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Research Focus Areas

  1. Neural Mechanism of Visual Selection and Eye Movement 
  2. Visual Short-Term Memory
  3. Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive Control
  4. Development of Attention and Cognitive Control
  5. Cognitive Neuroscience and Crime Sciences 
  6. Sport and Human Cognitive Performance
  7. Human Brain Stimulation Techniques and their Applications

Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive Control

Fundamental cognitive abilities such as visual attention and short-term memory have a close correlation to the executive function of the frontal lobe and one’s self-control ability. We used stop signal paradigm, combined with TMS and brain-imaging techniques, to investigate the key neuro-mechanism of adult’s impulse control. We noted an effect in the impulse control ability when applying TMS to the interior frontal lobe. Moreover, after a brief stimulation of tDCS’ positive current is applied to the Pre-SMA, the test subjects showed an improvement in their impulse control. This study marks significant attributions in both theory and application and contributes greatly to the theoretical establishment & modification of impulse control and in areas of clinical therapies, crime prevention and education.
Selected Papers
  1. 1.      Wei-Kuang Liang; Men-Tzung Lo; Albert C Yang; Chung-Kang Peng; Shih- Kuen Cheng; Philip Tseng; Chi-Hung Juan* (2014, Apr). Revealing the brain's adaptability and the transcranial direct current stimulation facilitating effect in inhibitory control by multiscale entropy. Neuroimage, 90 (2014) 218–234. (SCI, Ranking:2/14 (Neuroimaging), 26/251 (Neurosciences) & 3/120(Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical imaging); ). NSC 99-2410-H-008-022-MY3.
  2. Yu, JX, Hung, DL, Tseng, P., Tzeng, OJL, Muggleton, NG & Juan, CH*. (Aug, 2012). Sex differences in how erotic and painful stimuli impair inhibitory control. Cognition 124(2):251-255. PDF
  3. Hsu, TY., Tzeng, LY., Yu, JX., Kuo, WJ., Hung, DL., Tzeng, OJL., Walsh, V., Muggleton NG., & Juan, C.H*. (Jun, 2011) Modulating inhibitory control with direct current stimulation of the superior medial frontal cortex. Neuroimage, 15;56(4):2249-57. PDF
  4. Muggleton, NG. Chen, C-Y. Tzeng, OJL. Hung, DL. & Juan, C-H*. (Dec, 2010). Inhibitory control and the frontal eye fields. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22(12): 2804-2812. PDF
  5. Chen, C-Y. Muggleton, NG. Tzeng, OJL. Hung, DL. & Juan, C-H*. (Jan, 2009). Control of prepotent responses by the superior medial frontal cortex. Neuroimage, 44(2): 537-545. PDF
(* denotes the corresponding author)
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