Janet H. Hsiao
Professor
Division of Social Science
News
News at HKUST
[Oct 9 2024]
Journal paper on "Does word boundary information facilitate Chinese sentence reading in
children as beginning readers? "
by Liao, W., & Hsiao, J. H. accepted Learning and Instruction.
[Oct 8 2024]
Journal paper on "Reliability of Theory of Mind Tasks in Schizophrenia, ASD,
and Nonclinical Populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis"
by Tsui, H. K. H, Wong, T. Y., Chak, F. A., Ting, E. W., Hsiao, J. H., & Chan, S. K. W.
published in Neuropsychology Review.
[Aug 12 2024]
Journal paper on "Facial Emotion Perception in Subjects with Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Compared with
Healthy Controls, First-Episode Psychosis, and in Predicting Psychosis Transition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis."
by Tsui, H. K. H., Luk, S. L., Hsiao, J. H., & Chan, S. K. W. accepted to Psychiatry Research.
[July 23 2024]
Journal paper on "The role of eye movement pattern and consistency in isolated English word reading"
by Liao, W., & Hsiao, J. H. accepted to Cognitive Science.
[July 12 2024]
Journal paper on "Introduction to Progress and Puzzles of Cognitive Science"
by Dale, R., Byrne, R., Cohen, E., Deroy, O., Gershman, S., Hsiao, J. H., Li, P., Monaghan, P., Noelle, D. C., van Rooij, I., Shah, P., Spivey, M. J., & Varma, S.,
published in Cognitive Science.
[June 18 2024]
Conference paper on "Weakly-Supervised Medical Image Segmentation with Gaze Annotations"
by Zhong, Y., Tang, C., Yang, A., Qi, R., Zhou, K., Gong, Y., Heng, P.-A., Hsiao, J. H., & Dou, Q., accepted to Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI).
[May 23 2024] Journal paper on "Explanation Strategies in Humans vs. Current Explainable AI: Insights from Image Classification." by Qi, R., Zheng, Y., Yang, Y., Cao, C. C., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to British Journal of Psychology.
[May 13 2024] Journal paper on "Human Attention-Guided Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Computer Vision Models" by Liu, G., Zhang, J., Chan, A. B., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Neural Networks.
[May 10 2024] Journal paper on "Mentalizing Impairments and Hypermentalizing Bias in Individuals with First-Episode Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorder and At-Risk Mental State" by Tsui, H. K. H., Liao, Y., Hsiao, J. H., Suen, Y. N., Yan, E. W. C., Poon, Lap, T., Siu, M. W., Hui, C. L. M., Chang, W. C., Lee, E. H. M., Chen, E. Y. H., & Chan, S. K. W., accepted to European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience.
[May 8, 2023] Invited journal paper on "Understanding human cognition through computational modelling" by Hsiao, J. H. under production for Topics in Cognitive Science
[April 6, 2023]
1. Conference paper on "Is holistic processing associated with face scanning pattern and performance in face recognition? evidence from deep neural
network with hidden Markov modeling"
by Xing, W., Zheng, Y., Chan, A. B., & Hsiao, J. H. , accepted to Cog Sci 2024 as a talk with full paper.
2. Conference paper on "Do saliency-based explainable AI methods help us understand AI's decisions? The case of object detection AI"
by Qi, R., Liu, G., Zhang, J., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cog Sci 2024 as a poster with full paper.
3. Conference paper on "Demystify deep-learning AI for object detection using human attention data"
by Zhang, J., Liu, G., Chen, Y., Chan, A. B., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cog Sci 2024 as a poster with full paper.
4. Conference paper on "Do large language models resolve semantic ambiguities in the same way as humans? The case of word segmentation in
Chinese sentence reading"
by Liao, W., Wang, Z., Shum, K., Chan, A. B., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cog Sci 2024 as a poster with full paper.
5. Conference paper on "The impact of mask use on face recognition in adults with autism spectrum disorder: an eye-tracking study"
by Zheng, Y., Liao, W., Tso, R., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cog Sci 2024 as a poster with full paper.
6. Conference paper on "Real-world visual search in individuals with ASD"
by Yang, A., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cog Sci 2024 as a poster with full paper.
7. Conference paper on "Eye movement behavior during mind wandering across different tasks in interactive online learning"
by Teng., X., Lan., H., Wong, G. H. Y., Chan, A. B., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cog Sci 2024 as a poster with full paper.
[March 10 2024] Journal paper on "Gradient-based Instance-Specific Visual Explanations for Object Specification and Object Discrimination." by Zhao, C., Hsiao, J. H., & Chan, A. B., accepted to IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.
[Feb 5 2024] Journal paper on "A Sleepless Night Disrupts the Resolution of Emotional Conflicts: Behavioural and Neural Evidence" by Lam, S., Li, Cheng, Hsiao, J. H., and Lau, E. Y. Y. , accepted to Journal of Sleep Research .
