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


Project Title:Research Output Prize
Investigator(s):Au TKF
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:12/2009


Project Title:Identifying Risk Factors for Reading Development in a Second Language
Investigator(s):Au TKF, Ho CSH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2010
Completion Date:03/2012


Project Title:Learning Basic Sounds in L2: Chinese Speakers Perception and Production of Stop Consonants in English'
Investigator(s):Au TKF
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2010
Completion Date:08/2011


Project Title:Can Children's Psychophysiological Reaction to Family Conflict Be Co-opted in Family Therapy?
Investigator(s):Au TKF, Lee WY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2011


Project Title:Learning Basic Sounds in L2: Chinese Speakers Perception and Production of Stop Consonants in English'
Investigator(s):Au TKF
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2011


Project Title:Early Social Deficits as a Predictor of Poor Peer Relationships
Investigator(s):Au TKF
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2012


List of Research Outputs

Au T.K.F., Access to Childhood Language Memory: Implications for Cognitive Development, In: M. Siegal & L. Surian , Access To Language And Cognitive Development. New York, Oxford University Press, 2012, 176-191.
Chan W.L., Au T.K.F. and Tang J.C.Y., Exploring The Developmental Changes In Automatic Two-digit Number Processing, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2011, 108: 263-274.
Chan W.L., Au T.K.F. and Tang J.C.Y., Making Sense of Numbers: Children’s Understanding of Place-Value Concept , Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association. Vancouver, Canada, 2012.
Tso R.V.Y., Au T.K.F. and Hsiao J.H.W., The Influence of Writing Experiences on Holistic Processing in Chinese Character Recognition, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, USA (Peer-reviewed, full-paper, accepted as a talk). Austin, TX, Cognitive Science Society, 2011, 1442-1447.
Tso R.V.Y., Au T.K.F. and Hsiao J.H.W., The influence of writing experiences on holistic processing in Chinese character recognition , i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract, accepted as a talk) . 2011, 2(4): 345.
Tso R.V.Y., Au T.K.F. and Hsiao J.H.W., Writing facilitates learning to read in Chinese through reduction of holistic processing: A developmental study, In: Andrew B. Watson, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(9): 530.
Wong A.M.Y., Au T.K.F., Ho C.S.H., Kidd J.C., Lam C.C.C. and Yip L.P.W., Relationships between SLI and dyslexia: The case for Chinese, American Speech Language and Hearing Association Annual Convention. 2011.
Wong A.M.Y., Au T.K.F., Ho C.S.H., Kidd J.C., Lam C.C.C. and Yip L.P.W., Relationships between SLI and dyslexia: The case for Chinese, Poster presented at the American Speech Language and Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Diego, November. 2011.
Wong H.M., Bridges S.M., Yiu C.K.Y., McGrath C.P.J., Au T.K.F. and Parthasarathy S.D., Development and validation of Hong Kong Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry, Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry. Hong Kong, Wiley, 2012, 3: 118-127.


Researcher : Blowers GH
Project Title:The social construction of psychological knowledge in China: an analysis of the content of Chinese psychology journals from their inception to the present day
Investigator(s):Blowers GH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2003


Project Title:Fritz Kobler in China: a Viennese psychiatrist and neurologist’s contribution to China’s medical education (1938-1952).
Investigator(s):Blowers GH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:03/2011
Completion Date:08/2012


Project Title:The Asylum (1898-1949): A study of Euro-American influences on the development of Psychiatry and Mental Health in Republican China
Investigator(s):Blowers GH, MacPherson KL
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2011


List of Research Outputs

Blowers G.H., Freud’s Asian Unconscious: Reflections on Freud’s oedipal theory in his contacts with Asia, Annual meeting of the Japan Psychoanalytic Society, Nagoya, November. 2011.
Blowers G.H., Moderator of Keynote address by Hu Fuchen:" Dream Images and Inner Alchemy, Fifth International Conference of Analytical Psychology & Chinese Culture: Dreams, Symbolic Language of the Psyche, Nature and Culture, University of Macau . 2012.
Blowers G.H., Session chair: Chinese legends and Jungian analysis, Fifth International Conference of Analytical Psychology & Chinese Culture: Dreams, Symbolic Language of the Psyche, Nature and Culture, University of Macau. 2012.


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


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




Researcher : Chan KH
List of Research Outputs

Chan K.H. and Hayward W.G., Dissociating goal-directed and stimulus-driven determinants in attentional capture, 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.


Researcher : Chan MPS
List of Research Outputs

Ng C.W., Chan M.P.S. and Hui H.C.C., Personnel psychology for disaster response and recovery, In: S.C. Carr, M. MacLachlan & A. Furnham, Handbook of humanitarian work psychology. Hampshire, U.K., Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, 225-246.


Researcher : Chan PS
List of Research Outputs

Kam C.M., Yick Y.Y. and Chan P.S., Implementing an Emotion Coaching Parenting Program in Hong Kong, China - Interim Results, Society for Prevention Research 20th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA. 2012.


Researcher : Chan WL
List of Research Outputs

Chan W.L., Au T.K.F. and Tang J.C.Y., Exploring The Developmental Changes In Automatic Two-digit Number Processing, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2011, 108: 263-274.
Chan W.L., Au T.K.F. and Tang J.C.Y., Making Sense of Numbers: Children’s Understanding of Place-Value Concept , Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association. Vancouver, Canada, 2012.
Hayward W.G., Zhao M., Cheung S.H., Wong A.C.N., Rhodes G., Chan E. and Chan W.L., Perception of Configural and Component Information in Own-Race and Other-Race Faces: An fMRI Study, 2012 Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting. 2012.


Researcher : Chan WL
List of Research Outputs

Chan W.L., Au T.K.F. and Tang J.C.Y., Exploring The Developmental Changes In Automatic Two-digit Number Processing, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2011, 108: 263-274.
Chan W.L., Au T.K.F. and Tang J.C.Y., Making Sense of Numbers: Children’s Understanding of Place-Value Concept , Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association. Vancouver, Canada, 2012.
Hayward W.G., Zhao M., Cheung S.H., Wong A.C.N., Rhodes G., Chan E. and Chan W.L., Perception of Configural and Component Information in Own-Race and Other-Race Faces: An fMRI Study, 2012 Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting. 2012.


Researcher : Chen J
Project Title:Vision Sciences Society 12th Annual Meeting Action videogame playing improves visual-motor control before it improves vision
Investigator(s):Chen J
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2012
Completion Date:05/2012


List of Research Outputs

Chen R., Chen J. and Li L., Action videogame playing improves visual-motor control before it improves vision, The 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida, USA.. 2012.
Li L., Stone L. and Chen J., Influence of optic-flow information beyond the velocity field on the active control of heading, The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.


