Chun-Hui Li

Hey, I’m Chun-Hui Li (李俊輝)

A cognitive computational neuroscientist working in vision science. My research integrates neuroimaging and computational approaches to investigate how visual perception and object recognition emerge and develop in both biological and artificial systems. At the core of my work lies a fundamental question: how and why object information is encoded and represented in both focal and distributed patterns along the visual pathway.

I am currently a postdoctoral research fellow in Prof. Dr. Radoslaw Cichy’s lab at Freie Universität Berlin. I received my Ph.D. in Psychology from National Taiwan University, where I worked with Dr. Bo-Cheng Kuo on visual perception and object selectivity using neuroimaging and computational approaches. Prior to that, I obtained a B.S. in Information Management from National Yunlin University of Science and Technology and an M.S. in Computer Science from National Chengchi University.

My current research focuses on the developmental trajectory of visual processing, examining how visual object representations change from childhood to adulthood and how these developmental patterns relate to representations that emerge in artificial vision systems.

Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in collaboration or have any questions about my work. I am also happy to support mentorship opportunities, especially for students interested in the developmental aspects of visual processing or related topics.

Research Interests 🔗

• Visual object perception and category selectivity
  Understanding how the brain represents and distinguishes object categories along the visual pathway.

• Developmental trajectory of visual representations
  Investigating how visual object representations emerge and change from infancy and childhood to adulthood.

• Computational models of vision and brain–AI comparisons
  Using deep neural networks and computational approaches to study similarities and differences between biological and artificial visual systems.

Employment 🔗

• Postdoctoral research fellow, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany (2025 - Present) | Prof. Radoslaw Martin Cichy @ Free University Berlin
• Postdoctoral research fellow, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2023 - 2025) | Prof. Bo-Cheng Kuo @ National Taiwan University

Education 🔗

• 2016 Sep - 2023 Jul, Ph.D. in Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. (Advisor: Prof. Bo-Cheng Kuo)
• 2011 Sep - 2015 Jan, M.S. in Computer Science, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan. (Prof. Pei-Jeng Kuo and Prof. Lee-Xing Yang)
• 2007 Sep - 2011 Jun, B.S. in Information Management, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan.

Honors and Awards 🔗

• 2025 Two-year fellowship of postdoctoral research abroad program (博士後千里馬計畫), funded by National Science and Technology Council.
• 2023 Doctoral dissertation award (蘇薌雨博士論文獎), selected by Taiwan Psychological Association.
• 2023 Presidential award for graduate students, selected by National Taiwan University (NTU).
• 2023 Dean’s award, selected by College of Science in NTU.
• 2022 Sponsorship of CIFAR Neuroscience of Consciousness Winter School, offered by Brain, Mind & Consciousness program of CIFAR, Canada.
• 2022 Doctoral dissertation proposal award of humanities and social sciences, selected by Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan.
• 2022 Scholarship of Summer Institute Programme, offered by MOST-DAAD.
• 2021 Scholarship of Graduate Students Study Abroad Program (博士生千里馬計畫), offered by MOST, Taiwan.
• 2021 Merit abstract award for the OHBM Annual Meeting, selected by OHBM 2021 Program Committee.

Journal Papers 🔗

• Li, C. H., Wang, M. Y., & Kuo, B. C. (2023) Tracking the temporal dynamics of face-like inversion effect as revealed by Chinese characters using magnetoencephalography. Cerebral Cortex, bhad135.

• Li, C. H., Wang, M. Y., & Kuo, B. C. (2022) The Effects of Stimulus Inversion on the Neural Representations of Chinese Character and Face Recognition. Neuropsychologia, 108090.

• Chen, F. W., Li, C. H., & Kuo, B. C. (2022) Temporal expectation based on the duration variability modulates alpha oscillations during working memory retention. NeuroImage, 119789.

• Kuo, B. C., Li, C. H., Lin, S. H., Hu, S. H., & Yeh, Y. Y. (2017). Top-down modulation of alpha power and pattern similarity for threatening representations in visual short-term memory. Neuropsychologia, 106, 21-30.

• Li, C. H., & Kuo, B. C. (In preparation) Goal-directed attention modulates neural representations of object selectivity - An MEG-fMRI fusion study.

• Li, C. H., Chen, F. W., & Kuo, B. C. (In preparation) Spatiotemporal dynamics of internal attention in working memory: an MEG-fMRI fusion study.

• Li, C. H., Chen, S. C., & Kuo, B. C. (In preparation) Differential behavioral manifestations across positive, negative, and neutral scene perception in convolutional neural networks.

Conference Papers and Posters 🔗

• Li, C. H. (2025) Representational dynamics of visual contents underlying object selectivity, poster presented in the 8th Annual Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• Li, C. H., & Kuo, B. C. (2024) Spatiotemporal dynamics of object-based attention: an MEG-fMRI-DNN fusion study, poster presented in the 30th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Seoul, Korea.

• Li, C. H., Chen, F. W., & Kuo, B. C. (2023) Spatiotemporal dynamics of internal attention in working memory: a MEG-fMRI fusion study, poster presented in Taiwan Society of Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

• Li, C. H., Chen, F. W., Kuo, B. C., (2023) Spatiotemporal dynamics of internal attention in working memory: a MEG-fMRI fusion study, poster in the 27th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Montréal, Canada.

• Li, C. H., Kuo, B. C., (2022) Goal-directed attention modulates neural representations of object selectivity - An MEG-fMRI fusion study, poster in the European Conference on Visual Perception 2022, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

• Li, C. H., Kuo, B. C., (2022) The effects of stimulus inversion on the neural representations of face and Chinese character recognition, poster in the International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience 2022, Helsinki, Finland.

• Li, C. H., Kuo, B. C., (2021) (Merit Abstract Award) Top-down attention modulates spatiotemporal dynamics of object selectivity: An MEG-fMRI fusion study, poster in the 27th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, virtual.

• Li, C. H., Kuo, B. C., (2019) Pattern similarity in neural representations for the inversion effect of face and chinese character,
  poster presented in the 25th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Rome, Italy.

• Li, C. H., & Kuo, B. C. (2018) Chinese characters elicit face-like inversion effects: a magnetoencephalography study, poster presented in Taiwan Society of Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Taichung, Taiwan.

• Wang, S. M., Li, C. H., Lo, Y. C., Huang, T. H., Ku, L. W., (2016) Sensing emotions in text messages: an application and deployment study of EmotionPush, system demonstrated in the 26th International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Osaka, Japan.

• Kuo, P. J., Chen, P. Y., Wang, Y. T., Li, C. H., Lin, M. J., (2014) A ubiquitous geotag related mobile personal digital photograph annotation system, poster presented in the Annual Conference on Engineering & Information Technology, Tokyo, Japan.