[Feb 1 2024] We officially moved to HKUST.
Old News back at HKU
...[April 6, 2023]
Conference paper on "Cultural differences in the effect of mask use on face and facial expression recognition "
by Zheng, Y., Harpe, S., Yang, A. Y., Hayward, W. G., Palermo, R., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cog Sci 2023 as a full paper.
Conference paper on "Does enlarging font size facilitate English word and sentence reading in children as beginning readers? "
by Liao, W., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cog Sci 2023 as a full paper.
Conference paper on "Individual differences in explanation strategies for image classification and implications for explainable AI. "
by Qi, R., Zheng, Y., Yang, Y., Zhang, J., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cog Sci 2023 as a full paper.
Conference paper on "Humans vs. AI in Detecting Vehicles and Humans in Driving Scenarios. "
by Yang, A., Liu, G., Chen, Y., Qi, R., Zhang, J., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cog Sci 2023 as a full paper.
Conference paper on "Human Attention-Guided Explainable AI for Object Detection. "
by Liu, G., Zhang, J., Chan, A., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cog Sci 2023 as a full paper.
Conference paper on "Bilingual students' test-taking strategies in content subject assessments. "
by Lo., Y. Y., Teng, X., Liao, W., & Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cog Sci 2023 as an abstract.
[April 2, 2023] Journal paper on "Jobs-housing Balance and Travel Patterns among Different Occupations as Revealed by Hidden Markov Mixture Models: The Case of Hong Kong " by Zhang, F., Loo, B. P. Y., Lan, H., Chan, A. B., and Hsiao, J. H. , accepted to Transportation.
[March 16, 2023] Journal paper on "Visual attention to own- vs. other-race faces: Perspectives from learning mechanisms and task demands. " by Hsiao, J. H., & Chan, A. B. , accepted to British Journal of Psychology.
[March 14, 2023] Journal paper on "MartMi-BCI: A Matlab-based Real-Time Motor Imagery Brain-Computer Interface Platform" by Liu, G., Hsiao, J. H, Zhou, W., & Lan, T., accepted to SoftwareX.
[Jan. 18, 2023] Journal paper on "Studying the Effect of Self-selected Background Music on Reading Comprehension with Eye Movements" by Que, Y., Zheng, Y., Hsiao, J. H., & Hu, X., accepted to Scientific Reports.
[Jan.1, 2023] Janet Hsiao is an elected Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society 2023.
[Nov., 2022] Janet Hsiao is now Editor-in-Chief of British Journal of Psychology.
[Aug 19, 2022] Journal paper on "On becoming socially anxious: Toddlers' attention bias for fearful faces" by Wang, L., Hsiao, J. H., Chan, A. B., Cheung, J., Hung, S., & Au, T. K., accepted to Developmental Psychology.
[Aug 10, 2022] Journal paper on "Understanding the role of eye movement consistency in face recognition and autism through integrating deep neural networks and hidden Markov models" by Hsiao, J. H., An, J., Hui, V. K. S., Zheng, Y., & Chan, A. B., accepted to npj Science of Learning.
[Aug. 1, 2022] Janet Hsiao has been elected to the Governing Board of the Cognitive Science Society.
[June 13, 2022] Journal paper on "How does face mask in COVID-19 pandemic disrupt face learning and recognition in adults with autism spectrum disorder?" by Tso, R. V. Y., Chui, C. O., & Hsiao, J. H. , accepted to Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications.
[May 28, 2022] Journal paper on "Differential audiovisual information processing in emotion recognition: An eye-tracking study" by Zheng, Y. & Hsiao, J. H. , accepted to Emotion.
[May 19, 2022] Journal paper on "Music reading experience modulates eye movement pattern in English reading but not in Chinese reading" by Liao, W., Li, S. T. K., and Hsiao, J. H. , accepted to Scientific Reports.
[April 15, 2022] Journal paper on "An inverted u-shape developmental trend of holistic processing in visual expertise: the case of Chinese character recognition" by Tso, R. V. Y., Au, T. K., and Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications.
[April 12, 2022]
Conference paper on "The impact of mask use on social categorization."
by Zheng, Y., Chen, D., Hu, X., and Hsiao, J. H., accepted to
The 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society as a talk with Full Paper.
Conference paper on "Does word boundary information facilitate Chinese sentence reading among beginning readers?"
by Liao, W., Chong, W. C., and Hsiao, J. H., accepted to
The 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society as a poster with Full Paper.
Conference paper on "The role of reading strategy in reading comprehension performance: An eye-movement study"
by Kwok, J. and Hsiao, J. H., accepted to
The 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society as a poster with Full Paper.
[April 5, 2022] Journal paper on "Eye movement analysis of children's attention for midline diastema" by Cho, V., Hsiao, J. H., Chan, A. B., Ngo, H., King, N. M., and Anthonappa, R., accepted to Scientific Reports.
