Tancy Kao 高千惠

Publications

Fifteen peer-reviewed papers and twenty-five conference presentations, from vision science to sleep research. The full record is on Google Scholar.

Peer-reviewed papers

  1. 01
    Acute Effects of Oral Cannabinoids on Sleep and High-Density EEG in Insomnia: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
    Suraev, A., McGregor, I.S., McCartney, D., Marshall, N.S., Kao, C.H., Wassing, R., D'Rozario, A.L., Wong, K.K.H., Yee, B.J., Sivam, S., Kevin, R.C., Vandrey, R., Irwin, C., Gordon, C.J., Bartlett, D., Arnold, J.C., Grunstein, R.R., Hoyos, C.M. (2026)
    Journal of Sleep Research, 35(1), e70124doi:10.1111/jsr.70124
  2. 02
    Spatiotemporal dynamics of sleep spindles form spiral waves that predict overnight memory consolidation and age-related memory decline
    Xu, Y., McInnes, A., Kao, C.H., D'Rozario, A., Feng, J., Gong, P. (2025)
    Communications Biology, 8(1), 1014doi:10.1038/s42003-025-08447-4
  3. 03
    Electroencephalographic slowing during REM sleep in older adults with subjective cognitive impairment and mild cognitive impairment
    Lam A.K.F., Carrick J., Kao C.H., Phillips C.L., Zheng Y.Z., Yee B.J., Kim J.W., Grunstein R.R., Naismith S.L., D'Rozario A.L. (2024)
    Sleep, 47(6), zsae051doi:10.1093/sleep/zsae051
  4. 04
    Region-specific changes in brain activity and memory after continuous positive airway pressure therapy in obstructive sleep apnea: a pilot high-density electroencephalography study
    D'Rozario, A.L., Kao, C.H., Phillips, C.L., Mullins, A.E., Memarian, N., Yee, B.J., Duffy, S.L., Cho, G., Wong, K.K.H., Kremerskothen, K., Chapman, J., Haroutonian, C., Bartlett, D.J., Naismith, S.L., Grunstein, R.R. (2023)
    Sleep, 46(12), zsad255doi:10.1093/sleep/zsad255
  5. 05
    Improvements in cognitive function and quantitative sleep electroencephalogram in obstructive sleep apnea after six months of continuous positive airway pressure treatment
    D'Rozario, A.L., Hoyos, C.M., Wong, K.K.H., Unger, G., Kim, J.W., Vakulin, A., Kao, C.H., Naismith, S.L., Bartlett, D.J., Grunstein, R.R. (2022)
    Sleep, 45(6), zsac013doi:10.1093/sleep/zsac013
  6. 06
    Comparing Face and Object Discrimination in Neurotypical Adults and Adults with Autism: A Morphing Paradigm
    Hsiung, E.Y., Chien, S.H.L., Kao, C.H., Peng, S.L. (2022)
    Chinese Journal of Psychology, 64(1), 33–55. (In Chinese, with English abstract.)doi:10.6129/CJP.202203_64(1).0002
  7. 07
    Insomnia subtypes characterised by objective sleep duration and NREM spectral power and the effect of acute sleep restriction: an exploratory analysis
    Kao, C.H., D'Rozario, A.L., Lovato, N., Wassing, R., Bartlett, D., Memarian, N., Espinel, P., Kim, J.-W., Grunstein, R.R., & Gordon, C.J. (2021)
    Scientific Reports, 11(1), 24331doi:10.1038/s41598-021-03564-6
  8. 08
    Single-channel EEG based insomnia detection with domain adaptation
    Qu, W., Kao, C.H., Hong, H., Chi, Z., Grunstein, R., Gordon, C., Wang, Z. (2021)
    Computers in Biology and Medicine, 139, 104989doi:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104989
  9. 09
    Spatial configuration processing in visual word form perception and reading abilities in Chinese
    Kao, C.H., Wang, H.L.S., & Chen, C.C. (2018)
    Dyslexia, 24(4), 391–400doi:10.1002/dys.1596
  10. 10
    Seeing visual word forms: Spatial summation, eccentricity and spatial configuration
    Kao, C.H., & Chen, C.C. (2012)
    Vision Research, 62, 57–65doi:10.1016/j.visres.2012.03.015
  11. 11
    The inversion effect in visual word form processing
    Kao, C.H., Chen, D.Y., Chen, C.C. (2010)
    Cortex, 46(2), 217–230doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2009.04.003
  12. 12
    Detection errors in proofreading Chinese texts: A study of Chinese reading units and word inferiority effect in detecting character-position transposed words
    Kao, C.H., Hue, C.W., Tseng, Y.H., Lo, M. (2009)
    Chinese Journal of Psychology, 51, 21–36
  13. 13
    Indigenous factors for studies on Chinese speaking aphasics
    Kao, C.H., Hue, C.W., Lo, M. (2006)
    Research in Applied Psychology, 29, 13–15
  14. 14
    Neurologically-oriented cognitive psychology: Are we ready for it?
    Hue, C.W., Lo, M., Kao, C.H. (2006)
    Research in Applied Psychology, 29, 9–11
  15. 15
    Association norms for 600 Chinese characters
    Hue, C.W., Kao, C.H., & Lo, M. (2005)
    Monographs of Chinese Journal of Psychology (Serial No. 0501)