Researcher : Chen J
List of Research Outputs

Chen R., Chen J. and Li L., Action videogame playing improves visual-motor control before it improves vision, The 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida, USA.. 2012.
Li L., Stone L. and Chen J., Influence of optic-flow information beyond the velocity field on the active control of heading, The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.


Researcher : Chen R
List of Research Outputs

Chen R., Chen J. and Li L., Action videogame playing improves visual-motor control before it improves vision, The 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida, USA.. 2012.


Researcher : Chen Z
Project Title:Belonged and Powerful: The Interconnection of Belonging and Control
Investigator(s):Chen Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2010
Completion Date:03/2012


Project Title:The 16th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) The Quest for Personal-relational Equilibrium: Anti- versus Pro-Social Responses to Ostracism
Investigator(s):Chen Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2011
Completion Date:07/2011


Project Title:Public versus Private Aggression following Social Exclusion
Investigator(s):Chen Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2011


List of Research Outputs

Chen Z. and Williams K., Imagined future social pain hurts more now than imagined future physical pain, European Journal of Social Psychology. 2012, 42: 314-317.
Chen Z., Cheng C. and Poon K.T., The quest for personal-relational equilibrium: Anti- versus pro-social responses to ostracism, European Association for Social Psychology (EASP). 2011.
Chen Z. and Jiang Y., Warmth doesn’t break the ice, competence does: The effect of money on person perception, the 2012 annual meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association. 2012.
Li Y., Johnson K., Cohen A., Williams M., Knowles E. and Chen Z., Fundamental Attribution Error: Protestants are dispositionally focused, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2012, 102: 2081-90.
Poon K.T., Chen Z. and DeWall C., Entitled to more: Social exclusion triggers unethical behavior, the 2012 annual meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association. 2012.
Poon K.T. and Chen Z., It’s a just world: Ostracism people are perceived as unethical, the 2012 annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science (APS). 2012.
Sacco D., Wirth J., Hugenberg K., Chen Z. and Williams K., The world in black and white: Ostracism enhances the categorical perception of social information, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Elsevier, 2011, 47: 836-842.
Teng F. and Chen Z., Does social support reduce distress caused by ostracism? It depends on the level of one's self-esteem, the 2012 annual meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association. 2012.
Teng F., Chen Z. and Jiang Y., Objectification increases women’s desire for money, the 2012 annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science (APS). 2012.
Wan E.W., Chen Z. and Vohs K.D., Social Exclusion and Consumer Spending, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. 2011.
Yu X., Chen Z., Zhang J. and Liu X., Coping mediates the association between Type D personality and perceived health in Chinese patients with coronary heart disease, 16th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology. 2011.
Yu X., Chen Z., Zhang J. and Liu X., Coping mediates the association between Type D personality and perceived health in Chinese patients with coronary heart disease, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. Heidelberg, Germany, Springer, 2011, 18: 277-284.


Researcher : Cheng C
Project Title:Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2009-10
Investigator(s):Cheng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Start Date:12/2010


Project Title:An Investigation of the Role of Social Support in the Cyber Age: A Process-Oriented Approach
Investigator(s):Cheng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2011


Project Title:Giving Up Or Giving In?: An Alternative Conceptualization of External Locus of Control From A Cultural Perspective
Investigator(s):Cheng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:02/2011


Project Title:1st International Conference on Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Sciences Role of Interpersonal Flexibility on Effective Leadership: A Person-Situation Interactionist Approach
Investigator(s):Cheng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:11/2011
Completion Date:11/2011


List of Research Outputs

Cheng C. and Chio J...H..., A Facebook course webpage for enhancing online social support among students. Paper presentation at the 17th International Conference in Education, Gadong, Brunei.. 2012.
Cheng C., Chan T.N., Chio J.H., Chan P., Chan A.O.O. and Hui W.M., Being active or flexible?: Role of control coping on quality of life among patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 21, 211-218. , 2012.
Cheng C., Coping flexibility and psychological adjustment to university transition. Invited colloquium at the Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China., 2011.
Cheng C., Coping flexibility intervention for patients with functional dyspepsia. Invited colloquium at the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China., 2011.
Cheng C., Coping flexibility intervention for patients with functional dyspepsia. Invited colloquium at the Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China., 2011.
Cheng C., Coping style of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders. Invited paper presentation at the 1st International Academic Seminar of Psychology-Sleep Medicine, Beijing, China., 2012.
Cheng C., Cheung S., Chio J.H. and Chan M.S., Cultural meaning of perceived control: A meta-analysis of locus of control and psychological symptoms across 18 cultural regions. Psychological Bulletin. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0028596., 2012.
Cheng C., How to publish in international journals?: Some tips and bits of advice from an insider. Invited workshop at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China., 2012.
Cheng C., How to publish in international journals?: Some tips and bits of advice from an insider. Invited workshop at the Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.. 2011.
Cheng C. and Chio J...H..., Is perceived control universally beneficial? A culture-moderated meta-analytic review of perceived control and mental health problems. Paper presentation at the 12th International Mental Health Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.. 2011.
Cheng C. and Chio J...H..., Role of interpersonal flexibility on effective leadership. Paper presentation at the 1st International Conference on Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Science, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.. 2011.
Cheng C., Jose P.E., Sheldon K.M., Singelis T.M., Cheung M.W.L., Tiliouine H., Alao A.A., Chio J.H.M., Lui J.Y.M. and Chun W.Y., Socio-cultural differences in self-construal and subjective well-being: A test of four cultural models. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42, 832-855. , 2011.


Researcher : Cheng CKJ
List of Research Outputs

Cheng C.K.J. and Li L., Effects of reference objects and extra-retinal information about pursuit eye movements on curvilinear path perception from retinal flow, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(3):12: 1-21.
Cheng C.K.J. and Li L., The role of reference objects and extra-retinal information in human perception from optic flow, The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.
Li L. and Cheng C.K.J., Heading but not path or the tau-equalization strategy is used in visual control of steering toward a goal., Jouornal of Vision. 2011, 11(12):20: 1-12.
Li L., Cheng C.K.J. and Zhang L., Optic flow has an immediate and an enduring effect on the perceived straight ahead in the visual control of steering toward a goal, The 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida, USA.. 2012.


Researcher : Cheng LFG
List of Research Outputs

Cheng L.F.G., Tang J.C.Y., Li F.W.S., Lau E.Y.Y. and Lee T.M.C., Schizophrenia and Risk-Taking: Impaired Reward but Preserved Punishment Processing, Schizophrenia Research. 2012, 13: 122-127.


Researcher : Cheung CF
List of Research Outputs

Hsiao J.H.W. and Cheung C.F., Computational exploration of the relationship between holistic processing and right hemisphere lateralization in featural and configural recognition tasks., Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, USA (peer-reviewed, full paper, accepted as a talk). . Austin, TX, Cognitive Science Society, 2011, 2592-2597.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Cheung C.F., Holistic processing and right hemisphere lateralization do not always go together—Evidence from computational modeling, i-Perception (Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Abstract). 2011, 2(4): 242.