[April 4, 2022] Journal paper on "Understanding children's attention to traumatic dental injuries using eye-tracking" by Cho, V., Hsiao, J. H., Chan, A. B., Ngo, H., King, N. M., and Anthonappa, R., accepted to Dental Traumatology.
[April 3, 2022] Journal paper on "Understanding children's attention to dental caries through eye-tracking" by Cho, V., Hsiao, J. H., Chan, A. B., Ngo, H., King, N. M., and Anthonappa, R., accepted to Carries Research.
[April 2, 2022] Conference paper on "Predicting Reading Performance based on Eye Movement Analysis with Hidden Markov Models" by Zheng, Y., Que, Y., Hu, X., and Hsiao, J. H., accepted to The 22nd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies as Full Paper, with a Student Award given to the first author.
[March 21, 2022] Journal paper on "Impact of mask use on face recognition: An eye tracking study " by Hsiao, J. H., Liao, W., and Tso, R. V. Y., accepted to Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications.
[Jan. 15, 2022] Journal paper on "Explicit and implicit mentalization of patients with first-episode schizophrenia: a study of self-referential gaze perception and eye movement analysis using Hidden Markov Models" by Chan, S. K. W., Hsiao, J. H., et al., accepted to European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience.
[Nov. 10, 2021] Journal paper on "Mind-wandering as revealed by eye movement analysis with hidden Markov models." by Lee, H. H., Chen, Z. L., Yeh, S. L., Hsiao, J. H., and Wu, A. Y., accepted to Sensors.
[Oct. 22, 2021] Journal paper on "Serial dependence of facial identity for own- and other-race faces" by Turbett, K., Jeffery, L., Bell, J., Digges, A., Zheng, Y., Hsiao, J. H., and Palermo, R., accepted to Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
[Sept. 6, 2021] Journal paper on "Does adding video and subtitles to an audio lesson facilitate its comprehension?" by Zheng, Y., Ye, X., and Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Learning and Instruction.
[Aug 16, 2021] Journal paper on "The effects of attentional and interpretation biases on later pain outcomes among younger and older adults: a prospective study" by Chan, F. H. F., Suen, H., Chan, A. B., Hsiao, J. H., and Barry, T. J., accepted to European Journal of Pain.
[Aug 12, 2021] Journal paper on "Clustering Hidden Markov Models with Variational Bayesian Hierarchical EM" by Lan, H., Liu, Z., Hsiao, J. H., Yu, D., and Chan, A. B., accepted to IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems.
[May 4, 2021] Journal paper on "Understanding the collinear masking effect in visual search through eye tracking" by Hsiao, J. H., Chan, A. B., An, J., Yeh, S.-L., and Jingling, L., accepted to Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
[Jan. 27, 2021] Journal paper on "Do portrait artists have enhanced face processing abilities? Evidence from hidden Markov modeling of eye movements" by Hsiao, J. H., An, J., Zheng, Y., and Chan, A. B., accepted to Cognition.
[Jan. 13, 2021] Journal paper on "Eye Movement analysis with Hidden Markov Models (EMHMM) with co-clustering" by Hsiao, J. H., Lan, H., Zheng, Y., and Chan, A. B., accepted to Behavior Research Methods.
[Dec. 30, 2020] Journal paper on "PRIMAL-GMM: PaRametrIc MAnifold Learning of Gaussian Mixture Models" by Liu, Z., Yu, L., Hsiao, J. H., and Chan, A. B., accepted to IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence..
[Dec. 27, 2020] Journal paper on "Self-referential gaze perception of patients with schizophrenia and its relationship with symptomatology and cognitive functions." by Chan, S. K. W., Liu, T., Wong, A. O. Y., Wong, G. H. Y., Hsiao, J. H., Hui, C. L. M., Chang, W. C., Lee, E. H. M., and Chen, E. Y. H., accepted to Schizophrenia Research.
[Dec. 14, 2020] Journal paper on "Interdisciplinary innovations in urban mobility research: From Psychology to Geography. " by Loo, B. P. Y., Zhang, F., Hsiao, J. H., Chan, A. B., & Lan, H. , accepted to Chinese Geographical Science.
[Oct. 24, 2020] Journal paper on "Validation of SOBI-DANS method for automatic identification of horizontal and vertical eye movement components from EEG." by Sun, R., Chan, C. Y. H., Hsiao, J. H., and A., Tang, accepted to Psychophysiology.
[Aug. 21, 2020] Journal paper on "The interrelation between interpretation biases, threat expectancies and pain-related attentional processing." by Chan, F. H. F., Jackson, T., Hsiao, J. H., Chan, A. B., and Barry, T. J., accepted to European Journal of Pain.
