Cognitive

Clinical &

Computational

Neuroscience

About Us

We are a multidisciplinary research team at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Our lab locates in Chula Neuroscience Center, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. We focuses on foundational rules and computational principles that govern human cognition using psychological experiments, computational modelings and various neuroimaging techniques such as EEG, fMRI, fNIRs and brain stimulations. We hope that deeper understandings of how the human mind works will help us shed light on underlying mechanisms of various neurocognitive disorders.

Home

July 2022

@Setthanan (Joe) was selected as the top 8 final candidates for the Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program

“An Explainable Self-Attention Deep Neural Network for Detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Multi-input Digital Drawing Tasks” paper is accepted in Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy

@Jaja, @Joe, and @Arb presented their special research projects and the presentations were awesome!!! Kudos to you all!!

@Guy participated in an official Neuropsychology training. Way to go!

@Sirawaj did an interview on BCI at The Standard. Super cool!

June 2022

@Angle was interviewed and selected to visit CERN, Switzerland, she got a chance to be close to the large hedron collider, almost get lost during her boat trip but found her way back!

@Fah joined the lab as a psychologist

@Ik, @pop, @numking, @Pun, @Tan, @Prinn, @Arb, @Joe,@Pete, @Sirawaj, and @CC submitted their works to SfN

@Mos, @Pun started our own Neuromatch academy: Comp. Neuro slow pod

May 2022

@Angel was awarded for High School Visit Program at CERN

@Ik gave an oral presentation at VSS on…

@Pop and @Sirawaj gave a poster presentation at VSS on….

@Ik, @Pop, @Sirawaj went to Disney World and Universal Studios to… :))

@CC did a podcast interview at WiTcast on women who can taste and see when they hear things. Very interesting.

April 2022

“An adaptive perspective on visual working memory distortions” was accepted in the Journal of Experimental Psychology!!

@Prinn, @Pun, @Tan; Awesome Medical students Trio joined the lab.

March 2022

@Ik has been awarded a 2022 Travel Grant to help support the costs of attending the 2022 Vision Sciences Society Meeting.

February 2022

@Ik and @Pop’s work on “The reduced fidelity of selective sensory information processing in the elderly with mild cognitive impairment” have been accepted as an in-person Talk presentation at the 2022 VSS Annual Meeting in St. Pete Beach, Florida

January 2022

We and @ajMy from Mahidol did a public Neuroscience X Art reach out name “ศิลประสาท”

December 2020

@Gann, @Praew, @Guy, @Kate and @Tok joined the lab. Welcome, Psycho5!

November 2020

@Poonakarn impressed his research committee with his awesome research proposal. He also wrote an article on AI in medicine.

@Natchawan and @Akarin submitted their scientific abstracts to American Academy of Neurology.

@Sattarin gave a progress report presentation at the DSPT meeting.

BIG Congrats to @Siwaraj for winning the Young Investigator Award 2020 from KMUTT. Very well-deserved! :))

October 2020

@Anthipa paper studied 'Hypoxia in OSA' and 'Cognition' was accepted in Sleep & Breathing. Big congrats, Pim!

@Sekh gave a special lecture titled : “Cortical Language Pathway and Primary Progressive Aphasia Syndrome”.

@Tanupat joined the team. Welcome, Tung!

September 2020

@CCCN received a grant to study cognitive impairment in elderly. We settled down at Chula Neuroscience Center and brought in more plants! :)

@CCCN is excited to be a part of the AI for Health project by University Technology center. @Prasit and @Nithiroj joined the gang! Welcome, P and P’Lek.

August 2020

Sattarin got the best presentation award from DSPT progress report meeting. Way to go, Kong!

@Waragon and @Kanokporn joined the lab. Welcome, Mos and Yuki!

