DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY
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Researcher
: Au KC |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Au K.C.
and Lau I.Y.M., Looking from a
distance to avoid setting short-sighted: Two ways of debiasing the myopic
perception of imposing deadlines in negotiation., Poster Presented at the
8th Annual Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, |
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Leung K., Au K.C., Huang X., Kurman J., Niit T. and Niit K.K., Social axioms and values: A cross-cultural examination., European Journal of Personality. 2007, 21(2): 91-111. |
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Researcher
: Au TKF |
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Project Title: |
Rules to read by: building on bilingual children's phonological awareness |
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Investigator(s): |
Au TKF |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
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Start Date: |
11/2002 |
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Abstract: |
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To study if bilingual children's advantage in phonological awareness become part of a solution for helping them learn to read English better. |
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Project Title: |
Folkbiology meets microbiology: a study of conceptual and behavioral change |
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Investigator(s): |
Au TKF, Chi I, Chan SSC, Chan CKK |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
09/2003 |
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Abstract: |
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To explore whether helping children and older adults build a coherent theory of colds/flu will help them reason more deeply and sensibly about cold/flu risks and practice more effective prevention, thereby reducing the number of cold/flu episodes; to address a fundamental issue in conceptual change: Can an entreched belief system (e.g., folkbiology of infection) coexist with a new one (e.g., microbiology of infection)? Or does the old resist the new? If so, does the degree of entrechment matter? To find out whether helping learners build a coherent theory of infection is better than asking learners to memorize a list of dos and don'ts--not only in reasoning about the colds/flu risks in everyday life situations, but also in terms of actual colds/flu prevention behaviors and health outcomes. |
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Project Title: |
Phonological Representations of Children with Dyslexia |
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Investigator(s): |
Au TKF, Kidd JC, Ho CSH |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
01/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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Developmental dyslexia affects about 10% of the population worldwide. It impedes academic achievement and indirectly puts children's psychological well-being at risk. While research to date has revealed the importance of phonological processing skills in reading development, no attempt has yet been made to identify what causes poor phonological processing skills in Chinese dyslexia. With so many children (and adults) worldwide learning to read and write in Chinese, finding ways to help the 10% afflicted with Chinese dyslexia by identifying its root causes would be a worthwhile endeavour. Objective #1This project will examine a candidate cause, namely, indistinct or poorly specified phonological representations for words in order to look for the root causes of dyslexia. We will test the Phonological Representation Hypothesis-which has received some support in alphabetical languages such as English and Danish-in order to better understand dyslexia in Chinese (a logographic language). The proposed research can inform us whether the underlying causes of phonological skill deficits observed in children with dyslexia are language-specific or similar across languages despite fundamentally different writing systems (i.e., alphabetical vs. logographic).Objective #2We will develop new assessment tools to test the Phonological Representation Hypothesis. Current diagnostic tools for Chinese dyslexia are not only indirect but also cannot reliably diagnose children much younger than age 7 years. By contrast, our proposed phonological representation tasks are designed for use with very young children to facilitate early diagnosis and intervention. |
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Project Title: |
Enriching the language environment of children learning a second language |
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Investigator(s): |
Au TKF, Cheung MWL |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
11/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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In a 2-year longitudinal experiment, we will explore effective and feasible ways to offer such input in L2 education using audio-recordings. This project can inform us on how such exposure (be it through incidental overhearing or deliberate listening) may help children speak an L2 with a more native-like accent. (1) Does passive exposure to native speakers help children speak a non-native language/dialect with a better accent? We will offer children who are learning a non-native language/dialect regular exposure to native speakers' speech via audio-recordings to see if such input can improve the children's L2 accent. (2) Are there measurable benefits for both deliberate listening and incidental exposure? This project will evaluate two ways of using such teaching tools: incidental exposure versus deliberate listening. Songs and audio-storybook in the target languages will be presented as ambient sounds in the classroom to offer incidental exposure. Take-home listening assignments will be used to offer deliberate listening opportunities. |
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Project Title: |
Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and Dyslexia |
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Investigator(s): |
Au TKF, Kidd JC, Ho CSH, Wong AMY |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
03/2007 |
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Abstract: |
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Developmental dyslexia is a profound and
persistent difficulty acquiring reading skills. Dyslexia presents in
approximately 4-10% of individuals who have IQ in the normal range, have been
given adequate reading instruction and learning opportunities, and have no
obvious sensory or neurobiological impairments (Lyon, 1995; Snowling, 2000).
Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is a developmental disorder that manifests
as a profound difficulty acquiring expressive and receptive spoken language
skills such as grammar and vocabulary. Like dyslexia, SLI occurs in
approximately 4-10% of the population, and occurs in the absence of obvious
cognitive, behavioral or environmental deficiencies (Bishop, 1997). Since
dyslexia and SLI were first recognized about four decades ago, empirical and
clinical investigation of each has been conducted largely in isolation.
However, it is becoming increasingly apparent that there could be overlap
between these two disorders. Particularly noteworthy is the finding that the
majority of children diagnosed with either SLI or dyslexia have marked
difficulties with phonological processing: knowledge about the sounds of
language, and the ability to explicitly think about and manipulate language
sounds. Indeed, evidence of poor phonological processing is an important part
of the diagnostic criteria for both disorders-even though dyslexia focuses on
reading difficulty, and SLI focuses on difficulty with spoken language. This
connection has raised the very important question of whether dyslexia and SLI
are products of the same underlying etiology rather than discrete disorders.
This question has in turn raised the issues of whether expressive and/or
receptive language problems ought to be incorporated into the diagnostic
definition of dyslexia, and whether such problems could be used to assess
preschool children's risk for developing dyslexia when they learn to read
later. If this proves to be the case, an SLI diagnosis during the preschool
years could have important implication for proactive and early intervention
for children at risk for dyslexia. A logical first step in this investigation
is to examine the likelihood that a child with a diagnosis of dyslexia will
also fit the clinical criteria for SLI and vice versa-that is, to examine the
co-morbidity of the two disorders. If the co-morbidity rate is high, it will
make sense to look for possible common underlying mechanism leading to SLI
and dyslexia. McArthur, Hogben, Edwards, Heath and Mengler (2000) showed
that, of a sample of 110 children with an existing diagnosis of dyslexia, 61 (55%)
could equally fit the criteria for SLI. Meanwhile, of 102 children with an
existing diagnosis of SLI, 52 (51%) also fitted the criteria for dyslexia.
This co-morbidity rate is far higher than would be expected by chance (i.e.,
4 to 10% of prevalence in the general population for each disorder),
suggesting a common etiology. Given the clinical and theoretical significance
of a possible co-morbidity of dyslexia and SLI, we need more data on this.
Moreover, the study by McArthur et al. (2000) was conducted in English-no
study has yet attempted to examine the co-morbidity of dyslexia and SLI in a
non-alphabetical language. Cantonese Chinese is an especially interesting
test case for filling this gap in our knowledge about dyslexia and SLI.
Cantonese is a dialect of Chinese and, as such, does not have its own
orthography. Standard written Chinese-with a non-alphabetical
orthography-aligns itself with Mandarin (also known as Putonghua, or the
"common dialect") rather than a regional dialect such as Cantonese.
