Education
Doctor of Philosophy, the Department of Psychology, the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Master of Surgery, the Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University.
Master of Arts, the Department of Linguistics, the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Bachelor of Arts, the Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University.
Career
He has a broad interest in the theoretical and applied issues related to attention and language processing. His fields of interest include cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, neuropsychology, psychometrics and biostatistics. Most of his research can be summarized under the conceptual framework of artifact-augmented cognition.
Under this framework, cognition is not an isolated phenomenon, but almost always operates in the context of a human created artifactual environment.
How cognition and artifacts interact and mutually influence each other is an issue that lies at the center of this research orientation. On the theoretical side, the focus of research is more on cognitive diversity than on cognitive universal, id est (that is), how cognition varies across cultures, languages, and artifacts (eg, paper and pencil vs computer and keyboard).
On the applied side, Chen focuses on studying how the design of artifacts can better fit the human cognitive system and ensure a Netto gain of sufficient benefits. Ph. Dean, the College of International Studies and Social Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University.
August 20140-Present Chairman, the Department of Chinese as a Second Language, National Taiwan Normal University.
August 2014 – Present Chairman, the Department of Chinese as a Second Language, National Taiwan Normal University. August 2013-July 2014 Full-Time Professor, the Department of Chinese as a Second Language, National Taiwan Normal University. September 2011-July 2013 Full-Time Professor, the Institute of Cognitive Science and the Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University.
August 2008-August 2011 Chairman, the Institute of Cognitive Science, National Cheng Kung University.
June 2008-July 2008 Dean, the College of Social Science, National Cheng Kung University. August 2003-July 2006 Director, the Institute of, National Cheng Kung University.
August 2003-July 2006 Chairman, the Department of Psychology, National Chung Cheng University. August 2000-July 2003 Full-Time Professor, the Department of Psychology, National Chung Cheng University.
August 1998-July 2000 Associate Professor, the Department of Psychology, National Chung Cheng University.
August 1992-July 1998 Researcher, Medical Center of Mental Health and Psychiatry, The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, the State University of New New York June 1990-May 1992. Postdoctoral Researcher, the Department of Neurology, Columbia University. January 1988-May 1988.
Participant-Time Assistant Professor, the Department of Psychology, Barnard College, Columbia University.
January 1988-May 1988. Lecturer, the Department of Psychology, the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
September 1984-December 1987 Teaching Assistant, the Department of Psychology, the State University of New York at Stony Brook. September 1982-August 1984.