In the lab

    We expect our lab members to gain useful research experience AND live a happy and fulfilling lab life. As much as we want the research to be done (for the sake of the science community and our curiosity!), we want to create a positive, constructive and relaxing work environment. We encourage everyone to express their thoughts and ideas. We also want to see people in the lab working as a team to initiate, plan, organize and run projects on their own but get helps and supports whenever needed.

    We have regular lab activities and expect regular lab members to join and participate in academic and not-so-academic activities (which are a LOT more :D) when possible.

Opportunity

We are actively looking for graduate students. Nonetheless, anyone who loves or has some backgrounds in either neuroscience, psychology, medicine, data science, programming, machine learning, statistics, linguistics are welcome. If you are interested in joining our team, email us!

Publications

  • All
  • Cognitive
  • Clinical
  • Computational
  • Neuroscience

2022

Chapman A, Chunharas C, Störmer VS. Optimal tuning of feature-based attention warps the perception of visual features. PsyArXiv

2022

Hiransuthikul A, Rattananupong T, Phusuwan W, Chunharas C, Apornpong T, Lohsoonthorn V, Avihingsanon A. Clusters of Cognitive Performance among Aging People Living with HIV: the Application of Unsupervised Machine Learning (P13-3.001). Neurology 98 (18 Supplement)

2022

Chunharas C, Rademaker RL, Brady TF, Serences JT. An adaptive perspective on visual working memory distortions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

2022

Kantithammakorn P, Punyabukkana P, Pratanwanich P, Hemrungrojn S, Chunharas C, Wanvarie D. Using Automatic Speech Recognition to Assess Thai Speech Language Fluency in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Sensors 22 (4), 1583

2022

Chunharas C, Ruengchaijatuporn N, Chatnuntawech I, Teerapittayanon S, Sriswasdi S, Itthipuripat S, Hemrungrojn S, Bunyabukkana P, Petchlorlian A, Chunamchai S, Chotibut T. An Explainable Self-Attention Deep Neural Network for Detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Multi-input Digital Drawing Tasks. Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy

2020

Chokesuwattanaskul A, Chirakalwasan N, Jaimchariyatam N, Pitakvej N, Sarutikriangkri Y, Chunharas C, Phanthumchinda K, Likitjaroen Y. Associations between hypoxia parameters in obstructive sleep apnea and cognition, cortical thickness, and white matter integrity in middle-aged and older adults. Sleep and Breathing. 2020 Oct 14:1-2.

2020

Ramachandran VS, Chunharas C, Marcus Z. Constructing calendars in the brain. Neurocase. 2020 Jan 2;26(1):7-17.

2020

Yeetong P, Chunharas C, Pongpanich M, Bennett MF, Srichomthong C, Pasutharnchat N, Suphapeetiporn K, Bahlo M, Shotelersuk V. Founder effect of the TTTCA repeat insertions in SAMD12 causing BAFME1. European Journal of Human Genetics. 2020 Sep 24:1-6.

2020

Chamnanphon M, Wainipitapong S, Wiwattarangkul T, Chuchuen P, Nissaipan K, Phaisal W, Tangwongchai S, Sukasem C, Wittayalertpanya S, Gaedigk A, Aniwattanapong D, Chariyavilaskul P. CYP2D6 Predicts Plasma Donepezil Concentrations in a Cohort of Thai Patients with Mild to Moderate Dementia. Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine. 2020;13:543-551

2019

Rademaker RL, Chunharas C, Serences JT. Coexisting representations of sensory and mnemonic information in human visual cortex. Nature neuroscience. 2019 Aug;22(8):1336-44.

2019

Yeetong P, Pongpanich M, Srichomthong C, Assawapitaksakul A, Shotelersuk V, Tantirukdham N, Chunharas C, Suphapeetiporn K, Shotelersuk V. TTTCA repeat insertions in an intron of YEATS2 in benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy type 4. Brain. 2019 Nov 1;142(11):3360-6.

2019

Henderson M, Vo V, Chunharas C, Sprague T, Serences J. Multivariate analysis of BOLD activation patterns recovers graded depth representations in human visual and parietal cortex. eNeuro. 2019 Jul;6(4).

