Numerical Cognition Project
I have a general interest in numerical cognition: the innate numerical capacity and the learned numerical skills. I am interested in the mechanism of numerical cognition and the role of attention system in it. I especially want to understand subitizing and how subitizing plays a fundamental role in the development of numerical cognition and learned numerical skills. In addition, I want to find out factors that may determine the learning outcome of math.
Costa da G., Chen J*. Math anxiety predicts math ability among adults. Australasian Mathematical Psychology Conference. Melbourne, Australia. 2023. [Talk]
Chen, J.*, Paul, J. M., & Reeve, R. (2022). Manipulation of attention affects subitizing performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 139, 104753.
Addictive Behaviour Project
For too many times I am amazed by how addictive the new social media (TikTok) could be. Recent studies have shown that many factors/motivations are associated with the addictive use of social media. Nevertheless, little is known about how these factors/motivations drive individual’s addictive use of social media and there is no systematic investigation of the underlying mechanisms. Understanding these factors driving the addictive use of TikTok has practical implications in improving young adults’ mental health. The purpose of this project is twofold. First, I want to develop a tool to measure the addictive use of social media. Second, it is my interest to find out the predicting factors and protective factors for addictive use of social media.
Nicholas A, Chen J*. Is the Relationship Between Impulsivity and the Addictive Use of TikTok Moderated by Working Memory Capacity? The Australasian Congress for Personality and Individual Differences. Canberra, Australia. 2021. [Talk]
McCallum E, Chen J*. The Moderating Effects of Personality on Self-Esteem and Addictive TikTok use. The Australasian Congress for Personality and Individual Differences. Canberra, Australia. 2021. [Poster]
Schizophrenia Project
I have worked on the schizophrenia stigma project for a while. This research interest emerges from my internship in a general hospital in China. Through conversation with many mental illness patients, I get to know how hard their life could be. The purpose of this project is to help reduce the stigma of schizophrenia in Chinese context.
1, Book.
陈建 等，《精神分裂症：你和你的家人需要知道的》，重庆大学出版社，2018。ISBN: 9787568909167.［译著] Chen J., et al., Surviving Schizophrenia: A Family Manual, Sixth Edition, Chongqing University Press, Book Translation, 2018. ISBN: 9787568909167
This is a book I translated into Chinese. The motivation of this work is to provide more reading materials for the patients with schizophrenia and their families. This book has a 99% positive review so far. You can buy this book from any book stores in China and e-commerce platforms such as JD.com.
2, First paper
This paper aims to review and challenge the Chinese translated name of schizophrenia. It is the first paper to thoroughly discuss this issue in the mainland China. This paper is published in a Chinese journal in 2019.
3, Second paper
With the help of my colleagues in China, we conducted a study to investigate whether a change of diagnostic name of schizophrenia can improve public perception and attitude toward it. Our findings are simple: the change of diagnostic name of schizophrenia does improve people’s understanding of this mental illness and attitudes toward patients with schizophrenia. This paper is in preparation.