[June 9, 2020] Journal paper on "Understanding visual attention to face emotions in social anxiety using hidden Markov models." by Chan, F. H. F., Barry, T. J., Chan, A. B., and Hsiao, J. H., accepted to Cognition & Emotion.
[May 1, 2020]
- Conference paper on "The role of eye movement consistency in learning to recognise faces: Computational and experimental examinations."
by Hsiao, J. H., An, J. H., and Chan, A. B., accepted to the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society as a talk.
- Conference paper on "Audiovisual Information Processing in Emotion Recognition: An Eye Tracking Study" by Zheng, Y, and Hsiao, J. H.,
accepted to the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society as a poster.
- Conferent abstract on "Differential modulation effects of music expertise on English and Chinese sentence reading" by Liao, W., Li,
S. K., Wu, Y., and Hsiao, J. H., accepted to the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society as a poster.
- Conferent abstract on "Impact of sleep deprivation on EEG markers of emotion regulation in young adults" by Li, C., Lau, E. Y. Y.,
Hsiao, J. H., Zhang, J., Lam, Y. C., Zhang, J., Yee, L. T. S., and Rusak, B., accepted to the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science
Society as a poster.
- Conferent abstract on "Habitual Sleep Quality Moderated the Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Emotion Regulation by Third-Person Self Talk:
Event-Related Potential (ERP) and Behavioral Findings" by Lam, Y. C., Lau, E. Y. Y., Hsiao, J. H., Li, C., and Yee, L. T. S.,
accepted to the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society as a poster.
[March 12, 2020]
Journal paper on "Interpretation biases and visual attention in the processing of ambiguous information in chronic pain"
by Chan, F. H. F., Suen, H., Hsiao, J. H., Chan, A. B., and Barry, T. J., accepted to European Journal of Pain.
[March 7, 2020]
Conference paper on "Exploring the Effect of Personalized Background Music on Reading Comprehension"
by Que, Y., Zheng, Y. Hsiao, J. H., Hu, X. , accepted to the Jointed Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2020.
[Feb. 20, 2020]
Journal paper on "Holistic but with reduced right-hemisphere involvement: The case of dyslexia in Chinese character recognition"
by Ricky Tso, Ronald Chan, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
[Dec. 4, 2019]
Journal paper on "Modulation of mood on eye movement and face recognition performance"
by Jeehye An and Janet Hsiao, accepted to Emotion.
[Aug. 21, 2019]
Journal paper on "Eye movement analysis with switching hidden Markov models"
by Tim Chuk, Antoni Chan, Shin Shimojo, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to Behavior Research Methods.
[June 11, 2019]
Journal paper on "Cultural orientation of self-bias in perceptual matching"
by Mengyin Jiang, Shirley K. M. Wong, Harry K. S. Chung, Yang Sun, Janet H. Hsiao, Jie Sui, and Glyn Humphreys, accepted to Frontiers in Psychology.
[April 16, 2019]
Presentations at CogSci 2019:
Study on "Does video content facilitate or impair comprehension of documentaries? The effect of cognitive abilities
and eye movement strategy", accepted to CogSci 2019 as a talk.
Study on "Understanding individual differences in eye movement pattern during scene perception through hidden Markov
modelling", accepted to CogSci 2019 as a poster.
Study on "Modulation of Mood on Eye Movement Pattern and Performance in Face Recognition", accepted to CogSci 2019 as a poster.
Study on "When is a visual perceptual deficit more holistic but less right-lateralised? The case of high-school students with dyslexia
in Chinese", accepted to CogSci 2019 as a poster.
[Jan. 11, 2019]
Journal paper on "Music-Reading Expertise Modulates the Visual Span for English Letters but not Chinese Characters"
by Sara Li, Susana Chung, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to Journal of Vision.
[Nov. 17, 2018]
We organized HKU Face Camp for primary school students during Oct. 13 to Nov. 7, 2018. Here is a group picture at the end of the camp:
[Oct. 25, 2018]
Journal paper on "Using emotion regulation strategies after sleep deprivation: ERP and behavioral findings"
by Tep Zhang, Esther Lau, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience..
[Oct. 23, 2018]
Journal paper on "Individuals with insomnia misrecognize angry faces as fearful faces while missing the eyes:
An eye-tracking study"
by Tep Zhang, Antoni Chan, Esther Lau, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to Sleep.
[April 16, 2018]
Journal paper on "When is the right hemisphere holistic and when is it not?
The case of Chinese character recognition"
by Harry Chung, Jacklyn Leung, Vienne Wong, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to Cognition.
[March 7, 2018]
Journal paper on "Music Reading Expertise Modulates Hemispheric Lateralization in English Word Processing but not in Chinese Character Processing"
by Sara Li and Janet Hsiao, accepted to Cognition.
[March 5, 2018]
Journal paper on "Transfer of the left-side bias effect in perceptual expertise: The case of simplified and traditional Chinese character recognition"
by Tianyin Liu, Su-Ling Yeh, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to PLOS ONE.