2019

Chunharas C, Rademaker RL, Brady TF, Serences J. Adaptive memory distortion in visual working memory.PsyArxiv. 2019

2019

Chunharas C, Rademaker RL, Sprague TC, Brady TF, Serences JT. Separating memoranda in depth increases visual working memory performance. Journal of vision. 2019 Jan 2;19(1):4-.

2019

Kwankajonwong N, Ongprakobkul C, Qureshi SP, Watanatada P, Thanprasertsuk S, Bongsebandhu-phubhakdi S. Attitude, but not self-evaluated knowledge, correlates with academic performance in physiology in Thai medical students. Adv Physiol Educ. 2019 Sep 1;43(3):324-331.

2018

Ramachandran V, Chunharas C, Marcus Z, Furnish T, Lin A. Relief from intractable phantom pain by combining psilocybin and mirror visual-feedback (MVF). Neurocase. 2018 Mar 4;24(2):105-10.

2018

Ramachandran VS, Chunharas C, Croft R, Batal N. Effect of Grouping, Segmentation, and Vestibular Stimulation on the Autokinetic Effect. i-Perception. 2018 Jan;9(1):2041669517752716.

2017

Ramachandran VS, Chunharas C, Smythies M. Trigger Features for Conveying Facial Expressions: The Role of Segmentation. i-Perception. 2017 Nov;8(6):2041669517737792.

2016

Ramachandran VS, Vajanaphanich M, Chunharas C. Calendars in the brain; their perceptual characteristics and possible neural substrate. Neurocase. 2016 Sep 2;22(5):461-5.

2016

Ramachandran VS, Chunharas C, Marcus Z. Hypothesis concerning embodied calendars: A case study of number form, color spreading, and taste-color synaesthesia. Medical Hypotheses. 2016 Sep 1;94:58-62.

2016

Xiong L, Davidsdottir S, Reijmer YD, Shoamanesh A, Roongpiboonsopit D, Thanprasertsuk S, Martinez-Ramirez S, Charidimou A, Ayres AM, Fotiadis P, Gurol ME, Blacker AL, Greenberg SM, Viswanathan A. Cognitive profile and its association with neuroimaging markers of non-demented cerebral amlyoid angiopathy patients in a stroke unit. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016 Mar 8;52(1):171-8

2014

Thanprasertsuk S, Martinez-Ramirez S, Pontes-Neto OM, Ni J, Ayres A, Reed A, Swords K, Gurol ME, Greenberg SM, Viswanathan A. Posterior white matter disease distribution as a predictor of amyloid angiopathy. Neurology. 2014 Aug 26;83(9):794-800.

2013

Yeetong P, Ausavarat S, Bhidayasiri R, Piravej K, Pasutharnchat N, Desudchit T, Chunharas C, Loplumlert J, Limotai C, Suphapeetiporn K, Shotelersuk V. A newly identified locus for benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy on chromosome 3q26. 32-3q28. European Journal of Human Genetics. 2013 Feb;21(2):225-8.

Meet the Team

Chaipat Chunharas

Neurologist & Neuroscientist

Sedthapong Chunamchai

Neurologist

Anthipa Choksuwattanasakul

Neurologist

Sekh Thanprasersuk

Neurophysiologist

Daruj Aniwattanapong

Psychiatrist

People

Wonderful lab members who love science as much as their cats! (No! they don't have cats :P)

Chaipat Chunharas

Principal Investigator

Chaipat is equally interested in how normal brain and brain disorders affect human behaviors. He received his internal medicine training from Khon Kaen University (TH), neurology training from Chulalongkorn University (TH), and later went to pursue his Ph.D. in experimental psychology at the University of California San Diego (US). During his time at UCSD, he studied how humans misperceived current information or misremembered past information in interesting ways under the guidance of wonderful mentors; Dr.John Serences, Dr. Timothy Brady, Dr. Rossane Rademaker, Dr. Viola Stoermer, Dr.Eric Halgren, and Dr. VS Ramachandran. His current works focus on bringing psychology and neuroscience perspective to clinical neurology and vice versa using psychophysical methods with various neuro-imaging (MRI, fMRI, DTI, EEG). Whenever possible, he will try to tell people around him how excited brain science is (not always succeed though). But when he is not a researcher nor a doctor, he enjoyed being a silly dad and reading some good books.

