Han&Smol
@kehan.bsky.social
Cognitive Psychologist & Neuroscientist | Asst Prof @NIBB JP
Science Writer on Gender Equality | Multilingual | Academia Returner
A monster raised in the struggle of Patriarchy
Science Writer on Gender Equality | Multilingual | Academia Returner
A monster raised in the struggle of Patriarchy
Not going to joke. Considering giving up academia if this paper does not get published this round. Too many things rely on this paper which got stuck in the system for 3 months. And if the outcome does not come on time, everything will be too late. ...And I just don't understand why ..
June 18, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Not going to joke. Considering giving up academia if this paper does not get published this round. Too many things rely on this paper which got stuck in the system for 3 months. And if the outcome does not come on time, everything will be too late. ...And I just don't understand why ..
These days I realised I might be a monster, who was raised in the struggles and trauma from the patriarchal world. But I'm not going to shut up. My feeling is valid, so as all the other Asian women.
April 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
These days I realised I might be a monster, who was raised in the struggles and trauma from the patriarchal world. But I'm not going to shut up. My feeling is valid, so as all the other Asian women.
Modeling Emotion needs context!
My first project since I moved to new institute #NIBB is now out as a preprint! doi.org/10.31219/osf...
A fun side project with real scientific impact! We tackle a classic emotion-modeling challenge by applying #LLMs with a context-driven twist.
My first project since I moved to new institute #NIBB is now out as a preprint! doi.org/10.31219/osf...
A fun side project with real scientific impact! We tackle a classic emotion-modeling challenge by applying #LLMs with a context-driven twist.
OSF
osf.io
January 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Modeling Emotion needs context!
My first project since I moved to new institute #NIBB is now out as a preprint! doi.org/10.31219/osf...
A fun side project with real scientific impact! We tackle a classic emotion-modeling challenge by applying #LLMs with a context-driven twist.
My first project since I moved to new institute #NIBB is now out as a preprint! doi.org/10.31219/osf...
A fun side project with real scientific impact! We tackle a classic emotion-modeling challenge by applying #LLMs with a context-driven twist.
(3) 🐱but one of the sweetest part to me of this paper, is that I managed to include my beloved cat Tiny, who passed away during this long publication journey, in the acknowledgments. Isn't this one of the few sparkling freedoms left in the drawing academia...
November 29, 2024 at 8:32 AM
(3) 🐱but one of the sweetest part to me of this paper, is that I managed to include my beloved cat Tiny, who passed away during this long publication journey, in the acknowledgments. Isn't this one of the few sparkling freedoms left in the drawing academia...
(2) 🔊 How do bilingual children process speech sounds? Our study of 138 Singapore kindergarteners reveals: phoneme identification skills remain stable regardless of their relative exposure to English vs Chinese.
November 29, 2024 at 8:31 AM
(2) 🔊 How do bilingual children process speech sounds? Our study of 138 Singapore kindergarteners reveals: phoneme identification skills remain stable regardless of their relative exposure to English vs Chinese.
🎮 Excited to share my new paper done with the awesome BLIPlab back in NTU Singapore! We made phoneme testing fun for children with our CROWN game - measuring how young bilinguals perceive speech sounds in Singapore. Studied 138 bilingual children! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #openscience
Phoneme identification in bilingual children in singapore – a preregistered investigation using the CROWN game
Phoneme identification is critically involved in alphabetic reading, and weak skills in phoneme perception are known to correspond to the development of reading skills in children around the age of...