When Cantonese-speaking children learn to read Chinese text, they can sound
out the Chinese characters in Cantonese. But to understand written Chinese,
they will need to translate the text written in a grammar and vocabulary
aligned primarily with Mandarin Chinese into Cantonese Chinese. The efforts
required in such translation (from Mandarin grammar and vocabulary into
Cantonese grammar vocabulary) must make it harder for Cantonese-speaking
children to learn to read, compared to Mandarin-speaking children. Given the
demand that learning to read Chinese places on spoken language skills in
Cantonese-speaking children, it seems reasonable to predict that the
co-morbidity rate of SLI and dyslexia would be much higher in Hong Kong than
in other countries where spoken and written language are more closely
aligned. Therefore, the primary goal of the proposed study is to estimate the
co-morbidity of dyslexia and SLI in Cantonese-speaking |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Au
T.K.F., From Hearing to Speaking: Does
Passive Exposure to Native-speakers’ Input Help Young L2 Learners Speak
Better? , Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child
Development, |
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Au
T.K.F., Oh J.S., Knightly L.M., Jun S.A. and
Romo L.F., Salvaging a Childhood Language, Poster presented at the Society
for Research in Child Development, |
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Nadeem E., Romo L.F., Sigman M., Lefkowitz
E.S. and Au T.K.F., The
Validity of Observational Measures in Detecting Optimal Maternal
Communication Styles: Evidence from European Americans and Latinos. , Journal
of Research on Adolescence. |
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Researcher
: Blowers GH |
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Project Title: |
The social
construction of psychological knowledge in |
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Investigator(s): |
Blowers GH |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
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Start Date: |
11/2003 |
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Abstract: |
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To investigate some problems in the
construction of psychological knowledge in |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Blowers
G.H., Cheung
B.T. and Han R., Models of psychological practice in China: An Analysis
of the Content of Chinese Psychology Journals (1922-1945), The First Joint
Meeting of the International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social
Sciences and The European Society for the History of the Human Sciences,
University College, Dublin, Ireland, June 25-29, 2007. |
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Blowers
G.H., Oedipus in Asia and the Resistance to
Psychoanalysis, The Chinese-German Congress on Psychotherapy, |
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Researcher
: Chan FSF |
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Project Title: |
Locomotion and assessment: new perspectives on Chinese self-regulatory competencies |
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Investigator(s): |
Chan FSF, Chiu CY |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
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Start Date: |
11/2002 |
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Abstract: |
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To validate a Chinese translation of the regulatory mode questionnaire; to map out the relationship between these two dimensions and some pertinent psychological factors, such as self-esteem, self-consciousness, need for closure, achievement motivation, persistence; to base on the findings, further delineating the nature and theoretical significance of the self-regulation competencies in local culture. |
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Project Title: |
Getting stuck and fitting in: a cross-cultural perspective on how perceived occupational immobility creates a reliance on personality factors in job success predictions |
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Investigator(s): |
Chan FSF |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
09/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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Previous research has shown that compared to Westerners, Easterners consider personality factors to be less important in social judgment. Based on a social belief framework, we argue that Easterners may reply more heavily on personality fit in making job success judgments than do Westerners. We also contend that such cross-cultural difference arises from the perceived occupational immobility and the relative malleability of personality versusthe society in Chinese and East Asian societies. Accordingly, Easterners feel that they need to change their to match the personality expectations from their profession, rendering personality-profession fit an important factor to be considered in Easterners' job success predictions. In the current program of research, which consists of 5 main studies and 2 supplementary studies, we seek to provide evidence for these ideas. The proposed project will extend our previous works on the relationship of social belief and cultural cognition, and provide insights on the psychological effects of perceived occupational immobility, which is a topic of enormous practical importance for the successful restructuring of the economy and redeployment of human resources in a rapidly globalized labor market. |
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Project Title: |
Identifying the best job-person fit: a cross-cultural study |
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Investigator(s): |
Chan FSF |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
09/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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To investigate the roles played by qualification, personality and implicit beliefs in predicting job success. The project will provide insights on the psychological effects of perceived occupational immobility and job-person fit on job success predictions, a topic of enormous practical implications for the successful restructuring of the redeployment of human resources in a rapidly globalized labor market. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Chan N.M., Ho I.T.F. and Ku Y.L., Epistemological beliefs and critical thinking among Chinese students, International Congress of Applied Psychology. 2006. |
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Ku Y.L., Ho I.T.F. and Chan N.M., Dimensions of critical thinking disposition and their effects on critical thinking performance, International Congress of Applied Psychology. 2006. |
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Researcher
: Cheng C |
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Project Title: |
Cultural differences in adaptation to the changing environment: A cultural-moderational model of coping flexibility |
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Investigator(s): |
Cheng C |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
01/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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To expand the scope of the current conceptualization of coping flexibility from an intra-personal to an interpersonal perspective; to formulate a new conceptual model to explicate cultural differences in coping flexibility and why such cultural differences exist; to develop and validate the various constructs of the proposed model; to adopt a multimethod approach for testing the assumptions and hypotheses of the new model with sophisticated methods. |
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Project Title: |
The Role of Dialectical Thinking in Flexible Coping |
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Investigator(s): |
Cheng C |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
10/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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Purpose of Proposed Project The proposed
project will seek to explore the cognitive underpinning underlying flexible
coping processes. Dialectical thinking style is proposed to be a cognitive
mechanism underlying coping flexibility. Dialectical thinking is a cognitive
style characterized by a set of principles related to dialectic perspectives
on change, contradiction, and meaning of events (see e.g., Basseches, 1984;
Peng, Spencer-Rodgers, & Nian, 2006). Two studies will be conducted to
address this unexplored issue. The major aim of Study 1 will examine the
hypothesized link between dialectical thinking and coping flexibility in a
cross-sectional design. Study 2 will seek to clarify the direction of this
link in an experimental setting. Key Issues and Problems Being Addressed Most
previous studies examined the personality characteristics and psychological
consequences related to coping flexibility, but not much effort has been made
in exploring the cognitive underpinnings of coping flexibility. The
mechanisms underlying flexible coping processes thus remained unknown.
Exploring the thinking style that influences coping flexibility may help to
distinguish flexible copers from inflexible ones, thus enhancing the
explanatory and predictive power of findings. In addition, most existing
studies have adopted only questionnaires in a cross-sectional design, thus
leaving the direction of relationships among the variables unknown. The
experimental approach can fill this gap by manipulating the cognitive
variables and examining possible changes in behaviors in response to these
manipulations. The cognitive variables that constitute such behavioral
changes can be clarified in a laboratory setting. References Basseches, M.
(1984). Dialectical thinking and adult development. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Cheng
C., Cultural differences in subjective
well-being: Work by the international network of well-being studies (INOWS), 64th
Annual Convention of the International Council of Psychologists, |
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Cheng C., First Prize, Best Conference Paper Award, 4th International Annual Conference on International Society of Chinese Applied Psychology. 2006. |
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Cheng C., Yang F., Jun S. and Hutton J.M., Flexible Coping Psychotherapy For Functional Dyspeptic Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Psychosomatic Medicine. 2007, 69: 81-88. |
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Cheng
C., Flexible coping therapy for Chinese
functional dyspeptic patients, 4th International Annual Conference on
International Society of Chinese Applied Psychology, |
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Cheng
C., Interpersonal flexibility and adaptation
to life changes, 18th Annual Convention of the Association for
Psychological |
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Cheng
C., Journal of Psychology in Chinese
Societies. |
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Cheng C., Wong W. and Tsang K.W.T., Perception Of Benefits And Costs During SARS Outbreak: An 18-month Prospective Study, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 2006, 74: 870-879. |
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Researcher
: Cheng RWY |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Cheng R.W.Y. and Lam S.F., Self construal and comparison effects, British Journal of Educational Psychology. 2007, 77: 197-211. |
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Lam
S.F. and Cheng R.W.Y.,
Special education in |
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Researcher
: Cheung BT |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Blowers
G.H., Cheung B.T. and Han
R., Models of psychological practice in China: An Analysis of the Content of
Chinese Psychology Journals (1922-1945), The First Joint Meeting of the
International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences and
The European Society for the History of the Human Sciences, University
College, Dublin, Ireland, June 25-29, 2007. |
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Researcher
: Cheung MWL |
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Project Title: |
A multi-method approach to evaluate the effectiveness of the statistical methods on controlling response bias |
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Investigator(s): |
Cheung MWL |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
02/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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To evaluate the effectiveness of these statistical methods on controlling response bias via multiple methods; first, the appropriateness and the effectiveness of the current practices on controlling response bias will be evaluated. This provides concrete evidence to support whether it is useful to adjust for response bias or not. Second, the best method in controlling response bias will be determined through computer simulation and real data analysis. The best method can then be recommended to researchers to handle data contaminated with response bias. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Researcher
: Cheung SH |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Chung S.T.L., Jarvis S.H. and Cheung S.H., The effect of dioptric blur on reading performance, Vision Research. 2007, 47(12): 1584-1594. |
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Yu D., Cheung S.H., Legge G.E. and Chung S.T.L., Effect of letter spacing on visual span and reading speed, Journal of Vision. 2007, 7(2):2: 1-10. |
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Researcher