[March 1, 2018]
Conference abstract on "Music Reading Expertise Facilitates English but not Chinese sentence reading: Evidence from Eye Movement Behavior."
by Sara Li, Belinda Chung, Jeffrey Yip, Antoni Chan, and Janet Hsiao accepted to the 15th International Conference on Music Perception and
Cognition/10th triennial conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Science of Music as a talk.
[Feb. 10, 2018]
Conference abstract on "Does face-drawing experience enhance face processing abilities? Evidence from hidden Markov modeling of eye movements"
by Janet Hsiao, Hui Fei Chan, Sara Li, and Antoni Chan, accepted to VSS 2018 as a Poster.
Conference abstract on "Eye Movement Patterns in Face Recognition are Associated with Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: An HMM Approach"
by Cynthia Chan, Antoni Chan, Tatia Lee, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to VSS 2018 as a Poster.
[Jan. 16, 2018]
Journal paper on "Perceptual Experience Shapes our Ability to Categorise Faces by National Origin: A New
Other-Race Effect" by Bianca Thorup, Kate Crookes, Paul P.W. Chang, Nichola Burton, Stephen Pond, Tze Kwan Li, Janet Hsiao,
and Gillian Rhodes, accepted to British Journal of Psychology.
[Jan. 9, 2018]
Journal paper on "Sleep Deprivation Compromises Resting-State Emotional Regulatory Processes: An EEG Study"
by Tep Zhang, Esther Lau, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to Journal of Sleep Research.
[Dec. 12, 2017]
Journal paper on "Eye Movement Patterns in Face Recognition are Associated with Cognitive Decline in Older Adults"
by Cynthia Chan, Antoni Chan, Tatia Lee, and Janet Hsiao,
accepted to Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
[July 15, 2017]
Journal paper on "Hidden Markov model analysis reveals the advantage of analytic
eye movement patterns in face recognition across cultures" by Tim Chuk, Kate Crookes,
Will Hayward, Antoni Chan, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to Cognition
[July. 10, 2017]
A postdoc position is currently available in our lab.
See Here for more information.
[May 19, 2017]
Journal paper on "A new other-race effect for gaze perception"
by Jemma Collova, Nadine Kloth, Kate Crookes, Nichola Burton, Cynthia Chan, Janet Hsiao, and Gillian Rhodes,
accepted to Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performances.
[April 11 2017]
Conference paper on "Insomniacs misidentify angry faces as fearful faces because of missing the eyes:
An eye-tracking study" by Tep Zhang, Antoni Chan, Esther Lau, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to
Cog Sci 2017 as a Talk.
Conference paper on "How does music reading expertise modulate visual processing of English words?
An ERP study" by Sara Li, Veronica Chan, Luhe Li, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to
Cog Sci 2017 as a Poster.
Conference paper on "Right hemisphere lateralization and holistic processing do not always go together:
An ERP investigation of a training study" by Ricky Tso, Hangyu Chen, Andrew Yeung, Terry Au, and Janet Hsiao,
accepted to Cog Sci 2017 as a Poster.
[Feb. 20, 2017]
Journal paper on "Scanpath modeling and classification with Hidden Markov Models"
by Antoine Coutrot, Janet Hsiao, and Antoni Chan, accepted to
Behavior Research Methods.
Conference abstract on "Analytic eye movement patterns in face recognition are associated with enhanced
face recognition performance and top-down control of visual attention"
by Cynthia Chan, Antoni Chan, Tatia Lee, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to VSS 2017 as a Poster.
Conference abstract on "What enhances/reduces holistic processing in perceptual expertise: experience in
writing/drawing versus component composition"
by Ricky Tso, Wai Ming Cheung, Terry Au, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to VSS 2017 as a Poster.
[Feb. 8, 2017]
Eye Movement analysis with Hidden Markov Models (EMHMM) Toolbox available HERE!
[Jan. 14, 2017]
Journal paper on "Is having similar eye movement patterns during face learning and recognition beneficial for recognition performance? Evidence from hidden Markov modeling"
by Tim Chuk, Antoni Chan, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to
Vision Research.
[Aug. 1, 2016]
A postdoc position is currently available in our lab.
HERE.
[May 17, 2016]
Journal paper on "How does reading direction modulate perceptual asymmetry effects?"
by Harry Chung, Joyce Liu, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
[April 13, 2015]
Conference paper on "Mind reading: Discovering individual preferences from eye movements using switching
hidden Markov models " by Tim Chuk, Antoni Chan,
& Janet Hsiao, accepted to CogSci2016 as a poster.
Conference paper on "Hidden Markov Modeling of eye movements with image information leads to better discovery
of regions of interest" by Stephan Brueggemann, Antoni Chan, & Janet Hsiao, accepted
to CogSci2016 as a poster.
