DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Researcher
: Au TKF |
Project Title: |
Rules to read by: building on bilingual children's phonological awareness |
Investigator(s): |
Au TKF |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2002 |
Abstract: |
To study if bilingual children's advantage in phonological awareness become part of a solution for helping them learn to read English better. |
Project Title: |
Folkbiology meets microbiology: a study of conceptual and behavioral change |
Investigator(s): |
Au TKF, Chi I, Chan SSC, Chan CKK |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
09/2003 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Phonological Representations of Children with Dyslexia |
Investigator(s): |
Au TKF, Kidd JC, Ho CSH |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
01/2006 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Enriching the language environment of children learning a second language |
Investigator(s): |
Au TKF, Cheung MWL |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
11/2006 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and Dyslexia |
Investigator(s): |
Au TKF, Kidd JC, Ho CSH, Wong AMY |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
03/2007 |
Abstract: |
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 |
List of Research Outputs |
Au
T.K.F., Chan
K.K., Chan T.K., Cheung M.W.L., Ho Y.S.J. and Ip G.W.M.,
Folkbiology Meets Microbiology: A Study Of Conceptual And Behavioral Change.,
Cognitive Psychology. |
Au
T.K.F., Oh J.S., Knightly L.M., Jun |
Au
T.K.F., Salvaging Heritage Languages, In: D.
Brinton, S. Bauckus, & O. Kagan , Heritage Language Education: A New
Field Emerging . |
Researcher
: Bai Y |
List of Research Outputs |
Ho M.Y.,
Cheung A.C.Y. and Bai Y., Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
for Childhood Anxiety Disorder, Invited Workshop at the First Chinese
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Conference . |
Ho
M.Y. and Bai Y., Strength
Oriented Positive Psychotherapy for Depressive Individuals, Invited
Presentation at the First Chinese Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Conference .
|
Ho
M.Y., Bai Y., Leung W.C. and Chak Y., Strength-Oriented
Intervention: Research and Practices , Applied Positive Psychology in Hong
Kong 2009. |
Researcher
: Bao X |
List of Research Outputs |
Bao
X. and Lam
S.F., Who makes the choice? Rethinking the role of authonomy and
relatedness in Chinese children's motivation, The Joint Chinese
Psychologist Conference and the Hong Kong Psychological Society Annual
Conference, |
Bao X. and Lam S.F., Who makes the choice? Rethinking the role of autonomy and relatedness in Chinese children's motivation, Child Development. 2008, 79(2): 269-283. |
Researcher
: Blowers GH |
Project Title: |
The social
construction of psychological knowledge in |
Investigator(s): |
Blowers GH |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2003 |
Abstract: |
To investigate some problems in the
construction of psychological knowledge in |
Researcher
: Cham SL |
List of Research Outputs |
Cham S.L., Khuu K.S. and Hayes A., Contour curvature in natural images: Statistical analysis and psychophysics, Perception (Supplement). 2007, 36: 156. |
Researcher
: Chan EKS |
List of Research Outputs |
Li L., Stone L. and Chan E.K.S., Visual Control Of Steering Toward A Goal Uses Heading But Not Path Information, Journal Of Vision. 2008, 8(6): 1162. |
Researcher
: Chan FSF |
Project Title: |
Locomotion and assessment: new perspectives on Chinese self-regulatory competencies |
Investigator(s): |
Chan FSF, Chiu CY |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2002 |
Abstract: |
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. |
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 |
Investigator(s): |
Chan FSF |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
09/2005 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Identifying the best job-person fit: a cross-cultural study |
Investigator(s): |
Chan FSF |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
09/2005 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Researcher
: Chan JCY |
List of Research Outputs |
Chan J.C.Y. and Lam S.F., The effects of competition on vicarious learning and students' self-efficacy in writing, British Journal of Educational Psychology. 2008, 28: 95-108. |
Researcher
: Chan KH |
List of Research Outputs |
Chan K.H. and Hayward W.G., Dissociating preattentive vision and preattentive attentional guidance. , 8th Annual Meeting of the Vision Science Society. 2008. |
List of Research Outputs |
Lee T.M.C., Chan S.C. and Raine A., Strong limbic and weak frontal activation to aggressive stimuli in spouse abusers., Molecular Psychiatry. 2008, 13: 655-656. |
Researcher
: Chan TK |
List of Research Outputs |
Au
T.K.F., Chan K.K., Chan T.K., Cheung M.W.L., Ho Y.S.J. and Ip G.W.M.,
Folkbiology Meets Microbiology: A Study Of Conceptual And Behavioral Change.,
Cognitive Psychology. |
Researcher
: Chao AA |
List of Research Outputs |
Kao H.S.R., Lin B.L., Chao A.A. and Chen H.Y., 解碼華人職場健康心理, Decoding Psychological Health of Working Chinese. Hong Kong: Ricci 香港雷奇顧問有限公司, 2007. |
Kao H.S.R., Wang J.Q. and Chao A.A., Emotional relaxation through calligraphic handwriting: The case of three instruments, Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2007, 33, Supplement, S198. |
Kwan S.O., Pak S.T., Chao A.A. and Hui H.C.C., Attributional style in the Chinese work population, The 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, April 2008. |
Li J., Kao
H.S.R. and Chao A.A.,
Paternalistic Leadership and Subordinate Mental Health: A cross-cultural
comparison between Mainland |
Pak S.T., Chao A.A., Kwan S.O. and Hui H.C.C., A search for the frame-of-reference (FOR) effect on personality assessment, British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Dublin, April 2008. |
Researcher
: Chao AA |
List of Research Outputs |
Kao H.S.R., Lin B.L., Chao A.A. and Chen H.Y., 解碼華人職場健康心理, Decoding Psychological Health of Working Chinese. Hong Kong: Ricci 香港雷奇顧問有限公司, 2007. |
Kao H.S.R., Wang J.Q. and Chao A.A., Emotional relaxation through calligraphic handwriting: The case of three instruments, Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2007, 33, Supplement, S198. |
Kwan S.O., Pak S.T., Chao A.A. and Hui H.C.C., Attributional style in the Chinese work population, The 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, April 2008. |
