【Section 1】
NTU principle investigator
Name (last name, first name) Yeh, Su-Ling
Position
Lifetime Distinguished Professor
Faculty/Department

Department of Psychology

KU principle investigator
Name (last name, first name) Saiki, Jun
Position
Professor
Faculty/Department
Graduate School of Human andEnvironmental Studies
Type(s) of funding applied☐ Funding Type 1 (General Funding) only
☐ Funding Type 2 (ECR Funding) only
þ Both Funding Type 1 (General Funding) and Type 2 (ECR Funding)【Section 2】
Project title
NTU-KU workshop on cultural differences in cognitive processes

Period of project
From dd/mm/yy to Fromdd/mm/yy

14/08/2023

To

15/08/2023

Summary of the project (approx. 100 words)
We had a 2-day intensive workshop at NTU. NTU participants were Prof. Su-Ling Yeh(PI), Chia-Chun Tsai (visual search). KU participants were Prof. Jun Saiki (PI), Prof.
Yoshiyuki Ueda (co-PI), Post-doc Daisuke Hamada. The workshop was composed of atheme session and a discussion session. Participants were divided into teams in the theme
session to write papers or plan new experimental studies. In the discussion session, allmembers were together to share the progress of each project, exchange comments, andconduct brainstorming for the future development of the whole project.

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Fig. 1. Visual Search Team. NTU team members Ms. Tsai and Prof. Yeh, KyotoUniversity team members Prof. Saiki, and Prof. Ueda (from left to right) had a meeting on avisual search project. They took a photo in the yard between the South and North Buildingsof the Department of Psychology at NTU after meeting.

Fig. 2. Hebbian repetition learning Team. Prof. Yeh, Prof. Ueda, and Prof. Huang had ameeting on the Hebbian repetition learning project.

Fig. 3. Synesthesia Team. Prof. Yeh, Prof. Saiki, Dr. Hamada, and students at NTU had ameeting on the Synesthesia project.

Fig. 4. Meditation Team. Prof. Yeh, Prof. Saiki, Prof. Ueda, and students at NTU had ameeting on the Meditation project.

Fig. 5. Members from NTU and KU. Project members at both NTU and KU took a photo
together to commemorate the event.

URL at which project outcomes can be viewed (Optional)*E.g. workshop notifications/programs/reports, evidence of academic papers published orotherwise made available, etc.
URL:
Visual Search: 2024 VSS poster https://www.visionsciences.org/presentation/?id=818
Synesthesia: 2024 VSS poster https://www.visionsciences.org/presentation/?id=1431【Section 3】
Visiting ECR*Name (last name, first name) Tsai, Chia-Chun
Position

Research AssistantFaculty/Department

Department of Psychology

Period of Stay

From02/10/2023

To12/10/2023(From dd/mm/yy to dd/mm/yy)

Host researcher*Name (last name, first name) Saiki, Jun
Position

Professor

Faculty/Department

Graduate School of Human and Environmental
Studies*Please complete if the host researcher is different from the KU principal investigator.

Achievements and outcomes of ECR stay (approx. 100–250 words)
During Chia-Chun’s stay at Kyoto University, Professor Saiki generously provided a seat inthe student office, allowing Chia-Chun to connect with members of his lab and delve into
their inspiring research endeavors. This arrangement allowed Chia-Chun to familiarize
herself with his lab members and gain insights into their innovative studies. Collaboratingclosely with Professor Ueda, Professor Saiki, and Professor Saiki’s PhD student, Xu, ChiaChun actively contributed to advancing research on language-primed visual search. Theircollaborative efforts focused on establishing the experimental setting for cooperative
research in this domain. Additionally, Chia-Chun meticulously analyzed existing data on
the Navon task primed visual search and engaged in extensive online discussions withProfessor Ueda, Professor Saiki, and Professor Yeh. The insights from these discussions
will be presented at the prestigious 2024 Vision Sciences Society (VSS) conference,marking a significant milestone in disseminating their findings to the academic community.
Simultaneously, preparations are underway to refine these discussions into a comprehensive
manuscript for submission to a distinguished academic journal, ensuring the broader
dissemination of their research outcomes and contributing to the scholarly discourse in thefield.

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URL at which project outcomes can be viewed (Optional)*E.g. workshop notifications/programs/reports, evidence of academic papers published orotherwise made available, etc.
URL: 2024 VSS poster https://www.visionsciences.org/presentation/?id=818