Cheng-Yu Hsieh
@cyhsieh.bsky.social
Born and raised in Taiwan
PhD student @rhulpsychology.bsky.social
Interested in language and concept
PhD student @rhulpsychology.bsky.social
Interested in language and concept
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We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a QJEP special issue: New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon, guest edited by Jo Taylor, Kathy Rastle and Matthew Mak.
Expressions of interest are due by 20th December 2025.
Further details can be found here:
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
Expressions of interest are due by 20th December 2025.
Further details can be found here:
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
journals.sagepub.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a QJEP special issue: New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon, guest edited by Jo Taylor, Kathy Rastle and Matthew Mak.
Expressions of interest are due by 20th December 2025.
Further details can be found here:
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
Expressions of interest are due by 20th December 2025.
Further details can be found here:
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
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For those who couldn't attend, the recording of Hsieh Cheng-Yu's seminar is now available on our YouTube channel.
Watch the full presentation here: youtu.be/v7DHox_6duE
Watch the full presentation here: youtu.be/v7DHox_6duE
Making sense from the parts: What Chinese compounds tell us about reading | Cheng-Yu Hsieh | Milan
YouTube video by Mbs Vector Space Lab
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
For those who couldn't attend, the recording of Hsieh Cheng-Yu's seminar is now available on our YouTube channel.
Watch the full presentation here: youtu.be/v7DHox_6duE
Watch the full presentation here: youtu.be/v7DHox_6duE
The talk I gave in Milan is now on YouTube!
For those who couldn't attend, the recording of Hsieh Cheng-Yu's seminar is now available on our YouTube channel.
Watch the full presentation here: youtu.be/v7DHox_6duE
Watch the full presentation here: youtu.be/v7DHox_6duE
Making sense from the parts: What Chinese compounds tell us about reading | Cheng-Yu Hsieh | Milan
YouTube video by Mbs Vector Space Lab
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The talk I gave in Milan is now on YouTube!
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🚨We are looking for a scholar to join us as a lecturer (teaching & research contract, full-time, permanent), starting 1 April 2026! The application deadline is 1 December 2025.
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Psychology (Research & Teaching)
Full-time, PermanentApplications are invited for a post of Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, starting 1 April 2026. The post is open to ambitious, researc...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🚨We are looking for a scholar to join us as a lecturer (teaching & research contract, full-time, permanent), starting 1 April 2026! The application deadline is 1 December 2025.
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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I am guest editing a special issue—"New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon" in @qjep.bsky.social with @kathyrastle.bsky.social and Jo Taylor. Expression of interest until 20th Dec. Get in touch!
Call for papers now published for an upcoming special issue—"New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon"—at QJEP (@qjep.bsky.social): journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
journals.sagepub.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I am guest editing a special issue—"New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon" in @qjep.bsky.social with @kathyrastle.bsky.social and Jo Taylor. Expression of interest until 20th Dec. Get in touch!
Another talk next week!
Join us for our next seminar! We're excited to host Hsieh Cheng-Yu (University of London)
He'll discuss "Making sense from the parts: What Chinese compounds tell us about reading," exploring how we process ambiguity & meaning consistency
🗓️ 27th Oct ⏰ 2PM (CET)📍UniMiB 💻 meet.google.com/zvk-owhv-tfw
He'll discuss "Making sense from the parts: What Chinese compounds tell us about reading," exploring how we process ambiguity & meaning consistency
🗓️ 27th Oct ⏰ 2PM (CET)📍UniMiB 💻 meet.google.com/zvk-owhv-tfw
October 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Another talk next week!
Thanks for having me. It was lovely meeting you all online! If you missed it today, I’m giving another talk next Monday in Italy (it’ll be hybrid).
Great talk and discussion with @cyhsieh.bsky.social today, where we learnt about the impact of Chinese characters' semantic consistency on learning compound characters!
October 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Thanks for having me. It was lovely meeting you all online! If you missed it today, I’m giving another talk next Monday in Italy (it’ll be hybrid).
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Join our journal club next Monday! We're happy to have @cyhsieh.bsky.social to discuss "What Chinese Compounds Tell Us About Reading"! Scan the QR code to register or click here: forms.gle/JV5cp1RHHaH2...
October 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Join our journal club next Monday! We're happy to have @cyhsieh.bsky.social to discuss "What Chinese Compounds Tell Us About Reading"! Scan the QR code to register or click here: forms.gle/JV5cp1RHHaH2...
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Important fMRI/RSA study by @marcociapparelli.bsky.social et al. Compositional (multiplicative) representations of compounds/phrases in left IFG (BA45), mSTS, ATL; left AG encodes constituents, not their composition, weighing the right element more, vice versa IFG 🧠🧩
academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
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Compositionality in the semantic network: a model-driven representational similarity analysis
Abstract. Semantic composition allows us to construct complex meanings (e.g., “dog house”, “house dog”) from simpler constituents (“dog”, “house”). Neuroim
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September 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Important fMRI/RSA study by @marcociapparelli.bsky.social et al. Compositional (multiplicative) representations of compounds/phrases in left IFG (BA45), mSTS, ATL; left AG encodes constituents, not their composition, weighing the right element more, vice versa IFG 🧠🧩
academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
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👁️🧠 New preprint: We demonstrate the first data-driven neural control framework for a visual cortical implant in a blind human!