tandfonline.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:30 AM
🎮 Excited to share my new paper done with the awesome BLIPlab back in NTU Singapore! We made phoneme testing fun for children with our CROWN game - measuring how young bilinguals perceive speech sounds in Singapore. Studied 138 bilingual children! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #openscience
How to fight after-lunch food coma? Here's my answer 🔽 A yoga mat in the lab is highly recommended 🧘♀️🔬 Quick stretches or power naps between meetings. Game changer. Share your energy boosters. Or energy killer, whatever. we don't have to be awake in the office anyways 💁♀️
August 1, 2024 at 12:34 PM
How to fight after-lunch food coma? Here's my answer 🔽 A yoga mat in the lab is highly recommended 🧘♀️🔬 Quick stretches or power naps between meetings. Game changer. Share your energy boosters. Or energy killer, whatever. we don't have to be awake in the office anyways 💁♀️
In this sense I feel Japan's cutoff line expresses a more relaxed research spirit, offering more chances to find everyone's true research enthusiasm. Now, as an early career researcher in this part of the world, I'm waiting for the outcome of my second, but in a way first own, project grant
But isn't it weird? After a PhD we are usually hired by someone else's project, yet still within 5 years we are expected to build up a big project of our own that can be qualified as an "early career" project... especially in some countries (like SG) only very few grants eligible for postdocs[2]
FB reminded me that 5 years ago today was my graduation day! So soon I've passed my "early career period" in some parts of the world... But before I "expired," I transferred to Japan, where an "early career researcher" was considered to be within 8 years of graduation. Phew~[1]
July 17, 2024 at 8:55 AM
In this sense I feel Japan's cutoff line expresses a more relaxed research spirit, offering more chances to find everyone's true research enthusiasm. Now, as an early career researcher in this part of the world, I'm waiting for the outcome of my second, but in a way first own, project grant
But isn't it weird? After a PhD we are usually hired by someone else's project, yet still within 5 years we are expected to build up a big project of our own that can be qualified as an "early career" project... especially in some countries (like SG) only very few grants eligible for postdocs[2]
FB reminded me that 5 years ago today was my graduation day! So soon I've passed my "early career period" in some parts of the world... But before I "expired," I transferred to Japan, where an "early career researcher" was considered to be within 8 years of graduation. Phew~[1]
July 17, 2024 at 8:49 AM
But isn't it weird? After a PhD we are usually hired by someone else's project, yet still within 5 years we are expected to build up a big project of our own that can be qualified as an "early career" project... especially in some countries (like SG) only very few grants eligible for postdocs[2]
FB reminded me that 5 years ago today was my graduation day! So soon I've passed my "early career period" in some parts of the world... But before I "expired," I transferred to Japan, where an "early career researcher" was considered to be within 8 years of graduation. Phew~[1]
July 17, 2024 at 8:45 AM
FB reminded me that 5 years ago today was my graduation day! So soon I've passed my "early career period" in some parts of the world... But before I "expired," I transferred to Japan, where an "early career researcher" was considered to be within 8 years of graduation. Phew~[1]
Today is like a Monday to me after a long weekend. This Monday was Umi no Hi (海の日) in Japan, established in 1996 for celebrating the sea. However, I spent my day in the "mountain" on a lead climbing trip ;) Guess will we have a "mountain's day" soon?
#UmiNoHi #JapaneseHolidays #ScientistsWhoClimb
#UmiNoHi #JapaneseHolidays #ScientistsWhoClimb
July 16, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Today is like a Monday to me after a long weekend. This Monday was Umi no Hi (海の日) in Japan, established in 1996 for celebrating the sea. However, I spent my day in the "mountain" on a lead climbing trip ;) Guess will we have a "mountain's day" soon?
