Yiyang Chen, Ph.D.
Full-Time Faculty, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Education:
- Ph.D. The Ohio State University
- M.A. The Ohio State University
- B.S. Peking University
Professional Interests
Yiyang Chen, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at NSU's College of Psychology. She specializes in cognitive modeling, Bayesian statistics, and hierarchical methods. Her research examines how people perceive the world, remember information, reason through problems, and make decisions. She develops and applies cognitive and decision-making models to understand the mental mechanisms underlying these processes.
Dr. Chen also develops methods for data-limited research. Data in empirical studies often face practical constraints such as small sample sizes, limited observations per participant, and confounding factors. These limitations can undermine the utility of data and the robustness of conclusions. To address this, Dr. Chen’s research seeks to use statistical and computational methods to maximize the information extracted from limited data, improving their value for psychological research.
Dr. Chen received her bachelor’s degree in Statistics from Peking University, China. She earned her Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology at The Ohio State University, where she developed Bayesian hierarchical models to characterize group and individual differences in attention, memory, and motivation. Before arriving at Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Chen worked as a Statistician in Clinical Psychology at the University of Kansas and a Postdoctoral Fellow in Cognitive Psychology at Indiana University.
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