Conference presentations

  1. 01
    Sleep EEG characteristics of sleep misperception in insomnia: A large community-based cohort analysis
    Kao, C.H., D'Rozario, A., Gordon, C.J. (2024)
    Poster · Sleep DownUnder, Australia
  2. 02
    Sleep slow wave dynamics and overnight memory consolidation in mild cognitive impairment: a high-density EEG study
    Kao, C.H., Chapman, J., Haroutonian, C., Grunstein, R., Naismith, S., D'Rozario, A. (2024)
    Poster · Sleep Regulation and Function Conference, Texas, USA
  3. 03
    Slow wave dynamics in mild cognitive impairment compared with age matched controls: a high-density EEG study
    Chapman, J., Kao, C.H., Teh, J., Haroutonian, C., Grunstein, R., Naismith, S., D'Rozario, A. (2023)
    Poster · Sleep DownUnder, Australia
  4. 04
    Predicting subjective sleep quality using multi-day actigraphy data: A machine learning approach
    Kao, C.H., D'Rozario, A.L., Postnova, S., Lovato, N., Bartlett, D., Grunstein, R.R., & Gordon, C.J. (2021)
    Oral · Sleep DownUnder 2021, Brisbane, Australia
  5. 05
    Neurophysiological hyperarousal in insomnia based on slow wave activity: evidence of subtypes
    Gordon, C.J., Kao, C.H., D'Rozario, A., Grunstein, R. (2019)
    Oral · World Sleep Congress 2019, Vancouver, Canada
  6. 06
    Real time learning analytics of computer use in K-12 classrooms
    Cejnar, M., Kao, C.H. (2018)
    Companion Proceedings, 8th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge, Sydney, Australia (full paper)
  7. 07
    Columnar organization of face orientation processing in human occipital face area
    Kao, C.H., Tanskanen, T., Ueno, K., Waggoner, R.A., Tanaka, K., & Cheng, K. (2016)
    Poster · the 39th Annual meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Tokyo, Japan
  8. 08
    Columnar scale representation of faces in the human inferotemporal cortex
    Tanskanen, T., Kao, C.H., Waggoner, R.A., Ueno, K., Tanaka, K., & Cheng, K. (2016)
    Poster · the 39th Annual meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Tokyo, Japan
  9. 09
    Linking human and animal studies of cortical organization with columnar resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging
    Tanskanen, T., Kao, C.H., Waggoner, R.A., Ueno, K., Tanaka, K., & Cheng, K. (2015)
    Bridging Biomedical Worlds Symposium, Tokyo, Japan
  10. 10
    Characterizing the organization of orientation-tuned face processing in human occipital face area with high spatial resolution fMRI
    Kao, C.H., Tanskanen, T., Ueno, K., Waggoner, R.A., Tanaka, K., & Cheng, K. (2015)
    Poster · the 38th Annual meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Kobe, Japan
  11. 11
    Category selectivity in human inferotemporal cortex assessed with columnar resolution fMRI
    Tanskanen, T., Kao, C.H., Waggoner, R.A., Ueno, K., Tanaka, K., & Cheng, K. (2015)
    Poster · the 38th Annual meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Kobe, Japan
  12. 12
    Representation of viewpoints at different spatial scales in human occipital face area
    Kao, C.H., Tanskanen, T., Ueno, K., Waggoner, R.A., Tanaka, K., & Cheng, K. (2014)