Peter Chunamchai

Neurologist & Dreamer

A Neurologist who is interested in cognitive and behavioral neurology. After graduated, he fortunately has a chance to experience LOTS of interesting issues in the CCCN lab. He tries to learn and practice in this new world. His focus is on the effect of sleep on cognition, how our brain works during sleep and language.

Anthipa Choksuwattanasakul

Neurologist

Aisawan Petlorlian

Geriatrician

Google, my bro.

Yuthachai Sarutikriangkri

Clinical Psychologist

Hi, I’m Yuthachai Sarutikriangkri. You can also call me “Sun”. Currently, I work as a clinical psychologist at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. I have studied the comparison of sub-tests in working memory index among posterior cortical atrophy, Alzheimer’s disease, and age-associated memory impairment. I graduated with a bachelor’s degree of science in psychology from Kasetsart University. I’m very interested in the fields of clinical neuropsychology and cognitive decline from any causes.

Waragon "Mossy fiber" Phoosuwan

Teacher and Lover

Hello, my name is Waragon Phusuwan. I completed my BSc. (Hons) in Physics from Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) in 2020 and then became a research assistant in CCCN, Most of the things that are interesting to me and the top picks are Physics Mathematics and Computer Science. I am currently researching neuropsychological clusters in aging patients and action classifications in PD using IMU in wearable devices. I am also interested in cybersecurity, data science, and web development. My motto is "Always Try Harder!"

Anantaporn Sena

Data Analyst

I’m Praew, a clinical psychologist graduated from Thammasat University with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree in psychology. I am fascinated by experimental psychology, especially in psychophysics. But after unexpectedly working as a data visualization engineer in the lab for a while, I was trapped in the data science world and kept improving my skills and knowledge in this field, deliberately, at the moment. I currently working on the brain structural and cognitive developmental change of HIV-infected children project. I’m also a cat person, enjoying eating, drinking good tea, listening to music, and giving a comfy vibe to people around me.

Thiti Chainiyom

Project Manager

For everyone who’s reading this. I’m Tok (originally came from Kaitok), a person who might have already broke his career path.

Natrada Rattanapong

Psychologist

Hi, here is Natrada, but everyone around me calls me Kratai. I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Kasetsart University and I am now working as a psychology research assistant. In this lab, I have got a great opportunity to practice neuropsychology, such as memory, attention, and language, which I am passionate about. And I also love going out to find a tasty cup of coffee every single day.

Setthanan Jarukasemkit

Medical student

Hi stealthy reader! I’m Joe, a medical student who dreams of being a neuropsychiatrist before thirty years old. Luckily in 2023, I’ll be a doctor graduating from the Faculty of Medicine at Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University. Apart from the field of medicine, I am fascinated by complex systems science including the brain network, human cognition, and social behaviors. My current research focuses on the human connectome and aims to propose connectomic fingerprints (fMRI, DTI, EEG) as predictive biomarkers for neuropsychiatric disorders. I’m keenly looking to co-create more research in these fields to bridge the gap between the patient’s brain, mind, and behavior. I’m also a wine lover, scuba diver, and bookworm. If you need more info, let’s have some dialogues!

