Prof. Hsuan Chih CHEN
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Kansas

Research Interests

Human cognition; language processing in Chinese; bilingualism; psychology of language; human factors and human-computer interaction.

Representative Publications (after 2000)

• Tsang, Y.-K., & Chen, H.-C. (in press). Do position-general radicals have a role to play in processing Chinese characters?  Language and Cognitive Processes.

• Wong, A. W. K., & Chen, H.-C. (2008). Processing segmental and prosodic information in Cantonese word production.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 34, 1172-1190.

• Wang, S., Zhu, Z., Zhang, J. X., Wang, Z., Xiao, Z., Xiang, H., & Chen, H.-C. (2008). Broca’s area plays a role in syntactic processing during Chinese reading comprehension.  Neuropsychologia, 46, 1371-1378.

• Liu, C., Zhang, W. T., Tang, Y. Y., Mai, X. Q., Chen, H.-C., Tardif, T., & Luo, Y. J. (2008). The visual word form area: Evidence from an fMRI study of implicit processing of Chinese characters.  NeuroImage, 40(3), 1350-1361.

• Schirmer, A., Tang, S.-L., Penney, T. B., Gunter, T. C., & Chen, H.-C. (2005). Brain responses to segmentally and tonally induced semantic violations in Cantonese. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 1-12.

• Chen, H.-C., & Shu, H. (2001). Lexical activation during the recognition of Chinese characters.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 8, 511-518.

• Cheung, H., Chen, H.-C., Lai, C. Y., & Wong, O. C. (2001). The development of phonological awareness: Effects of spoken language experience and orthography.  Cognition, 81, 227-241.

• Chen, H.-C., Cheung, H., Tang, S., & Wong, Y. (2000). Effects of antecedent order and semantic context on Chinese pronoun resolution.  Memory & Cognition, 28, 427-438.

Books

• 陳烜之 (2007). 認知心理學. 台北: 五南出版社.  廣州: 廣東高教出版社.

• Jing, Q., Rosenzweig, M. R., d'Ydewalle, G., Zhang, H., Chen, H.-C., & Zhang, K. (2006). Progress in psychological science around the world: Neural, cognitive, and developmental issues. London: Psychology Press.

• Jing, Q., Rosenzweig, M. R., d'Ydewalle, G., Zhang, H., Chen, H.-C., & Zhang, K. (2006). Progress in psychological science around the world: Social and applied issues. London: Psychology Press.

• McBride-Chang, C., & Chen, H.-C. (2003). Reading development in Chinese children. Westport, CT: Praeger.

• 朱瀅, 陳烜之等 (2001). 21世紀的心理科學和腦科學. 北京: 北京大學出版社.

• Chen, H.-C. (2001). Speech Processing in Chinese. HK: Chinese University Press.

• 陳烜之, 梁覺 (2000). 邁進中的華人心理學. 香港：中文大學出版社。

• Chen, H.-C., & Zhou, X. (1999). Processing East Asian languages. London: Psychology Press.

• Wang, J., Inhoff, A. W., & Chen, H.‑C. (1999). Reading Chinese script: A cognitive analysis. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

• Chen, H.‑C. (1997). Cognitive processing of Chinese and related Asian Languages.  Hong Kong: Chinese University Press.

• 彭聃齡, 舒華, 陳烜之 (1997). 漢語認知研究. 濟南：山東教育出版社。

• Chen, H.‑C., & Tzeng, O. J. L. (1992). Language processing in Chinese. Amsterdam: North‑Holland.

• Lee, H. C. B., Woo, J., & Chen, H.‑C. (1991). Preliminary development of the Chinese Anomalous Sentences Test: A screening tool for the Hong Kong Elderly. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press.

• Liu, I.‑M., Chen, H.‑C., & Chen, M. J. (1988). Cognitive aspects of the Chinese language. Hong Kong: Asian Research Service.

  
  

Courses

Current Academic Year

• PSY3350 Memory and Cognition
• PSY3360 Human Intelligence