Li J., Kao
H.S.R. and Chao A.A.,
Paternalistic Leadership and Subordinate Mental Health: A cross-cultural
comparison between Mainland |
Pak S.T., Chao A.A., Kwan S.O. and Hui H.C.C., A search for the frame-of-reference (FOR) effect on personality assessment, British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Dublin, April 2008. |
Researcher
: Chen J |
List of Research Outputs |
Li L.,
Chen J. and Peng X., Influence Of Field-of-view
Size And Depth Range On Heading Perception With Or Without Visual Path
Information , Perception. |
Researcher
: Cheng C |
Project Title: |
Cultural differences in adaptation to the changing environment: A cultural-moderational model of coping flexibility |
Investigator(s): |
Cheng C |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
01/2005 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
The Role of Dialectical Thinking in Flexible Coping |
Investigator(s): |
Cheng C |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
10/2006 |
Abstract: |
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. |
List of Research Outputs |
Cheng C., Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Editorial Board. Blackwell, 2008. |
Cheng
C. and Lo
B.C.Y., Cognitive underpinning underlying flexible coping processes:
Dialectic thinking, Australian Conference on Personality and Individual
Differences 2007, |
Cheng
C., The Tao (Way) of Chinese Health
Psychology: Insights from the |
Researcher
: Cheng CKJ |
List of Research Outputs |
Cheng C.K.J., Khuu K.S. and Li L., Implied Foe From Form Influences Human Heading Perception, Journal Of Vision. 2008, 8(6): 1161. |
Researcher
: Cheng JCK |
List of Research Outputs |
Cheng
J.C.K., Khuu
K.S. and Li L., Motion Noise
Removes The Effect Of Visual Path Information On Human Heading Estimation, Perception.
|
LI W.O., Cheng J.C.K., Saunders J.A. and Li L., Cue Recruitment In Active Control
Of A Moving Line, Perception. |
Researcher
: Cheung ACY |
List of Research Outputs |
Ho
M.Y., Cheung A.C.Y. and Bai Y., Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for
Childhood Anxiety Disorder, Invited Workshop at the First Chinese
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Conference . |
Researcher
: Cheung MWL |
Project Title: |
A multi-method approach to evaluate the effectiveness of the statistical methods on controlling response bias |
Investigator(s): |
Cheung MWL |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
02/2005 |
Abstract: |
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. |
List of Research Outputs |
Au
T.K.F., Chan K.K., Chan T.K., Cheung M.W.L., Ho Y.S.J. and Ip G.W.M., Folkbiology
Meets Microbiology: A Study Of Conceptual And Behavioral Change., Cognitive Psychology. |
Researcher
: Cheung SH |
List of Research Outputs |
Cheong A.M.Y., Legge G.E., Lawrence M.G., Cheung S.H. and Ruff M.A., Relationship between slow visual processing and reading speed in people with macular degeneration, Vision Research. 2007, 47(23): 2943-2955. |
Cheong A.M.Y., Legge G.E., Lawrence M.G., Cheung S.H. and Ruff M.A., Relationship between visual span and reading performance in age-related macular degeneration, Vision Research. 2008, 48(4): 577-588. |
Cheung S.H., Kallie C.S., Legge G.E. and Cheong A.M.Y., Nonlinear mixed-effects modeling of MNREAD data, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2008, 49(2): 828-835. |
Legge G.E., Cheung S.H., Chung S.T.L., Lee H.W.,
Gefroh J. and Kwon M., Training peripheral vision to read, In: John J.
Rieser, Daniel H. Ashmead, Ford F. Ebner, Anne L. Corn, Blindness and
Brain Plasticity in Navigation and Object Perception. |
Researcher
: Chung JPH |
List of Research Outputs |
Ho M.Y. and Chung J.P.H., Explanatory style and posttraumatic growth after bereavement: A study among college students in Hong Kong., In: K. Moore, Proceedings of the 42nd Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference. 2007, 211-215. |
Researcher
: Chung KKH |
Project Title: |
Temporal processing and cognitive processing in Chinese dyslexic children: behavioral and electrophysiological investigation |
Investigator(s): |
Chung KKH, Ho CSH |
Department: |
Education Faculty |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
09/2005 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Dyslexia in learning English as a second language |
Investigator(s): |
Chung KKH |
Department: |
Education Faculty |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
01/2006 |
Abstract: |
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? |
Researcher
: Hayes A |
Project Title: |
An experimental investigation of coding of multi-scale structure of natural images by the human visual system |
Investigator(s): |
Hayes A |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Research Initiation Programme |
Start Date: |
02/2002 |
Abstract: |
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. |
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 |
Investigator(s): |
Hayes A |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
09/2005 |
Abstract: |
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. |
List of Research Outputs |
Cham S.L., Khuu K.S. and Hayes A., Contour curvature in natural images: Statistical analysis and psychophysics, Perception (Supplement). 2007, 36: 156. |
Lee T.C.P., Khuu K.S., Li W.O. and Hayes A., Journal of Vision , Distortion in perceived image size accompanies flash lag in depth. 2008, 8(11):20: 1-10. |
Li W.O., Khuu K.S. and Hayes A., Global shape perception: Interaction between different complex global motion patterns, Vision Research. 2008, 48: 167-178. |
Project Title: |
An investigation of the independence of mental rotation and viewpoint-dependent object recognition |
Investigator(s): |
|
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
09/2003 |
Abstract: |
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 |
Project Title: |
Understanding cross-race deficits in face recognition |
Investigator(s): |
|
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
01/2006 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Is object recognition influenced by stereoscopic depth? |
Investigator(s): |
|
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
01/2007 |
Abstract: |
(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. |
Project Title: |
Viewpoint dependence in repetition blindness |
Investigator(s): |
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Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
01/2007 |
Abstract: |