: Chung KKH |
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Project Title: |
Temporal processing and cognitive processing in Chinese dyslexic children: behavioral and electrophysiological investigation |
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Investigator(s): |
Chung KKH, Ho CSH |
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Department: |
Education Faculty |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
09/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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To evaluate the role of perceptual processing via auditory and visual temporal processing and cognitive processing play in the development of reading difficulties; to investigate the extent to which the auditory and visual temporal processing are related to visual/orthographic and phonological/morphological processing in dyslexic children; identify the profiles of developmental dyslexia in Chinese language; to use electrophysiological measures (event-related potentials - ERPs) to investigate various perceptual and cognitive aspects of the attentive and pre-attentive processes that underlie dyslexia. |
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Project Title: |
Dyslexia in learning English as a second language |
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Investigator(s): |
Chung KKH |
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Department: |
Education Faculty |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
01/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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The present project is the first one to focus on how Chinese dyslexics learn English as L2. The main purpose of the present study concerns the following questions: 1) Do Chinese dyslexic children have difficulties in learning to read and write English as L2? 2) To what extent are the underlying cognitive and linguisitc skills in L1 and L2 different? 3) What are the typical profiles of Chinese dyslexic learners learning L2? and 4) How learners' affective and socio-contextual factors including home literacy support and practices affect both L1 and L2 acquisition success and failure? |
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Researcher
: Hayes A |
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Project Title: |
An experimental investigation of coding of multi-scale structure of natural images by the human visual system |
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Investigator(s): |
Hayes A |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Research Initiation Programme |
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Start Date: |
02/2002 |
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Abstract: |
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To investigate the relationship between 'local phase' descriptions of natural images and known properties of cortical neurones, building of the investigator's (and other investigators') 'wavelet' descriptions of visual coding. |
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Project Title: |
Human perception of global form and global motion in both the image plane (fronto-parallel) and the stereo-depth plane, using random dipole patterns ('Glass patterns') and random dot kinematograms |
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Investigator(s): |
Hayes A, |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
09/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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To investigate in human vision spatial and temporal mechanisms that globally integrate locally derived spatial and temporal information in the image plane and in the stereo-depth plane. |
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Project Title: |
An investigation of the independence of mental rotation and viewpoint-dependent object recognition |
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Investigator(s): |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
09/2003 |
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Abstract: |
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To establish the psychophysical boundaries for independence between mental rotation and viewpoint-dependent object recognition; to show distinct patterns of cortical activation using BOLD fMRI signal for mental rotation and viewpoint-dependent object recognition |
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Project Title: |
Understanding cross-race deficits in face recognition |
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Investigator(s): |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
01/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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To determine whether participants in Hong Kong, Switzerland, and Australia show the cross-race recognition deficit; to examine whether participants are relatively impaired in their use of configural information in other-race face recognition; to examine whether participants are relatively impaired in their use of holistic information in other-race face recognition; to investigate the nature of part-based representations of other-race faces. |
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Project Title: |
Is object recognition influenced by stereoscopic depth? |
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Investigator(s): |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
01/2007 |
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Abstract: |
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(1) Determine the role of quantitative and qualitative shape variables on the influence of stereo depth cues on viewpoint generalization in object recognition. (2) Determine the role of quantitative and qualitative spatial relations on the influence of stereo depth cues on viewpoint generalization in object recognition. (3) Examine the role of familiarity in influencing stereo depth usage by object recognition processes. (4) Investigate whether interpretations of silhouettes become more constrained when silhouettes are depicted in 3-D. |
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Project Title: |
Viewpoint dependence in repetition blindness |
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Investigator(s): |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
01/2007 |
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Abstract: |
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Purpose: Many studies of object recognition have shown that rotating an object after learning its appearance makes it more difficult to recognize. This finding has led to object recognition theories proposing that internal representations of objects encode the viewpoint with which it is perceived. Recently, however, Harris and Dux (2005) have shown that rotating an object does not affect the size of repetition blindness, a phenomenon in which the second presentation of an object is difficult to detect in a rapid stream of images. If object representations were viewpoint-specific, one would expect repetition blindness to be relieved by rotation of the object, but Harris and Dux's results suggest that this prediction is not true. The purpose of the current proposal is to determine the nature of viewpoint invariance in the repetition blindness task. Objectives: Use the paradigm of repetition blindness to test viewpoint dependence of 1. familiar objects rotated in the picture plane. 2. previously unfamiliar objects rotated in the picture plane and in depth. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Favelle S.K., Hayward W.G., Burke D. and Palmisano S., The role of configural information across changes in object orientation., Perception and Psychophysics. 2006, 68: 1254-1263. |
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Hayward
W.G., Zhou G., |
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Hayward W.G., Is human object recognition based on views?, National University of Singapore. 2006. |
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Hayward W.G., Repetition blindness is viewpoint invariant except when its viewpoint invariant, University of Auckland. 2006. |
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Hayward W.G., Stereoscopic depth reduces viewpoint costs in object recognition but only in the absence of qualitative shape cues. , Asian Conference on Vision. 2006. |
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McKone E., Brewer J.L., MacPherson S., Rhodes G. and Hayward W.G., A holistic processing deficit for other-race faces: Can it be overcome with familiarity? , Perception. 2007, 36: 224-248. |
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Zhao M., Zhou G., Mou W., Hayward W.G. and Owen C.B., Spatial updating during locomotion does not eliminate viewpoint-dependent visual object processing. , Visual Cognition. 2007, 15: 402-419. |
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Researcher
: Ho CSH |
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Project Title: |
Developing an assessment battery for identification and diagnostic testing of secondary school students with specific learning difficulties in Hong Kong |
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Investigator(s): |
Ho CSH |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Quality Education Fund |
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Start Date: |
09/2004 |
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Abstract: |
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To investigate the cognitive profiles involved in reading performance among students with and without previous diagnosis of dyslexia; to construct test materials; to establish local norms for the assessment battery. |
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Project Title: |
Longitudinal predictors of literacy problems in Chinese children at family risk of developmental dyslexia |
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Investigator(s): |
Ho CSH, Leung MT |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
09/2004 |
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Abstract: |
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To find out the longitudinal predictors of dyslexia in Chinese; to examine the genetic risk of dyslexia of Chinese children. |
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Project Title: |
Syntactic Awareness of Chinese Dyslexic Children and Adolescents: Difficulties Beyond Word Level Processing |
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Investigator(s): |
Ho CSH |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
03/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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Generally speaking, around 5 to 10
percent of the school population in a country has developmental dyslexia, a
severe and persistent difficulty in reading and spelling, which is not a
result of any apparent intrinsic or extrinsic causes. Untimely and
inappropriate intervention often results in learning, emotional, and
behavioural problems in these children. Investigations into the literacy and
cognitive difficulties of these children would help educators to design
appropriate intervention programmes.Research in the area of developmental
dyslexia has been focused on these children's difficulties at word level
processing (e.g., word reading, word spelling, phonological processing
skills, visual-orthographic skills, and morphological skills). Phonological
deficit has been found to be the core cause of dyslexia in readers of
alphabetic languages. Over 60% of dyslexic individuals in a British sample
reported that their disabilities persisted into adult life (Fawcett, 2003).
Although some adult dyslexic readers, espeically those with high cognitive
functioning and intensive remedial support, do develop adequate sight
vocabulary reading by utilizing some compensatory strategies, their problems
in spelling, word decoding, and reading comprehension still persist (Hatcher,
Snowling, & Griffiths). Text level processing may become a major problem
for dyslexic readers at higher grades.Orthographic and morphological deficits
have been found to be important cognitive contributors to Chinese dyslexia
for children in lower primary grades (Ho et al., 2002, 2004; Luan, 2005).
However, preliminary data of an ongoing local project show that these
word-level cognitive skills are less important for Chinse dyslexic
adolescents (Chung et al., in preparation). This leads me to think that the
major hurdle of more matured dyslexic readers may be some difficulties beyond
the word level. This proposed study will examine the role of syntactic
awareness, a text-level metalinguistic awareness, in Chinese developmental
dyslexia. Syntactic awareness is "the cognizance of grammatical patterns
or structures" (Harris & Hodges, 1995), e.g., the pattern or
structure of word order in sentences and phrases. This awareness should be
important for reading comprehension.The popular Phonological Deficit
Hypothesis has been challenged by the Verbal Deficit Hypothesis which was
first proposed by Vellutino (1979). The idea that a broader range of language
skills beyond phonology may contribute to the development of reading is
supported by the findings of Nation and Snowling's (2004) five-year
longitudinal study with ordinary children. Other studies also provide
supporting evidence by showing that early language measures in children at
familial risk for dyslexia are the best predictor of their later literacy
development (e.g., Gallagher, Frith, & Snowling, 2000; Lyytinen, et al.,
2004). Among the vaious early language skills, |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Chan D.W., Ho C.S.H., Tsang S.-.M., Lee S.-.H.
