language as the core ability, to discuss how functional and structural changes take places in the brain as results of ones’ age, learning experience with first and second languages, language-specific characteristics, and individual differences on other cognitive function.

Chairs:

Brian Butterworth, Professor, University College of London, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

Nai-Shing Yen, Professor, National Chengchi University

Speakers:

Erik Chang, Associate Professor, National Central University Abstract

Xinlin Zhou, Professor, Beijing Normal University Abstract

Carlo Semenza, Professor, University of Padova Abstract

Ting-Ting Chang, Assistant Professor, National Chengchi University Abstract

Brian Butterworth, Professor, University College of London, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Abstract

Pekka Räsänen, Professor, Niilo Mäki Institute Abstract

The last five years have seen major advances in the neurobiological basis of mathematical cognition, especially of processes involved in numbers and arithmetic. The neural networks involved have been studied in much greater detail using new brain imaging methods, and the genetic basis of numerical competences have been explored in studies of twins, families, individuals with genetic anomalies and in potentially ancestral versions we share with other species. The knowledge acquired in these ways can help us understand individual differences in mathematical competencies. This in turn can help us design learning contexts for individual learners, and to integrate the basic science into educational policy.

Chair: Jun Saiki, Professor, Kyoto University

Speakers:

Keng-Chen Liang, Professor, National Taiwan University Abstract

Akihiko Nikkuni, Ph.D., Kyoto University  Abstract

Chien-Te Wu, Ph.D., National Taiwan University Abstract

Nobuhito Abe, Ph.D., Kyoto University Abstract

Bo-Cheng Kuo, Ph.D., National Taiwan University Abstract

Yoshiyuki Ueda, Ph.D., Kyoto University Abstract

Chair: Hsu-Wen Huang, Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong

Speakers:

Virginia Yip, Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong Abstract

Ziyin Mai, Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong Abstract

Denise Hsien Wu, Professor, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan Abstract

Hsu-Wen Huang, Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong Abstract

Chair: Michelle Liou, Research Fellow, Academia Sinica

Speakers:

Yuan-Pin Lin, Professor, National Sun Yat-sen University Abstract

Arthur C. Tsai, Professor, Academia Sinica Abstract

Sergey S. Tamozhnikov, PhD Candidate, Novosibirsk, Russia Abstract

Yong-Sheng Chen, Professor, National Chiao Tung University Abstract

Li-Fen Chen, Professor, National Yang-Ming University Abstract