Members

Members: Lab Members

Pin-Hao Andy Chen

Andy Chen is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at National Taiwan University. He received his Ph.D. at Dartmouth College. He uses an interdisciplinary approach, combining experimental social psychology and computational methods to gain a better understanding of the psychological and neural mechanisms involved in interacting minds. He has published in Nature Human Behaviour, Science Advances, eLife, and Neuroimage. He received The Young Scholars' Creativity Award from the Foundation for The Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship in 2024 and also the Ta-You Wu Memorial Award (Early Career award) from Taiwan NSTC in 2021. He is now a consulting editor at JoCN and the secretary at the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS).

Feng-Chun Ben Chou

PhD student [CV] [Google scholar]

Ben received his bachelor's degree in Physics. He is now a Ph.D. student in the Social Psychology program at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Interacting minds, social network analysis, computational social neuroscience, machine learning & non-verbal behaviors.

Publications and Honors:

(1) Academia Sinica Elite Ph.D Scholarship (scholarship period: 2024-2028)

(2) Hsiao, P.-Y. A., Kim, M.J., Chou, F.-C. B., & Chen, P.-H. A. (2024). Brain Imaging and Behavior.

(3) Chou, F.-C. B.,* Chen, Y.-C. C.,* Kuo, Y.-S. A., Hsiao, P.-Y. A., Lin, C. R., Huang, Y.-W. Y., Pan, H.-J. S., & Chen, P.-H. A. (Under revision).

(4) Chen, P.-H. A., Chiu, T.-A. P., Hsiao, P.-Y. A., & Chou, F.-C. B. (in press). From experiences to preferences: neural insights through a naturalistic neuroimaging paradigm. In Fareri, D., Smith, D. & Lockwood, P. (Eds.), Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions. Springer Nature.

Tung-An Phoenix Chiu

Graduate student

Phoenix received her bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. She is now a graduate student in the Social Psychology program at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Preference, computer vision, computational social neuroscience & machine learning.

Publications and Honors:

(1) Chen, P.-H. A., Chiu, T.-A. P., Hsiao, P.-Y. A., & Chou, F.-C. B. (in press). From experiences to preferences: neural insights through a naturalistic neuroimaging paradigm. In Fareri, D., Smith, D. & Lockwood, P. (Eds.), Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions. Springer Nature.

(2) Chiu, T.-A. P., Chou, F.-C. B., Hsiao, P.-Y. A., & Chen, P.-H. A. (2024). Poster presented at Social & Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS) 2024 Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.

Chia-Hsi Jessie Lin

Graduate research assistant

Jessie received her bachelor's degree in Physics. She is now a graduate student in the Department of Physics at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Interacting minds & computational social neuroscience.

Chien-Yu Evany Huang

Head of Marketing

Evany received her MBA in International Business at National Taiwan University. She is now our Head of Marketing.

Area of expertise: Marketing, social media marketing, content marketing.

Chih-Yu Maggie Jao

Undergraduate research assistant

Maggie is a senior undergraduate student with a major in Life Science at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Computational social neuroscience & self-regulation.

Publications and Honors:

(1) 2024 NSTC Undergraduate Research Grant

(2) Jao, C.-Y. M., Chou, F.-C. B. & Chen, P.-H. A. (2024). Symposium Talk at Taiwanese Psychological Association 2024 Annual Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.

(3) Chen, Y.-C. C., Chou, F.-C. B., Jao, C.-Y. M., Chang, C.-Y. E., Liu, Y.-W. J., Chiu, T.-A. P., & Chen, P.-H. A. (2024). Poster presented at Social & Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS) 2024 Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.

Hsin-Lien Sophie Hsieh

Undergraduate research assistant

Sophie is a senior undergraduate student with a major in Veterinary Medicine at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Computer vision, facial behavioral analysis & interacting minds.

Publications and Honors:

(1) Hsieh, H.-L. S., Chou, F.-C. B. & Chen, P.-H. A. (2024). Symposium Talk at Taiwanese Psychological Association 2024 Annual Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.

Yu-Chieh May Chang

Undergraduate research assistant

May is a junior undergraduate student with a major in Psychology and a minor in Life Science at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Computational social neuroscience & interacting minds.

Chung-Lien William Chen

Undergraduate research assistant

William is a junior undergraduate student with a major in Medicine at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Computational social neuroscience & mental health.

Publications and Honors:

(1) Chen, C.-L. W., Chou, F.-C. B., Hsiao, P.-Y. A., Wang, T.-R. H. & Chen, P.-H. A. (2025). Poster presented at Social & Affective Neuroscience Society 2025 Annual Conference, Chicago, USA.

Ting-Ruei Henry Wang

Undergraduate research assistant

Henry is a senior undergraduate student with a double major in Foreign Languages & Literatures and Psychology at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Computational cultural neuroscience & affective neuroscience.

Publications and Honors:

(1) Wang, T.-R. H., Hsiao, P.-Y. A., Chou, F.-C. B., Jolly, E., Chang, L.J., & Chen, P.-H. A. (2025). Invited talk presented at Taiwan Society of Cognitive Neuroscience 2025 Annual Conference, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

(2) Chen, C.-L. W., Chou, F.-C. B., Hsiao, P.-Y. A., Wang, T.-R. H. & Chen, P.-H. A. (2025). Poster presented at Social & Affective Neuroscience Society 2025 Annual Conference, Chicago, USA.

Tzu-Chi Kelly Chou

Undergraduate research assistant

Kelly is a senior undergraduate student with a major in Business Administration at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Personality Science & interacting minds.

Chia-Chen Jane Li

Undergraduate research assistant

Jane is a junior undergraduate student with a major in Psychology and a minor in Social Work at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Computational clinical psychology & interacting minds.

Shih-Chueh Tyler Wang

Undergraduate research assistant

Tyler received his bachelor's degree in Computer Science & Engineering. He is now a sophomore undergraduate student with a major in Psychology at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Computer vision & facial behavioral analysis.

Pin-Yu Sophie Wu

Undergraduate research assistant

Sophie is now a sophomore undergraduate student with a major in Computer Science & Information Engineering at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Conversational study, large language model & interacting minds.

Chun-Yung Yong Lo

Undergraduate research assistant

Yong is now a sophomore undergraduate student with a major in Psychology at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Conversational study, large language model & interacting minds.

Chia-Chi Ellie Lin

Undergraduate research assistant

Ellie is now a sophomore undergraduate student with a major in Psychology at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Personlity science & interacting minds.

Chih-Hao Howard Hsu

Undergraduate research assistant

Howard is now a junior undergraduate student with a major in Computer Science & Information Engineering at National Taiwan University.

Research interest: Computational social neuroscience & MEG.

Lab Alumni

Lulu Lin, former full-time RA. She received her Master of information systems management at Carnegie Mellon University. She is now a Software Engineer.

Rose Lin, former undergraduate RA. She received her Master of Applied Data Science at Utrecht University. She is now a Product Manager.

Sharon Pan, former undergraduate RA. She is now enrolled in the Master of Engineering in Autonomy & Robotics program at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Ashlee Kou, former graduate student. She is now a UX Analyst.

Wendy Lee, former undergraduate RA. She is now enrolled in a Master of Clinical Psychology program.

Chloe Chen, former graduate student. She is now a Management Associate.

Julie Liu, former undergraduate RA. She is now a Data Consultant.

Alan Hsiao, former graduate student.

Edward Chang, former undergraduate RA.