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. |
List of Research Outputs |
Chan K.H. and Hayward W.G., Dissociating preattentive vision and preattentive attentional guidance. , 8th Annual Meeting of the Vision Science Society. 2008. |
Cheung O., Hayward W.G. and |
Elms N.M., Mondloch C.J., Maurer D., Hayward W.G., Rhodes G., Tanaka J.W. and Zhou G., Other-race faces: Limitations of expert face processing. , 8th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2008. |
Hayward W.G. and Pasqualotto A., 2D images are not sufficient for testing 3D object recognition., 8th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2008. |
Hayward
W.G., After the viewpoint debate in human
object recognition, |
Hayward W.G., Rhodes G. and Schwaninger A., An own-race advantage for components as well as configurations in face recognition., Cognition. 2008, 106: 1017-1027. |
Hayward
W.G., Repetition Blindness for Rotated
Objects, Department of Psychology, |
Hayward
W.G., Repetition Blindness for Rotated
Objects, Program in Neuroscience, |
Hayward W.G., Zhou G., Man W.F. and Harris I.M., Repetition blindness for rotated objects. , 48th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. 2007. |
Hayward
W.G., Repetition blindness for rotated
objects., 13th Conference on Attention and Perception. |
Hayward
W.G., The own-race advantage in face
recognition, 13th Conference on Attention and Perception. |
Hayward
W.G., The own-race advantage in face
recognition, |
Hayward
W.G., What do viewpoint effects tell us about
object recognition?, Department of Psychology, |
Jaquet E., Rhodes G. and Hayward W.G., It's more than just physical: The contribution of social category information to race-selective face aftereffects. , 8th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2008. |
Jaquet E., Rhodes G. and Hayward W.G., Opposite aftereffects for Chinese and Caucasian faces are selective for social category information and not just physical face differences., Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 2007, 60: 1457-1467. |
Researcher
: Ho CSH |
Project Title: |
Developing an assessment battery for identification and diagnostic testing of secondary school students with specific learning difficulties in Hong Kong |
Investigator(s): |
Ho CSH |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Quality Education Fund |
Start Date: |
09/2004 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Longitudinal predictors of literacy problems in Chinese children at family risk of developmental dyslexia |
Investigator(s): |
Ho CSH, Leung MT |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
09/2004 |
Abstract: |
To find out the longitudinal predictors of dyslexia in Chinese; to examine the genetic risk of dyslexia of Chinese children. |
Project Title: |
Syntactic Awareness of Chinese Dyslexic Children and Adolescents: Difficulties Beyond Word Level Processing |
Investigator(s): |
Ho CSH |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
03/2006 |
Abstract: |
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, |
List of Research Outputs |
Chan D. .W., Ho C.S.H., Tsang S.-.M., Lee S.-.H.
and Chung K. .K.-.H., Estimating incidence of development dyslexia in |
Cheung H., Chung K.K.H., Wong S.W.-.L., McBride-Chang C., Penney T.B. and Ho C.S.H., Organization of speech in Chinese-reading dyslexic children: Aspiration and lexical tone, Paper Presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Prague. 2007. |
Chung K. .K.-.H., McBride-Chang C., Wong S. .W.-.L., Cheung H., Penney T. .B. and Ho C.S.H., The role of visual and auditory temporal processing for Chinese children with development dyslexia, Annals of Dyslexia. 2008, 58: 15-35. |
Chung K.K.H., McBride-Chang C., Penney T.B., Cheung H., Ho C.S.H. and Wong S.W.-.L., Do visual and auditory temporal processing deficits account for Chinese dyslexic children?, Interactive Paper Presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Prague. 2007. |
Ho C.S.H., Leung M.-.T. and Cheung H., Early language and phonological difficulties of Chinese preschool children at familial risk for dyslexia, Paper Presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Prague. 2007. |
Ho
C.S.H., Chan D., Chung K., Lee S.-.H., Tsang
S.-.M. and Chan W.-.S., 中文字詞認讀訓練 (2nd edition). (A
computerized trainning kit of Chinese word learning for children with
specific learning difficulties in |
Ho C.S.H., Leung K.N.K., Cheung H. and Leung M.T., The Hong Kong Reading and Writing Behaviour Checklist for Adults , In: HKU and CUHK , 2007. |
Leung K.N.-.K. and Ho C.S.H., Reading-related behavioural characteristics as predictor of reading difficulties of Chinese adults: The use of adult behaviour checklist for reading and writing in Hong Kong, Interactive Paper Presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Prague. 2007. |
Wong S. .W.-.L. and Ho C.S.H., Multiple automation
difficulties in Chinese development dyslexia, Poster presented at the
conference of the British Dyslexia Association, |
Wong S.W.-.L. and Ho C.S.H., Central executive and speed of processing deficit in Chinese developmental dyslexia: Its impact on word decoding and reading comprehension, Interactive Paper Presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Prague. 2007. |
Xiao X. and Ho C.S.H., Development of syntactic awareness in Chinese children, Interactive Paper Presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Prague. 2007. |
Researcher
: Ho ITF |
Project Title: |
Effective strategies for social-communication intervention among young autistic children |
Investigator(s): |
Ho ITF |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Quality Education Fund |
Start Date: |
09/2004 |
Abstract: |
To carry out effective strategies for social-communication intervention among young autistic children. |
List of Research Outputs |
Hau K.T., Ho I.T.F., Ku Y.L. and Hui N., Chinese
students' critical thinking: Validation of the factorial structure of a
critical thinking assessment, American Educational Research Association
Annual Conference, |
Hau K.T. and Ho I.T.F., Insights from research on Asian students' achievement motivation, International Journal of Psychology. 2008, 43: 865-869. |
Ho I.T.F. and Hau K.T., Academic achievement in the Chinese context: The role of goals, strategies, and effort, International Journal of Psychology. 2008, 43: 892-897. |
Ho
I.T.F., Hau K.T. and Salili F., Expectancy and value as
predictors of Chinese students' achievement goals, In: F. Salili & R.