Researcher : Cheung K
List of Research Outputs

Hsiao J.H.W., Zhang Z., Cheung K., Lam L.A.N.A. and Hu Y., Temporal dynamics of structure and phonetic radical modulation in Chinese character pronunciation, the 18th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM2012). 2012.
Hsiao J.H.W., Lam L. and Cheung K., Temporal dynamics of the modulation of character structure and phonetic radical in Chinese character processing—an ERP study, i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract). 2011, 2(4): 266.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Cheung K., The modulation of word type frequency on hemispheric lateralization in visual word recognition: Evidence from modeling Chinese character recognition, The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, USA.. Austin, TX, Cognitive Science Society, 2011, 891-896.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Cheung K., Word type frequency alone can modulate hemispheric asymmetry in visual word recognition: Evidence from modeling Chinese character recognition, i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract, accepted as a talk). 2011, 2(4): 343.


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




Researcher : Cheung SH
Project Title:Are the anatomical connections of the human visual system influenced by amblyopic visual experience?
Investigator(s):Cheung SH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2008


Project Title:9th Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society Crowding without visual awareness
Investigator(s):Cheung SH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2009


Project Title:Does visual crowding happen at multiple stages in visual processing?
Investigator(s):Cheung SH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2010
Completion Date:08/2011


Project Title:Anatomy of language processing in Chinese-English bilinguals
Investigator(s):Cheung SH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:Neuroanatomical abnormalities in major depression
Investigator(s):Cheung SH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:05/2012


List of Research Outputs

Hayward W.G., Zhao M., Cheung S.H., Wong A.C.N., Rhodes G., Chan E. and Chan W.L., Perception of Configural and Component Information in Own-Race and Other-Race Faces: An fMRI Study, 2012 Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting. 2012.
Ho C.W. and Cheung S.H., Crowding by invisible flankers, PLoS ONE. 2011, 6(12): e28814.
Ho C.W. and Cheung S.H., Effects of invisible flankers on invisible adaptor, 34th European Conference on Visual Perception. 2011.
Lau S.F. and Cheung S.H., Illusory contour formation survives crowding, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(6):15: 1-12.
Lo B.C.Y., Lau S., Cheung S.H. and Allen N...B..., The Impact of Rumination on Internal Attention Switching, Cognition and Emotion. 2012, 26: 209-223.


Researcher : Chow HM
List of Research Outputs

Chan W.S., Chow H.M., Tan W., Park C.J. and Tseng C., The effects of emotional target and mood state of participants on attentional blink , iPerception. 2011, 2 (4): 327.
Chiu P.H., Chow H.M., Tseng C. and Spillmann L., The Hong Kong Peak Tram Illusion, i-Perception. 2011, 2(4): 295.
Chow H.M., Tsui G. and Tseng C., Preverbal infants use object features and motion cues in social learning, i-Perception. 2011, 2(4): 233.
Tseng C., Chow H.M., Chiu P.H. and Spillmann L., A multi-sensory illusion: Hong Kong peak tram illusion (II) – subjective vertical, i-Perception. 2011, 2(8): 892.
Tsui G., Chow H.M. and Tseng C., Noise exclusion ability in infants, iPerception. 2011, 2(4): 316.
Tsui G.H., Chow H.M. and Tseng C., Quick CSF in preverbal infants with forced-choice preferential looking paradigm, Journal of Vision. 2011, 11.


Researcher : Crookes KF
Project Title:Annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society Race differences in eye movements to three-quarter view faces
Investigator(s):Crookes KF
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2012
Completion Date:05/2012


List of Research Outputs

Crookes K.F. and Hayward W.G., Face inversion disproportionately disrupts detection of vertical versus horizontal not long-range versus short-range spatial relations, 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.
Crookes K.F., Hayward W.G., Lao J. and Caldara R., Race differences in eye movements to three-quarter view faces, 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2012.
Jeffery L., Rhodes G., McKone E., Pellicano E., Crookes K.F. and Taylor E., Distinguishing norm-based from exemplar-based coding of identity in children: Evidence from face identity aftereffects. , Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 2011, 37: 1824-1840.


Researcher : Fong YC
List of Research Outputs

Fong Y.C. and Ho C.S.H., The relative contribution of word-specific and word-general knowledge to early word reading and reading comprehension in Chinese preschoolers, Poster presented at the Global Conference on Disorders in Auditory Processing, Literacy, Language, and Related Science, Hong Kong, January. 2012.


Researcher : Fung MS
List of Research Outputs

Kam C.M., Wong W.L. and Fung M.S., Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in Chinese Schools: A Feasibility Study of PATHS Implementation in Hong Kong, Third European Network for Social and Emotional Competence in Children (ENSEC) Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom. 2011.


Researcher : Hayward WG
Project Title:Mechanisms of visual attention in detection and localization of objects
Investigator(s):Hayward WG
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2009


Project Title:Understanding social and perceptual contributions to the own-race advantage in face recognition
Investigator(s):Hayward WG
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2010
Completion Date:08/2011


Project Title:Understanding the nature of holistic processing in face perception
Investigator(s):Hayward WG
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2011


Project Title:Understanding the basis for the own-race advantage in face recognition
Investigator(s):Hayward WG
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2011


Project Title:Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society Recollection and familiarity for rotated objects
Investigator(s):Hayward WG
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2012


Project Title:Visual processing deficit markers of schizophrenia
Investigator(s):Hayward WG, Toulopoulou T
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2012


List of Research Outputs

Chan K.H. and Hayward W.G., Dissociating goal-directed and stimulus-driven determinants in attentional capture, 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.
Chan L.K.H. and Hayward W.G., Dimension-specific signal modulation in visual search: Evidence from inter-stimulus surround suppression, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(4), 10: 1-10.
Crookes K.F. and Hayward W.G., Face inversion disproportionately disrupts detection of vertical versus horizontal not long-range versus short-range spatial relations, 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.
Crookes K.F., Hayward W.G., Lao J. and Caldara R., Race differences in eye movements to three-quarter view faces, 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2012.
Hayward W.G., Does the own-race advantage in face processing have a basis in holistic processing?, International Conference on Memory, 5. 2011.
Hayward W.G., Zhao M., Cheung S.H., Wong A.C.N., Rhodes G., Chan E. and Chan W.L., Perception of Configural and Component Information in Own-Race and Other-Race Faces: An fMRI Study, 2012 Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting. 2012.
Hayward W.G., Recollection and familiarity for rotated objects, 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2012.
Liu T. and Hayward W.G., Interactions between space-, surface-, and object-based attention, 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2012.
Liu T., Hayward W.G. and McCarley J.S., On the relationship between space- and object-based attention, 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.
Patterson C., Cristino C.F., Hayward W.G. and Leek C., Stereo information benefits view generalization in object recognition, 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2012.
Zhang L., Zhou G., Pu X. and Hayward W.G., Inconsistent individual personality description eliminates the other-race effect, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 2011, 18: 870-876.
Zhang W. and Hayward W.G., The effect of perceptual expertise on visual short-term memory, 7th Asia-Pacfiic Conference on Vision. 2011.


