Full-time Professors

Chin-An Wang

Assistant Professor

joshwang@ncu.edu.tw
Office: Room S5-617, Science Building
Tel: (03) 4227151#65223
Fax: 03-4263502
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Biography
Our research explores how we interact with the sensory world in various everyday activities (e.g., searching for objects, navigating the environment, reading comprehension) and the underlying neural mechanisms through the study of eye movements, pupillometry, and other physiological measurements such as heart rate and galvanic skin response, in combination with neuroimaging (e.g., ERP/EEG) and brain stimulation tools (e.g., TMS, tDCS).
 

Education
Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

Previous positions
Medical Researcher, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Neuroscience Studies, Queen’s University, Canada
Research Visit (doctoral student), Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, NY, USA 

Academic expertise
Pupillometry
Eye movements
Attention, Executive control, Working Memory, Motor Planning, Reading
Oculomotor midbrain circuitry

Research Directions
1.Pupillometry in vision, arousal and cognition using oculomotor and autonomic responses (heart and skin conductance responses), brain stimulation (TMS, tES), EEG/ERPs, and computational modeling
2.Investigating attentional control network using eye movements, pupillometry, and microsaccades 

Lab Members
Wing Mirian Feng (Research Associate)
ingchun Kuo (Research Assistant)
urong Cai (Research Assistant)
amuel Kuo (Research Assistant)

 

Publications (*corresponding author)

  1. Strauch C, Wang CA, Einhauser W, Van der Stigchel S, Naber M. (2022) Pupillometry as an integrated readout of distinct attentional networks. Trends in Neurosciences.
  2. Wang CA*, White B, Munoz DP. (2022) Pupil-linked arousal signals in the midbrain superior colliculus. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.1-15
  3. Oster J, Huang J, White BJ, Radach R., Itti L, Munoz DP*, Wang CA*. (2022) Pupillary responses to differences in Luminance, color and set size. Experimental Brain Research. 240,1873-1885.
  4. Nguyen KT, Liang WK, Juan CH, Wang CA*. (2022) Time-frequency analysis of pupil size modulated by global luminance, arousal, and saccade preparation signals using Hilbert-Huang transform. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 176, 89-99.
  5. Wang CA*, Munoz DP. (2021) Differentiating global luminance, arousal, and cognitive signals on pupil size and microsaccades. European Journal of Neuroscience, 54(10):7560-7574.
  6. Wang CA*, Nguyen KT, Juan CH. (2021) Linking pupil size modulated by global luminance and motor preparation to saccade behavior, Neuroscience. 476, 90-101.
  7. Hsu TY, Chen JT, Tseng P, Wang CA*. (2021) Role of the frontal eye field in human microsaccade responses: a TMS study , Biological Psychology.165. 108202.
  8. Hsu TY, Hsu YF, Wang HY, Wang CA*. (2021) Role of the frontal eye field in human orienting pupil and saccade responses. European Journal of Neuroscience.15253
  9. Chen JT, Yep R, Hsu YH, Cherng YG* and Wang CA*. Investigating arousal, saccade preparation, and global luminance effects on microsaccade behavior (2021). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15:602835.
  10. Wang CA*, Munoz DP*. Coordination of pupil and saccade responses by the superior colliculus (2021). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 33:5, 919–932.
  11. Cherng YG, Crevecoeur F, and Wang CA*. (2021). Effects of pupillary light and darkness reflex on the generation of pro- and anti-saccades. European Journal of Neuroscience. 53(6):1769-1782.
  12. Cherng YG, Baird T, Chen JT and Wang CA*. (2020). Background luminance effects on pupil size associated with emotion and saccade preparation. Scientific Reports, 10:15718.
  13. Wang CA*, Huang J, Brien DC, & Munoz DP*. (2020). Saliency and priority modulation in a popout paradigm: pupil size and microsaccade rate. Biological Psychology, 153. 107901.
  14. Hsu YF, Baird T, Wang CA*. (2020). Investigating cognitive load modulation on distractor processing using pupillary luminance responses in the anti-saccade paradigm. European Journal of Neuroscience, 52(3):3061-3073.
  15. Wang CA*, Baird T, Huang J, Coutinho J, Brien DC, Munoz DP. (2018). Arousal effects in pupil size, heart rate and skin conductance at an emotional face task. Frontiers in Neurology, 9, 1029. (special issue: The Pupil: Behavior, Anatomy, Physiology and Clinical Biomarkers). 
  16. Wang CA*, Tworzyanski L, Huang J, Munoz DP*. (2018). Response anisocoria in the pupillary light and darkness reflex. European Journal of Neuroscience, 48(11):3379-3388.
  17. Wang CA*, Munoz DP. (2018). Neural basis of location-specific pupil luminance modulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(41):10446-10451. 
  18. Wang CA*, Huang J, Yep R, Munoz DP. (2018) Comparing pupil light response modulation between saccade planning and working memory. Journal of Cognition, 1(1), 33. (Special Issue: What can pupils tell us about cognition?)
  19. Wang CA*, Blohm G, Huang J, Boehnke SE, Munoz DP. (2017) Multisensory integration in orienting behavior: pupil size, microsaccades and saccades. Biological Psychology, 129:36-44.
  20. Wang CA*, McInnis H, Brien DC, Pari G, Munoz DP*. (2016). Disruption of pupil size modulation correlates with voluntary saccade deficits in Parkinson’s disease. Neuropsychologia, 80(8):176-184.
  21. Wang CA, Munoz DP*. (2015). A circuit for pupil orienting responses: implications for cognitive modulation of pupil size. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 33:134-140. 
  22. Wang CA*, Brien DC, Munoz DP*. (2015). Pupil size reveals preparatory processes in the generation of pro- and anti-saccades. European Journal of Neuroscience, 41(8):1102-1110. 
  23. Ikeda T, Boehnke SE, Marino RA, White BJ, Wang CA, Levy R, Munoz, DP*. (2015) Spatio-temporal response properties of local field potentials in the primate superior colliculus. European Journal of Neuroscience, 41(6): 856-865. 
  24. Wang CA*, Munoz, D.P. (2014). Modulation of stimulus contrast on the human pupil orienting response. European Journal of Neuroscience, 40(5):2822-2832. 
  25. Wang CA*, Boehnke SE, Itti L, Munoz DP. (2014). Transient pupil response is modulated by contrast-based saliency. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(2):408-417.
  26. Wang CA, Inhoff AW*. (2013). Extraction of linguistic information from successive words during reading: evidence for spatially distributed lexical processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35, 1571-1584.
  27. Wang C-A, Boehnke SE, White BJ, Munoz DP*. (2012). Microstimulation of the primate superior colliculus induces pupil dilation without evoking saccades. Journal of Neuroscience, 32, 3269-3236.
  28. Wang CA*, Inhoff AW. (2010). The influence of visual contrast and case changes on parafoveal preview benefits during reading. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63, 805-817.
  29. Inhoff AW*, Greenberg SN, Solomon M, Wang CA. (2009). Word integration and regression programming during reading: A test of the E-Z Reader 10 model. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35, 1571-1584.
  30. Wang CA, Inhoff AW*, Radach R. (2009). Is attention confined to one word at a time? The spatial distribution of parafoveal preview benefits during reading. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 71, 1487-1494.
  31. Wang CA, Tsai JL*, Inhoff AW, Tzeng OJL. (2009). Acquisition of linguistic information to the left of fixation during the reading of Chinese text. Language and Cognitive Processes, 24, 1097-1123.
  32. Tsai JL*, Yen MH, Wang CA. (2005). Recoding on eye movements and its application on Chinese reading. Research in Applied Psychology, 28, 91-104. (in Chinese)

