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Neuroscience
Taiwan
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
58
Citations
11195
World Ranking
4189
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

Jen Chuen Hsieh is affiliated with National Yang Ming University in Taiwan, contributing to the fields of neuroscience and medicine through research spanning cognitive neuroscience, physiology, and public health. Their work addresses a range of topics including neuroscience and music perception, menstrual health and disorders, neural dynamics and brain function, and pain management.

Their publication record includes numerous articles in scientific journals. Recent papers feature studies such as "From "Aha!" to "Haha!" Using Humor to Cope with Negative Stimuli" published in 2020 in Cerebral Cortex, "Long-term musical training induces white matter plasticity in emotion and language networks" from 2022 in Human Brain Mapping, "Changes in resting-state functional connectivity in nonacute sciatica with acupuncture modulation: A preliminary study" appearing in Brain and Behavior in 2020, "Pros and cons in tinnitus brain: Enhancement of global connectivity for alpha and delta waves" published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry in 2021, and "Neuroprotective effect of Val variant of BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on hippocampus is modulated by the severity of menstrual pain" published in NeuroImage Clinical in 2021.

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Li-Fen Chen
  • Ching-Ju Yang
  • Wei-Chi Li
  • Tzu-Yi Hong
  • Hsin-Yen Yu

Their work has been published notably in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Scientific Reports
  • SLEEP

Their research topics include:

  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Menstrual Health and Disorders
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Music Therapy and Health
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

They have contributed extensively to the study of cognitive neuroscience, with 26 publications in that subfield, alongside work in experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, physiology, and public health-related areas. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates neuroscience with health and psychological perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Central representation of chronic ongoing neuropathic pain studied by positron emission tomography

    Jen Chuen Hsieh;Jen Chuen Hsieh;Måns Belfrage;Sharon Stone-Elander;Per Hansson

  • Central nervous pathway for acupuncture stimulation: localization of processing with functional MR imaging of the brain--preliminary experience.

    Ming-Ting Wu;Jen-Chuen Hsieh;Jing Xiong;Chien-Fang Yang;Chien-Fang Yang

  • Efficacy of prefrontal theta-burst stimulation in refractory depression: a randomized sham-controlled study

    Cheng Ta Li;Mu Hong Chen;Chi Hung Juan;Hsiang Hsuan Huang

  • Activation of the hypothalamus characterizes the acupuncture stimulation at the analgesic point in human: a positron emission tomography study.

    Jen Chuen Hsieh;Jen Chuen Hsieh;Chung Haow Tu;Chung Haow Tu;Fang Pey Chen;Fang Pey Chen;Min Chi Chen

  • Urge to scratch represented in the human cerebral cortex during itch

    Jen-Chuen Hsieh;O. Hagermark;M. Stahle-Backdahl;K. Ericson

  • Traumatic nociceptive pain activates the hypothalamus and the periaqueductal gray: a positron emission tomography study

    Jen Chuen Hsieh;Mona Ståhle-Bäckdahl;Östen Hägermark;Sharon Stone-Elander

  • Single-trial variability in event-related BOLD signals.

    Jeng Ren Duann;Jeng Ren Duann;Jeng Ren Duann;Tzyy Ping Jung;Tzyy Ping Jung;Wen Jui Kuo;Tzu Chen Yeh

  • Anticipatory coping of pain expressed in the human anterior cingulate cortex: a positron emission tomography study.

    Jen Chuen Hsieh;Sharon Stone-Elander;Martin Ingvar

  • Structural and cognitive deficits in remitting and non-remitting recurrent depression: a voxel-based morphometric study.

    Cheng Ta Li;Cheng Ta Li;Ching Po Lin;Kun Hsien Chou;I. Yun Chen

  • Right-lateralised central processing for pain of nitroglycerin-induced cluster headache.

    Jen-Chuen Hsieh;Jen-Chuen Hsieh;Jan Hannerz;Martin Ingvar

  • Is deck B a disadvantageous deck in the Iowa Gambling Task

    Ching Hung Lin;Yao Chu Chiu;Po Lei Lee;Po Lei Lee;Jen Chuen Hsieh;Jen Chuen Hsieh;Jen Chuen Hsieh

  • Brain morphological changes associated with cyclic menstrual pain

    Cheng-Hao Tu;David M. Niddam;David M. Niddam;Hsiang-Tai Chao;Li-Fen Chen;Li-Fen Chen

  • Orthographic and phonological processing of Chinese characters: an fMRI study.

    Wen Jui Kuo;Tzu Chen Yeh;Jun Ren Lee;Jun Ren Lee;Li Fen Chen

  • Cortico-striatal disconnection within the cingulo-opercular network in schizophrenia revealed by intrinsic functional connectivity analysis: a resting fMRI study.

    Pei Chi Tu;Jen Chuen Hsieh;Jen Chuen Hsieh;Cheng Ta Li;Cheng Ta Li;Ya Mai Bai;Ya Mai Bai

  • Frequency effects of Chinese character processing in the brain: An event-related fMRI study

    Wen-Jui Kuo;Tzu-Chen Yeh;Tzu-Chen Yeh;Chia-Ying Lee;Y.u-T.e Wu;Y.u-T.e Wu

  • Coexistence of attention-based facilitation and inhibition in the human cortex.

    Per H. Ghatan;Jen Chuen Hsieh;Karl Magnus Petersson;Sharon Stone-Elander

  • Music training improves pitch perception in prelingually deafened children with cochlear implants.

    Joshua Kuang-Chao Chen;Ann Yi Chiun Chuang;Catherine McMahon;Jen-Chuen Hsieh

  • Central modulation of pain evoked from myofascial trigger point

    David M. Niddam;Rai Chi Chan;Si Huei Lee;Tzu Chen Yeh

  • Gender differences in the human mirror system: a magnetoencephalography study.

    Ya Wei Cheng;Ovid J.L. Tzeng;Ovid J.L. Tzeng;Jean Decety;Toshiaki Imada

  • Abnormal cerebral metabolism during menstrual pain in primary dysmenorrhea.

    Cheng Hao Tu;David M. Niddam;David M. Niddam;Hsiang Tai Chao;Ren Shyan Liu

  • A left-lateralized network for reading Chinese words: A 3 T fMRI study

    Wen Jui Kuo;Tzu Chen Yeh;Jeng Ren Duann;Yu Te Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Tzu Chen Yeh
Tzu Chen Yeh Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Yu-Te Wu
Yu-Te Wu National Yang Ming University
Yung-Yang Lin
Yung-Yang Lin National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Ovid J.L. Tzeng
Ovid J.L. Tzeng Academia Sinica
Daisy L. Hung
Daisy L. Hung National Central University
Martin Ingvar
Martin Ingvar Karolinska Institute
Tianzi Jiang
Tianzi Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ching-Po Lin
Ching-Po Lin National Yang Ming University
Jean Decety
Jean Decety University of Chicago
Chen-Jee Hong
Chen-Jee Hong Taipei Veterans General Hospital

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