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


Project Title:18th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Early indicators of persistent reading difficulties among Chinese readers in junior elementary grades
Investigator(s):Ho CSH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2011
Completion Date:07/2011


List of Research Outputs

Chan D.W., Ho C.S.H., Chung K.K.H., Tsang S.M. and Lee S.H., The Hong Kong Behaviour Checklist for Primary Students: Developing a breif dyslexia screening measure, International Journal of Disability, Development and Education. 2012, 59: 173-196.
Chik P.P.M., Ho C.S.H., Yeung P.S., Wong H.Y.K., Chan D.W., Chung K.K.H. and Lo L.Y., Contribution to discourse and morphosyntax skills to reading comprehension in Chinese dyslexic and typically developing children, Annals of Dyslexia 2012. 2012, 62: 1-18.
Chow B.W.-.Y., Ho C.S.H., Wong S.W.-.L., Waye M.M.-.Y. and Bishop D., Do genetic factors contribute to individual differences in children's communicative ability and its links with reading skill?, Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, London, July. 2011.
Chung K., Ho C.S.H., Chan D., Tsang S.M., Lee S.H. and Xiao X.Y., The Hong Kong Test of Specific Learning Difficulties in Reading and Writing for Junior Secondary School Students (Second Edition) (HKT-JS(II)), Hong Kong Specific Learning Difficulties Research Team. 2012.
Fong Y.C. and Ho C.S.H., The relative contribution of word-specific and word-general knowledge to early word reading and reading comprehension in Chinese preschoolers, Poster presented at the Global Conference on Disorders in Auditory Processing, Literacy, Language, and Related Science, Hong Kong, January. 2012.
Ho C.S.H., An extended version of the Simple View of Reading Comprehension in Chinese, Invited speech at the Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, USA, March. 2012.
Ho C.S.H., Yeung P.S., Wong Y.K., Chan D.W., Chung K.K.-.H. and Lo L.Y., Early indicators of persistent reading difficulties among Chinese readers in junior elementary grades, Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Florida, July. 2011.
Ho C.S.H., Wong H.Y.K., Yeung P.S., Chan D.W., Chung K.K.H., Lo S.C. and Luan H., The core components of reading instruction in Chinese, Reading and Writing. 2011.
Lim C.K.B., Yeung V.S.Y., Yeung T.L., Tam A.C.Y., Ho C.S.H., Wong S.W.L., Chow B.W.Y., Miao H.Y., Chou C.N.H., Fung F.C.H., Wong C.F. and Waye M.M.M., Genotype analyses using SNP (using MALDI-TOF Mass spectrometry) and STR (microsatellite) markers in the determination of zygosity status of Chinese Twins, The Journal of Biochemistry - Molecular Biology at the Post-genomic Era . 2012, 1: Article 3.
Wong A.M.Y., Au T.K.F., Ho C.S.H., Kidd J.C., Lam C.C.C. and Yip L.P.W., Relationships between SLI and dyslexia: The case for Chinese, American Speech Language and Hearing Association Annual Convention. 2011.
Wong A.M.Y., Au T.K.F., Ho C.S.H., Kidd J.C., Lam C.C.C. and Yip L.P.W., Relationships between SLI and dyslexia: The case for Chinese, Poster presented at the American Speech Language and Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Diego, November. 2011.
Wong S.W.-.L. and Ho C.S.H., An empirical study comparing three non-phonological accounts of dyslexia: Automatization, executive functioning and speed-of-processing deficits hypotheses, Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, London, July. 2011.


Researcher : Ho CW
Project Title:Differences in brain structures between mahjong experts and nonmahjong players
Investigator(s):Ho CW, Cheung SH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:02/2011
Completion Date:02/2012


Project Title:34th European Conference on Visual Perception Effects of invisible flankers on invisible adaptor
Investigator(s):Ho CW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2011
Completion Date:09/2011


List of Research Outputs

Ho C.W. and Cheung S.H., Crowding by invisible flankers, PLoS ONE. 2011, 6(12): e28814.
Ho C.W. and Cheung S.H., Effects of invisible flankers on invisible adaptor, 34th European Conference on Visual Perception. 2011.


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


Project Title:Asia Pacific Autism Conference Central Coherence and Theory of Mind Deficits in Emotions Decoding by Children with Autism
Investigator(s):Ho ITF
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2011
Completion Date:09/2011


List of Research Outputs

Choi W...W... and Ho I.T.F., Central coherence and theory of mind deficits in emotions decoding by children with autism, Asia Pacific Autism Conference, Perth, Australia. 2011.
Ku K..., Hau K...T... and Ho I.T.F., The Learning & Teaching of Critical Thinking Skills: Scenario Analysis (Senior Secondary). Hong Kong, Education Bureau, 2011.


Researcher : Ho MY
Project Title:University of Hong Kong - Tsinghua University joint research center for psychological counseling
Investigator(s):Ho MY, Chan CLW, Wong AMP
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:The University of Hong Kong Foundation Seed Grant
Start Date:06/2001


Project Title:110th Convention of the American Psychological Association Positive Psychology: International, Cross-Cultural and Clinical Implications You are Happy, I am Happy: Relational Subjective Well-Being in Chinese
Investigator(s):Ho MY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2002


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


List of Research Outputs

Chua H.D.P., Ho M.Y. and Cheung L.K., The comparison of psychological adjustment of cleft lip and palate patients after maxillary distraction osteogenesis and conventional orthognathic surgery, ISCFS XIV Biennial International Congress. 2011, September: S9.