Conference Proceedings (*talks: 17)

Wang C-A, Munoz, DP. Differentiating luminance, arousal, and cognitive signals on pupil size and microsaccades. Vision Sciences Society, 2021.

*Wang C-A. Linking the superior colliculus to pupil size. Taiwan Society for Neuroscience, 2020.

Wang C-A, Hsu Y-F. Investigating distractor interference by cognitive load using pupillary luminance responses in the anti-saccade paradigm. Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2019.

*Munoz DP, Wang C-A. A circuit for pupil control during orienting. European Conference on Eye Movements, 2019.

Wang C-A, Munoz DP. Neural substrate for coordinated and uncoordinated pupil and saccade responses. Neural Control of Movement, 2019.

*Munoz DP, Wang C-A. Neural basis of location-specific pupil luminance modulation. Neural Control of Movement, 2019.

*Wang C-A, Munoz DP. The role of the superior colliculus in pupillary responses to saliency. International Conference on Cognitive Science, 2017.

Wang C-A, Munoz DP. Coordinated pupillary and saccadic responses through the superior colliculus. Gordon Research Conference on Eye Movements, 2017.

*Wang C-A, Munoz DP. Superior colliculus coordinates pupillary and saccadic responses. Vision Sciences Society, 2017.

Wang C-A, Munoz DP. Modulation of pupillary light responses by saccade preparation, working memory, and microstimulation of the superior colliculus. Society for Neuroscience, 2016.

Huang J, Smorenburg M, Wang C-A, Munoz DP. Using pupil response to assess cognitive function across the healthy lifespan. Canadian Association for Neuroscience, 2016.

*Wang C-A, Munoz DP. Attentional modulation of pupillary light responses by microstimulation of the superior colliculus. Vision Sciences Society, 2016.

Kan JY, White BJ, Wang C-A, Itti, L, Munoz, DP. Visual saliency response in the superficial and intermediate superior colliculus and the pupil. Vision Sciences Society, 2016.

*Wang C-A, Munoz DP. Microstimulation of the superior colliculus produces coordinated saccade and pupil responses. Society for Neuroscience, 2015.

*Wang C-A, Munoz DP. Pupil orienting responses coordinated by the superior colliculus. International Pupil Colloquium, 2015.