Hoosain, Culture, motivation, and learning: A multicultural perspective.
CT, |
Researcher
: Ho MY |
Project Title: |
|
Investigator(s): |
Ho MY, Chan CLW, Wong AMP |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
The |
Start Date: |
06/2001 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Belief in emotional processing after trauma: a comparison among Hong Kong, Beijing, and USA |
Investigator(s): |
Ho MY |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2004 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Why People Report Positive Changes after Cancer Diagnosis? A Study on the Relationship between Attributional Style and Posttraumatic Growth among Cancer Patients |
Investigator(s): |
Ho MY, Ho JWC, Sham JST, Ngan HYS, Kwong YL |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
01/2006 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Cognitive and emotional deficits of chronically bereaved individuals in Hong Kong |
Investigator(s): |
Ho MY |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
01/2006 |
Abstract: |
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. |
List of Research Outputs |
Ho J.W.C., Ho M.Y., Ho G. and Chan M.S., Psychological outcome of Chinese subjects undergoing genetic testing for hereditary colorectal cancer: results of a longitudinal study, Familial Cancer. 2007, 6(3): 325. |
Ho
M.Y., Cheung
A.C.Y. and Bai Y., Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety Disorder, Invited Workshop at the
First Chinese Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Conference . |
Ho
M.Y., Editor of the special issue: Psychology
of resilience and growth in Chinese societies, Journal of Psychology in
Chinese Societies. Hong Kong, The |
Ho M.Y. and Chung J.P.H., Explanatory style and posttraumatic growth after bereavement: A study among college students in Hong Kong., In: K. Moore, Proceedings of the 42nd Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference. 2007, 211-215. |
Ho
M.Y., Integrative psychotherapy for clients
with depression - positive psychotherapy, 抑郁症的綜合心理冶療
- 積極心理冶療, Invited workshop by the |
Ho
M.Y., Introduction to special issues:
Psychology of resilience and growth in Chinese societies, Journal of
Psychology in Chinese Societies. |
Ho
M.Y., Invited keynote address "The
science of happiness", The Wong Tai Sin and Sai Kung District Board, |
Ho
M.Y., Positive cognitive-behavioral
psychotherapy for depressive disorder, 抑郁症的積極認知治療, Invited
lecture at the |
Ho
M.Y. and Ho M.Y., Positive psychotherapy for
adults with depression, Invited one-day workshop at the Annual Meeting of
the |
Ho
M.Y., Resilience and growth following
life-threatening diseases: Current research among the Chinese, Invited
plenary address at theJoint 6th Chinese Psychologist Conference and the |
Ho
M.Y. and Bai
Y., Strength Oriented Positive Psychotherapy for Depressive Individuals, Invited
Presentation at the First Chinese Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Conference .
|
Ho
M.Y., Bai
Y., Leung W.C. and Chak Y.,
Strength-Oriented Intervention: Research and Practices , Applied Positive
Psychology in Hong Kong 2009. |
Ho
M.Y., |
Ho M.Y., The Science of Happiness, Invited keynote address at the Forum on Community Happy Living organized by the Wong Tin Sin and Sai Kung District Board, Hong Kong. 2007. |
Ho M.Y., Bonanno G.A., Chan C.L.W. and Wong C.P.Y., The relationship between attachment style and adjustment to bereavement among Hong Kong Chinese: A Preliminary Study., In: K. Moore, Proceedings of the 42nd Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference . 2007, 206-210. |
Lo C.S.L., Ho M.Y. and |
Researcher
: Ho YSJ |
List of Research Outputs |
Au
T.K.F., Chan K.K., Chan T.K., Cheung M.W.L., Ho Y.S.J. and Ip G.W.M.,
Folkbiology Meets Microbiology: A Study Of Conceptual And Behavioral Change.,
Cognitive Psychology. |
Researcher
: Hui HCC |
Project Title: |
Personality in organizations: a cross-cultural perspective |
Investigator(s): |
Hui HCC |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
01/2006 |
Abstract: |
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. |
List of Research Outputs |
Chiu W.C.K. and Hui H.C.C., Psychological ownership
and organizational optimism amidst |
Hui H.C.C., Chiu W.C.K., Yu P.L.H., Cheng K. and Tse H., The effects of service climate and the effective leadership behaviour of supervisors on frontline employee service quality: A multilevel analysis., Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 2007, 80: 151-172. |
Kwan S.O., Pak S.T., Chao A.A. and Hui H.C.C., Attributional style in the Chinese work population, The 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, April 2008. |
Lundby K. and Hui H.C.C., Employee engagement
across Asia-Pacific: Some or not the same?, The 23rd Annual Conference of
the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, |
Pak S.T., Chao A.A., Kwan S.O. and Hui H.C.C., A search for the frame-of-reference (FOR) effect on personality assessment, British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Dublin, April 2008. |
Researcher
: Kam CM |
Project Title: |
Promoting Social
and Emotional Learning Among School Children in |
Investigator(s): |
Kam CM |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
04/2007 |
Abstract: |
The proposed study has the following
specific aims:1. To design and develop a social emotional learning (SEL)
curriculum suitable for Chinese population of children.2. To pilot test the
SEL curriculum among |
List of Research Outputs |
Kam
C.M. and Greenberg M.T., Children Coping With
Different Emotions, The 20th Annual Meeting of the Association for
Psychology Sciences, |
Kam C.M. and Greenberg M.T., Children's Coping with Different Emotions, 20th Annual Convention for Psychological Science, Chicago 2008. |
Researcher
: Kao HSR |