Researcher : Hsiao JHW
Project Title:The two sides of cognition: Hemispheric processing of face and word recognition
Investigator(s):Hsiao JHW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2009
Completion Date:03/2012


Project Title:The modulation of different visual-to-auditory mapping tasks in the development of visual expertise
Investigator(s):Hsiao JHW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2011


Project Title:How does writing facilitate reading in Chinese?
Investigator(s):Hsiao JHW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2011


Project Title:Cognitive Science Society Annual Meeting 2011 Computational exploration of the relationship between holistic processing and right hemisphere lateralization in featural and configural recognition tasks
Investigator(s):Hsiao JHW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2011
Completion Date:07/2011


List of Research Outputs

Cottrell G. and Hsiao J.H.W., Neurocomputational models of face processing, In: Calder, A. J., Rhodes, G., Haxby, J. V., & Johnson, M. H., Oxford Handbook of Face Perception. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2011, 401-424.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Wong K.L., A right visual field advantage without left hemisphere lateralization in music notation reading, In: Andrew B. Watson, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(9): 534.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Cheung C.F., Computational exploration of the relationship between holistic processing and right hemisphere lateralization in featural and configural recognition tasks., Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, USA (peer-reviewed, full paper, accepted as a talk). . Austin, TX, Cognitive Science Society, 2011, 2592-2597.
Hsiao J.H.W., Computational modeling of hemispheric lateralization in face and visual word recognition, Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering, National Taiwan University. 2012.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Cheng L., Differential hemispheric processing in the recognition of Chinese characters with different structures in foveal and parafoveal vision, i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract). 2011, 2(4): 265.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Cheung C.F., Holistic processing and right hemisphere lateralization do not always go together—Evidence from computational modeling, i-Perception (Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Abstract). 2011, 2(4): 242.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Liu T., Optimal viewing position in Face recognition, i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract). 2011, 2(4): 244.
Hsiao J.H.W., Reduced holistic processing in Chinese character recognition expertise, Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University. 2012.
Hsiao J.H.W., Zhang Z., Cheung K., Lam L.A.N.A. and Hu Y., Temporal dynamics of structure and phonetic radical modulation in Chinese character pronunciation, the 18th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM2012). 2012.
Hsiao J.H.W., Lam L. and Cheung K., Temporal dynamics of the modulation of character structure and phonetic radical in Chinese character processing—an ERP study, i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract). 2011, 2(4): 266.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Cheung K., The modulation of word type frequency on hemispheric lateralization in visual word recognition: Evidence from modeling Chinese character recognition, The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, USA.. Austin, TX, Cognitive Science Society, 2011, 891-896.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Liu T., The optimal viewing position in face recognition., In: Andrew B. Watson, Mary A. Peterson, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(2):22: 1-9.
Hsiao J.H.W., Visual field differences can emerge purely from perceptual learning: Evidence from modeling Chinese character pronunciation, In: S. Small, Brain and Language. 2011, 119(2): 89-98.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Cheung K., Word type frequency alone can modulate hemispheric asymmetry in visual word recognition: Evidence from modeling Chinese character recognition, i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract, accepted as a talk). 2011, 2(4): 343.
Lam S.M. and Hsiao J.H.W., Bilinguals Have Different Hemispheric Lateralization in Visual Word Processing from Monolinguals , Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, USA (Peer-reviewed, full paper). Austin, TX, Cognitive Science Society, 2011, 3409-3414.
Lam S.M. and Hsiao J.H.W., Bilinguals have different hemispheric lateralization in visual word processing from monolinguals, i-Perception (Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract, accepted as a talk). 2011, 2(4): 344.
Lee C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Within-category advantage in perceiving color contrast: a new case of categorical perception, i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract). 2011, 2(4): 385.
Liu T. and Hsiao J.H.W., The perception of simplified and traditional Chinese Characters in the eye of simplified and traditional Chinese readers, In: Andrew B. Watson, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(9): 533.
Tso R.V.Y., Au T.K.F. and Hsiao J.H.W., The Influence of Writing Experiences on Holistic Processing in Chinese Character Recognition, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, USA (Peer-reviewed, full-paper, accepted as a talk). Austin, TX, Cognitive Science Society, 2011, 1442-1447.
Tso R.V.Y., Au T.K.F. and Hsiao J.H.W., The influence of writing experiences on holistic processing in Chinese character recognition , i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract, accepted as a talk) . 2011, 2(4): 345.
Tso R.V.Y., Au T.K.F. and Hsiao J.H.W., Writing facilitates learning to read in Chinese through reduction of holistic processing: A developmental study, In: Andrew B. Watson, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(9): 530.
Wong K.L., Lau P.C., Gauthier I. and Hsiao J.H.W., Music reading expertise selectively improves categorical judgment with musical notation, i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, Abstract, accepted as a talk). 2011, 2(4): 347.


Researcher : Hui HCC
Project Title:15th International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Congress Psycho-cultural Antecedents of Job Satisfaction and Performance: Some Clues from Studies on the Chinese Workforce
Investigator(s):Hui HCC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2000


Project Title:20th Annual SIOP Conference A Cultural Perspective on Frame of Reference Effects
Investigator(s):Hui HCC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2005


Project Title:Validation of a Measure of Religiosity for the Chinese Population
Investigator(s):Hui HCC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2011


Project Title:Development and validation of a short form IPIP big-five marker for the Chinese
Investigator(s):Hui HCC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:2011 SSSR Annual Meeting How are congregants' religious attitudes and behaviors related to church size?
Investigator(s):Hui HCC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2011
Completion Date:10/2011


Project Title:Are Life Goals Affected by Religion and Life Events that Carry Existential Threats (LEET)?
Investigator(s):Hui HCC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2012


List of Research Outputs

Hui H.C.C., Ng C.W., Mok D.S.Y., Lau E.Y.Y. and Cheung S.F., "Faith Maturity Scale" for Chinese: A Revision and Construct Validation., In: Raymond F. Paloutzian , International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 2011.
Hui H.C.C., Pak S.T., Kwan A.S.O. and Chao A., Attributional Style and Engagement/disengagement Responses in the Chinese Workforce, Applied Psychology. 2012, 61: 204-226.
Ng C.W., Chan M.P.S. and Hui H.C.C., Personnel psychology for disaster response and recovery, In: S.C. Carr, M. MacLachlan & A. Furnham, Handbook of humanitarian work psychology. Hampshire, U.K., Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, 225-246.
Wong M.L., Lau E.Y.Y., Ng E.C.W., Hui H.C.C., Cheung S.F. and Mok D.S.Y., The Wellbeing Among College Students Living on Campus: A Focus On Morning-evening Preference (First-runner up in Poster Presentation Competition), Hong Kong Psychological Society Annual Conference . 2012.
Wong M.L., Lau E.Y.Y., Wan H.Y., Hui H.C.C., Cheung S.F. and Mok D.S.Y., The relationship between sleep quality and daytime sleepiness with chronotype latent constructs: An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis in Chinese college students., Sleep. 2012, 35: A69.


Researcher : Ip KY
List of Research Outputs

Lai D.M., Ip K.Y. and Lee T.M.C., Impulsivity and pathological gambling among Chinese: Is it a state or a trait problem?, BMC Research Notes. 2011, 4: doi:10.1186/1756-0500-4-492.