    Paper · the 37th Annual meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Tokyo, Japan
  13. 13
    Probing face selectivity in human inferotemporal cortex with high-resolution fMRI
    Tanskanen, T., Kao, C.H., Waggoner, R.A., Ueno, K., Tanaka, K., & Cheng, K. (2014)
    Paper · the 37th Annual meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Tokyo, Japan
  14. 14
    The development of spatial configuration processing of visual word forms
    Kao, C.H., Wang, H.L., & Chen, C.C. (2011)
    Poster · the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, China
  15. 15
    Text detection: effect of size and eccentricity
    Kao, C.H., Chen, C.C. (2011)
    Proceedings of SPIE 7865, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XVI, 786515 (full paper)
  16. 16
    The role of local and global configuration for the visual word form processing in the occipitotemporal cortex
    Kao, C.H., Chen, C.C. (2010)
    Poster · the 40th Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
  17. 17
    Factors Affecting Chinese Compound Word Representation and Semantic Priming Effect
    Kao, C.H., Hue, C.W., Lu, C.C., Tseng, Y.H., Chen, Y.F., & Kou, Y.W. (2009)
    Paper · the 19th International Symposium on Theoretical & Applied Linguistics, Thessaloniki, Greece
  18. 18
    Detecting Character Position Transposed Chinese Words: A Study of Chinese version of Word Inferiority Effect
    Kao, C.H., Hue, C.W., Tseng, Y.H., Lo, M., Tsai, F.C. (2007)
    Paper · the 7th Biennial conference, Asian Association of Social Psychology, Sabah, Malaysia
  19. 19
    The detection and discrimination of linguistic stimuli in the foveal and the peripheral vision
    Kao, C.H., Chen, C.C. (2007)
    Poster · the 30th European Conference on Visual Perception, Arezzo, Italy
  20. 20
    Retinotopic representation in the fusiform gyrus: Evidence from the Chinese character processing
    Kao, C.H., Chen, C.C., Chen, D.Y., Hue, C.W., Chen, J.H. (2006)
    Workshop on Brain and Cognition, Taipei, Taiwan
  21. 21
    Character inversion effect in the human occipitotemporal regions: an fMRI study
    Kao, C.H., Chen, D.Y., Hue, C.W., Chen, J.H., Chen, C.C. (2006)
    Poster · the 26th Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA
  22. 22
    Word Inferiority Effect in Detecting Position Transposed Character Pairs
    Kao, C.H., Hue, C.W., Tsai, F.C., Lo, M., Chen, Y.F. (2005)
    Paper · Processing Chinese and Other East Asian Languages, Hong Kong, China
  23. 23
    The retinotopy of ventral occipital temporal complex with Chinese characters
    Kao, C.H., Chen, C.C., Chen, D.Y., Hue, C.W., Chen, J.H. (2005)
    International symposium on cerebral cortical organization and function, Taipei, Taiwan
  24. 24
    The retinotopy of ventral occipital complex: Evidence of Chinese characters
    Kao, C.H., Chen, C.C., Chen, D.Y., Hue, C.W., Chen, J.H. (2005)
    Poster · the 25th Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington D.C
  25. 25
    The role of the left fusiform gyrus in the processing of Chinese characters
    Kao, C.H., Hue, C.W., Chen, C.C., Chen, D.Y., Chen, J.H. (2004)
    Paper · the 24th Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA