Orientation
The major task of this laboratory is to provide supplementary demonstrations and practices for several professional courses, inclusive of Seminars on Cognition, Seminars on Emotion, Seminars on Cognitive Neuroscience, Seminars on User Experience, Methods of Experimental Psychology, Cognition, Sensation and Perception, Emotion and Psychology of User Experience.
In addition, the principal investigator (PI) of the lab, Prof. Hung-Wei Lee, also accepts to become the advisor of students who are interested in those subfields just mentioned above. For this reason, the PI leads about 10 master degree students and 40 undergraduate students to have regular meetings every week and coordinates summer/winter vacation workshops for them to enhance the mathematical and computer programming abilities.
Up to now, the lab has successfully changed its title and orientation from “Laboratory of Psychology” to “Applied Cognitive Technology Laboratory (ACT Lab)” which conveys its orientation more specifically and precisely. The value of ACT Lab is now self-defined as “applying knowledge of cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience to human factors engineering, sports science, neuroeconomics, and criminal psychology to work for people’s well-being.”
New logo of the lab in 2018.
History
For a new department at a young university, the time of inception was usually hard and difficult. But it later turned to be sweet and unforgettable when years and even decades passed by with the processes of progression.
On the year of 2001, with concerning about the healthy development of the department, the former chairman, Dr. Chuang-Zhen Ma, invited Prof. Shwu-Lih Huang of National Chengchi University to teach several basic courses, including Methods of Experimental Psychology, Sensation and Perception and Cognitive Psychology.
In addition, with the hope that the department could be competitive with other psychology departments, Chairman Ma decided to establish two laboratories, one for psychological experiment and the other for psychological assessment. Prof. Huang was then requested to start the building of this lab. Later, Lecturer Hung-Wei Lee took over Prof. Huang’s tasks and responsibilities to ensure the continuation of the courses and the lab.
Although there were several insufficiencies and obstacles which made slow progress at first, we finally got funds from the National Science Council and thankful supports from the university. In 2004, the lab opened and started to serve functions of teaching and studying. At the same time, the PI kept a steady pace to recruit lab members, provide training courses, and use and maintain devices.
On 2006, the lab was again luckily earned a great fund by the university and was able to have some advanced instruments for cognitive neuroscience courses and studies, inclusive of Neuroscan SynAmps2 electroencephalogram (EEG) system, SeeingMachines faceLab 4.2 eye-tracker, and Ascension Tech. miniBird 3D spatial localization system. About 2010, with some research projects funded by NSC, the Biofeedback 2000 xpert biosignal recording system and Emotiv portable EEG system were added to the list of the lab devices.
Recently, thanks for the T&L Developing Center's support, more hardware and software (e.g., HoloLens, Noitom Neuron mocap, iClone, etc.) with other open source and community version tools (e.g., Python, Unity, Visual Studio, etc.) are embraced by the PI and regarded as the best weapons to make the ACT Laboratory one of the most hi-tech labs of psychology departments in Taiwan.
Events
-- 2018 --
- 2018/10 The 2018 version of the official website was announced.
-2018/1 The HoloLens was accepted and checked.
-- 2017 --
-- 2016 --
- 2016/10 Members participated in the 55th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association with oral and poster presentations:
.Lee, H.-W., Chuang, R.-P., Chang, Y.-C., Liu, Y-.C., & Ho, C.-W. (2016/10). The effect head feint type and eye fixation area on the accuracy of predicting badminton serve landing position. 55th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Cheng Kung University, Tainan. (in Chinese)
.Lee, H.-W., Chen, B.-L., Ou, X.-W., Jhong, Y.-Y., Cao, J.-C., & Lee, J.-H. (2016/10). Harry Potter's sorting hat: EEG indices of cognitive abilities according to Bloom's categories. 55th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Cheng Kung University, Tainan. (in Chinese)
.Lee, H.-W., & Wang, P.-C. (2016/10). The influence of endorser's image and self-image on the decision-making of online shopping. 55th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Cheng Kung University, Tainan. (in Chinese)
-- 2015 --
-- 2014 --
- 2014/11 Members participated in the 53rd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association with oral and poster presentations:
. Chu, C.-L., Lee, H.-W., Chang, Y.-C., & Lin, J.-L. (2014/11). The effect of facial feature and facial expression on trustworthiness. 53rd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Taiwan University, Taipei. (in Chinese)
. Ku, H.-T., Lee, H.-W., Chang. Y.-C., & Liu, Y.-C. (2014/11). The effect of disappointment and regret on decision making: A gambling study. 53rd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Taiwan University, Taipei. (in Chinese)
. Chen, C.-C., Lee, H.-W. & Chang, Y.-C. (2014/11). Exploring the icon effectiveness on user performance: The role of icon concreteness, complexity, and distinctiveness. 53rd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Taiwan University, Taipei. (in Chinese)
-2014 /7 The PI resigned the positions of the Chairman of the Department and Library Director at the same time.
-2014/2 The PI was appointed as the Chairman of the Department of Applied Psychology, again.
-2014/1 Members participated in the 2014 Taiwan Society of Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Meeting.
-- 2013 --
- 2013/10 Members participated in the 52nd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association with oral and poster presentations:
. Lee, H.-W., Chang, Y.-C., Chang, S.-H., & Lin, J.-L. (2013/10). A new method of deception detection using eye tracking with scene recognition task. 52nd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Chengchi University, Taipei. (in Chinese)
. Lo, K.-Y., Lee, H.-W., & Chang, Y.-C. (2013/10). Emotion and decision making in gambling: A Texas Hold'em study. 52nd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Chengchi University, Taipei. (in Chinese)
. Chi, S.-H., Lee, H.-W., & Chen, C,-C. Usability analysis of interactive whiteboard and electronic textbook. 52nd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Chengchi University, Taipei. (in Chinese)
. Chou, L.-W., Lo, K.-Y., Lee, H.-W., & Chang, Y.-C.(2013/10). A pilot of phone fraud: Analysis of fearful vocal responses. 52nd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Chengchi University, Taipei. (in Chinese)
- 2013/8 The PI was appointed as the Library Director.
- 2013/7 Lo, K.-Y., Chang, S.-H and Chi, S.-H. earned their master degrees.
-- 2012 --
- 2012/11 A Facebook fan page "UX psychology.tw" was established for the promotion of user experience (UX) studies.
- 2012/10 The PI was invited as an academic consultant by the Pitotech Co. Ltd. and coordinated the 2012 Mangold & Pitotech UX Research Certification Workshop (Basic Skill).
- 2012/10 Members participated in the 51st Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association with oral and poster presentations:
. Chang, Y.-C. & Lai, Y.-Y. (2012/10). An exploration of color separation with eye-movement task based on apparent motion. 51st Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. Asia University, Taichung. (in Chinese)
. Lee, H.-W., Huang, S.-L., & Chang, Y.-C. (2012/10). Usability testing for a media player application using cognitive experiments. 51st Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. Asia University, Taichung. (in Chinese)
. Lee, H.-W., Liu, L.-H., & Chen, J.-M. (2012/10). An exploration of the cognitive differences between cohorts using in-market PC games. 51st Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. Asia University, Taichung. (in Chinese)
- 2012/10 The PI hosted the " Symposium of UX" at the 51st Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association.
-- 2011 --
- 2011/10 Members participated in the 50th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association with oral and poster presentations:
. Lee, H.-W., & Liu, L.-H. (2011/10). Evaluating edutainment games for older adults. 50th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. Asia University, Taichung. (in Chinese)
. Su, W.-K., Lee, H.-W., & Kuo, J.-H. (2011/10). Fairness and decision-making of three-person Ultimate Game. 50th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. Asia University, Taichung. (in Chinese)
- 2011/7 The PI resigned the position of the Chairman of the department.
- 2011/1 The PI was invited as an academic consultant of the Center of Measurement Technology of ITRT.