Researcher : Kam CM
Project Title:Becoming an Emotion Coaching Parent Coupled with the Teaching of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in School
Investigator(s):Kam CM
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Quality Education Fund
Start Date:01/2010


Project Title:Promoting Social and Emotional Learning Among Kindergarteners: A Pilot Implementation of the Preschool PATHS Curriculum in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Kam CM
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2011
Completion Date:03/2012


Project Title:A Longitudinal Study on the Development and Co-Variation of Executive Functioning and Emotion Regulation among Preschoolers
Investigator(s):Kam CM
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:Emotion regulation and Emotion Undersstanding in Chinese preschoolers: using age-sensitive measures.
Investigator(s):Kam CM
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2012


Project Title:Society for Prevention Research 20th Annual Meeting Implementing an Emotion Coaching Parenting Program in Hong Kong, China - Interim Results
Investigator(s):Kam CM
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2012
Completion Date:06/2012


List of Research Outputs

Kam C.M., Yick Y.Y. and Chan P.S., Implementing an Emotion Coaching Parenting Program in Hong Kong, China - Interim Results, Society for Prevention Research 20th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA. 2012.
Kam C.M., Yick Y.Y. and Wong W.L., Meta-parenting and its Correlates among Chinese Parents, 2012 APS Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, USA. 2012.
Kam C.M., Wong W.L. and Fung M.S., Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in Chinese Schools: A Feasibility Study of PATHS Implementation in Hong Kong, Third European Network for Social and Emotional Competence in Children (ENSEC) Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom. 2011.


Researcher : Kao HSR
Project Title:The 3rd Conference of Congress of Chinese Psychologists Chinese Brush Graphonomics: Psychological Science from a Chinese Heritage
Investigator(s):Kao HSR
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/1999


Project Title:The 9th International Conference of Cognitive Processing of Chinese Language and Related Asian Languages The Effect of Complexity and Closed/Unclosed Feature Upon Hemispheric Specialization for Reading Chinese Characters
Investigator(s):Kao HSR
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/1999


Project Title:World Alzheimer Congress 2000 Brush Handwriting Treatment of Cognitive Deficiencies in Alzheimer's Disease Patients Acupuncture Enhancement in Clinical Symptoms and Cognitive-Motor Abilities of the Alzheimer's Disease Patients
Investigator(s):Kao HSR
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2000


List of Research Outputs

Kwok T..., Bai X., Kao H.S.R., Li J. and Ho F..., Cognitive effects of calligraphy therapy for older people: A randomized controlled trial, Clinical Interventions in Aging. Dove Press, 2011, 6: 4.


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




Researcher : Lai DM
List of Research Outputs

Lai D.M., Ip K.Y. and Lee T.M.C., Impulsivity and pathological gambling among Chinese: Is it a state or a trait problem?, BMC Research Notes. 2011, 4: doi:10.1186/1756-0500-4-492.


Researcher : Lam SF
Project Title:Enhancing school engagement: fact-finding and interventions
Investigator(s):Lam SF, Au TKF
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Quality Education Fund
Start Date:04/2008


Project Title:Rethinking the Chinese Parenting Paradox: A Cross-Cultural Investigation into Parental Control and Childrens Internalization
Investigator(s):Lam SF
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2010
Completion Date:08/2011


Project Title:12th European Congress of Psychology The Effectiveness of Paired Reading Program for Preschoolers and their Parents
Investigator(s):Lam SF
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2011
Completion Date:07/2011


Project Title:Rethinking the Tiger Mom Phenomenon through the Meaning of Parental Control in a Cross-Cultural Study
Investigator(s):Lam SF
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:12/2011


List of Research Outputs

Lam S.F., Chow-Yeung K., Lau K.K. and Wong P.H., The Effectiveness of Paired Reading Program for Preschoolers and Their Parents, The 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey, July. 2011.
Lam S.F., The contributions of educational psychologists to the education system, Keynote speech at the First International Conference of Primary Education, Beijing, China, June. 2012.
Lam S.F., Wong P.H., Yang H. and Liu Y., Understanding student engagement with a contextual model, In: S.L. Christenson, A. Reschly, & C. Wylie, Handbook of research on student engagement. New York, Springer Science, 2012, 403-420.
Shu T.M. and Lam S.F., Are Success and Failure Experiences Equally Motivational? An Investigation of Regulatory Focus and Feedback, Learning and Individual Differences. 2011, 21: 724-727.
Shu T.M. and Lam S.F., Is Making Upward Social Comparison Bad? The Effects of Self-evaluation and Regulatory Focus on Motivation, The 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey, July . 2011.


Researcher : Lam SM
List of Research Outputs

Lam S.M. and Hsiao J.H.W., Bilinguals Have Different Hemispheric Lateralization in Visual Word Processing from Monolinguals , Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, USA (Peer-reviewed, full paper). Austin, TX, Cognitive Science Society, 2011, 3409-3414.
Lam S.M. and Hsiao J.H.W., Bilinguals have different hemispheric lateralization in visual word processing from monolinguals, i-Perception (Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract, accepted as a talk). 2011, 2(4): 344.


Researcher : Lau EYY
Project Title:Neurocognitive and Psychosocial Functioning of Individuals with Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Hong Kong Chinese.
Investigator(s):Lau EYY, Ip MSM, Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2009
Completion Date:01/2012


Project Title:Neurocognitive and psychosocial outcomes of obstructive sleep apnea in Hong Kong Chinese
Investigator(s):Lau EYY, Ip MSM, Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Health Services Research Fund - Mini Grants
Start Date:10/2009


Project Title:Sleep quality, hall residency, and mental health in university students
Investigator(s):Lau EYY, Hui HCC, Ng CW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Wu Jieh-Yee Research Fund
Start Date:11/2010


Project Title:Comparison of neurocognitive and psychosocial functioning of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus with and without neuropsychiatric involvement.
Investigator(s):Lau EYY, Mok TMY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2011


Project Title:Who is vulnerable and who is resilient to the effects of media exposure to critical incidents? - A longitudinal study of the role of pre-event sleep quality in a biopsychosocial model of stress-related adjustment
Investigator(s):Lau EYY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:Effects of Daytime Napping on Habitual and Non-habitual Nappers’ Neurocognitive Functions and Nighttime Sleep Behaviors
Investigator(s):Lau EYY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2012


Project Title:SLEEP 2012, 26th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies Sleep Dependent Memory Consolidation during a Daytime Nap in Adolescents
Investigator(s):Lau EYY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2012
Completion Date:06/2012