#UmiNoHi #JapaneseHolidays #ScientistsWhoClimb
#UmiNoHi #JapaneseHolidays #ScientistsWhoClimb
Going to the #NEURO2024 日本神経科学大会in Fukuoka with the lab. No presentation this time, just enjoying my first conference in JP. Anyone? neuro2024.jnss.org
July 11, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Going to the #NEURO2024 日本神経科学大会in Fukuoka with the lab. No presentation this time, just enjoying my first conference in JP. Anyone? neuro2024.jnss.org
Reflecting on research in JP vs SG: While gender balance is a challenge here, the environment feels more liberal. Scientists express personalities freely. In SG, research felt like just another office job, but here it's a creative space. These small freedoms make a big difference. 🔬🇯🇵
Introducing our lab's pet, a bichir. Some labs here in my institute have lab pets, unrelated to research, just expressing researchers' hobbies. This cutie loves interacting with people. This add a personal touch, making the workspace feel alive. #LabLife #ScienceInJapan
July 10, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Reflecting on research in JP vs SG: While gender balance is a challenge here, the environment feels more liberal. Scientists express personalities freely. In SG, research felt like just another office job, but here it's a creative space. These small freedoms make a big difference. 🔬🇯🇵
Introducing our lab's pet, a bichir. Some labs here in my institute have lab pets, unrelated to research, just expressing researchers' hobbies. This cutie loves interacting with people. This add a personal touch, making the workspace feel alive. #LabLife #ScienceInJapan
July 10, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Introducing our lab's pet, a bichir. Some labs here in my institute have lab pets, unrelated to research, just expressing researchers' hobbies. This cutie loves interacting with people. This add a personal touch, making the workspace feel alive. #LabLife #ScienceInJapan
At first all I thought was that Japan must've done girls wrong. But now they're also actively supporting women in STEM. So complex situation: challenges, but also opportunities for change, and good change for women researchers ;)
Did you know while many developed countries struggle with boys underperforming in school, Japan faces the opposite situation. It's working to boost girls' performance and confidence in STEM subjects. Oufff/ And in PISA 2018, Japanese boys outscored girls by 10 points in math. #GenderEquality
July 9, 2024 at 2:26 AM
At first all I thought was that Japan must've done girls wrong. But now they're also actively supporting women in STEM. So complex situation: challenges, but also opportunities for change, and good change for women researchers ;)
Did you know while many developed countries struggle with boys underperforming in school, Japan faces the opposite situation. It's working to boost girls' performance and confidence in STEM subjects. Oufff/ And in PISA 2018, Japanese boys outscored girls by 10 points in math. #GenderEquality
July 9, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Did you know while many developed countries struggle with boys underperforming in school, Japan faces the opposite situation. It's working to boost girls' performance and confidence in STEM subjects. Oufff/ And in PISA 2018, Japanese boys outscored girls by 10 points in math. #GenderEquality
I’m back! Just a quick update I moved to JP, as SA Assistant Professor in National Institute for Basic Biology. Settled in well, PI is nice and supporting. Women researchers is a shockingly few as a biology institute, but hey this is my Asia, I knew how suck it is, I'm back to make the change I can
July 9, 2024 at 2:23 AM
I’m back! Just a quick update I moved to JP, as SA Assistant Professor in National Institute for Basic Biology. Settled in well, PI is nice and supporting. Women researchers is a shockingly few as a biology institute, but hey this is my Asia, I knew how suck it is, I'm back to make the change I can
Absolutely love all the European job posts that only post in their own languages. Very efficient way to send the information "we don't want to be international at all".
March 22, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Absolutely love all the European job posts that only post in their own languages. Very efficient way to send the information "we don't want to be international at all".
A beautiful sunny weekend morning, I'm writing review comments for a paper, doing volunteering work for journals that earn money from both authors and readers, being slaved for free by the academic system. Fuck this system.
January 21, 2024 at 4:43 AM
A beautiful sunny weekend morning, I'm writing review comments for a paper, doing volunteering work for journals that earn money from both authors and readers, being slaved for free by the academic system. Fuck this system.
New position day2. No red flag so far.
Looks like I can lay down for a bit but the other staff busy as fk (he emails me at 9pm) so maybe my good time won't be long.
The office is always shaking for some reason.
Anyways.
Looks like I can lay down for a bit but the other staff busy as fk (he emails me at 9pm) so maybe my good time won't be long.
The office is always shaking for some reason.
Anyways.
January 11, 2024 at 3:24 AM
New position day2. No red flag so far.
Looks like I can lay down for a bit but the other staff busy as fk (he emails me at 9pm) so maybe my good time won't be long.
The office is always shaking for some reason.
Anyways.
Looks like I can lay down for a bit but the other staff busy as fk (he emails me at 9pm) so maybe my good time won't be long.
The office is always shaking for some reason.
Anyways.
Google Scholar: Stand on the shoulder of giants!
-But not for free, pay for very expensive ladders first.
They forgot this second line.
-But not for free, pay for very expensive ladders first.
They forgot this second line.
January 11, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Google Scholar: Stand on the shoulder of giants!
-But not for free, pay for very expensive ladders first.
They forgot this second line.
-But not for free, pay for very expensive ladders first.
They forgot this second line.
Hello, alternative world?
December 5, 2023 at 8:41 AM
Hello, alternative world?