Kanathip Jongmekwamsuk

Medical student

Kanathip is a medical student who is fascinated by the cognitive neuroscience of language and learning. He was enrolled in a dual MD/MSc degree at Chulalongkorn University. He’d love to have a great insight into the interaction between cognition, language, and culture, which is a state of metacognition and meta-learning. He is currently working on language-related cognitive impairment and manipulation of the learning process. His ultimate goal is “The Map of Everything”, a mapping of his whole brain! Whenever he is away from work, he enjoys the aesthetics of taste and scent. You may find him wandering around the city for tasty food, good wine, and fragrant perfume.

Naphapa Panyanirun

Medical student

Hello, I’m Naphapa (Prinn). I’m currently a (pseudo)medical student at Chulalongkorn University. My interest is in the area of Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience. Now I’m studying the effects of visual experience on CXR interpretation. I am also interested in computer programming and I’m looking to develop my coding skills. Outside of the lab, I’m actively involved in the medical student community. I also enjoy reading, playing guitar, and spending time with people. Most importantly, coffee is my life!!

Chattarin Poungtubtim

Medical student

A 5th-year medical student at KMCH. He presented with a lack of energy and motivation during his clinical clerkship. His current treatments are neuroscience, mathematics and computer science. The question about how humans are able to learn and think is always on his mind. How can humans make a causal inference with a small amount of data? Why are we able to learn many things and generalize our knowledge to different topics? Discovering the answer for these questions will help us to build machines that learn and think like people. However, there are still some works to do before he tackles those hard problems.

He’s currently working on auditory perceptual learning. His colleagues are being tortured by listening to heart sounds and identifying if it is an abnormal heart sounds. Being able to see the murmur-associated cortex in the cardiologist’s brain is his goal for this project. When he’s not obsessed with the work, you can find him listening to music at some cool jazz bar. Taking a weird photo on a street is also his favorite activity. You can also talk to him about books and philosophy. He’s something of a madman himself.

Nithit Singtokum

Medical student

Hi, I'm Bank. I'm currently a 6th-year medical student at Chulalongkorn university. I’m passionate about patients with cognitive impairment. In addition to medical fields, I’m interested in cognitive neuroscience, especially visual perception and working memory. My current research project is about ensemble representation bias visual working memory. I'm excited to find out more about human memory and the model of ensemble perception and look forward to collaborating on further projects in these fields. I also enjoy listening to 90s music, watching movies and series, and finding a good place to eat at.

Arp-Arpa (Arb) Kasemsantitham

Medical student

I graduated from NYU and previously worked as an RA under Dr Marjorie Rhodes at CDSC lab before joining CCCN lab as a medical student. Inspired by everyone in this lab, I hope to explore my interests in how affect, behaviors, and cognition can be studied through neuroimaging techniques—all the various (dis)connections between function and structure. Outside of the lab, I can be found daydreaming, re-reading Camus, and organizing concerts at Lido.

Kasidit "Petchy" Pintanon

Lab runner

Give me the money!

Alumni

Kanyarat Bonita Benjasupawan

Neuroscientist

I am Ik or Bonita. “What makes us human?” had intrigued me into being a neuroscientist. I have graduated with MRes Translational neuroscience at University College London and BSc Neuroscience at Edinburgh University, United Kingdom. I am interested in studying visual attention and how it declines with age and other cognitive parameters, by combining EEG data with neural decoding models. In addition to my research, I am passionate about communicating scientific findings to the public and battling against mental health stigma. You can find me around the corner drinking tea and eating scones.

Panchalee Sookprao

Engineer

We are a multidisciplinary research team at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Our lab locates in Chula Neuroscience Center, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital.

Pasit Jakkrawankul

AI engineer

Pasit believes technology can improve people’s life quality. He wishes to see the world where everyone lives freely without worrying about the basic survival needs. He thinks artificial intelligence (AI) is the key to make his dream possible. Now, he is pursuing the path as an AI apprentice at AI Academy, Chulalongkorn University Technology Center (UTC). With this role, he gets the opportunity to collaborate with the excellent people in CCCN lab and gains valuable experiences of tackling the real-world problems in the medical industry.