List of Research Outputs

Cheng L.F.G., Tang J.C.Y., Li F.W.S., Lau E.Y.Y. and Lee T.M.C., Schizophrenia and Risk-Taking: Impaired Reward but Preserved Punishment Processing, Schizophrenia Research. 2012, 13: 122-127.
Hui H.C.C., Ng C.W., Mok D.S.Y., Lau E.Y.Y. and Cheung S.F., "Faith Maturity Scale" for Chinese: A Revision and Construct Validation., In: Raymond F. Paloutzian , International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 2011.
Lau E.Y.Y., SLEEP RELATED BREATHING DISORDERS (SRBD) Associations and Consequences of SRBD 342. Mood and Behavior , In: Kushida, C. A., Encyclopedia of Sleep . 2011.
Lau E.Y.Y., SLEEP RELATED BREATHING DISORDERS (SRBD) | Associations and Consequences of SRBD | 334. Executive and Frontal Lobe Function, In: Kushida, C.A., Encyclopedia of Sleep . 2011.
Lau E.Y.Y. and McAteer S.M.E., Sleep dependent memory consolidation during a daytime nap in adolescents. , Sleep. 2012, 35: A97.
Lau E.Y.Y., Sleep, Ageing And Cognition, Seventh International Symposium On Healthy Aging, Seventh International Symposium on Healthy Aging, Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone & Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.. 2012.
Wong M.L., Lau E.Y.Y., Ng E.C.W., Hui H.C.C., Cheung S.F. and Mok D.S.Y., The Wellbeing Among College Students Living on Campus: A Focus On Morning-evening Preference (First-runner up in Poster Presentation Competition), Hong Kong Psychological Society Annual Conference . 2012.
Wong M.L., Lau E.Y.Y., Wan H.Y., Hui H.C.C., Cheung S.F. and Mok D.S.Y., The relationship between sleep quality and daytime sleepiness with chronotype latent constructs: An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis in Chinese college students., Sleep. 2012, 35: A69.


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


Project Title:Cross-cultural adjustment of perspective
Investigator(s):Lau IYM
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2004




Researcher : Lau S
Project Title:Self-Regulation of Goal Pursuit
Investigator(s):Lau S
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2009
Completion Date:10/2011


List of Research Outputs

Lo B.C.Y., Lau S., Cheung S.H. and Allen N...B..., The Impact of Rumination on Internal Attention Switching, Cognition and Emotion. 2012, 26: 209-223.
Nie Y., Lau S. and Liau A...K., Role of academic self-efficacy in moderating the relation between task importance and test anxiety, Learning and Individual Differences. 2011, 21: 736-741.
Yeung A...S., Lau S. and Nie Y., Primary and secondary students’ motivation in learning English: Grade and gender differences, Contemporary Educational Psychology. 2011, 36: 246-256.


Researcher : Lau SF
List of Research Outputs

Lau S.F. and Cheung S.H., Illusory contour formation survives crowding, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(6):15: 1-12.


Researcher : Lee SH
List of Research Outputs

Chan D.W., Ho C.S.H., Chung K.K.H., Tsang S.M. and Lee S.H., The Hong Kong Behaviour Checklist for Primary Students: Developing a breif dyslexia screening measure, International Journal of Disability, Development and Education. 2012, 59: 173-196.
Chung K., Ho C.S.H., Chan D., Tsang S.M., Lee S.H. and Xiao X.Y., The Hong Kong Test of Specific Learning Difficulties in Reading and Writing for Junior Secondary School Students (Second Edition) (HKT-JS(II)), Hong Kong Specific Learning Difficulties Research Team. 2012.


Researcher : Lee TMC
Project Title:Selective attention biases of people with major depressive disorder, and its relationship with brain damages.
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:09/2005


Project Title:A post-discharge service for brain injury patients in Central and Western District
Investigator(s):Lee TMC, Chan SSC, Hung KN, Li LSW, Leung KK
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:S.K. Yee Medical Foundation - General Award
Start Date:12/2006


Project Title:Cognitive Dysfunction after Anesthesia (CoDA) Study
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2007


Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:11/2007


Project Title:Effects of moods on risk-taking behavior: cognitive and neural mechanisms
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Travel Grants for NSFC/RGC JRS
Start Date:12/2007


Project Title:The Brain Mechanisms to Use Electronic "Bat Ears" to Replace Vision: From Human to Animal Users
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Start Date:06/2010


Project Title:The neural basis of processing of negative-affect stimuli in domestic violence offenders
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2010
Completion Date:08/2011


Project Title:Memory and attention training to reduce the risk of developing dementia
Investigator(s):Lee TMC, Chu LW, Hou WK
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:S.K. Yee Medical Foundation - General Award
Start Date:09/2010


Project Title:Modality-specific neural effects of meditation
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2011
Completion Date:12/2011


Project Title:The neural effect of focused-attention meditation and loving-kindness meditation on attention and emotion perception
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), The Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Conference Neural activity assocaited with viewing emotional faces by people with Alzheimer's Disease
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2012
Completion Date:03/2012


Project Title:Effects of an auditory-based cognitive training program on attention and memory of older people at risk of progressive cognitive decline: A randomized controlled trial
Investigator(s):Lee TMC, Chu LW, Tam HMK
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:04/2012


List of Research Outputs

Chan C.C.H., Wong A.W.K., Ting K.H., White_Gabrieli S., He J.F. and Lee T.M.C., Cross auditory-spatial learning in early blind individuals., Human Brain Mapping. 2012.
Cheng L.F.G., Tang J.C.Y., Li F.W.S., Lau E.Y.Y. and Lee T.M.C., Schizophrenia and Risk-Taking: Impaired Reward but Preserved Punishment Processing, Schizophrenia Research. 2012, 13: 122-127.
Gao J., Cheung R.T.F., Chan Y.S., Chu L.W. and Lee T.M.C., Increased prospective memory interference in normal and pathological aging: different roles of motor and verbal processing speed, Neuropsychology, Development and Cognition. 2012.
Gao J., Cheung R.T.F., Chan Y.S., Chu L.W., Lee T.M.C. and Cheung R.T.F., Increased prospective memory interference in normal and pathological aging: different roles of motor and verbal processing speed, Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition B. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition[Epub ahead of print]. 2012.
Gao J., Cheung R.T.F., Lee T.M.C., Chu L.W., Chan Y.S., Mak H.K.F., Zhang J.X., Fung G. and Cheung C., Possible retrogenesis observed with fiber tracking: an anteroposterior pattern of white matter disintegrity in normal aging and Alzheimer’s Disease , Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2011, 26: 47-58.
Kwok T..., Bai X., Li J..., Ho F... and Lee T.M.C., Effectiveness of cognitive training on improving cognitive abilities of Chinese older people with memory complaint: A randomized placebo-controlled trial, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. John Wiley & Sons, 2012, online first.
Lai D.M., Ip K.Y. and Lee T.M.C., Impulsivity and pathological gambling among Chinese: Is it a state or a trait problem?, BMC Research Notes. 2011, 4: doi:10.1186/1756-0500-4-492.
So K.F., Tang S.W. and Lee T.M.C., Neuroprotection in steroid therapy: a rodent model, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18: 1-3.
Yau S.Y., Lee C.D., Lau W.M., Lee T.M.C., Ching Y.P., Tang S.W. and So K.F., Mild stress –induced hippocampal cell proliferation and dendritic complexity is associated with improved spatial learning in rats., Journal of Indian Academy of Neurosciences.. 2011, 17: 21.
Yau S.Y., Lau W.M., Tong J., Wong R., Ching Y.P., Qiu G., Tang S.W., Lee T.M.C. and So K.F., Hippocampal neurogenesis and dendritic plasticity support running-improved spatial learning and depression-like behaviour in stressed rats, PLoS ONE. 2011, 6(9): e24263.
Yau S.Y., Lau W.M., Tong J., Wong R., Ching Y.P., Qiu G., Tang S.W., Lee T.M.C. and So K.F., Hippocampal neurogenesis and dendritic plasticity support running-improved spatial learning and depression-like behaviour in stressed rats, PlosOne. 2011, 6: e24263.
Yau S.Y., Lee C.D., Lau W.M., Lee T.M.C., Ching Y.P., Tang S.W. and So K.F., Low dose of corticosterone treatment with exercise increases hippocampal cell proliferation, and improves cognition, Neural Regeneration Research. 2011, 6(34): 2645-2655.


