Training and professional background
Research interests
Scientific activities
Awards and research grants
Teaching
Main publications and conferences
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***I am looking for a postdoctoral position in neurolinguistics.***
I am interested in how language is represented in the human brain and mind. My research focuses on understanding how speech sounds, word meanings and emotional cues are encoded and decoded during speech processing, and how our native language influences the way we hear, understand, and learn a foreign language.
Along this research journey, I have developed expertise in speech processing, experimental design, and fMRI MVPA (such as decoding and RSA using Python) to address these questions in the contexts of speech perception and production. I'm always open to discussions and I welcome academic collaborations. Feel free to reach out via email : )
Know more about me on
🦋 Bluesky: @tzuyitseng.bsky.social
📄 HAL: cv.hal.science/tzuyi-tseng
🖥️ GitHub: github.com/tzuyitseng
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TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
2021-2025: Ph.D. Student
Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage (DDL),
UMR 5596 CNRS - Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, France
- ANR Project: AnchorFL (Anchoring Foreign Language Learning) 🔗
2020-2021: Project Assistant
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
- MITx MOOCs: Chinese Language in Culture 🔗
2020-2021: Project Assistant
Program in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language,
National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan
- MOE Higher Education Sprout Project: sustained progress of universities in Taiwan
- MOE Higher Education Sprout Project: Enjoy E Learning Hub 🔗
2017-2020: Research Assistant & Analyst
Phonetics and Psycholinguistics Laboratory, NCCU, Taiwan
- MOST project: error analysis of Thai students learning Taiwan Mandarin
- MOST project: corpora studies in natural language processing
- MOE New South Bound Policy project: Thai students learning Mandarin lexical tones
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EDUCATION
2021-2025: Ph.D. in Neuroscience
Doctoral School in Neuroscience and Cognition, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, France
Thesis: Sensorimotor representations for native and non-native phoneme perception
Supervisors: Véronique Boulenger (CNRS), Claudio Brozzoli (Inserm) and Alice C. Roy (CNRS)
2017-2020 : Master of Arts in Linguistics
Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taipei, Taiwan
Thesis: Lexical Organization in Taiwan Mandarin: Evidence from Word Association Tasks
(Awarded as 2021 NCCU Annual Master's Thesis)
2018 Fall: Graduate Exchange Program
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders/
Department of Modern Languages, University of Mississippi, Mississippi, USA
Courses: Speech Language Pathology, Phonological disorders, Quantitative linguistics
(Funded by International Outgoing Exchange Programs Award, NCCU, Taiwan)
2013-2017: Bachelor of Arts in English
Department of Foreign Language and Literature, National University of Tainan, Taiwan
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SKILLS
Languages: Mandarin (native), English (proficient), French (intermediate)
Neuroimaging: 3T fMRI (sparse/continuous sequence), MVPA (decoding/RSA)
Statistical analysis/Programming: Python (Nilearn/scikit-learn/rsatoolbox), R (tidyverse)
Speech processing: Praat
Experimental design: PsychoPy/Pavlovia, Opensesame/Jatos
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
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| Neurolinguistics & Psycholinguistics |
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| motor and auditory contributions in speech processing, cross-linguistic emotion comparisons, association networks in the mental lexicon |
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SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
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INVITED TALKS
Tseng, T. 2025. How does the human brain process native and non-native speech sounds? (大腦如何辨識母語與外語語音？). Invited talk at Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan. 🔗
Tseng, T. 2025. Sensorimotor representations of phoneme perception: an fMRI study with multivariate analyses. Invited talk (online) at NeuroImaging Club, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), Bron, France. 🎞️
Tseng, T. 2022. PhD in France: Motor Representation and Speech Processing in Foreign Language Learning (法國博士生研究什麼：腦動神經於外語語音學習的歷程). Invited talk at Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan. 🔗
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COMMUNITY WORK
Public seminar organizer & presenter
for Brain Mappers of Tomorrow Satellite Mandarin Session in Lyon, France, June 2025. 🔗
Laboratory seminar co-organizer with Katarzyna Pisanski
for DDL seminar Dendy'n Science, Lyon, France, 2023-2024.