-- 2010 --
- 2010/11 Members participated in the 49th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association with oral and poster presentations:
. Chang, Y.-C., Lee, H.-W., Huang, S.-L., & Lee, T.-Y. (2010/11).。Design and evaluation of 2D application menu with a categorical concept and memory efficiency. 49th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi. (in Chinese)
. Su, W.-K., Lee, H.-W., & Kuo, J.-H. (2010/11). Fairness and decision-making of three-person game. 49th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi. (in Chinese)
. Chang, R., Huang, C.-T,., & Lee, H.-W. (2010/11). A pilot study of designing smart living space for older adults: The guidelines. 49th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi. (in Chinese)
-- 2009 --
- 2009/11 The Co-PI participated in the iBASH International conference with an oral presentation:
. Lee, H.-W., Liao, W.-H., Huang, S.-L., Chang, Y.-C., Chen, Y.-S., & Li, T.-Y. (2009/11). A Prototype of Smart Interactive TV. Intelligent Buildings and Smart Homes Conference 2009 (iBASH). Taipei, Taiwan.
- 2009/9 Members participated in the 48th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association with oral and poster presentations:
. Tsai, C.-C., & Lee, H.-W. (2009/9). On Exploration of Categorical and Dimensional Approaches to Emotion: A Neurophysiologic Study. 48th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Taiwan University, Taipei. (in Chinese)
. Wei, Y.-S., Lin, C.-Y., Hsu, K.-H., Jian, H.-C., & Lee, H.-W.(2009/9). Emotion and decision making in Texas Hold'em. 48th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association. National Taiwan University, Taipei. (in Chinese)
- 2009/8 The 2009 version of lab's official website was announced.
- 2009/8 The PI was appointed as the Chairman of the Department of Applied Psychology.
- 2009/5 The Co-PI participated the VSS at Florida with poster presentation:
. Chang, Y.-C., Huang, S.-L., & Lee, H.-W., (2009/5). On the exploration of surface-based attention with cueing task. 9th Annual Meeting of Vision Science Society. Naples, Florida.
-- 2008 --
- 2008/9 The PI participated the IVA at Tokyo with poster presentation:
. Lin, Y.-H., Liu, C.-Y., Lee, H.-W., Huang, S.-L., & Li, T.-Y. (2009/9). Evaluating emotive character animations created with procedural animation. 9th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. NEMO, Amsterdam.
- 2008/7 The PI participated the Euro iTV at Salzburg with an oral presentation:
. Liu, P.-Y., Lee, H.-W., Li, T.-Y., Huang, S.-L., & Hsu, S.-W. (2008/7). An Experimental Platform Based on MCE for Interactive TV. 6th European Interactive TV ConferenceEuroITV. Salzburg, Austria.
- 2008/6 The PI participated the ASSC12 at Taipei with oral presentation:
. Lee, H.-W., Huang, S.-L., & Chang, Y.-C. (2008/6). Nonlinear Functional Connectivity in Visual Awareness: A Small-World Study. ASSC 12th Annual Meeting. Taipei, Taiwan.
-- 2007 --
- 2007/9 The PI awarded the "Su, Hsiang-Yu Research Paper Award" (Ph. D. Degree) of Taiwanese Psychological Association.
- 2007/4 The PI earned his Ph. D. degree.
- 2007/1 The server was hacked and temporally shot down.
-- 2006 --
- 2006/9 The 2006 version of official website was announced.
- 2006/9 The second stage of construction of the lab was completed.
- 2006/9 The eye-tracking system faceLab 4.3 was accepted and checked.
- 2006/8 The spatial localization system miniBird was accepted and checked.
- 2006/8 The EEG system SynAmps2 was accepted and checked.
- 2006/4 The project for the second stage of lab construction was proposed.
-- Before 2005 --
- 2004/8 The very first version of official website was announced.
- 2004/1 The laboratory stated ruling routinely.
- 2003/12 The first stage of construction of the lab was completed.
- 2003/9 Lee became the part-time lecturer of the department and take over the construction of the laboratory.
- 2003/7 Prof. Huang resigned her part-time job of the department.
- 2003/6 Seven psychophysical instruments were accepted and checked.
- 2002 The project for the first stage of lab construction was proposed.
- 2001 Prof. Huang was invited to take part-time teaching job and started planning for the construction of the laboratory.