List of Research Outputs |
Kao H.S.R., Lin B.L., Chao A.A. and Chen H.Y., 解碼華人職場健康心理, Decoding Psychological Health of Working Chinese. Hong Kong: Ricci 香港雷奇顧問有限公司, 2007. |
Kao H.S.R., Wang J.Q. and Chao A.A., Emotional relaxation through calligraphic handwriting: The case of three instruments, Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2007, 33, Supplement, S198. |
Li J., Kao H.S.R. and Chao A.A., Paternalistic Leadership and
Subordinate Mental Health: A cross-cultural comparison between Mainland |
Project Title: |
Human perception of image speed derived from the simultaneous extraction and analysis of visual information in two- and three-dimensional space |
Investigator(s): |
|
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
09/2006 |
Abstract: |
(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. |
List of Research Outputs |
Cham S.L., Khuu K.S. and Hayes A., Contour curvature in natural images: Statistical analysis and psychophysics, Perception (Supplement). 2007, 36: 156. |
Cheng C.K.J., Khuu K.S. and Li L., Implied Foe From Form Influences Human Heading Perception, Journal Of Vision. 2008, 8(6): 1161. |
Cheng
J.C.K., Khuu K.S. and Li L., Motion Noise Removes The Effect
Of Visual Path Information On Human Heading Estimation, Perception.
|
Lee T.C.P., Khuu K.S., Li W.O. and Hayes A., Journal of Vision , Distortion in perceived image size accompanies flash lag in depth. 2008, 8(11):20: 1-10. |
Li W.O., Khuu K.S. and Hayes A., Global shape perception: Interaction between different complex global motion patterns, Vision Research. 2008, 48: 167-178. |
Li W.O., Khuu K.S. and Hayes A., Vision Research, Interaction between complex motion patterns in the perception of shape. 2008, 48: 167-168. |
Researcher
: Kidd JC |
Project Title: |
Effect of Phonological Processing Training on the Quality and Structure of Phonological Representations in Poor Readers. |
Investigator(s): |
Kidd JC, Ho CSH, Au TKF |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2006 |
Abstract: |
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. |
List of Research Outputs |
Kidd J.C. and Hogben J.H., Does the auditory saltation stimulus distinguish dyslexic from competently reading adults?, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 2007, 50: 982-998. |
Researcher
: Ku YL |
List of Research Outputs |
Hau K.T., Ho I.T.F., Ku Y.L. and Hui N., Chinese
students' critical thinking: Validation of the factorial structure of a
critical thinking assessment, American Educational Research Association
Annual Conference, |
Researcher
: Kwan SO |
List of Research Outputs |
Kwan S.O., Pak S.T., Chao A.A. and Hui H.C.C., Attributional style in the Chinese work population, The 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, April 2008. |
Pak S.T., Chao A.A., Kwan S.O. and Hui H.C.C., A search for the frame-of-reference (FOR) effect on personality assessment, British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Dublin, April 2008. |
Researcher
: Lam SF |
Project Title: |
Motivation in the classroom: instructional practices of teacher interns |
Investigator(s): |
Lam SF, |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2003 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Social identity
and intergroup perceptions of |
Investigator(s): |
Lam SF, Lau IYM |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2004 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
A Cross-cultural Investigation of Asymmetry in Judgments of Moral and Academic Norms |
Investigator(s): |
Lam SF, Chan KC, |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2005 |
Abstract: |
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 |
List of Research Outputs |
Bao
X. and Lam S.F., Who makes
the choice? Rethinking the role of authonomy and relatedness in Chinese
children's motivation, The Joint Chinese Psychologist Conference and the
Hong Kong Psychological Society Annual Conference, |
Bao X. and Lam S.F., Who makes the choice? Rethinking the role of autonomy and relatedness in Chinese children's motivation, Child Development. 2008, 79(2): 269-283. |
Chan J.C.Y. and Lam S.F., The effects of competition on vicarious learning and students' self-efficacy in writing, British Journal of Educational Psychology. 2008, 28: 95-108. |
Chan K., Lam S.F. and Covault J., White
Pre-service Teachers' Judgments on Anglo and Hispanic Students' Behaviors, The
5th World Conference of Cooperative Education. |
Chan K.C., Lam S.F., Lee S.L. and Law Y.K.,
Cross-Cultural Differences in American and Chinese Primary Grade Teachers'
Perceptions of Self, Conference on Educational Renewal and School
Development in an Era of Cultural Diversity. |
Chan M.C.K., Lau I.Y.M. and Lam S.F., Will I Marry You? The Role
of Social Norms in Personal Mate Preference, Partner Satisfaction and
Perceived Likelihood to Marry the Current Partner, The 7th Conference of
the Asian Association of Social Psychology. |
Lam
S.F., Crisis Intervention in Schools. Invited
Lecture at Zhejiang Research Institute of Education Science, |
Lam S.F., Exploring student engagement in schools internationally, Newsletter of International School Psychology Association: World Go Round. 2007, 34(5): 4-5. |
Lam
S.F. and Law
Y.K., Open attitudes, attribution beliefs, and knowledge of |
Lam
S.F. and Law Y.K., Open attitudes,
attribution beliefs, and knowledge of |
Lam
S.F. and Jimerson S., Student engagement in
schools, The 29th Annual International School Psychology Colloquium. |
Ng F.F., Pomerantz E.M. and Lam S.F., Parents’ responses to children’s success and failure: Differences between Chinese and European American parents, Developmental Psychology. 2007, 43(5): 1239-1255. |
Researcher
: Lau IYM |
Project Title: |
Understanding cross-cultural persusasion within a communication framework |
