FIELD APPLICATION · RESPONSIBLE TRANSFER

The laboratory is not the destination.

Research becomes useful when a signal can support the next decision—without losing the limits, context, or uncertainty that made the evidence trustworthy.

Understand → validate → individualise → apply → verify transfer.

Researchers interpreting an athlete's neural signals — A signal begins the decision; it does not finish it.

Researchers and coaches discussing measurement results — Evidence returns to the coach, athlete, and task.

TRANSFER PATH

The work begins after the signal is measured.

FIG. 05 · LAB—FIELD—VERIFY

After a method enters the field, return to the sporting outcome for verification.

Conceptual workflow, not causal evidence. Field use does not establish efficacy.

FIG. 05 · FROM EVIDENCE TO DECISIONA research finding moves through validation and field use, then returns to verification.Schematic; the return line marks verification, not a causal effect.

Application does not end at delivery; it returns to verification to test what remains useful.

01FROM EVIDENCE TO ACTION

One chain of reasoning, across different performance settings.

The technology changes. The responsibility does not: define the question, identify a useful signal, train a response, and test it where performance matters.

01 · NATIONAL-TEAM SUPPORT A sport-science researcher discussing evidence with practitioners

Research that can enter a coach–athlete conversation.

Work at the Taiwan Institute of Sports Science supports national-team athletes through collaboration with the Taiwan Sports Training Center. EEG and HRV are interpreted in relation to the athlete, task, training phase, and coaching question—not as isolated scores.

See athlete application

02 · RESEARCH COLLABORATION Researchers defining a shared performance question

Shared questions before shared equipment.

Academic and technology collaborations begin by clarifying the performance problem, the decision the evidence should support, and the limits of the proposed measurement.

Inspect funded projects

03 · SCIENCE TRANSLATION Ming-Yang Cheng inviting students to respond during a sport and brain science session at Wenfu Elementary School

Evidence should remain legible outside the laboratory.

Workshops, talks, public writing, and method development make complex signals understandable without turning a hypothesis, testimony, or field case into stronger evidence than it is.

Explore Brainfield

02DOCUMENTED TRANSLATION

Roles and applications, with the evidence kept in view.

INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMMETaiwan national-team support

Inter-centre collaboration connects sport-science research with athlete service, coach communication, and the practical constraints of elite training.

HOME INSTITUTIONTaiwan Institute of Sports Science ATHLETE SERVICETaiwan Sports Training Center

FOUNDING ROLE · GERMANYneuro11 · co-founder and scientific lead

During neuro11’s German EXIST-funded founding and R&D phase, Cheng served as co-founder, Director of Science, and principal method developer, contributing to the early scientific and training framework. The company subsequently reported applications with Liverpool FC, adidas athletes, and the U.S. Men’s National Team. Cheng’s documented contribution concerns the founding phase and early methodology development; the cited records document the company’s later work.

PUBLIC RECORD · COMPANY’S SUBSEQUENT APPLICATIONLiverpool FC · official report PUBLIC RECORD · COMPANY’S SUBSEQUENT APPLICATIONadidas athletes · newsroom record MEDIA REPORT · COMPANY’S SUBSEQUENT APPLICATIONU.S. Men’s National Team · public report

RESEARCH NETWORKQuestions move through institutions and disciplines

Education, research, and professional exchange connect the programme with universities in Taiwan, Germany, and the United States. The concise directory below records those connections; it does not imply one formal consortium or blanket institutional endorsement.

TAIWAN · TAIPEINational Taiwan Normal University TAIWAN · TAIPEINational Taiwan University TAIWAN · KAOHSIUNGKaohsiung Medical University TAIWAN · TAIPEIUniversity of Taipei TAIWAN · HSINCHUNational Tsing Hua University TAIWAN · KAOHSIUNGNational Sun Yat-sen University TAIWAN · TAINANNational Cheng Kung University GERMANY · BIELEFELDBielefeld University GERMANY · LEIPZIGLeipzig University GERMANY · MAINZJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz UNITED STATES · INDIANAPurdue University UNITED STATES · MARYLANDUniversity of Maryland, College Park

RESEARCH · APPLICATION · CONVERSATION

Begin with a question.

Share the context and the question; then we can define the next step.

Contact Dr. Cheng