Conference paper on "Music Reading Expertise Modulates Visual Spans in both Music Note and English Letter Reading"
by Sara Li, Susana Chung, & Janet Hsiao, accepted
to CogSci2016 as a poster.
Conference paper on "Analytic Eye Movement Patterns in Face Recognition are Associated with Better Performance and more
Top-down Control of Visual Attention: an fMRI Study"
by Cynthia Chan, JJ. Wong, Antoni Chan, Tatia Lee, & Janet Hsiao, accepted
to CogSci2016 as a poster.
[April 7, 2016]
Journal paper on "Information distribution within musical segments" by Antoni Chan and Janet
Hsiao, accepted to the journal
Music Perception.
[March 16, 2016]
We changed our lab name from Cognition and Hemispheric Asymmetry Lab to Attention Brain and Cognition Lab.
[March 8, 2016]
Ricky Tso was awarded the 1st Runner-up prize at the 3MT competition 2016 at HKU! You can see the
videos
here.
[Dec. 9, 2015]
Journal paper on "Holistic processing as measured in the composite task does not always go with right
hemisphere processing in face perception" by Janet Hsiao and Bruno Galmar, accepted to the journal
Neurocomputing.
[Aug. 3, 2015]
Journal paper on "Transfer of perceptual expertise: The case of simplified and traditional Chinese
character recognition" by Tianyin Liu, Tim Chuk, Su-ling Yeh, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to the journal
Cognitive Science.
[June 13, 2015]
Poster presentation "Revisiting Hemispheric Asymmetry: Perceptual Representation and Experiential
Modulation" by Harry Chung and Janet Hsiao has won a Merit Award at the Hong Kong Psychological
Society (HKPS) Annual Conference 2015. Congratulations!
[June 4, 2015]
Tianyin Liu, Ricky Tso, Harry Chung, and Sara Li have won the HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund - Reaching
Out Awards for presenting research studies at international conferences. Congratulations!
[April 30, 2015]
Sara Li has won a Cog Sci 2015 Student Travel Award (US$500) sponsored by the Robert J. Glushko and Pamela
Samuelson Foundation. Congratulations!
[April 2, 2015]
Conference paper on "Music Reading Expertise Modulates Hemispheric Lateralization in English Word processing
but not in Chinese Character Processing. " by Sara Li, & Janet Hsiao, accepted to
CogSci2015 as a talk.
[April 2, 2015]
Conference paper on "Eye Movement Pattern in Face Recognition is
Associated with Cognitive Decline in the Elderly." by Cynthia Chan, Antoni Chan, Tatia Lee,
& Janet Hsiao, accepted to CogSci2015 as a poster.
[April 2, 2015]
Conference paper on "Complex Mental Addition and Multiplication Rely More on
Visuospatial than Verbal Processing. " by Tommy Cheung,
& Janet Hsiao, accepted to CogSci2015 as a poster.
[April 2, 2015]
Conference paper on "Hidden Markov model analysis reveals better eye movement strategies in face recognition.
" by Tim Chuk, Antoni Chan, & Janet Hsiao, accepted to CogSci2015 as a poster.
[April 2, 2015]
Conference paper on "Expertise modulates hemispheric asymmetry in holistic processing: Evidence from Chinese character processing" by Harry Chung, Jacklyn Leung, & Janet Hsiao, accepted to CogSci2015 as a poster.
[April 2, 2015]
Conference paper on "Can experience with different types of writing system modulate holistic
processing in speech perception?" by Tianyin Liu, & Janet Hsiao, accepted to
CogSci2015 as a poster.
[April 2, 2015]
Conference paper on "How do different training tasks modulate our perception and hemispheric lateralization in the development
of perceptual expertise? " by Ricky Tso, Terry Au, & Janet Hsiao, accepted to
CogSci2015 as a poster.
[March 10, 2015]
Tianyin Liu won the champion in the 3-minute-thesis presentation competition! Congratulations!
[Jan 5, 2015]
Journal paper on "Humans have idiosyncratic and task-specific scanpaths for judging faces" by
Christopher Kanan, Dina Bseiso, Nicholas Ray, Janet Hsiao, and Garrison Cottrell, accepted
to Vision Research.
[Jan 1, 2015]
Janet Hsiao was promoted to tenured Associate Professor.
[Dec 19, 2014]
Journal paper on "Visual similarity of words alone can modulate hemispheric lateralization in visual word
recognition: Evidence from modeling Chinese character recognition" by Janet Hsiao and Kit Cheung, accepted
to Cognitive Science.
[June 30, 2014]
Janet Hsiao was awarded with a General Research Fund Grant by Research Grant Council of Hong Kong in the
2014/2015 exercise year.
[June 13, 2014]
Journal paper on "Understanding eye movements in face recognition using hidden Markov models
" by Tim Chuk, Antoni Chan, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to Journal of Vision.
