2022.0715
Jokes for the brain: Unlock the neural mechanisms of the brain in reading different humorous materials
Humor is a good medicine for physical and mental health, as well as an effective lubricant for interpersonal relationships. Previous functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have revealed the neural structure of the brain in reading humorous materials, and the different brain regions dedicated to reading and understanding different humorous materials. Based on this, Chen and Chang’s research team is the first to use event-related potentials (ERPs) to investigate the cognitive processes of different humorous materials, taking advantage of the high temporal resolution of ERPs to clarify the dynamic temporal differences in the cognitive processes of humor comprehension. The results not only enable us to understand how the brain interprets different types of humorous materials (e.g., pun jokes and semantic jokes) from the perspective of brain science, but also contribute to the integration of psychological research in Taiwan and abroad, and facilitate academic/scientific exchanges between international scholars.
2022.0713
Strong Academia and Industry Collaboration drives NTNU to the Top Universities in Taiwan
Global Views Monthly published the "Top Universities in Taiwan" survey on June 29. National Taiwan Normal University has been on top 1 for five consecutive years among universities focusing on humanities and social sciences. In the academic year of 2020, the amount of industry-academic income exceeded 1.1 billion NTD, second only to National Taiwan University and National Cheng Kung University, and some science and technology universities. In addition, both academic achievement and teaching performance ranked seventh, which is also an improvement over last year, and the total number of Chinese papers and the average number of papers by teachers also ranked first in Taiwan.
2022.0626
NTNU Ranked 5th in 2022 Taiwan Universities Reputation Survey
The results of the "2022 Taiwan Universities Reputation Survey” Global Views Monthly, a local magazine, was released on June 8. Presidents and vice presidents of 133 colleges and universities in Taiwan evaluated the "Best Universities of the Year" in the form of mutual evaluation. National Taiwan Normal University ranked fifth among national universities, one step higher than last year.
2022.0625
NTNU Continues Taiwan Huayu BEST Program with University of California, Santa Barbara
After the cooperation last year with Penn State University and the University of California, Los Angeles of the "Taiwan Huayu Best Program" this year, National Taiwan Normal University signed the second phase cooperation agreement of the "Taiwan Huayu Best Program" with the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). With 70 years of Chinese language teaching experience of NTNU and the resources of UCSB, together we strengthen Chinese language teaching and promote Taiwanese culture. In the future, UCSB will send students to NTNU to learn Chinese, which is beneficial to building a bilingual learning environment of NTNU and the competitiveness of local students.
2022.0614