Sau-Chin Chen is an associate professor at the Department of Human Development and Psychology at Tzu-Chi University since 2017. From February 2016 to January 2017, he was a visiting researcher at the Department of Psychology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, collaborating with Rolf Zwaan on mental simulation in language comprehension.
Since 2017, he has been involved with the Psychological Science Accelerator, contributing to collaborative research projects like “object orientation effects across languages.” He manages the podcast “open cafe” and leads the “Taiwan Collaboration for Psychological Scientific Research” community, aiming to promote open and reproducible sciences in Taiwan and Chinese-speaking societies.
Chen has participated in the COS Ambassador project and is a member of The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS). He is developing Chinese tutorials on open sciences and registered reports, and is interested in evaluating and improving the quality of psycholinguistic research.
His primary research interests include language comprehension, word reading, and open sciences.
Interests
- Cognitive Psychology
- Open Science
- Reproducible Research
- Statistics
- R Programming
Education
PhD in Psychology National Chung Cheng University, 2004
BSc in Psychology National Chengchi University, 1998
Skills
R · Statistics · Psychology
Experience
Associate Professor, Tzu-Chi University Hualien, Taiwan · Aug 2017 – present
Responsibilities include:
- Teaching cognitive psychology courses
- Conducting research in open science and reproducibility
- Supervising graduate students
Assistant Professor, Tzu-Chi University Hualien, Taiwan · Aug 2012 – Jul 2017
Teaching and research in cognitive psychology.
Explore More
- Blog posts — writing on cognitive psychology, open science, and reproducibility
- Projects — research, teaching, tools, and community initiatives
- Publications — peer-reviewed papers and preprints
Contact
- Email: pmsp96@gmail.com
- Office: 67 Jieren St, Hualien City 97004, Taiwan (Tzu-Chi University)