[May 27, 2014]
Journal paper on "Perceptual expertise: Can sensorimotor experience change holistic processing and left side bias?
" by Ricky Tso, Terry Au, and Janet Hsiao, accepted to Psychological Science.
[April 4, 2014]
Conference paper on "Holistic Processing in Speech Perception: Experts' and Novices' Processing of Isolated
Cantonese Syllables" by Tianyin Liu & Janet Hsiao, accepted to CogSci2014 as a talk.
[Feb 9, 2014]
Conference abstract on "Right hemisphere dominance in nonconscious processing", by Jing Chen & Janet Hsiao,
accepted to VSS2014 as a poster.
[Feb 9, 2014]
Conference abstract on "How does reading direction modulate perceptual and visuospatial attention biases?",
by Harry Chung, Joyce Liu, & Janet Hsiao, accepted to VSS2014 as a poster.
[Feb 9, 2014]
Conference abstract on "Face drawing experience is associated with better face recognition performance and
reduced left-side bias in face perception", by Bruno Galmar, Harry Chung, & Janet Hsiao, accepted to VSS2014
as a poster.
[Feb 9, 2014]
Conference abstract on "Neural correlates of font sensitivity effects in the perception of simplified and
traditional Chinese characters" by Tianyin Liu & Janet Hsiao, accepted to VSS2014 as a poster.
[Feb 9, 2014]
Conference abstract on "Caucasian and Asian eye movement patterns in face recognition: A computational exploration
using hidden Markov models", by Tim Chuk, Anna Luo, Kate Crookes, William Hayward, Antoni Chan, &
Janet Hsiao, accepted to VSS2014 as a poster.
[Feb 9, 2014]
Conference abstract on "Writing reduces holistic processing but does not facilitate reading: The case in Chinese
children with developmental dyslexia", by Ricky Tso, Cecilia leung, Terry Au, & Janet Hsiao, accepted to
VSS2014 as a poster.
[Nov 4, 2013]
Ricky Tso has been awarded with the Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student Award for the academic year
2011-2012. Congratulations!
[Oct 2013]
Ricky Tso and Harry Chung received a Student Knowledge Exchange Project Grant funded by Knowledge
Exchange Fund, HKU, for the project "Inspiration Network -Mentorship Programme for Matriculation Non-Chinese
Speaking Minorities"
[Sept 29, 2013]
Conference paper on "Objective measures of IS usage behavior under conditions of experience and pressure using
eye fixation data", by Andreas Eckhardt, Christian Maier, J. J. Hsieh, Tim Chuk, Antoni Chan, Janet Hsiao,
and Ricardo Buettner, accepted to the International Conference on Information Systems as a talk.
[Aug 15, 2013]
Conference paper on "Holistic processing is not always a property of right hemisphere processing-
Evidence from computational modeling of face recognition",
by Bruno Galmar & Janet Hsiao, accepted to
International Conference On Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2013) as a talk.
[Aug 13, 2013]
Journal paper on "Bilingual Experience Modulates Hemispheric Lateralization in Visual Word Processing",
by Fanny Lam & Janet Hsiao, accepted to
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.
[May 27, 2013]
Conference abstract on "When Subliminal Stimuli Fail to Transfer across Hemispheres:
Interhemispheric Integration of Nonconscious Information ", by Jing Chen, & Janet Hsiao,
accepted to APCV2013 as a talk.
[May 27, 2013]
Conference abstract on "The Transfer of Left Side Bias in the Perception of Simplified and
Traditional Chinese ", by Tianyin Liu, Su-ling Yeh, & Janet Hsiao, accepted to
APCV2013 as a talk.
[May 27, 2013]
Conference abstract on "Hemispheric difference in holistic processing in Chinese character
and face recognition ", by Harry Chung & Janet Hsiao, accepted to
APCV2013 as a poster.
[May 25, 2013]
Ricky Tso has been awarded with the second runner-up of the Young Scientist Award in the
HKPS Annual Conference 2013! Congratulations!
[May 2, 2013]
Tim Chuk receives a student travel award to present his study at CogSci2013! Congratulations!
[April 2, 2013]
Conference paper on "Understanding eye movements in face recognition with hidden Markov model
", by Tim Chuk, Alvin Ng, Emanuele Coviello, Antoni Chan, & Janet Hsiao, accepted to
CogSci2013 as a talk.
[April 2, 2013]
Conference paper on "Expert marker of Chinese character recognition: Left-side bias
versus holistic processing?", by Ricky Tso, Terry Au, & Janet Hsiao, accepted to
CogSci2013 as a talk.
[April 2, 2013]
Conference paper on "Computational exploration of task and attention modulation on holistic processing
and left side bias effects in face recognition: the case of face drawing experts
", by Bruno Galmar & Janet Hsiao, accepted to
CogSci2013 as a poster.
