Name
YANG, Cheng-Ta
Position and Affiliated Institution
Professor. National Cheng Kung University
Degree
Ph.D. , Psychology
Education and Academic Employment
2018-present Director, International Doctoral Program in Principles and Implications of Mind Sciences, National Cheng Kung University.
2017-2018 Visiting professor, Department of Intermedia Art and Science, School of Fundamental Science and Engineering, Waseda University.
2016-present Professor (Joint Appointment), Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University.
2016-present Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, National Cheng Kung University.
2016 Visiting professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Science, the University of Melbourne.
2015-2016 Associate professor (Joint Appointment), Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University.
2013-2016 Associate professor, Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, National Cheng Kung University.
2011-2013 Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, National Cheng Kung University.
2009-2011 Assistant professor, Department of Psychology and Institute of Cognitive Science, College of Social Sciences, National Cheng Kung University.
2004-2009 Ph.D. Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University.
2000-2004 B.A. Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University.
Research Topic
Visual Cognition and computational modeling
Fields of Research Interests
Visual attention, Visual memory, Face perception, Decision making, Response times, Psychophysics,
Mathematical psychology, Cognitive neuroscience
Academic Publications
- Yang, C.-T.*, Altieri, N., & Little, D. R. (2018.Feb.). An examination of parallel versus coactive processing accounts of redundant-target audiovisual signal processing. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 82, 138-158. doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2017.09.003
- Yang, C.-T.*, Fific, M., Chang, T.-Y., & Little, D.R. (2017.May). Systems factorial technology provides new insights on the other-race effect. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25(2), 596-604. Doi:3758/s13423-017-1305-9
- Chang, T.-Y., Little, D. R., & Yang, C.-T.* (2016.May). Selective attention modulates the effect of target location probability on redundant signal processing. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 78(6), 1603-1624. dol: 10.3758/s13414-016-1127-2.
- Yang, C.-T.*, Chang, T.-Y., & Wu, C.-J. (2013). Relative change probability affects the decision process of detecting multiple feature changes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 39(5), 1365-1385.
- Yang, C.-T.* (2011). Relative saliency in change signals affects perceptual comparison and decision processes in change detection. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 37(6), 1708–1728.
Affiliated Academic Organizations
Fellow of Psychonomic Society
Director of Taiwanese Psychological Association
Japanese Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
Society for Mathematical Psychology
Member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China
Taiwan Society of Cognitive Neuroscience
Honor consultant of Taiwan Memory Sports Association
Awards
2018 Best Paper Award, Chinese Journal of Psychology.
2017 K. T. Li Researcher Award.
2017 Fellow of the Psychonomic Society.
2016 Academia Sinica Research Award for Junior Research Investigators (Humanity and Social Sciences), Taiwan.
2015 Young Researcher Innovative Research Award from Taiwan Comprehensive University, Taiwan.
2015 The Outstanding Young Persons (Science and Technology Research Development category), Junior Chamber International (JCI), Taiwan.
2013 Ta-You Wu Memorial Award in humanity and Social Science from Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
2012 Excellent Teaching Award, Applying innovative technology to explore smart living – Take Taiwanese culture as an example, Ministry of Education.
2012 Exceptional Group Award, University interdisciplinary convergence of scientific talent cultivation plan, Ministry of Education.
2011 Excellent Mentor of the Year, College of Social Sciences, National Cheng Kung University.
2009 Su Xiang-Yu’s Thesis Award, Taiwanese Psychological Association.
2009 Dean’s Award (for research), College of Science, National Taiwan University.
2008 Travel Award for the 2008 Society for Mathematical Psychology (SMP) Meeting.
2008 Ph.D. thesis award in humanity and social science from Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
Other Interests
Kun opera, Volleyball
