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People

Our team

王馨敏
​Principal Investigator​
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Shinmin Wang（王馨敏, CV） received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of York, UK. In 2015, she joined the Department of Child and Family Science at National Taiwan Normal University as an Assistant Professor, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018, and became a Professor in 2022. She currently serves as Head of the Department and has been awarded the title of Distinguished Professor (2025–2028) in recognition of her contributions to research and service in early childhood development and education.

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Dr. Shinmin Wang’s research focuses on the brain network underlying language and literacy development during infancy and early childhood. Her recent work examines how early experiences with dialogic reading shape children’s language and cognitive development across the toddler and preschool years, as well as the neural mechanisms associated with prediction and executive function. She employs functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), along with observational methods and LENA recordings of natural parent-child interactions, to investigate these processes.​

陳嬴宇
Lab manager​
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Yingyu Chen（陳嬴宇） is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Child and Family Science at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), where she also serves as the Laboratory Manager. Her Master's thesis focused on top-down prediction and language development, and she is currently exploring her future research direction. Her hometown is Pingtung city. Her personal interest is traveling around the world, her favorite mobile game is Monopoly GO, and her dream is to become a professor.

舒冠宇
PhD student
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Myron Alexander Socop Arango （舒冠宇）is a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at National Taiwan Normal University. His research focuses on the role of shared book reading in early brain development.​​

謝淑惠
PhD student
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Christy Hsieh（謝淑惠）is a doctoral student in the Department of Child and Family Science at National Taiwan Normal University. Her research focuses on the development of sensory-motor, perception, and motor control in infancy.​​

江承軒
PhD student
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Ryan Chiang （江承軒）is a doctoral student in the Department of Child and Family Science at National Taiwan Normal University and the founder of the Keelung generatios fun Center. His research focuses on intergenerational programs that bring older and younger generations together, such as reading and physical activities, and their effects on brain activity. He is also deeply committed to community development, seeking to connect academia and industry to promote local revitalization and create more opportunities for place-based innovation.

胡敬依
Master student
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Chingyi  Hu (胡敬依) is in the Department of Child and Family Science, Child Development & Education Program, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). Her research focuses on parent-child shared reading and infant brain development using fNIRS.

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郝羿婷
Master student
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Yiting Hao（郝羿婷）is a master degree student in the department of Child and Family Science at National Taiwan Normal University. Her research focuses on the impact of electronic device use on young children’s executive function.

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Master student
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Yongqing Chan (詹詠晴) is a master degree student in the department of Child and Family Science at National Taiwan Normal University. Her research focuses on parent-child shared reading and infant brain development using fNIRS.

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Master student
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Hsiyu Chen（陳昕妤） is a master’s student in the Department of Child and Family Science at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). Her research focuses on executive function development in early childhood, with particular interest in working memory, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility.

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陳宣羽
Research assistant
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Syuanyu Chen（陳宣羽） is an undergraduate student in the Department of Children and Family Science at National Taiwan Normal University. She’s a research assistant in professor Shinmin Wang’s lab.​

黃郁婷
Research assistant
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Yuting Huang（黃郁婷） is an undergraduate student in the Department of Children and Family Science at National Taiwan Normal University. She’s a research assistant in professor Shinmin Wang’s lab.She hopes to do well in research in the future.

Collaborators

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Richard N. Aslin (Yale University, USA) https://psychology.yale.edu/people/richard-aslin

 

Ovid J.L. Tzeng (Academic Sinica, Taiwan)

https://academicians.sinica.edu.tw/index.php?r=academician-n%2Fshow&id=40&_lang=en

 

Chia-Feng Lu (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) https://cflu.lab.nycu.edu.tw/

Lab Alumni

PhD

周姍姍 (🔗113)

Master

周玟萱 (🔗113)、張雅慧(🔗113)、楊博雅(🔗113)、李姿諭(🔗112)、林毓庭(🔗111)、陳寧(🔗111)、許馨庭(🔗111)、陳嬴宇(🔗109)、

林幸萱(🔗108)、連美琇(🔗106)、周姗姗(🔗105)、薛莉慧(🔗105)

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