and Chung K.K.-.H., Prevalence, gender ratio, and gender differences in
reading-related cognitive abilities among Chinese children with dyslexia in |
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Chung, K., Ho C.S.H., Chan and D., Tsang, S.-.M., Lee, S.-.H., The Hong Kong Test of Specific Learning Difficulties in Reading and Writing for Junior Secondary School Students (HKT-JS), Hong Kong: Hong Kong Specific Learning Difficulties Research Team. 2007. |
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Ho C.S.H., Leung M.T. and Cheung H., Early language difficulties of Chinese preschool children at familial risk for dyslexia, The 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Vancouver, Canada. 2006. |
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Ho
C.S.H., From prevention to intervention:
Testing the tired intervention model in Chinese dyslexic children, Invited
Speech at the 2nd RIKEN BSI and Oxford-Kobe International Conference, |
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Ho C.S.H., Chan D.W., Chung K.K.-.H., Lee S.-.H. and Tsang S.-.M., In search of subtypes of Chinese developmental dyslexia, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 2007, 97: 61-83. |
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Ho C.S.H., Chan, D., Lee S.-.H. and Tsang, S.-.M., Chung, K., Learning Passport, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Specific Learning Difficulties Research Team. 2007. |
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Ho C.S.H., Leung, K.N.-.K., Cheung H. and Leung, M.-.T., Chou, C.H.-.N., The Hong Kong Reading and Writing Behaviour Checklist for Adults, Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 2007. |
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Ho C.S.H., Chan, D., Chung, K. and Tsang, S.-.M., Lee, S.-.H., Cheng, R.W.-.Y., The Hong Kong Test of Specific Learning Difficulties in Reading and Writing for Primary School Students-Second Edition [HKT-P(II)], Hong Kong: Hong Kong Specific Learning Difficulties Research Team. 2007. |
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Researcher
: Ho ITF |
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Project Title: |
Effective strategies for social-communication intervention among young autistic children |
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Investigator(s): |
Ho ITF |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Quality Education Fund |
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Start Date: |
09/2004 |
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Abstract: |
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To carry out effective strategies for social-communication intervention among young autistic children. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Chan N.M., Ho I.T.F. and Ku Y.L., Epistemological beliefs and critical thinking among Chinese students, International Congress of Applied Psychology. 2006. |
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Hau K.T., Ho I.T.F. and Salili F., Effects of self- and task-related cognitions on Chinese students' achievement goal orientation, International Congress of Applied Psychology. 2006. |
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Hau K.T., Ho I.T.F. and Ku Y.L., Predicting Chinese students' critical thinking performance: Critical thinking self-concept, verbal ability, personality, and need for cognition, Fourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference. 2006. |
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Hau K.T., Ho I.T.F. and Ku Y.L., The role of feedback in the self-concept-achievement relationship: Insights from a study on critical thinking, American Educational Research Annual Conference. 2007. |
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Ho I.T.F., Sum Lee E., Cheung Y.M., Chow Y.K. and Lee Y.M., Assessment of classroom and social adjustment of pupils with autism spectrum disorder, Education Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong SAR, 2007. |
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Ho I.T.F., How to improve social skills training programs for ASD children, The Spastics Association of Hong Kong. 2006. |
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Ho I.T.F., Social subgroups of children with autism: A Hong Kong Study, 2nd World Autism Congress and Exhibition. 2006. |
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Ku Y.L., Ho I.T.F. and Chan N.M., Dimensions of critical thinking disposition and their effects on critical thinking performance, International Congress of Applied Psychology. 2006. |
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Researcher
: Ho MY |
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Project Title: |
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Investigator(s): |
Ho MY, Chan CLW, Wong AMP |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
The |
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Start Date: |
06/2001 |
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Abstract: |
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To investigate the effectiveness of commonly used counseling approaches in Hong Kong and in the mainland; to develop evidence-based indigenous approach of counseling; to investigate and develop some indigenous approach of counseling compatible to and compatible with exiting Western models, to organize range of activities such as seminars, conferences, symposiums and publications. |
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Project Title: |
Belief in emotional processing after trauma: a comparison among Hong Kong, Beijing, and USA |
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Investigator(s): |
Ho MY |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
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Start Date: |
11/2004 |
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Abstract: |
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To develop a common instrument to measure the belief in emotional processing after a traumatic event among participants in Hong Kong, Beijing and New York; to examine the variation in the belief in emotional processing after experiencing a traumatic event among three culturally distinct cities, viz. Hong Kong, Beijing, and New York. |
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Project Title: |
Cognitive and emotional deficits of chronically bereaved individuals in Hong Kong |
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Investigator(s): |
Ho MY, Chan CLW |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
01/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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To enhance our understanding of the cognitive and emotional deficits of chronically grieved individuals, with the results being to inform new directions in clinical intervention. Specifically, it aims at comparing chronically grieved versus resiliently bereaved versus non-bereaved adults on: (1) their mental representation of their spouse (deceased/living) and other contemporary attachment figures, and possible deficits in their ability to gain comfort (positive affect) from these attachment representations; (2) their ability to shift from negative to positive emotion, and their ability to flexibly regulate the expression and suppression of emotion. |
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Project Title: |
Why People Report Positive Changes after Cancer Diagnosis? A Study on the Relationship between Attributional Style and Posttraumatic Growth among Cancer Patients |
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Investigator(s): |
Ho MY, Ho JWC, Sham JST, Ngan HYS, Kwong YL |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
01/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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This study investigates the cognitive process of people reporting positive changes after the diagnosis of cancer. Its primary objective is to examine whether cancer patients' attributional style (i.e. their tendency to attribute positive and negative events as stable, internal and global) would affect their tendency to report positive changes after the diagnosis of cancer. Besides, this study would also explore:(1) the relationship between attributional style and psychological adjustments (indicated by happiness and posttraumatic stress);(2) the relationship between posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Cheung
L.K., Chua H.D.P., Whitehill T.L., Ho M.Y., Bendeus S.A.M. and Samman N., Cleft distraction versus
orthognathic surgery - which is more stable? , XVIII Congress of the
European Association for Cranio-Maxillo facial Surgery, |
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Cheung L.K., Loh J.S.P. and Ho M.Y., Psychological profile of Chinese with cleft lip and palate deformities, Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 2007, 44: 79-86. |
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Cheung L.K., Loh J.S.P. and Ho M.Y., The early psychological adjustment of cleft patients after maxillary distraction osteogenesis and conventional orthognathic surgery: A preliminary study, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2006, 64: 1743-1750. |
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Chow
A.Y.M., Chan C.L.W., Ho M.Y., Tse D.M.W., Suen M.H.P. and
Yuen K.F.K., Qualitative study of Chinese widows in |
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Chua H.D.P., Ho M.Y. and Cheung L.K., Cleft distraction versus orthognathic surgery - which one causes more distress?, J Cranio-maxillofac Surg. 2006, 34 (suppl. S1): p. 12. |
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Ho M.Y., Building a universal positive psychology, In: Snyder, C.R. Lopez, Shane J., Positive Psychology. The scientific and practical explorations of human strengths. CA, Sage Publications, 2007, 497. |
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Ho
M.Y., Positive psychotherapy for depressed
patients in |
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Ho
M.Y. and Cheung M.W.L., Using the combined
etic-emic approach to develop a measurement of interpersonal subjective
well-being in Chinese populations, In: Ong, Anthony D. van Dulmen, Manfred H.
M., Oxford Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology. |
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Ho
M.Y., Why people report positive changes
after a traumatic event? Cognitive style of resilient people after hereditary
colorectal cancer genetic testing, The 22nd International Society fro
Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) Annual Conference. |
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Lo
H.Y.P., Chan C.L.W., Ho T.H., Lee P.W.H., Chow L.W.C., Ho M.Y. and Sham J.S.T., An Efficacy
Study of the Body-Mind-Spirit Intervention and Supportive Expressive Therapy
on Emotional Suppression in Chinese Breast Cancer Survivors (XI-2), American
Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) 4th Annual Conference. |
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Vázquez C., Hervás G. and Ho M.Y., Intervenciones clinicas
basadas en la psicologia positiva: Fundamentos y applicaciones (Clinical
interventions based in positive psychology: Fundamentals and application) (in
Spanish), Psicologia Conductual (Behavioral Psychology).
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Researcher
: Hoosain R |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Wang K., Hoosain R., Lee T.M.C., Wang C.Q., Meng Y., Fu J. and Yang R., Perception of six basic emotional facial expressions. , Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology. 2006, 37: 623-629. |
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Researcher
: Hui HCC |
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Project Title: |
Personality in organizations: a cross-cultural perspective |
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Investigator(s): |
Hui HCC |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
01/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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To examine the validity of personality measures for predicting behaviors in organizations; to determine if the "frame of reference (FOR) effects" are universally valid or are culture-specific; to extent that personality is used to select and/or modify organizational environments, it is important to see if such contextualizing strategies are productive or even counterproductive in different cultures. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Hui
H.C.C., Cascio W.F., Cheng K.H.C., Kwan S.O.
and Goh M., Personality correlates of leniency bias in performance ratings, The
22th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational
Psychology, April, 2007. |
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Pak
T.S. and Hui H.C.C., The
moderating effects of causality of orientation on psychological contract
breach outcome relationship, The 13th European Congress of Work and
Organizational Psychology, |
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Pak
T.S. and Hui H.C.C., The
moderating effects of causality of orientation on psychological contract
breach outcome relationship, The 3rd International Self-Determination
Theory Conference, |
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Tam
K.P., Pak T.S., Hui H.C.C., Kwan S.O. and Goh M.,
Implicit theories of personality and change in perception, The 22th Annual
Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, April
2007. |
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Yang W., Lance C.E. and Hui H.C.C., Psychometric properties of the Chinese Self-Directed Search (1994 Edition)., Journal of Vocational Behavior. 2006, 68: 560-576. |
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Project Title: |
Human perception of image speed derived from the simultaneous extraction and analysis of visual information in two- and three-dimensional space |
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Investigator(s): |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
09/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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(1) Comprehensively investigate the manner in which, and the circumstances under which, 2D and 3D speeds are combined. (2) Determine the mechanisms, and their computational nature, involved in the combination of 2D and 3D speeds. (3) Understand the operational constraints that govern the integration of 2D and 3D speeds. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Kidd J.C. and Khuu K.S., On the Mechanisms of Spatial Frequency Doubling: A Re-appraisal using Luminance- and Depth-defined Dot Stimuli., Poster presentation at the Fourth Asian Vision Conference, Matsue, Japan, 28th July- August 1st, 2006. . 2006. |
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Researcher
: Kidd JC |
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Project Title: |
Effect of Phonological Processing Training on the Quality and Structure of Phonological Representations in Poor Readers. |