TL;DR Deep learning lets us synthesize efficient stimulation patterns that reliably evoke percepts, outperforming conventional calibration.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
TL;DR Deep learning lets us synthesize efficient stimulation patterns that reliably evoke percepts, outperforming conventional calibration.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
👁️🧠 New preprint: We demonstrate the first data-driven neural control framework for a visual cortical implant in a blind human!
TL;DR Deep learning lets us synthesize efficient stimulation patterns that reliably evoke percepts, outperforming conventional calibration.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
TL;DR Deep learning lets us synthesize efficient stimulation patterns that reliably evoke percepts, outperforming conventional calibration.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thanks for the invite. Looking forward to seeing many of you online!
Welcome to join our upcoming Journal Club meetings in Oct & Nov! Happy to have @cyhsieh.bsky.social & Dr. Cosimo Iaia as our guest speakers!
Register to get the Zoom link or sign up as our next guest speaker:
forms.gle/TY6Cuxut87Ej...
More exciting talks coming up. Please share & see you there!
Register to get the Zoom link or sign up as our next guest speaker:
forms.gle/TY6Cuxut87Ej...
More exciting talks coming up. Please share & see you there!
October 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Thanks for the invite. Looking forward to seeing many of you online!
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2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
July 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
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JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Possible start in October 2025 (contact me ASAP), or from April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky #neurojobs 1/
July 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Possible start in October 2025 (contact me ASAP), or from April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky #neurojobs 1/
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📣 Save the date 🗓️ to present your exciting statistical learning research at the 6th Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning Conference June 10-12 2026 in San Sebastián 🇪🇸
Keynotes by
@jennysaffran.bsky.social
@noranewcombe.bsky.social
@pyoudeyer.bsky.social
More info to follow #IASL26
Keynotes by
@jennysaffran.bsky.social
@noranewcombe.bsky.social
@pyoudeyer.bsky.social
More info to follow #IASL26
July 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
📣 Save the date 🗓️ to present your exciting statistical learning research at the 6th Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning Conference June 10-12 2026 in San Sebastián 🇪🇸
Keynotes by
@jennysaffran.bsky.social
@noranewcombe.bsky.social
@pyoudeyer.bsky.social
More info to follow #IASL26
Keynotes by
@jennysaffran.bsky.social
@noranewcombe.bsky.social
@pyoudeyer.bsky.social
More info to follow #IASL26
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I'm sharing a Colab notebook on using large language models for cognitive science! GitHub repo: github.com/MarcoCiappar...
It's geared toward psychologists & linguists and covers extracting embeddings, predictability measures, comparing models across languages & modalities (vision). see examples 🧵
It's geared toward psychologists & linguists and covers extracting embeddings, predictability measures, comparing models across languages & modalities (vision). see examples 🧵
July 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I'm sharing a Colab notebook on using large language models for cognitive science! GitHub repo: github.com/MarcoCiappar...
It's geared toward psychologists & linguists and covers extracting embeddings, predictability measures, comparing models across languages & modalities (vision). see examples 🧵
It's geared toward psychologists & linguists and covers extracting embeddings, predictability measures, comparing models across languages & modalities (vision). see examples 🧵
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Updated our lab's psycholinguistic database page to include Kathy Rastle et al's new web interface for the Children and Young Peoples Books Lexicon (CYP-LEX). Check it out! Give me a holler if you want us to link to your dataset or know of others I've missed. www.reilly-coglab.com/data
Psycholinguistic Databases, Stimuli, Utilities — Concepts & Cognition Laboratory
www.reilly-coglab.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Updated our lab's psycholinguistic database page to include Kathy Rastle et al's new web interface for the Children and Young Peoples Books Lexicon (CYP-LEX). Check it out! Give me a holler if you want us to link to your dataset or know of others I've missed. www.reilly-coglab.com/data
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** New resource ** We analysed the characteristics of words in 1200 books suitable for children and young people. Properties of each word (frequencies, etc) are now available in an interactive website.
cyp-lex.rastlelab.com
cyp-lex.rastlelab.com
CYP-LEX
Discover what words children and young people encounter when they read
cyp-lex.rastlelab.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
** New resource ** We analysed the characteristics of words in 1200 books suitable for children and young people. Properties of each word (frequencies, etc) are now available in an interactive website.
cyp-lex.rastlelab.com
cyp-lex.rastlelab.com
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What can children learn about morphology when they read for pleasure? We analysed the words in 1200 books suitable for children and young people to find out! Read the blog post here: www.rastlelab.com/post/what-ca...
What can children learn about morphology from reading for fun?