Investigator(s): |
Lau IYM |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
01/2003 |
Abstract: |
To examine the processes underlying cross-cultural persuasion by applying a communication framework. |
Project Title: |
Cross-cultural adjustment of perspective |
Investigator(s): |
Lau IYM |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2004 |
Abstract: |
To ascertain the nature of one of the basic processes in interpersonal interaction, that of perspective taking. |
Project Title: |
Bicultural experiences, cultural competencies, and subjective well-being: the mediating role of cultural sensitivity and cognitive flexibility |
Investigator(s): |
Lau IYM, Chiu CY, Lee SL |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
07/2005 |
Abstract: |
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. |
List of Research Outputs |
Chan M.C.K., Lau I.Y.M. and Lam S.F., Will I Marry You? The Role of
Social Norms in Personal Mate Preference, Partner Satisfaction and Perceived
Likelihood to Marry the Current Partner, The 7th Conference of the Asian
Association of Social Psychology. |
Researcher
: Lee SL |
Project Title: |
The role of knowledge estimation in social interaction |
Investigator(s): |
Lee SL, Law NWY, Chan CKK |
Department: |
Education Faculty |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
11/2004 |
Abstract: |
To study how knowledge estimation mediates interpersonal communication and affects the effectiveness of team work. |
Researcher
: Lee TCP |
List of Research Outputs |
Lee T.C.P., Khuu K.S., Li W.O. and Hayes A., Journal of Vision , Distortion in perceived image size accompanies flash lag in depth. 2008, 8(11):20: 1-10. |
Researcher
: Lee TMC |
Project Title: |
Memory deficits following unilateral frontal or temporal brain lesion |
Investigator(s): |
Lee TMC, Fan YW |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants |
Start Date: |
05/2000 |
Abstract: |
To develop an instrument for assessment of confabulation in prose memory. |
Project Title: |
Deception and its detection: brain activities associated with faking memory problems |
Investigator(s): |
Lee TMC, Broadhurst RG, Yang ES |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
08/2002 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Selective attention biases of people with major depressive disorder, and its relationship with brain damages. |
Investigator(s): |
Lee TMC, Leung KK |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Small Project Funding |
Start Date: |
09/2005 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Brain processes underlying deception |
Investigator(s): |
Lee TMC |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
03/2007 |
Abstract: |
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. |
List of Research Outputs |
Chan C.C.H., Lee T.M.C., Wong R. and Wong K., Emotion recognition in Chinese people with schizophrenia, Psychiatry Research. 2008, 157: 67-76. |
Chow K.W.S., Chan C.C.H., Huang Y.X., Liu K.P.Y. and Lee T.M.C., Temporal course of vibrotactile imagery, Neuroreport. 2007, 18: 999-1003. |
Gao
J., Lee T.M.C., Chan Y.S., Chu L.W. and Cheung R.T.F., Cognitive assessments of
prospective memory and arrowhead tasks in patients with mild Alzheimer’s
disease and in healthy elderly, Third International Symposium on Healthy
Aging - Improving the Health of an Aging Population: 44. March 1-2. |
Lau
W.M., 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, Hong Kong Society of Biological Psychiatry
Conference 2007, October 18-20, 2007, |
Lau W.M., Qiu G., Yau S.Y., Helmeste D.M., Lee T.M.C., Tang S.W. and So K.F., Neuroprotection in steroid therapy: An animal model, Health Research Symposium 2007: Building bridges between research, practice & policy, HKSAR, PRC . 2007. |
Lau W.M., Qiu G., Yau S.Y., Helmeste D.M., Lee T.M.C., Tang S.W. and So K.F., Neuroprotection in steroid therapy: An animal model, Health Research symposium 2007, September 29, 2007. Poster P10. |
Lee T.M.C., Leung W.S., Fox P.T., Gao J.H. and Chan C.C.H., Age-related differences in neural activities during risk taking as revealed by functional MRI., Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience. 2008, 3: 7-15. |
Lee T.M.C., Chan C.C.H., Han S.H., Leung W.S., Fox P.T. and Gao J.H., An event-related fMRI study on risk taking by healthy individuals of high or low impulsiveness. , Neuroscience Letters. 2008, 438: 138-141. |
Lee T.M.C., Li L.S.W. and Chan C.C.H., Functional reorganization of the human brain., Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 2008, Suppl. 46: 46. |
Lee
T.M.C., Neuro-cognitive Rehabilitation, The
First Geriatric Rehabilitation Workshop, |
Lee T.M.C., Neuroplasticity: Functional Re-organization of the Human Brain, The first Asian Oceania Conference on Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 2008. |
Lee
T.M.C., Neuropsychological models of brain
functions, Seminar on Neuropsychological aspect in Epilepsy, Theory &
Practice, |
Lee T.M.C., Perspectives on judgement and decision making: From problem gambling to neuroeconomics, National University of Singapore. 2008. |
Lee
T.M.C., Regulation of Human Behaviours, Perspectives
of Clinical Neuropsychology, |
Lee T.M.C., Chan S.C. and Raine A., Strong limbic and weak frontal activation to aggressive stimuli in spouse abusers., Molecular Psychiatry. 2008, 13: 655-656. |
Lee T.M.C., Ng E.H.H., Tang S.W. and Chan C.C.H., The effects of a sad mood on facial emotion recognition in Chinese people, Psychiatry Research. 2008, 159: 37-43. |
Leung K.K., Lee T.M.C., Xiao Z.W., Zhang J.X.X., Yip P.S.F. and Li L.S.W., Neural activities for negative priming with affective stimuli: An fMRI study., Neuroscience Letters. 2008, 433: 194-198. |
Ng K.Y.Y., Hon K.Y.L. and Lee T.M.C., Aging effect on face Recogntion. , Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2008, 20: 93-98. |