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Investigator(s): |
Kidd JC, Ho CSH, Au TKF |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
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Start Date: |
11/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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Phonological processing refers to explicit knowledge about, and the usage of, the sound structure of one's language (Torgesen, Wagner & Rashotte, 1994; Wagner & Torgesen, 1987). The term is used to refer to three distinct language skills: phonological awareness, or the ability to explicitly think about and manipulate the sounds of language; phonological retrieval, or the ability to efficiently and accurately retrieve phonological codes from long-term memory; and the ability to maintain speech information in phonological short-term memory (Wagner & Torgesen, 1987). Research over the past four decades has reliably indicated that individual differences in phonological processing skills (most notably in phonological awareness) are directly related to individual differences in the acquisition and development of reading abilities. Evidence in this area comes from a number of sources: robust findings of poor phonological processing in children and adults with histories of reading problems and developmental dyslexia; reliable correlations between phonological processing skills and reading abilities in normative samples; and evidence of advancement in reading levels as a consequence of intensive training in phonological skills. With regard to the latter, a good deal of evidence now suggests that training children to attend to the phonemic elements of speech, and teaching skills such as phoneme blending and speech segmentation, for example, is most beneficial as a form of remediation for children who are struggling to learn to read (e.g., Lovett, Steinbach & Frijters, 2000; McGuinness, McGuinness & Donohue, 1995; Pokorni, Worthington & Jamison, 2004). It is thought that training in phonological processing enables a child to come to the understanding that spoken words can be broken down into phonemes, and to understand how phonemes map onto graphemes (letters) during reading and spelling. This knowledge then equips the child with the tools to 'sound-out' new words and teach themselves to read (Share, 1995).Despite the extensive knowledge researchers now have about the importance of phonological processing, very little is known about what accounts for individual differences in phonological processing skills. A popular hypothesis currently being promoted by eminent researchers in this field (e.g., Goswami, 2000; Snowling, 2000)-the so-called phonological representations hypothesis-contends that phonological processing skills are a reflection the quality with which individuals store the auditory forms of spoken words (phonological representations) in the mental lexicon. More specifically, it is suggested that poorer readers or dyslexic individuals do not store representations of speech in a 'distinct' or 'well-structured' manner, therefore making it difficult to access, retrieve, and reflect upon, the sound structure of language during phonological processing tasks and reading (Elbro, 1998). Despite its popularity, only a very small number of studies have explicitly examined the phonological representations hypothesis. These studies have typically been limited to examining whether children and adults with dyslexia show impaired performance on tasks designed to tap phonological representations by comparison to competent readers, but the results of these studies have provided affirmation for the hypothesis (e.g., Dietrich & Brady, 2001; Elbro, 1998; Metsala, 1997; Swan & Goswami, 1997). However, another important prediction of the phonological representations hypothesis is that improvements made in phonological processing skills as a result of intensive training are a direct result of improvements to the structure and the quality with which individuals store their phonological representations in the mental lexicon. That is, training in phonological strategies causes the individual to re-define and more appropriately structure their speech-sound representations. Perhaps surprisingly, no research has yet empirically addressed this prediction, and thus a fundamental tenet of the phonological representations hypothesis remains untested. The proposed research therefore aims to directly examine whether training poor readers in phonological processing leads to improvements on tasks which quantify the quality and structure of phonological representations. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Kidd J.C. and Khuu K.S., On the Mechanisms of Spatial Frequency Doubling: A Re-appraisal using Luminance- and Depth-defined Dot Stimuli., Poster presentation at the Fourth Asian Vision Conference, Matsue, Japan, 28th July- August 1st, 2006. . 2006. |
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Kidd J.C., Why does my child have difficulty reading?, Hong Kong Dyslexia Association. 2007. |
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Researcher
: Ku YL |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Chan N.M., Ho I.T.F. and Ku Y.L., Epistemological beliefs and critical thinking among Chinese students, International Congress of Applied Psychology. 2006. |
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Hau K.T., Ho I.T.F. and Ku Y.L., Predicting Chinese students' critical thinking performance: Critical thinking self-concept, verbal ability, personality, and need for cognition, Fourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference. 2006. |
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Hau K.T., Ho I.T.F. and Ku Y.L., The role of feedback in the self-concept-achievement relationship: Insights from a study on critical thinking, American Educational Research Annual Conference. 2007. |
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Ku Y.L., Ho I.T.F. and Chan N.M., Dimensions of critical thinking disposition and their effects on critical thinking performance, International Congress of Applied Psychology. 2006. |
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Researcher
: Lam SF |
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Project Title: |
Motivation in the classroom: instructional practices of teacher interns |
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Investigator(s): |
Lam SF, |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
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Start Date: |
11/2003 |
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Abstract: |
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To investigate the factors that contribute to the adoption of motivating teaching strategies among teacher interns, also to study how these practices related to students' motivation and learning. |
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Project Title: |
Social identity
and intergroup perceptions of |
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Investigator(s): |
Lam SF, Lau IYM |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
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Start Date: |
11/2004 |
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Abstract: |
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To investigate the social identity and intergroup perceptions of Hong Kong adolescents in almost a decade after the handover; to compare the social identity and intergroup perceptions of Hong Kong adolescents one year before and nine years after the handover. |
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Project Title: |
A Cross-cultural Investigation of Asymmetry in Judgments of Moral and Academic Norms |
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Investigator(s): |
Lam SF, Chan KC, |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
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Start Date: |
11/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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Socialization of students in moral
behaviors and academic achievement is one of the major goals of teachers.
Almost all teachers want to nurture good citizenship (conduct) and good
scholarship (achievement) in their students. To achieve these goals, teachers
may adopt various strategies to reinforce students' desirable behaviors and
discourage students' undesirable behaviors. How the teachers assign credit
and blame for good and bad behaviors are indicators of societal standards for
these behaviors. Credit for good deeds reflects fulfillment of the standards
for which most people aspire to achieve. Blame for wrong deeds reflects
violation of some norms that stipulate how people ought and ought not to
behave. How teachers judge their students' performance in conduct and
achievement reflects the adults' adoption of these societal standards. How
students make judgments of moral and academic norms also reflects their
internalization of these societal standards that are sanctioned by their
teachers. To be effective agents of socialization, teachers need to know what
standards they have adopted as well as what factors contribute to their
students' internalization of these standards.Research in the West has shown
that there is an asymmetry in judgments of academic and moral norms (e.g.,
Hamilton, Blumenfeld, & Kushler, 1988; Weiner & Peter, 1973).
Achievement strivings are maintained primarily by social reward, whereas
moral behaviors are controlled primarily by social punishment. For moral
norms, more punishment is assigned for failure than reward for adherence; whereas
for achievement norms, more reward is assigned for success than punishment
for failure. In other words, people tend to assign more credit than blame in
the academic domain but more blame than credit in the moral domain. However,
results of cross-cultural research in achievement motivation (e.g., Stevenson
& Lee, 1990), self-concept (e.g., Kitayama, Markus, Mastsumoto, &
Norasakkunkit, 1997), and regulatory focus (e.g., Elliot, Chirkov, Kim, &
Sheldon, 2001) suggest that the asymmetry in judgments of academic and moral
norms may not be the same or may not even exist in Asian culture. Most
psychological theories are developed in the West with empirical supports from
the research targeted at Westerners. The accuracy of these theories in
delineating the psychological mechanisms of people in other cultures is
uncertain. In their seminal paper, Markus and Kitayama (1991) point out that
culture plays an undeniable role in almost all psychological processes. In
the last decade, there are strong voices from Asian societies for the need to
conduct psychological research that can address the unique characteristics of
Asian people (e.g., Kim & Berry, 1993). The current research is an
attempt to address such a need.The present project is a cross-cultural
investigation of the asymmetry in judgments of academic and moral norms. We
shall compare how students and teachers in the |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Cheng R.W.Y. and Lam S.F., Self construal and comparison effects, British Journal of Educational Psychology. 2007, 77: 197-211. |
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Lam S.F., Law Y.K., Chan K.C. and Lee S.L., A Cross-Cultural Study in American and Chinese Teachers' Judgments of and Emotional Reactions to Students' Behaviors, Paper Presented at the International Conference of the Korean Association of Psychological and Social Issues, Incheon, Korea, October. 2006. |
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Lam
S.F., Law
Y.K. and Shum M.S.K., An analysis
of whole classroom discourse in writing lessons and educational outcomes. , 28th
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Lam
S.F., Chiu C.Y. and Lau I.Y.M., IAT responses and explicit
attitudes as a function of level of social identification inclusiveness and
need for cognitive closure: Group perceptions in |
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Lam
S.F., Yim P.S. and Ng Y.L., Is Effort Praise
Motivating? The Role of the Beliefs in Effort-Ability Relationship, Paper
Presented at the 19th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological
Science, |
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Lam
S.F., Pak
T.S. and Ma Y.K., Motivating Instructional
Contexts Inventory. P.R. Zelick (Ed.), Issues in the Psychology of
Motivation. |
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Lam
S.F. and Cheng
R.W.Y., Special education in |
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Lam
S.F. and Law
Y.K., The Roles of Instructional Practices and Motivation in Writing
Performance, Journal of Experimental Education. |
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Lee S.L., Chan K.C., Lam S.F. and Law Y.K., Fifth-Grade Students' Judgments of Boys' and Girls' Academic and Moral Behaviors in the American and Hong Kong Settings, Paper Presented at the International Conference of the Korean Association of Psychological and Social Issues, Incheon, Korea, October. 2006. |
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Ng F., Pomerantz E. and Lam S.F., Chinese and American
Parents' Beliefs about Children's Achievement: Considering Indigenous Chinese
Notions, Poster Presented at Society for Research in Child Development
Biennial Meeting, |
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Ng F., Pomerantz E. and Lam S.F., Parents' Responses to
Children's Success and Failure: Differences bewtween Chinese and European
American Parents, Paper Presented at Society for Research in Child
Development Biennial Meeting, |
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Tong Y. and Lam S.F., The Role of Internalization of Mothers' Values in Children's Perfectionism and Depression , Poster Presented at the 19th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC, May. 2007. |
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Researcher
: Lau IYM |
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Project Title: |
Understanding cross-cultural persusasion within a communication framework |
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Investigator(s): |
Lau IYM |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
01/2003 |
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Abstract: |
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To examine the processes underlying cross-cultural persuasion by applying a communication framework. |
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Project Title: |
Cross-cultural adjustment of perspective |
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Investigator(s): |
Lau IYM |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
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Start Date: |
11/2004 |
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Abstract: |
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To ascertain the nature of one of the basic processes in interpersonal interaction, that of perspective taking. |