A key part of becoming a skilled reader is understanding how words are built — that is, how small parts of words that carry meaning come together to form words. For example, the word unhappy is made u...
www.rastlelab.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
What can children learn about morphology when they read for pleasure? We analysed the words in 1200 books suitable for children and young people to find out! Read the blog post here: www.rastlelab.com/post/what-ca...
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A new preprint by myself!
I drafted a journal club article arguing that intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are responsible for more than just non-image-forming functions
osf.io/preprints/os...
I drafted a journal club article arguing that intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are responsible for more than just non-image-forming functions
osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
April 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A new preprint by myself!
I drafted a journal club article arguing that intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are responsible for more than just non-image-forming functions
osf.io/preprints/os...
I drafted a journal club article arguing that intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are responsible for more than just non-image-forming functions
osf.io/preprints/os...
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Thanks to Evan Kidd, @mcxfrank.bsky.social & @asifamajid.bsky.social (Eds) for organizing the awesome *Open* Encyc. of Cog. Sci. and entrusting me with/ the honor of penning the entry on "Language" (in < 3500 words, so do see other entries for much, MUCH more!)
oecs.mit.edu/pub/ho9e9c80...
oecs.mit.edu/pub/ho9e9c80...
Language
oecs.mit.edu
April 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Thanks to Evan Kidd, @mcxfrank.bsky.social & @asifamajid.bsky.social (Eds) for organizing the awesome *Open* Encyc. of Cog. Sci. and entrusting me with/ the honor of penning the entry on "Language" (in < 3500 words, so do see other entries for much, MUCH more!)
oecs.mit.edu/pub/ho9e9c80...
oecs.mit.edu/pub/ho9e9c80...
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3 hour open-science workshop I gave at Vin University Hanoi now online:
"Credible science, evaluating science, and the need for a science reform"
UG class level super basic research methods intro and my take on some of the main challenges we're facing.
Details 👇🧵
"Credible science, evaluating science, and the need for a science reform"
UG class level super basic research methods intro and my take on some of the main challenges we're facing.
Details 👇🧵
March 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
3 hour open-science workshop I gave at Vin University Hanoi now online:
"Credible science, evaluating science, and the need for a science reform"
UG class level super basic research methods intro and my take on some of the main challenges we're facing.
Details 👇🧵
"Credible science, evaluating science, and the need for a science reform"
UG class level super basic research methods intro and my take on some of the main challenges we're facing.
Details 👇🧵
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Tens of thousands of psychological measures have been created, but 79% are not reused more than twice.
In a new article in NHB lead by @faridanvari.bsky.social and @ruben.the100.ci we quantify this fragmentation in psychology's measures and propose solutions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In a new article in NHB lead by @faridanvari.bsky.social and @ruben.the100.ci we quantify this fragmentation in psychology's measures and propose solutions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Tens of thousands of psychological measures have been created, but 79% are not reused more than twice.
In a new article in NHB lead by @faridanvari.bsky.social and @ruben.the100.ci we quantify this fragmentation in psychology's measures and propose solutions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In a new article in NHB lead by @faridanvari.bsky.social and @ruben.the100.ci we quantify this fragmentation in psychology's measures and propose solutions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Let your research do the talking!
We’re awarding 5 🦍 grants ($1,770 each)—could one be yours?
Submit a 500-word research proposal + overview on how one could support your next study for a chance to win!
If you're exploring #language, #linguistics or anything in between—apply now!
➡️ bit.ly/3FeV9rX
We’re awarding 5 🦍 grants ($1,770 each)—could one be yours?
Submit a 500-word research proposal + overview on how one could support your next study for a chance to win!
If you're exploring #language, #linguistics or anything in between—apply now!
➡️ bit.ly/3FeV9rX
March 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Let your research do the talking!
We’re awarding 5 🦍 grants ($1,770 each)—could one be yours?
Submit a 500-word research proposal + overview on how one could support your next study for a chance to win!
If you're exploring #language, #linguistics or anything in between—apply now!
➡️ bit.ly/3FeV9rX
We’re awarding 5 🦍 grants ($1,770 each)—could one be yours?
Submit a 500-word research proposal + overview on how one could support your next study for a chance to win!
If you're exploring #language, #linguistics or anything in between—apply now!
➡️ bit.ly/3FeV9rX
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1/n Happy to share a new paper with Calogero Zarbo & Marco Marelli! How well do LLMs represent the implicit meaning of familiar and novel compounds? How do they compare with simpler distributional semantics models (DSMs; i.e., word embeddings)?
doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
Conceptual Combination in Large Language Models: Uncovering Implicit Relational Interpretations in Compound Words With Contextualized Word Embeddings
Large language models (LLMs) have been proposed as candidate models of human semantics, and as such, they must be able to account for conceptual combination. This work explores the ability of two LLM...
doi.org
March 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1/n Happy to share a new paper with Calogero Zarbo & Marco Marelli! How well do LLMs represent the implicit meaning of familiar and novel compounds? How do they compare with simpler distributional semantics models (DSMs; i.e., word embeddings)?
doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
doi.org/10.1111/cogs...