Nithiroj Tripatarasit

AI engineer

Nithiroj (Lek) got his bachelor degree of mechanical engineering from Chulalongkorn University. Since he missed the university so bad, he decided to join AI academy (UTC)! Now that he has learned how the machine learns… it is time to save the world with it!

Neerayakorn Satarat

Sport Scientist

I'm Nimm but not a N00b!

Akarin Hiransuthikul

Fellowship in Neurology

Papa Gong!

Natchawan Tantithanarat

Fellowship in Neurology

EEG? PD? FFT? easy-peasy :)

Poonnakarn Panjasriprakarn

Fellowship in Neurology & Futurist

AI for life!

Thawin Vasuratna

Neuroanatomist

Just Chillin'

Adiwid (Boom) Devahastin Na Ayudhya

Data scientist

Boom joins us after recently returning to Thailand from New York City where he worked for the past 3 years in quantitative finance and tech. Prior to industry, he studied Finance, Economics, and Mathematics during his Master's at MIT and undergraduate years at Cornell. When not hording the lab's computer or proving theorems on the whiteboard, he is likely consuming excessive amounts of dairy while working on new recipes with his mom, 9 cats, and 1 shiba inu.

Tanupat Boonchalermvichien

The man of "Why"

A general practitioner graduated from faculty of medicine, Chulalongkorn University. He had experiences in field epidemiology and computational biology. Currently, he is working on signal processing including a project dealing with patient voices. Area of interest: causal inference, network science, machine learning, NLP.

Kanokphorn Boonlert

Psychologist

Kanokphorn is a research assistant who graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Chulalongkorn University. She is interested in clinical psychology, neuropsychological tests, and aged-related cognitive decline. Her current responsibility is a mind wandering project using an eye-tracking device. She loves sleeping, eating, listening to music, and being lazy.

Thitisa Sudayuworn

Psychologist

Thitisa completed her bachelor of science in psychology from the University of California, Davis. Her current interests include clinical psychology, optogenetics, and neuroscience. In lab, she is constantly developing her data computation and statistical skills using programs like Python and R studio. Aside from work, she enjoys creating art and traveling.

Pattarathorn Jongjarearnsuntikul

Clinical Psychologist

Hello I’m Guy. I graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Kasetsart University. I’m interested in neuropsychology. Now, my team and I are developing a web application for screening MCI in elderly. I also enjoy new discover, reading books and spending time watching netflix

Gann Boonyaprapatsara

Clinical Psychologist

Coffee, Jazzy, Psychology.

Pornnapat Chernprateep

Psychologist

I am a research intern. My current interest is Clinical Neuropsychology. I can passionately committed to my work if there are an incredible amount of knowledge and money ready for me. :smile:

Pinvasa Sae-chiew

UX/UI designer

Hi, my name is Ning. I'm a UX/UI designer, I design an application for hearing. I am fascinated with art so I enjoy UX/UI design because do what I like, enjoy using creativity, and understand users for app design and I graduated in psychology, I thought that I could apply what I learned to my work. On a tiring day from work, I watch series to relieve tiredness and sleep a lot.

Collaborators

Contact

Chulalongkorn Cognitive Clinical & Computational Neuroscience

SorTor11, Chula Neuroscience Center

1873 RamaIV
BKK 10330, TH

Phone: +66 2 256 4000 ext 71108
Email: cccnlab@gmail.com

Join Us

# For those who are interested in joining the team

  • Please email us …
    • CV
    • one-page summary includes
      • Who are you?
      • What topics are you interested in?
      • Why us?
      • When and for how long?
      • How would experience benefit you?; expectation and outcome

  • Two visit types
    • Short-term visit:
      • Estimated duration : 4 - 8 weeks
      • Take part in assisting current researches, participating in regular lab activities
      • Some relevant skills prior to joining the lab are strongly encouraged (see below)

    • Long-term visit:
      • Estimated duration : at least 6 months (do not have to be consecutive)
      • Leading project(s), taking part in assisting current researches, participating in regular lab activities
      • Some relevant skills are encouraged (see below)