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Project Title: |
Bicultural experiences, cultural competencies, and subjective well-being: the mediating role of cultural sensitivity and cognitive flexibility |
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Investigator(s): |
Lau IYM, Chiu CY, Lee SL |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
07/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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To offer an original theoretical perspective to the social-cognitive basis for cultural competence and subjective well-being. The current research focuses on two important facets of cultural compettence: (a) quality of intercultural interaction, and (b) creative synthesis of cultural ideas. We propose that accuracy in discerning the preferred thinking and motivational styles in a new culture enhances the quality of intercultural interaction, whereas cognitive flexibility enables creative synthesis. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Au
K.C. and Lau I.Y.M.,
Looking from a distance to avoid setting short-sighted: Two ways of debiasing
the myopic perception of imposing deadlines in negotiation., Poster
Presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology, |
|
Lam
S.F., Chiu C.Y. and Lau I.Y.M.,
IAT responses and explicit attitudes as a function of level of social
identification inclusiveness and need for cognitive closure: Group
perceptions in |
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Researcher
: Lee SL |
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Project Title: |
The role of knowledge estimation in social interaction |
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Investigator(s): |
Lee SL, Law NWY, Chan CKK |
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Department: |
Education Faculty |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
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Start Date: |
11/2004 |
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Abstract: |
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To study how knowledge estimation mediates interpersonal communication and affects the effectiveness of team work. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Researcher
: Lee TMC |
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Project Title: |
Memory deficits following unilateral frontal or temporal brain lesion |
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Investigator(s): |
Lee TMC, Fan YW |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants |
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Start Date: |
05/2000 |
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Abstract: |
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To develop an instrument for assessment of confabulation in prose memory. |
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Project Title: |
Deception and its detection: brain activities associated with faking memory problems |
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Investigator(s): |
Lee TMC, Broadhurst RG, Yang ES |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
08/2002 |
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Abstract: |
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The project attempts to investigate the potential application of brain activities to understand the phenomenon of deception and its detection. It will examine the generalizability of forced-choice testing situations, and also different brain activities associated with making genuine errors and feigning memory impairment. |
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Project Title: |
The effect of emotional attachment on the brain activities associated with deception: an functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study |
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Investigator(s): |
Lee TMC |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
06/2005 |
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Completion Date: |
11/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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The study is intended to investigate the role of emotional attachment on the brain activity patterns that are associated with deception. |
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Project Title: |
Selective attention biases of people with major depressive disorder, and its relationship with brain damages. |
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Investigator(s): |
Lee TMC, Leung KK |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
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Start Date: |
09/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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Attention bias towards mood-congruent information has been postulated to be one of the essential psychological substrates of major depressive disorder. Attention biases could have at least two levels of meanings: a) initial orienting, i.e. attention being captured involuntarily to certain types of information; and b) difficulties in inhibiting or shifting the attention from the current attentional focus once certain types of information has been attended to, either voluntarily or involuntarily. However, research findings are inconsistent in demonstrating these phenomena in people with major depressive disorder. This study aims to investigate whether people with major depressive disorder exhibit these two types of attention biases. In addition, it has been postulated that major depressive disorder is associated with frontal-limbic dysregulation. In particular, various studies suggest that amygdala, prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, and hippocampus are involved in depression. This study also attempts to investigate whether people with brain lesions arising from stroke or brain trauma at the above areas also exhibit the attention biases to depression-related information. It also follows that question of whether those who show these attention biases due to brain lesions also exhibit depressive features will also be examined. |
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Project Title: |
Brain processes underlying deception |
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Investigator(s): |
Lee TMC |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
03/2007 |
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Abstract: |
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The purpose of this study is to understand the neuroscientific mechanisms and the pattern of brain activities associated with the faking of memory impairment. In recent years, we have been working on delineating the cognitive processes and on possible neural markers for feigning memory impairment. Our preliminary findings, together with data obtained by other research teams, have suggested possible markers of deceptive behaviors. Nonetheless, simple experimental tasks were adopted in these functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies to control for the unwanted confound introduced by task difficulty. One serious limitation of the findings is that the observed different brain activities between honest correct answers to tasks of low level of difficulty and feigned errors (which required mental effort) could be due to the difference in cognitive load of the two conditions. It is therefore informative to compare feigned errors with honest responses, correct or not, caused by a more challenging task to learn if feigning behavior could be identified using functional imaging technology. We therefore proposed this study, with increased task difficulty that encourages the occurrence of errors, to study if errors committed when people attempt to respond honestly can be distinguished from intentionally faked responses. The Key Objectives: 1. To identify the pattern of brain activities that best differentiates accurate honest versus intentionally faked responses. We anticipate activation of the prefrontal-cingulate-parietal areas based on the findings of previous studies. 2. To identify the pattern of brain activities that best differentiates (a) genuine errors versus faked response and (b) false memory (a subset of genuine errors) versus intentionally faked responses. We speculate that different brain activities will be observed in the medial temporal regions known for mediating memory, accurate as well as false memory. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Chan C.C.H., Leung W.S., Luo Y.J. and Lee T.M.C., How do figure-like orthographs modulate visual processing of Chinese words, Neuroreport. 2007, 18: 757-761. |
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Chou K.L., Lee T.M.C. and Ho A.H.Y., Does mood state change risk taking tendency in older adults? , Psychology and Aging. 2007, 22: 310-318. |
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Gao J., Cheung R.T.F., Lee T.M.C. and Chan Y.S., Cognitive assessment in normal aging and in the early Alzheimer’s disease, Second International Symposium on Healthy Aging: Meeting the Challenges of an Aging Population. 2007, 57. |
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Lau W.M., Qiu G., Helmeste D.M., Lee T.M.C., Tang S.W. and So K.F., Corticosteroid decreases subventricular zone cell proliferation, which could be reversed by paroxetine , Restorative neurology and neuroscience . 2007, 25(1): 17-23. |
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Lau
W.M., Yau S.Y., Helmeste D.M., Lee
T.M.C., Tang S.W. and So K.F., Differential effect of chronic
corticosterone and antidepressant treatment on amygdale cell proliferation
and depression-like behavior , The |
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Lau W.M., Yau S.Y., Helmeste D.M., Lee T.M.C., Tang S.W. and So K.F., Effect of corticosteroid and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor on amygdala neurogenesis and depressive behavior , The University of Hong Kong Research postgraduate symposium 2007. 2007. |
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Lau
W.M., Yau S.Y., Helmeste D.M., Lee
T.M.C., Tang S.W. and So K.F., Effects of corticosteroid and
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor on masculine copulatory behavior, and
c-fos expression in extended amygdala and preoptic areas, Neuroscience
2007. |
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Lau W.M., Yau S.Y., Qiu G., Helmeste D.M., Lee T.M.C., Tang S.W. and So K.F., Inhibition Of Masculine Sexual Behavior Induced By Corticosterone , Hong Kong Society of Biological Psychiatry Conference 2006. 2006. |
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Lau W.M., Qiu G., Helmeste D.M., Lee T.M.C., Tang S.W. and So K.F., Reversal of corticosterone-induced subventricular zone cell proliferation decrease by paroxetine, Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 2007, 25: 17-23. |
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Lau W.M., Yau S.Y., Qiu G., Helmeste D.M., Lee T.M.C., Tang S.W. and So K.F., Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment diminishes inhibition of masculine sexual behavior , The 4th Congress of FAONS. 2006. |
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Lee T.M.C., Leung W.S. and Chan C.C.H., Regulation of human behaviours, Future Neurology. 2007, 2: 189-199. |
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Li G., Gao J.H., Lee T.M.C., Fox P.T., Jack Jr C.R. and Yang E.S., Cognitive Processing in Chinese Literate and Illiterate: An fMRI Study, Human Brain Mapping. 2006, 27: 144-152. |
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Mak E.G.Y. and Lee T.M.C., Detection of feigned memory impairments using a Chinese word task., Psychological Reports. 2006, 98: 779-788. |
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Qiu G., Helmeste D.M., Lee T.M.C., Tang S.W. and So K.F., Modulation By Paroxetine Of Suppressive Effect Of Corticosterone On Adult Hippocampal Cell Proliferation , Hong Kong Society of Biologcial Psychiatry Conference 2006. 2006. |
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Qiu G., Helmeste D.M., Samaranayake N.A., Lau W.M., Lee T.M.C., Tang S.W. and So K.F., Modulation by paroxetine of suppressive effect of corticosterone on adult hippocampal cell proliferation, Neuroscience Bulletin. 2007, 23: 131-136. |
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So K.F., Ho L.S.H., Tay D.K.C. and Lee T.M.C., Light delays synaptic deafferentation and potentiates the survival of axotomized retinal ganglion cells. , Neuroscience Letters. 2006, 395: 255-260. |
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Wang K., Hoosain R., Lee T.M.C., Wang C.Q., Meng Y., Fu J. and Yang R., Perception of six basic emotional facial expressions. , Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology. 2006, 37: 623-629. |
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Yau S.K., Lau W.M., Tang S.W., Lee T.M.C. and So K.F., Protective effect of exercise on corticosterone suppressed hippocampal cell proliferation, Postgraduate seminar 2006, Department of Anatomy, HKU. 2006. |
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Yau S.Y., Lau W.M., Tang S.W., Lee T.M.C. and So K.F., Counteractive effect of voluntary exercise on depression-like behavior of corticoseterone treated rats. , The University of Hong Kong Research postgraduate Symposium. 2007. |
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Yau S.Y., Lau W.M., Tang S.W., Lee T.M.C. and So K.F., Effect of Different Doses of Corticosterone on Hippocampal Cell Proliferation, The Hong Kong Society for Biological Psychiatry . 2007. |
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Yau S.Y., Lau W.M., Tang S.W., Lee T.M.C. and So K.F., Effect of voluntary exercise on corticosterone suppressed hippocampal cell proliferation and impaired spatial memory, Postgraduate Seminar 2007, Department of Anatomy, HKU. 2007. |
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Zhu C.Y., Lee T.M.C., Li X.S., Jing S.C., Wang Y.G. and Wang K., Impairment of social cues recognition and social functioning in Chinese schizophrenics. , Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 2007, 61: 149-158. |
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Researcher
: Leung WS |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Chan C.C.H., Leung W.S., Luo Y.J. and Lee T.M.C., How do figure-like orthographs modulate visual processing of Chinese words, Neuroreport. 2007, 18: 757-761. |
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Lee T.M.C., Leung W.S. and Chan C.C.H., Regulation of human behaviours, Future Neurology. 2007, 2: 189-199. |
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Researcher
: Li FWS |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Li F.W.S., Aggression & Violence Among Psychotic Patients In Hong Kong – A Pilot Study, Conference on Violence in Hong Kong, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU . 2006. |
