Dr. Cheng-Ta Yang
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Biography
I currently work at Taipei Medical University as the Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Science, and at National Cheng Kung University as a distinguished professor. My research interests are visual attention, visual memory, face perception, decision making, response times, psychophysics, mathematical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.
Affiliations
Taipei Medical University
Taipei, Taiwan
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan City, Taiwan
Honors and Awards
Excellent Mentor of the Year
College of Social Sciences, National Cheng Kung University
Excellent Teaching Award, applying innovative technology to explore smart living
Ministry of Education
Ta-You Wu Memorial Award in humanity and Social Science
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
The Outstanding Young Persons (Science and Technology Research Development category)
Junior Chamber International (JCI), Taiwan
Young Researcher Innovative Research Award
Taiwan Comprehensive University, Taiwan
Research Award for Junior Research Investigators (Humanity and Social Sciences)
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Fellow of the Psychonomic Society
Psychonomic Society
K. T. Li Researcher Award
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Best Paper Award
Chinese Journal of Psychology
Research Award in Sport Sciences
Ministry of Education
Teaching Excellence Award
Naional Cheng Kung University
Award for "Participation in University Innovation and University Social Responsibility Excellence Teachers"
2020 R. Duncan Luce Outstanding Paper Award
The Society for Mathematical Psychology
'Yang, C.-T., Hsieh, S., Hsieh, C.-J., Fific, M., Yu, Y.-T., & Wang, C.-H. (2019) An examination of age-related differences in attentional control by systems factorial technology. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 92:102280’
Teaching Excellence Award for General Education
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Outstanding Research Awards
The Ministry of Science and Technology
Experience
Institute, Department or Faculty Head
Dean, College of Humanity and Social Science, Taipei Medical University
01 Aug 2021 - present
University Educator/Researcher
Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, National Cheng Kung University.
01 Aug 2019 - present
Institute, Department or Faculty Head
Director, International Doctoral Program in Principles and Implications of MInd Science, National Cheng Kung University
01 Aug 2018 - 01 Jul 2020
University Educator/Researcher
Professor (Joint Appointment), Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University.
01 Aug 2016 - 01 Jan 2020
Research or Laboratory Scientist
Visiting Researcher, Waseda Institute of Advanced Studies, Waseda University.
01 Jul 2019 - 01 Jul 2019
University Educator/Researcher
Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, National Cheng Kung University.
01 Aug 2016 - 01 Jul 2019
University Educator/Researcher
Visiting Professor, Department of Intermedia Art and Science, School of Fundamental Science and Engineering, Waseda University.
01 Aug 2017 - 01 Feb 2018
University Educator/Researcher
Associate professor (Joint Appointment), Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University.
01 Aug 2015 - 01 Jul 2016
University Educator/Researcher
Associate professor, Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, National Cheng Kung University.
01 Feb 2013 - 01 Jul 2016
University Educator/Researcher
Visiting professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Science, the University of Melbourne.
01 Jan 2016 - 01 Feb 2016
University Educator/Researcher
Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, National Cheng Kung University.
01 Aug 2011 - 01 Jan 2013
University Educator/Researcher
Assistant professor, Department of Psychology and Institute of Cognitive Science, College of Social Sciences, National Cheng Kung University.
01 Aug 2009 - 01 Jul 2011