[April 2, 2013]
Conference paper on "Hemispheric Asymmetry in Nonconscious Processing
", by Jing Chen & Janet Hsiao, accepted to
CogSci2013 as a poster.
[March 8, 2013]
Ricky Tso receives the prestigious Hong Kong PhD Fellowship! Congratulations!
[Dec 21, 2012]
Journal paper on "The modulation of stimulus structure on visual field asymmetry effects:
the case of Chinese character recognition", by Janet Hsiao & Liao Cheng, accepted to
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
[Dec 12, 2012]
Dr. Janet Hsiao was awarded with the Early Career Award from the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong.
[Aug 27, 2012]
Journal paper on "Hemispheric asymmetry in perception: A differential encoding account", by Janet Hsiao,
Ben Cipollini, & Gary Cottrell, accepted to Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
[Aug 24, 2012]
Journal paper on "The modulation of visual and task characteristics of a writing system on hemispheric
lateralization in visual word recognition - A computational exploration", by Janet Hsiao & Sze Man Lam accepted to
Cognitive Science.
[June 30, 2012]
Janet Hsiao was awarded with an RGC Early Career Scheme Grant in the 2012-2013 exercise.
[June 16, 2012]
Conference poster on "Writing experience changes our visual perception: The case of Chinese character
recognition"
by Ricky Tso, Tony Lau, Mengran Xu, Terry Au, and Janet Hsiao won the best poster prize at the Hong Kong
Psychological Society Annual Conference 2012.
[May 29, 2012]
Ricky Tso was awarded the 2nd Runner-up prize at the 3MT competition 2012 at HKU! You can see the videos
here.
[May 15, 2012]
Journal paper on "Hemispheric asymmetry in processing low- and high-pass filtered Cantonese speech in tonal and non-tonal language
speakers", by Ka Wing Chan & Janet Hsiao accepted to Language and Cognitive Processes.
[April 1, 2012]
Conference paper on "The perception of simplified and traditional Chinese characters in
the eye of simplified and traditional Chinese readers", by Tianyin Liu & Janet
Hsiao, accepted to CogSci2012 as a talk.
[April 1, 2012]
Conference paper on "Writing facilitates learning to read in Chinese through reduction
of holistic processing: A developmental study", by Ricky Tso, Terry Au, & & Janet
Hsiao, accepted to CogSci2012 as a poster.
[April 1, 2012]
Conference paper on "Reading direction is sufficient to account for the optimal viewing
position in reading: The case of music reading", by Yetta Wong & Janet
Hsiao, accepted to CogSci2012 as a poster.
[Feb 11, 2012]
Ricky Tso has been awarded with the 2012 Elsevier/Vision Research Travel Award (VSS
Student Travel Award) for the 2012 Annual VSS Meeting, to present his research on "
Reduction of holistic processing in Chinese character recognition: A developmental trend in Chinese
children". Click here.
[Jan 1, 2012]
Journal paper on "The optimal viewing position in face recognition"
, by Janet Hsiao and Tina Liu, accepted to Journal of Vision.
[April 18, 2011]
Journal paper on "Visual field differences can emerge purely from perceptual learning:
Evidence from modeling Chinese character pronunciation", by Janet Hsiao, accepted to
Brain and Language.
[April 1, 2011]
Conference paper on "Computational exploration of the relationship between
holistic processing and right hemisphere lateralization in featural and configural
recognition tasks", by Janet Hsiao & Kloser Cheung, accepted to
CogSci2011 as a talk.
[April 1, 2011]
Conference paper on "The Influence of Writing Experiences on Holistic Processing
in Chinese Character Recognition", by Ricky Tso & Janet Hsiao, accepted to
CogSci2011 as a talk.
[April 1, 2011]
Conference paper on "Bilinguals Have Different Hemispheric Lateralization in
Visual Word Processing from Monolinguals", by Fanny Lam & Janet Hsiao,
accepted to CogSci2011 as a poster.
[April 1, 2011]
Conference paper on "The modulation of word type frequency on hemispheric
lateralization in visual word recognition: Evidence from modeling Chinese character
recognition", by Janet Hsiao & Kit Cheung, accepted to CogSci2011
as a poster.
[June 30, 2010]
Janet Hsiao was awarded with a General Research Fund Grant by Research Grant Council of Hong Kong in the
2010/2011 exercise year.
[June 25, 2010]
Journal paper on "Position of phonetic components may influence how written words are processed in the brain: Evidence from Chinese phonetic compound pronunciation", by Janet Hsiao & Tianyin Liu, accepted to Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. [PDF]
[April 13, 2010]
Conference paper on "Visual and Task characteristics may explain hemispheric asymmetry in visual word recognition", by Kloser Cheung & Janet Hsiao, accepted to CogSci2010 as a talk. [PDF]
[June 30, 2009]
Janet Hsiao was awarded with a General Research Fund Grant by Research Grant Council of Hong Kong in the 2009/2010 exercise year.
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