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Li F.W.S., Computerised CBT For Panic Disorder, 2006 International Congress of Psychotherapy. 2006. |
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Li F.W.S., Public Lecture on Treatment of Depression, International Forum On Community Psychological Medicine. 2006. |
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Mak G.K.L., Li F.W.S. and Lee P.W.H., A pilot study on
psychological interventions with Chinese young adults with schizophrenia, In:
Linda Lam Eric Chen, The Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry. |
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Tsang S.K.M. and Li F.W.S., Aggression and violence among individuals with psychotic illnesses: A pilot study , Hong Kong Psychological Society Annual Conference. 2007. |
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Researcher
: Li L |
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Project Title: |
An investigation of visual cues for active control of self-motion in the normally-sighted and the low-vision patients |
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Investigator(s): |
Li L |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
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Start Date: |
10/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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(1) Determine whether optic flow variables (e.g. motion parallax, reference objects, field of view, traveling speed etc.) affecting perception of self-motion are also used for active control. Findings on this topic will shed light on the coupling of perception to action. (2) Examine the interplay between flow and non-flow cues (such as visual direction cues of the goad) and the effect of position, velocity, and acceleration control dynamics on the cue usage for controlling self-motion. (3) Develop computational models to quantitatively assess the visual cues used to support control performance. From the modeling data, infer what and where the effective visual cue is in a display without monitoring the observer's eye movements. (4) Conduct pilot studies to examine control of self-motion behavior in low-vision patients using the same novel performance metrics and modeling schemes we develop for normally-sighted participants. |
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Project Title: |
Visual information affecting object motion perception during head movement |
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Investigator(s): |
Li L |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
01/2007 |
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Abstract: |
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A major question in cognitive psychology and neuroscience is how humans perceive motion, which is a consequence of both object motion and self-motion. Traditionally, these two motion components have been studied separately under controlled laboratory conditions. However, because in natural environments one often has to control one's self-motion while simultaneously registering object motion in the world to avoid obstacles , object motion and self-motion are highly linked. Self-motion includes both body and head movement. Recently, studies of locomotion in both the real world and virtual environments (VEs) have reported that concurrent physical body translation impairs visual perception of 3D motion. To illustrate, Probst et al. (1984) found that the time for detecting an approaching or receding automobile increased by 2 to 4 times when in a moving vehicle as compared to stationary conditions. For locomotion studies in a VE, Banton et al. (2005) asked observers to match the speed of an expanding flow pattern in a head-mounted display (HMD) to their walking speed on a treadmill and found that they perceived their visually specified speed to be slower than their actual walking speed. Asking observers to estimate the speed of an expanding flow pattern in an HMD, Durgin et al. (2005) found that subjective magnitude estimation of speed from visual flow could be reduced both by active physical translation (regular or treadmill walking) and by passive physical translation (e.g., being pushed forward or backward on a chair). They attributed this self-motion induced reduction in perceived speed to a "subtractive" operation (i.e., a bias shift in response), rather than a "divisive" operation (i.e., a gain reduction), consistent with Barlow's (1990) inhibition theory. According to Barlow, highly correlated events such as walking and an expanding flow pattern mutually specify each other. Consequently, the perceptual system uses this redundancy to modify its sensory coding. Neurophysiologically, such coding shifts are produced by strengthening the inhibitory connections between simultaneously active neural units.If physical body translation inhibits 3D motion perception, can head movement similarly affect perception of 1D or 2D object motion? To answer this question, Wallach et al. (1974) first studied how head turning influenced perception of related environmental motion. They found observers perceived the environment as stationary if the added environmental motion was less than 3% of head turning motion regardless of whether the environmental motion was in the same or opposite direction of the head movement. Wallach et al. attributed this perceived 3% immobility range to a compensatory mechanism that strives to stabilize the world during head movement. Later, Probst et al. (1986) reported increased manual reaction times for detecting a light spot motion in a variety of settings when the head was rotating with respect to the body. In fact, Probst and Wist (1982) noted increased reaction time to head-referenced object motion when the motion stimuli were presented to observers via an HMD. Such head-referenced object motion effectively suppresses the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR). Normally, the VOR induces compensatory eye movements that maintain gaze direction on the object as the head turns. These findings suggest that the inhibitory interaction between head movement and object motion perception may not be due to image degradation caused by eye movements but rather a suppression mechanism residing in the central nervous system.Despite the above findings, the magnitude of object motion suppression during head movement as well as the functional characteristics (i.e., does head movement produce a bias shift in observers' judgment of object motion, a reduction in their sensitivity to object motion, or a combination of the two?) of the suppression mechanism remains unknown. Furthermore, it is unclear from the available data the extent to which head movement alters observers' motion magnitude estimation and whether the alteration happens only for highly correlated head movement and object motion, as proposed by Barlow (1990). Using a magnitude estimation task similar to Durgin et al. (2005), we found that head movement suppressed perception of object motion only when the object motion was in the same direction of that of head movement (Adelstein et al., 2006), consistent with Barlow's inhibitory theory (1990). Linear regression analyses indicated that the suppression we measured could be modelled by gain reduction rather than a response bias shift. Our subsequent study (Li et al., 2006) showed image motion perception was suppressed across a range of object motion frequencies even when the object motion direction differed from that of the observer's own head movement, consistent with Wallach's proposal (1987) of a robust compensation process leading to perceived environmental stability. While we found that that at image oscillation frequencies ≤1 Hz, suppression was due to gain reduction, at 2 Hz, the perception of image motion was suppressed by a combination of gain reduction and a response bias shift (Li et al., 2006). Similar to Probst and Wist (1982), we presented images in both studies via an HMD, which therefore referenced the object motion with respect to head, and thus eliminated the influence of VOR signals. In order to further our understanding of the underlying mechanisms responsible for the inhibitory effect of head movement on object motion perception, in the present grant application, we propose a program of experimental research that will systematically assess the sources of visual information that influence object motion perception during head movement. Specifically, first, we will quantitatively examine the contribution of VOR-compensated eye movements to the suppression of object motion perception during head movement. Second, because it has long been known that peripheral vision plays an important role in both object motion and self-motion perception, we will investigate the functional role that peripheral vision plays in judging object motion during head movement. Third, because external frames of reference have been shown to facilitate object motion perception (e.g. Boyce, 1965; Mori, 1984), we will investigate whether adding an external reference frame in the display will reduce the previously observed suppression effect. Findings from these studies will answer the critical question of whether the suppression is caused by a central neural attenuation of object motion processing or by confusion between motion cues generated during head movement. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Adelstein B.D., Li L., Jerald J.J. and Ellis S.R., Suppression Of Head-referenced Image Motion During Head Movement., Proceedings, 50th Annual Meeting Of Human Factors And Ergonomics Society, San Francisco, Ca. 2006. |
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Li L., Sweet B.T. and Stone L.S., Humans Can Perceive Heading Without Visual Path Information, Journal Of Vision. 2006, 6: 874-881. |
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Li L., Adelstein B. and Ellis S., Perception Of Image Motion During Head Movement, Proceedings, Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization. 2006, 45-50. |
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Researcher
: Lu H |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Liu Z. and Lu H., Recognition memory is better for less-occluded than for identical images of natural scenes and faces, The Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida. 2007. |
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Lu H., Tjan B. and Liu Z., The importance of skeletal information in biological motion perception revealed by ideal observer analysis, The Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida. 2007. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Lam
S.F., Pak T.S. and Ma Y.K., Motivating Instructional
Contexts Inventory. P.R. Zelick (Ed.), Issues in the Psychology of
Motivation. |
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Researcher
: Mak BSK |
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Project Title: |
How 12-14 month old infants perceive faces of same age peers and adult faces |
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Investigator(s): |
Mak BSK |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
01/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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This proposal aims at examining whether 12- to 14-month-old infants show preference for faces which look like their facial features, such as faces of same age peers, over those of adults. In early face perception, little has been done on why young infants show great interest in children's faces. Do they prefer children's faces because they perceive thrie faces as similar to self? |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Mak B.S.K., One-year-olds' preference for same-age over adult faces: Novelty effect?, The XVth Biennial International Conference on Infant studies. 2006. |
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Researcher
: Pak TS |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Lam
S.F., Pak T.S. and Ma Y.K., Motivating Instructional
Contexts Inventory. P.R. Zelick (Ed.), Issues in the Psychology of
Motivation. |
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Pak
T.S. and Hui
H.C.C., The moderating effects of causality of orientation on
psychological contract breach outcome relationship, The 13th European
Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, |
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Pak
T.S. and Hui
H.C.C., The moderating effects of causality of orientation on
psychological contract breach outcome relationship, The 3rd International
Self-Determination Theory Conference, |
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Tam
K.P., Pak T.S., Hui H.C.C., Kwan S.O. and Goh M.,
Implicit theories of personality and change in perception, The 22th Annual
Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, April
2007. |
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Researcher
: Pang MP |
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Project Title: |
Depressive perceptions of others in social interaction |
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Investigator(s): |
Pang MP |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
University Research Committee / Committee on Research and Conference Grants - General Award |
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Start Date: |
07/1997 |
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Abstract: |
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To investigate the impact of depressive mood on perception of people with whom the depressed person interacts socially. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Researcher
: Poon CSK |
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Project Title: |
Self-predictions
of health-protective behaviors: The case of screening for hepatitis B in |
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Investigator(s): |
Poon CSK |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
02/2006 |
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Abstract: |
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(1) One purpose of the proposed research
is to investigate how people predict the likelihood that they will carry out
health-protective behaviors in the future. Evidence suggests that people's
self-predictions tend to be overly optimistic. For example, people
overestimate the likelihood that they will exercise more (Newby-Clark, 2005),
and adhere to a healthier diet (Polivy & Hermann, 2002). Smokers who want
to quit overestimate the likelihood that they will succeed (Weinstein,
Slovic, & Gibson, 2004). What gives rise to such an optimistic bias? When
are self-predictions about future health-protective behaviors more or less
optimistically biased? Applying our intention-based prediction model (Koehler
& Poon, in press), overly optimistic predictions of health-protective
behaviors can be attributed to people's tendency to overweight their current
good intentions to perform such behaviors and underweight situational factors
that influence how hard such intentions can be translated into actions.