*Wang C-A, Munoz DP. The role of the superior colliculus in the coordination of the pupil orienting response. European Conference on Eye Movements, 2015.

Huang J, Wang C-A, Munoz DP. Multisensory integration in human pupil orienting response. Canadian Association for Neuroscience, 2015.

*Wang C-A, Brien DC, Munoz DP. Pupil size reveals preparatory processes in the generation of pro- and anti-saccades. Vision Sciences Society, 2015.

Wang C-A, Munoz DP. The role of the superior colliculus in the coordination of the pupil orienting response. Society for Neuroscience, 2014.

Wang C-A, Munoz DP. Modulation of stimulus saliency on human pupil orienting response. Canadian Association for Neuroscience, 2014.

*Wang C-A, Munoz DP. The role of the superior colliculus in the coordination of the pupil orienting response. Canadian Association for Neuroscience (satellite on Brain Circuits and Behaviour), 2014.

Ikeda T, Boehnke SE, White BJ, Wang C-A, Marino RA, Levy R, Munoz DP. Visuomotor processing in the Superior Colliculus: Comparison between single unit activity and local field potentials. Society for Neuroscience, 2013.

Wang C-A, Boehnke SE, Itti L, Munoz DP. Modulation of stimulus saliency and modality on transient pupil responses. Society for Neuroscience, 2013.

Ikeda T, Boehnke SE, Wang C-A, White BJ, Marino RA, Levy R, Munoz DP. Comparison of single unit and local field potential visual responses in the Superior Colliculus. Gordon Research Conference on Eye Movements, 2013.

Wang C-A, Boehnke SE, Munoz DP. Transient pupil response is evoked by a salient stimulus and superior colliculus microstimulation. Gordon Research Conference on Eye Movements, 2013.

Wang C-A, Boehnke SE, Munoz DP. Transient pupil dilation is evoked by salient visual stimulation and superior colliculus microstimulation. Canadian Association for Neuroscience, 2013.

*Wang C-A, Boehnke SE, Munoz DP. The role of the superior colliculus in salience-driven pupil dilation. Society for Neuroscience, 2012.

*Wang C-A, Boehnke SE, White BJ, Munoz DP. Pupil dilation is evoked by visual stimulus salience and microstimulation of the superior colliculus. Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science meeting, 2012.

Wang C-A, Boehnke SE, Munoz DP. Pupil dilation evoked by a salient auditory stimulus facilitates saccade reaction times to a visual stimulus. Vision Sciences Society, 2012.

*Wang C-A, Boehnke SE, White BJ, Munoz DP. Microstimulation of the primate superior colliculus induces pupil dilation without evoking saccades. European Conference on Eye Movements, 2011.

Wang C-A, Boehnke SE, White BJ, Munoz DP. Subthreshold microstimulation of the superior colliculus induces pupil dilation. Vision Sciences Society, 2011.

Wang C-A, Boehnke SE, Munoz DP. Pupil modulation during visual and oculomotor tasks. Society for Neuroscience. 2010.

*Inhoff AW, Seymour BA, Wang C-A, Fleischer J, Radach R. Words are spatially indexed during reading. Psychonomic Society, 2009.

*Inhoff AW, Wang C-A. Information acquisition after the skipping of words during reading. European Conference on Eye Movements, 2009.

Seymour BA, Inhoff AW, Wang C-A. Saccade Trajectory Deviations in Van der Stigchel & Theeuwes (2007): General Inhibition, or Inhibition-of-Return? Eastern Psychological Association, 2009.

Wang C-A, Inhoff AW, Seymour BA, Solomon MJ. The influence of parafoveal word N-1 visibility on word N+1 recognition during reading. Psychonomic Society, 2008.

Inhoff AW, Wang CA, Solomon M, Seymour BA. Is the processing of successive words strictly serial during reading? Psychonomic Society, 2007.

Wang C-A, Tsai J-L, Inhoff AW, Lee C-Y, Hung DL, Tzeng OJL. Parafoveal-on-foveal effects in Chinese Reading: an Eye-Movements Study. European Conference on Eye Movements, 2007.

*Inhoff AW, Solomon MJ, Seymour BA, Wang C-A. Does saccade targeting determine the acquisition of parafoveal word information? European Conference on Eye Movements, 2007.

Wang C-A, Tsai J-L, Tzeng OJL, Hung DL. Retrieving word information in the left of fixation during Chinese sentence reading. Annual Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing, 2006.

Wang C-A, Tsai J-L, Tzeng OJL, Hung DL. Word identification in the left of fixation during Chinese sentence reading: An eye movement study. International Conference on Processing Chinese and Other East Asian Languages, 2005.

Wang C-A, Tsai J-L, Tzeng OJL, Hung DL. Using saccadic inhibition to investigate attentional control in reading Chinese: an oculomotor study. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2005.

 

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•MOST Columbus research grant (年輕學者養成計畫)
•Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
•Germany Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
•Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Scholarship for Doctoral Students Short-Term Research Overseas (Taiwan)
•Fulbright Scholarship for Doctoral Students Research Overseas (USA)