Parrott A.C., McGregor I.S., Lee T.M.C., Scholey A.B. and Morgan M.J., International Conference on Memory (ICOM-4), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, July 16-21, 2006 - Ecstasy/MDMA and Memory Symposium, Journal of Psychopharmacology. 2007, 19: doi:10.1177/0269881107077377. |
You
S., Lau W.M., Tang S.W., Lee T.M.C. and So K.F., Effect of different doses of
corticosterone on hippocampal cell proliferation, Hong Kong Society of
Biological Psychiatry Conference 2007, October 18-20, 2007, |
Researcher
: Leung KK |
List of Research Outputs |
Leung K.K., Lee T.M.C., Xiao Z.W., Zhang J.X.X., Yip P.S.F. and Li L.S.W., Neural activities for negative priming with affective stimuli: An fMRI study., Neuroscience Letters. 2008, 433: 194-198. |
Researcher
: Leung NK |
List of Research Outputs |
Leung N.K., Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowships 2007-2008, 2008. |
Researcher
: Leung WC |
List of Research Outputs |
Ho
M.Y., Bai Y., Leung W.C. and Chak Y.,
Strength-Oriented Intervention: Research and Practices , Applied Positive
Psychology in Hong Kong 2009. |
Researcher
: Leung WS |
List of Research Outputs |
Lee T.M.C., Leung W.S., Fox P.T., Gao J.H. and Chan C.C.H., Age-related differences in neural activities during risk taking as revealed by functional MRI., Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience. 2008, 3: 7-15. |
Lee T.M.C., Chan C.C.H., Han S.H., Leung W.S., Fox P.T. and Gao J.H., An event-related fMRI study on risk taking by healthy individuals of high or low impulsiveness. , Neuroscience Letters. 2008, 438: 138-141. |
Researcher
: Li FWS |
List of Research Outputs |
Li
F.W.S. and Tsang
S.K.M., Aggression and Violence among Psychotic Patients in |
Li F.W.S., Childhood psychological problems, Metro radio. 2007. |
Li F.W.S., Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Panic Disorder: Local Development and Phase II Findings, 2007 World Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health. 2007. |
Li F.W.S., Mental health of adolescents, Sacred Heart Canossian College. 2007. |
Researcher
: Li L |
Project Title: |
An investigation of visual cues for active control of self-motion in the normally-sighted and the low-vision patients |
Investigator(s): |
Li L |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
Start Date: |
10/2006 |
Abstract: |
(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. |
Project Title: |
Visual information affecting object motion perception during head movement |
Investigator(s): |
Li L |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
01/2007 |
Abstract: |
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. |
List of Research Outputs |
Cheng C.K.J., Khuu K.S. and Li L., Implied Foe From Form Influences Human Heading Perception, Journal Of Vision. 2008, 8(6): 1161. |
Cheng
J.C.K., Khuu K.S. and Li L., Motion Noise Removes The
Effect Of Visual Path Information On Human Heading Estimation, Perception.
|
LI W.O., Cheng J.C.K., Saunders J.A. and Li L., Cue Recruitment In Active
Control Of A Moving Line, Perception. |
Li
L., Chen
J. and Peng X., Influence Of
Field-of-view Size And Depth Range On Heading Perception With Or Without
Visual Path Information , Perception. |
Li L., Stone L. and Chan E.K.S., Visual Control Of Steering Toward A Goal Uses Heading But Not Path Information, Journal Of Vision. 2008, 8(6): 1162. |
Li
L., Visual Information Governing Perception
And Action, Faculty of Social Science, |
Peng X., Stone L. and Li L., Humans Can Control Heading Independent Of Visual Path Information, Journal Of Vision. 2008, 8(6): 1160. |
Researcher
: Li WO |
List of Research Outputs |
Lee T.C.P., Khuu K.S., Li W.O. and Hayes A., Journal of Vision , Distortion in perceived image size accompanies flash lag in depth. 2008, 8(11):20: 1-10. |
Li W.O., Khuu K.S. and Hayes A., Global shape perception: Interaction between different complex global motion patterns, Vision Research. 2008, 48: 167-178. |
Li W.O., Khuu K.S. and Hayes A., Vision Research, Interaction between complex motion patterns in the perception of shape. 2008, 48: 167-168. |
Researcher
: Lo BCY |
List of Research Outputs |
Cheng
C. and Lo B.C.Y.,
Cognitive underpinning underlying flexible coping processes: Dialectic
thinking, Australian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences
2007, |
Lo B.C.Y., Cognitive control and reminative response style in women, The 3rd International Congress on Women's Mental Health, Australia. 2008. |
Researcher
: Lu H |
List of Research Outputs |
Huang X., Lu H., Tjan B., Zhou Y. and Liu Z., Motion perceptual learning: When only task-relevant information is learned, Journal of Vision. 2007, 7(10): 1-10. |
Keane B., Lu H. and Kellman P., Classfication images reveal spatiotemporal contour interpolation, Vision Research. 2007, 47: 3460-75. |
Lu H., Yuille A., Liljeholm M., Cheng P.W. and Holyoak K.J., Bayesian models of judgments of causal strength: A comparison, In: D.S. McNammara & G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2007, 1241-1246. |
Lu H., Generic Priors in Bayesian Inference, Graduate Summer School, Probabilistic Models of Cognition: The Mathematics of Mind, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, UCLA, 2007. 2007. |
Researcher
: Mak BSK |
Project Title: |
How 12-14 month old infants perceive faces of same age peers and adult faces |
Investigator(s): |
Mak BSK |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
01/2005 |
Abstract: |
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? |
List of Research Outputs |
Kwan S.O., Pak S.T., Chao A.A. and Hui H.C.C., Attributional style in the Chinese work population, The 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, April 2008. |