Invited workshop presenter, DDL Atelier Café Doctorants - Langue taïwanaise, Lyon, France, February 2024.
Public workshop presenter, DDL Stage d'Orthophonie, Lyon, France, June 2022, 2023.
Public workshop presenter, Biennale des Langues 2022, Lyon, France, May 2022. 🔗
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PRESENTATIONS
Tseng, T. 2025 Sensorimotor representation of native and non-native phoneme perception and its application for foreign language learning (大腦辨識母語與非母語語音的機制與外語學習的應用【語言所第363次學術演講】). Public talk at Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. 🔗
Tseng, T. 2022. Motor representation and speech processing in foreign language learning. Laboratory presentation at ImpAct Journal Club, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), Bron, France.
Tseng, T. 2022. Processing of phonemes in a foreign language: an fMRI study. Laboratory presentation at Club PAD DENDY, DDL, Lyon, France.
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AWARDS AND RESEARCH GRANTS
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| 2022: International visiting Ph.D. researcher funding, Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage, France & National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan |
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| 2021: Ph.D. Full-time funded contract (3 years), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France |
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| 2021: Annual Master's Thesis Award, NCCU, Taiwan |
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| 2019: Conference travel grant, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan |
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| 2018: International Outgoing Exchange Programs Award, NCCU, Taiwan |
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| 2017: Academic Performance Award, College of Foreign Languages and Literature, NCCU |
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TEACHING
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| Lecturer
2022 Fall
Introduction to Linguistics in English
UE: 41DCAA01 - TD - General overview of SDL upgrade in English,
Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, France
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| Teaching Assistant - Undergraduate
2018 Spring: Introduction to Phonology, Department of English, NCCU, Taiwan
2018 Spring: Language and Civilization, Center of General Education, NCCU, Taiwan
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MAIN PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
SHOW LONG VERSION / SHORT VERSION
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PhDs and master thesis
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Tseng, T., 2025, "Sensorimotor representations for native and non-native phoneme perception", Thèse, Neurosciences et Cognition, Université Lumière Lyon 2 (🎓)
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Tseng, T., 2020, "Lexical Organization in Taiwan Mandarin: Evidence from Word Association Tasks", Master's Thesis, Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan (🎓)
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Journals
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Tseng, T., Krzonowski, J., Brozzoli, C., Roy, A. & Boulenger, V., 2024 (preprint), "Embodied speech: sensorimotor contributions to native and non-native phoneme processing and learning", PsyArXiv, xx (PsyArXiv)
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Conferences with proceedings
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Tseng, T., 2020, "Lexical Networks between Sounds and Meanings in Taiwan Mandarin: Evidence from Psycholinguistics" The 3rd International Białystok－Kyiv Conference on Theoretical and
Applied Linguistics, Białystok, Poland, December, 2019, 29, pp. 37-52, Crossroads. A Journal of English Studies (📄)
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Conference presentations
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Tseng, T., Krzonowski, J., Roy, A., Brozzoli, C. & Boulenger, V., 2024, "Beyond speech production: sensorimotor contribution to native and non-native phoneme perception", 13th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP 2024), Autrans, France, May 13-17, 2024 (poster)
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Tseng, T., Krzonowski, J., Roy, A., Brozzoli, C. & Boulenger, V., 2024, "Decoding degraded speech in the motor cortex", Embodied and Situated Language Processing, Berlin, 2-5 Oct (conference)
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Tseng, T., Krzonowski, J., Roy, A., Brozzoli, C. & Boulenger, V., 2023, "Cortical representations for native and non-native phoneme perception", 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL 2023), Marseille, France, October 24-26, 2023. (poster)
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Development Neurocognition Disorders
Linguistic Diversity and its Sources
04 72 72 65 33
tzuyitseng.neuroling@gmail.com