[2025.01.10]

Students and faculty gathered at National Central University for the annual Taiwan Society of Cognitive Neuroscience conference.

The event featured captivating talks from UK-based experts, Professor Rik Henson of Cambridge University, and Dr. Katya Kornysheva of the University of Birmingham, alongside a diverse range of presentations from local researchers.

GIMBC postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Liza Baranova, presented her research on disorders of consciousness, exploring how brain metabolism correlates with functional organization in these states. Her findings suggested that even with significant prefrontal cortex tissue loss, patients can regain consciousness while retaining fair cognitive abilities as well as their unique, individual personalities.

Graduate student Paul Z. Cheng presented a poster on self-referential brain activity, investigating neural representation of the ‘self.’ His research sought to identify self-related patterns in resting-state brain activity and examine their correlation with rumination. While self-related networks derived from task-based fMRI were observed in resting-state, a relationship to rumination was not observed in the pattern he found, suggesting that the relationship between rumination and self requires further investigation. 

Thank you to all GIMBC students who participated in this event, and especially to Paul and Dr. Baranova for representing our department with your impressive works. We eagerly anticipate next year’s conference, where we’ll once again delve into the latest advancements in Taiwan’s cognitive science landscape!