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Ovid J.L. Tzeng

Ovid J.L. Tzeng

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Neuroscience
Taiwan
2026
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Psychology
Taiwan
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
51
Citations
9541
World Ranking
5524
National Ranking
11

Psychology

D-Index
51
Citations
9589
World Ranking
5251
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Ovid J.L. Tzeng is affiliated with Academia Sinica in Taiwan and has a research focus spanning psychology and neuroscience, with specific expertise in cognitive neuroscience and developmental psychology.

Their recent research includes the following publications:

  • Static and dynamic functional connectivity supports the configuration of brain networks associated with creative cognition, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Neurofeedback for the Education of Children with ADHD and Specific Learning Disorders: A Review, 2022, Brain Sciences
  • Which digit is larger? Brain responses to number and size interactions in a numerical Stroop task, 2020, Psychophysiology
  • Revisiting Dialogic Reading Strategies with 12-Month-Old Infants, 2022, Early Childhood Education Journal
  • Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants, 2022, PLoS ONE

Their work covers a range of topics including language development and disorders, reading and literacy development, neurobiology of language and bilingualism, and functional brain connectivity studies.

Other main topics associated with their research are:

  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Ovid J.L. Tzeng's frequent coauthors include Feng-Ying Huang, Chih-Mao Huang, Shinmin Wang, Yang-Teng Fan, and Abhishek Uday Patil.

They have published multiple articles in several journals, notably:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Chinese Linguistics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Brain Sciences
  • Early Childhood Education Journal

Their research fields span:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Within these fields, their subfields of study include:

  1. Cognitive Neuroscience
  2. Developmental and Educational Psychology
  3. Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  4. Psychiatry and Mental Health
  5. Statistics and Probability

Ovid J.L. Tzeng was recognized as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Timed picture naming in seven languages

    Elizabeth Bates;Simona D'Amico;Simona D'Amico;Thomas Jacobsen;Anna Székely

  • A new on-line resource for psycholinguistic studies

    Anna Szekely;Thomas Jacobsen;Simona D'Amico;Simona D'Amico;Antonella Devescovi

  • Open vs. Closed Skill Sports and the Modulation of Inhibitory Control

    Chun Hao Wang;Chun Hao Wang;Che Chien Chang;Yen Ming Liang;Chun Ming Shih

  • Unleashing potential: transcranial direct current stimulation over the right posterior parietal cortex improves change detection in low-performing individuals.

    Philip Tseng;Tzu Yu Hsu;Tzu Yu Hsu;Chi Fu Chang;Ovid J.L. Tzeng;Ovid J.L. Tzeng;Ovid J.L. Tzeng

  • Universal brain signature of proficient reading: Evidence from four contrasting languages

    Jay G. Rueckl;Jay G. Rueckl;Pedro M. Paz-Alonso;Peter J. Molfese;Peter J. Molfese;Wen Jui Kuo

  • Speech Recoding in Reading Chinese Characters.

    Ovid J. Tzeng;Daisy L. Hung;William S-Y. Wang

  • Modulating inhibitory control with direct current stimulation of the superior medial frontal cortex.

    Tzu Yu Hsu;Lin Yuan Tseng;Lin Yuan Tseng;Jia Xin Yu;Jia Xin Yu;Wen Jui Kuo;Wen Jui Kuo

  • Action co-representation is tuned to other humans

    Chia-Chin Tsai;Wen-Jui Kuo;Daisy L. Hung;Ovid J. L. Tzeng

  • The noun-verb problem in Chinese aphasia.

    Elizabeth Bates;Sylvia Chen;Ovid Tzeng;Ping Li

  • Visual lateralisation effect in reading Chinese characters

    Ovid J.L. Tzeng;Daisy L. Hung;Bill Cotton;William S.Y. Wang

  • Control of prepotent responses by the superior medial frontal cortex.

    Chiao Yun Chen;Neil G. Muggleton;Ovid J.L. Tzeng;Daisy L. Hung;Daisy L. Hung

  • Universal brain systems for recognizing word shapes and handwriting gestures during reading

    Kimihiro Nakamura;Wen Jui Kuo;Felipe Pegado;Laurent Cohen;Laurent Cohen

  • SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE NEUROANATOMY OF HUMAN MIRROR-NEURON SYSTEM: A VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRIC INVESTIGATION

    Y. Cheng;K.-H. Chou;J. Decety;I.-Y. 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

  • 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

  • Flexible spatial mapping of different notations of numbers in Chinese readers

    Yi hui Hung;Daisy L. Hung;Daisy L. Hung;Ovid J.L. Tzeng;Ovid J.L. Tzeng;Denise H. Wu

  • A common coding framework in self-other interaction: evidence from joint action task.

    Chia Chin Tsai;Wen Jui Kuo;Jung Tai Jing;Daisy L. Hung

  • The First Two R's

    Ovid J. L. Tzeng;William S. Y. Wang

  • Four spaces of network learning models

    Tak-Wai Chan;Chih-Wei Hue;Chih-Yueh Chou;Ovid J.L. Tzeng

  • Language processing in Chinese

    烜之 陳;Ovid J. L. Tzeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Daisy L. Hung
Daisy L. Hung National Central University
Chi-Hung Juan
Chi-Hung Juan National Central University
Neil G. Muggleton
Neil G. Muggleton National Central University
Jen Chuen Hsieh
Jen Chuen Hsieh National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Tzu Chen Yeh
Tzu Chen Yeh Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Elizabeth Bates
Elizabeth Bates University of California, San Diego
Yu-Te Wu
Yu-Te Wu National Yang Ming University
Jean Decety
Jean Decety University of Chicago
Vincent Walsh
Vincent Walsh University College London
Kenneth R. Pugh
Kenneth R. Pugh Haskins Laboratories

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