Self-predictions are expected to become more overly optimistic as current
intentions strengthen and translation of intentions into actions becomes more
difficult. This research will test the applicability of this model to
self-predictions of health-protective behaviors. In the proposed research, we
choose to focus on people's predictions of the likelihood that they will take
a blood test to screen for hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is endemic among the
Chinese population. In a study by Chang and Yeoh (1985), the overall
prevalence of all serological markers of hepatitis B infection [i.e., hepatitis
B surface antigen (HBsAg) or antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen
(anti-HBs)] among Hong Kong Chinese was estimated to be about 49.9%. About
9.5% of Hong Kong Chinese was estimated to be hepatitis B antigen carriers.
The association between hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC or liver cancer) is well-established; about 90% of liver cancer occurs
in carriers of hepatitis B. Liver cancer ranks third among the leading causes
of cancer deaths in Hong Kong (Department of Health, Hong Kong Government,
2004). Hepatitis B antigen carriers are also known to be at risk for liver
cirrhosis, which can cause liver failure and death. Thus, HBV infection and
its related diseases are major public health concerns in |
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Project Title: |
Do self-prediction biases hinder the use of external aids in implementation of vaccination behavior? A preliminary investigation using a university sample |
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Investigator(s): |
Poon CSK |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
03/2007 |
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Abstract: |
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The influenza vaccination rate in |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Koehler D.J. and Poon C.S.K., Self-predictions overweight strength of current intentions, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Elsevier, 2006, 42: 517-524. |
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Poon C.S.K., Koehler D.J. and Suen D., Over-predictions and under-predictions of future behavior based on strength of current intentions, The 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making. 2006. |
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Researcher
: Salili F |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Hau K.T., Ho I.T.F. and Salili F., Effects of self- and task-related cognitions on Chinese students' achievement goal orientation, International Congress of Applied Psychology. 2006. |
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Researcher
: Spinks JA |
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Project Title: |
Cognitive mechanisms and their neurocognitive bases for reading Chinese |
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Investigator(s): |
Spinks JA |
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Department: |
Psychology |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Outstanding RGC Projects |
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Start Date: |
09/1998 |
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Abstract: |
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To find evidence from imaging and ERP procedures that converges with behavioral data on the reading of Chinese characters; to find the functional neuroanatomy that is the basis for various word identification events in Chinese. Tasks and stimuli will bee designed to allow differentiation of the visual, phonological, and semantic components; to extend behavioral evidence to cases of bilingual reading by comparisons of Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong with Mandarin speakers of Beijing. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Researcher
: Sum Lee E |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Ho I.T.F., Sum Lee E., Cheung Y.M., Chow Y.K. and Lee Y.M., Assessment of classroom and social adjustment of pupils with autism spectrum disorder, Education Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong SAR, 2007. |
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Researcher
: Tam KP |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Tam
K.P., Pak
T.S., Hui H.C.C., Kwan S.O. and
Goh M., Implicit theories of personality and change in perception, The
22th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational
Psychology, April 2007. |
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Researcher
: Tan L |
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Project Title: |
Cognitive and brain processing of the Chinese language |
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Investigator(s): |
Tan LH, Yang ES, Shen GG, Perry C, Spinks JA, Siok WT |
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Department: |
Linguistics |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Central Allocation Vote - Group Research Project |
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Start Date: |
02/2003 |
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Abstract: |
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To investigate cognitive processes of Chinese reading and character recognition; to identify functional neuro-anatomical substrates of sub-lexical phonological computation; to determine the brain mechanism underlying Chinese language production. |
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Project Title: |
Learning to read in Chinese: Possible intervention strategies implicated by fMRI studies |
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Investigator(s): |
Tan LH, Siok WT |
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Department: |
Linguistics |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
02/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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To address the question - "we suggesting motor programming is one of the most important facilitators of Chinese reading acquisition." by using a battery of behavioral-cognitive tasks. It will advance our understanding of how to improve the teaching and learning of the Chinese language. |
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Project Title: |
Neuroimaging research on visual and attentional deficits in Chinese dyslexia |
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Investigator(s): |
Tan LH |
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Department: |
Linguistics |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Matching Fund for National Key Basic Research Development Scheme (973 Projects) |
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Start Date: |
09/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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This proposed research is based on theories of visual perception and uses functional magnetic resonance imaging and advanced imaging analysis techniques to investigate the neurobiological origin of Chinese dyslexia (impaired Chinese reading). The project aims to define the nature of dyslexic reading in Chinese children and to lay scientific foundation for early diagnosis and treatment of Chinese dyslexia. The research will also generate important pathological data to test the prominent topological theory of visual perception that assumes that the perception of wholes of an object precedes the perception of tis constituents. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Researcher
: Tan LH |
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Project Title: |
Cognitive and brain processing of the Chinese language |
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Investigator(s): |
Tan LH, Yang ES, Shen GG, Perry C, Spinks JA, Siok WT |
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Department: |
Linguistics |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Central Allocation Vote - Group Research Project |
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Start Date: |
02/2003 |
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Abstract: |
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To investigate cognitive processes of Chinese reading and character recognition; to identify functional neuro-anatomical substrates of sub-lexical phonological computation; to determine the brain mechanism underlying Chinese language production. |
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Project Title: |
Learning to read in Chinese: Possible intervention strategies implicated by fMRI studies |
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Investigator(s): |
Tan LH, Siok WT |
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Department: |
Linguistics |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
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Start Date: |
02/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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To address the question - "we suggesting motor programming is one of the most important facilitators of Chinese reading acquisition." by using a battery of behavioral-cognitive tasks. It will advance our understanding of how to improve the teaching and learning of the Chinese language. |
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Project Title: |
Neuroimaging research on visual and attentional deficits in Chinese dyslexia |
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Investigator(s): |
Tan LH |
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Department: |
Linguistics |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Matching Fund for National Key Basic Research Development Scheme (973 Projects) |
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Start Date: |
09/2005 |
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Abstract: |
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This proposed research is based on theories of visual perception and uses functional magnetic resonance imaging and advanced imaging analysis techniques to investigate the neurobiological origin of Chinese dyslexia (impaired Chinese reading). The project aims to define the nature of dyslexic reading in Chinese children and to lay scientific foundation for early diagnosis and treatment of Chinese dyslexia. The research will also generate important pathological data to test the prominent topological theory of visual perception that assumes that the perception of wholes of an object precedes the perception of tis constituents. |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Researcher
: Tong Y |
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List of Research Outputs |
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Tong Y. and Lam S.F., The Role of Internalization of Mothers' Values in Children's Perfectionism and Depression , Poster Presented at the 19th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC, May. 2007. |
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Researcher
: Yip JTH |
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Project Title: |
Effects of executive functions rehabilitation on language impairment |
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Investigator(s): |
Yip JTH |
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Department: |
Edu Fac-Speech & Hearing Sci Division |
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Source(s) of Funding: |
Sik Sik Yuen Education Research Fund |
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Start Date: |
03/2004 |
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Abstract: |
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To study effects of executive functions rehabilitation on language impairment. |
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