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Chin-An WangAssistant Professor
joshwang@ncu.edu.tw |
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)
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.
•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)