Dr. Janet H. Hsiao
Assistant Professor
University of Hong Kong

Dr. Janet H. Hsiao

Assistant Professor
BSc NTU, MSc SFU, PhD Edinburgh

Department of Psychology
University of Hong Kong

Office: Knowles 630
Phone: +852 2219 4874
Email: jhsiao at hku dot hk

Research Interests [more]

Cognitive Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational modeling, Hemispheric Asymmetry, Perceptual Expertise, Psycholinguistics
hemispheric asymmetry in cognitive processes, development of visual expertise, connectionist modeling, visual word recognition, Chinese character recognition, English word recognition, face recognition, object recognition, language reading, music notation reading, bilingual language processing.

Recent News [more]

  • [May 20, 2012] Full-time/Part-time research assistant position available. Please see here for more information.
  • [May 15, 2012] Journal paper on "Hemispheric asymmetry in processing low- and high-pass filtered Cantonese speech in tonal and non-tonal language speakers" by Ka Wing Chan & Janet Hsiao accepted to Language and Cognitive Processes.
  • [April 24, 2012] Postdoctoral position available. Please see here for more information.
  • [April 1, 2012] Conference paper on "The perception of simplified and traditional Chinese characters in the eye of simplified and traditional Chinese readers" by Tianyin Liu & Janet Hsiao, accepted to CogSci2012 as a talk.
  • [April 1, 2012] Conference paper on "Writing facilitates learning to read in Chinese through reduction of holistic processing: A developmental study" by Ricky Tso, Terry Au, & Janet Hsiao, accepted to CogSci2012 as a poster.
  • [April 1, 2012] Conference paper on "Reading direction is sufficient to account for the optimal viewing position in reading: The case of music reading" by Yetta Wong & Janet Hsiao, accepted to CogSci2012 as a poster.
  • [Feb 11, 2012] My graduate student Ricky Tso has been awarded with the 2012 VSS Student Travel Award for the 2012 Annual VSS Meeting, to present his research on "Reduction of holistic processing in Chinese character recognition: A developmental trend in Chinese children". See here.
  • [Jan. 1, 2012] Journal paper on "The optimal viewing position in face recognition" by Janet Hsiao & Tina Liu accepted to Journal of Vision.

Selected Publications [more]

  • Hsiao, J. H., & Liu, T. T. (2012). The optimal viewing position in face recognition. Journal of Vision, 12(2):22, 1-9. Online Link
  • Hsiao, J. H. & Cottrell, G. W. (2009). Not all visual expertise is holistic, but it may be leftist: The case of Chinese character recognition. Psychological Science, 20(4), 455-463. PDF Copy
  • Hsiao, J. H., Shieh, D., & Cottrell, G. W. (2008). Convergence of the visual field split: hemispheric modeling of face and object recognition. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20, 2298-2307. PDF Copy
  • Hsiao, J. H. & Cottrell, G. W. (2008). Two fixations suffice in face recognition. Psychological Science, 19(10), 998-1006. PDF Copy

 

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