Pak S.T., Chao A.A., Kwan S.O. and Hui H.C.C., A search for the frame-of-reference (FOR) effect on personality assessment, British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Dublin, April 2008. |
Researcher
: Pang MP |
Project Title: |
Depressive perceptions of others in social interaction |
Investigator(s): |
Pang MP |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
University Research Committee / Committee on Research and Conference Grants - General Award |
Start Date: |
07/1997 |
Abstract: |
To investigate the impact of depressive mood on perception of people with whom the depressed person interacts socially. |
Researcher
: Pasqualotto A |
List of Research Outputs |
Hayward W.G. and Pasqualotto A., 2D images are not sufficient for testing 3D object recognition., 8th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2008. |
Researcher
: Peng X |
List of Research Outputs |
Li L.,
Chen J. and Peng X., Influence Of Field-of-view
Size And Depth Range On Heading Perception With Or Without Visual Path
Information , Perception. |
Peng X., Stone L. and Li L., Humans Can Control Heading Independent Of Visual Path Information, Journal Of Vision. 2008, 8(6): 1160. |
Researcher
: Poon CSK |
Project Title: |
Self-predictions
of health-protective behaviors: The case of screening for hepatitis B in |
Investigator(s): |
Poon CSK |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
02/2006 |
Abstract: |
(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 |
Project Title: |
Do self-prediction biases hinder the use of external aids in implementation of vaccination behavior? A preliminary investigation using a university sample |
Investigator(s): |
Poon CSK |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
03/2007 |
Abstract: |
The influenza vaccination rate in |
List of Research Outputs |
Poon
C.S.K. and Koehler D.J., Person theories:
Their temporal stability and relation to inter-trait inferences, Annual
Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, |
Researcher
: Salili F |
List of Research Outputs |
Ho
I.T.F., Hau K.T. and Salili F.,
Expectancy and value as predictors of Chinese students' achievement goals,
In: F. Salili & R. Hoosain, Culture, motivation, and learning: A
multicultural perspective. CT, |
Researcher
: Spinks JA |
Project Title: |
Cognitive mechanisms and their neurocognitive bases for reading Chinese |
Investigator(s): |
Spinks JA |
Department: |
Psychology |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Outstanding RGC Projects |
Start Date: |
09/1998 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Researcher
: Tan L |
Project Title: |
Cognitive and brain processing of the Chinese language |
Investigator(s): |
Tan LH, Yang ES, Shen GG, Perry C, Spinks JA, Siok WT |
Department: |
Linguistics |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Central Allocation Vote - Group Research Project |
Start Date: |
02/2003 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Learning to read in Chinese: Possible intervention strategies implicated by fMRI studies |
Investigator(s): |
Tan LH, Siok WT |
Department: |
Linguistics |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
02/2005 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Neuroimaging research on visual and attentional deficits in Chinese dyslexia |
Investigator(s): |
Tan LH |
Department: |
Linguistics |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Matching Fund for National Key Basic Research Development Scheme (973 Projects) |
Start Date: |
09/2005 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Researcher
: Tan LH |
Project Title: |
Cognitive and brain processing of the Chinese language |
Investigator(s): |
Tan LH, Yang ES, Shen GG, Perry C, Spinks JA, Siok WT |
Department: |
Linguistics |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Central Allocation Vote - Group Research Project |
Start Date: |
02/2003 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Learning to read in Chinese: Possible intervention strategies implicated by fMRI studies |
Investigator(s): |
Tan LH, Siok WT |
Department: |
Linguistics |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
Start Date: |
02/2005 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Project Title: |
Neuroimaging research on visual and attentional deficits in Chinese dyslexia |
Investigator(s): |
Tan LH |
Department: |
Linguistics |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Matching Fund for National Key Basic Research Development Scheme (973 Projects) |
Start Date: |
09/2005 |
Abstract: |
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. |
Researcher
: Wong CPY |
List of Research Outputs |
Ho M.Y., Bonanno G.A., Chan C.L.W. and Wong C.P.Y., The relationship between attachment style and adjustment to bereavement among Hong Kong Chinese: A Preliminary Study., In: K. Moore, Proceedings of the 42nd Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference . 2007, 206-210. |
Researcher
: Xiao X |
List of Research Outputs |
Xiao X. and Ho C.S.H., Development of syntactic awareness in Chinese children, Interactive Paper Presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Prague. 2007. |
Researcher
: Yeung PS |
List of Research Outputs |
Yeung P.S., Learning To Read And Spell In English Among Chinese English-as-a-second-language Learners In Hong Kong., The Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Conference (2007). 2007. |
Researcher
: Yip JTH |
Project Title: |
Effects of executive functions rehabilitation on language impairment |
Investigator(s): |
Yip JTH |
Department: |
Edu Fac-Speech & Hearing Sci Division |
Source(s) of Funding: |
Sik Sik Yuen Education Research Fund |
Start Date: |
03/2004 |
Abstract: |
To study effects of executive functions rehabilitation on language impairment. |
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