  • Relevant skills (not required)
    • Cognitive science, Experimental Psychology :
      • (should know) Definitions and types of perception, attention, working memory / EF, long-term-memory, language, emotion, decision making, social cognition and how to study them
      • (good to know) Classical experimental paradigms e.g. Posner cueing paradigm, N-back task, Go-No-Go, Egly-driver paradigm, Visual Search, Multiple object tracking, Pair-association paradigm, delayed recall, Semantic priming, Anne and Sally task, Prisoner dilemma, Trolley problem etc.
      • (wow, really?) Psychophysics experiment e.g., 2AFC, method of loci

    • Clinical Neurology or Psychiatry :
      • (should know) Definitions and types of Amnesia, Agnosia, Apraxia, Aphasia, Neglect, Inattention, etc.
      • (good to know) Anatomical and disease models (e.g. hippocampus, dual pathways model, Wernicke-Geschwind model)
      • (wow, really?) Basic in current diagnosis and disease management

    • Computer and data science skills e.g., Python, R, MATLAB, javascript
      Our lab members use various programming languages; Python Matlab R Javascript HTML CSS C#. Python and R are used most for data analysis and are recommended for those who have no prior background on programming. HTML, CSS and Javascript C# are, sometimes, needed in the development of custom neuro-psychological tasks. For better research experience, we recommend knowing at least one of Matlab, Python and R language to the level of the following tasks:
      • (should know) handle data (spreadsheets and forms)
      • (good to know) Basic arithmetic and calculation (using formula or functions)
      • (wow, really?) Basic programming skills (variables, operations, if-else, for loop, that’s it!)

    • Neuroscience (esp. Cognitive neuroscience) :
      • (should know) Brain Anatomy and physiology
      • (good to know) Strengths and limitations of various neuroscience methods e.g., EEG, fMRI, TMS, etc.
      • (wow, really?) How do we use it to study brain functions?

    • Statistics and machine learning:
      • (should know) Data visualization
      • (good to know) Concepts of Statistical tests
        • e.g., test of independence, analysis of variance, signal detection theory
      • (wow, really?) Knowledge about Machine Learning and Deep Learning

Our lab cares about cultivating young minds as much as doing science. Thus, we want to make sure that our lab members are gaining enough valuable experience and living in a nourishing environment. Here are some basic agreements that we really value.

  • We will have regular friendly lab meetings every 1 - 2 weeks. The aims are to share new ideas, research findings, research progressions, any cool or wacky brain stuff really. We expect our members to attend, share ideas, thoughts, and give constructive comments.

  • We are learning new things every day. Learning how to work and solve problems both independently and as a group or “learning how to learn (together!)” is actually very important. Please mentally prepare to learn and work as a group. Most projects here need team efforts.

  • As much as we want everyone to accomplish what they want, we totally understand that sometimes unexpected circumstances might occur. Please do not get discouraged and please let us know (We also understand that not everyone is comfortable in doing so. In case that we lose contact with you for more than 4 weeks, please do understand that we would assume that you might be in that situation)

  • We do not particularly care about your work time and place as long as you can manage to meet your timeline. However, we believe that being together in the same place is essential in building relationships and learning from each other (Shhhh! And don’t tell anyone that we also have a lot of sweet and yummy dishes in the lab). In case you have difficulty organizing your time, we also would be happy to help!

  • Sometimes we have fun with the project and we would like to talk about it all day. That’s cool as long as it’s completely spontaneous. We care a lot about work-life balance and don’t expect people to respond to emails or calls outside office hours.

  • We love hearing bold, fun, creative, new ideas from various perspectives. This is why our members came from many disciplines. It is also exactly why we cherish all kinds of diversities including but not limited to culture, ethnicity, race, gender, social status, educational background, health-related issues. Our lab expects everyone to be respectful and thoughtful.