Researcher : Lee YL
Project Title:2012 VSS annual meeting Perceived 3D shape from continuous and static perspective changes
Investigator(s):Lee YL
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2012


List of Research Outputs

Lee Y.L. and Saunders J.A., Perceived 3D shape from continuous and static perspective changes, Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2012.
Lee Y.L. and Saunders J.A., Stereo improves 3D shape discrimination even when rich monocular shape cues are available, Journal of Vision. 2011, 11 (9): 6.
Lee Y.L. and Saunders J.A., Symmetry facilitates 3D shape discrimination across changes in viewpoint, Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision 2011.


Researcher : Li FWS
List of Research Outputs

Cheng L.F.G., Tang J.C.Y., Li F.W.S., Lau E.Y.Y. and Lee T.M.C., Schizophrenia and Risk-Taking: Impaired Reward but Preserved Punishment Processing, Schizophrenia Research. 2012, 13: 122-127.


Researcher : Li L
Project Title:Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization (APGV 06) Perception of 2D Image Motion During Head Movement
Investigator(s):Li L
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2006


Project Title:An investigation on the influence of concurrent head movement on human visual perception of object motion
Investigator(s):Li L
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:04/2009
Completion Date:03/2012


Project Title:An Investigation of the Relationship between the Perception of Heading and Path from Optic Flow
Investigator(s):Li L
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2011


Project Title:Annual conference of Vision Sciences Society Optic flow has an immediate and an enduring effect on the perceived straight ahead in the visual control of steering toward a goal
Investigator(s):Li L
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2012
Completion Date:05/2012


List of Research Outputs

Chen R., Chen J. and Li L., Action videogame playing improves visual-motor control before it improves vision, The 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida, USA.. 2012.
Cheng C.K.J. and Li L., Effects of reference objects and extra-retinal information about pursuit eye movements on curvilinear path perception from retinal flow, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(3):12: 1-21.
Cheng C.K.J. and Li L., The role of reference objects and extra-retinal information in human perception from optic flow, The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.
Li L. and Cheng C.K.J., Heading but not path or the tau-equalization strategy is used in visual control of steering toward a goal., Jouornal of Vision. 2011, 11(12):20: 1-12.
Li L., Stone L. and Chen J., Influence of optic-flow information beyond the velocity field on the active control of heading, The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.
Li L., Cheng C.K.J. and Zhang L., Optic flow has an immediate and an enduring effect on the perceived straight ahead in the visual control of steering toward a goal, The 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida, USA.. 2012.
Li L., Optic flow, In: H. Pashler , SAGE Encyclopedia of Mind. 2012.
Li L. and So R., Special Issue on Appied Issues in Human Visual Perception and Action, Displays. 2012.
Li L., The role of optic flow in visual control of steering toward a goal, Optic flow, perception and action symposium of Asia-pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.
Niehorster D.C., Warren W.H. and Li L., Optic flow information influencing heading perception during rotation, The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.
Niehorster D.C. and Li L., Visual Perception Of Object Motion During Self-motion Is Not Accurate, The 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida, USA.. 2012.


Researcher : Liu T
List of Research Outputs

Hsiao J.H.W. and Liu T., Optimal viewing position in Face recognition, i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract). 2011, 2(4): 244.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Liu T., The optimal viewing position in face recognition., In: Andrew B. Watson, Mary A. Peterson, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(2):22: 1-9.
Liu T. and Hayward W.G., Interactions between space-, surface-, and object-based attention, 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2012.
Liu T., Hayward W.G. and McCarley J.S., On the relationship between space- and object-based attention, 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.
Liu T. and Hsiao J.H.W., The perception of simplified and traditional Chinese Characters in the eye of simplified and traditional Chinese readers, In: Andrew B. Watson, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(9): 533.


Researcher : Liu T
List of Research Outputs

Hsiao J.H.W. and Liu T., Optimal viewing position in Face recognition, i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract). 2011, 2(4): 244.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Liu T., The optimal viewing position in face recognition., In: Andrew B. Watson, Mary A. Peterson, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(2):22: 1-9.
Liu T. and Hayward W.G., Interactions between space-, surface-, and object-based attention, 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2012.
Liu T., Hayward W.G. and McCarley J.S., On the relationship between space- and object-based attention, 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.
Liu T. and Hsiao J.H.W., The perception of simplified and traditional Chinese Characters in the eye of simplified and traditional Chinese readers, In: Andrew B. Watson, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(9): 533.


Researcher : Liu T
List of Research Outputs

Hsiao J.H.W. and Liu T., Optimal viewing position in Face recognition, i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract). 2011, 2(4): 244.
Hsiao J.H.W. and Liu T., The optimal viewing position in face recognition., In: Andrew B. Watson, Mary A. Peterson, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(2):22: 1-9.
Liu T. and Hayward W.G., Interactions between space-, surface-, and object-based attention, 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2012.
Liu T., Hayward W.G. and McCarley J.S., On the relationship between space- and object-based attention, 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.
Liu T. and Hsiao J.H.W., The perception of simplified and traditional Chinese Characters in the eye of simplified and traditional Chinese readers, In: Andrew B. Watson, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(9): 533.


Researcher : Lo BCY
Project Title:Mindfulness training for children in local school setting
Investigator(s):Lo BCY, Au TKF
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects
Start Date:04/2010


Project Title:Attention Switching in Major Depressive Disorder: The Role of Rumination
Investigator(s):Lo BCY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2012


List of Research Outputs

Lo B.C.Y., Lau S., Cheung S.H. and Allen N...B..., The Impact of Rumination on Internal Attention Switching, Cognition and Emotion. 2012, 26: 209-223.
Young C...M...Y... and Lo B.C.Y., Cognitive appraisal mediating relationship between social anxiety and internet communication in adolescents., Personality and Individual Differences. 2012, 52: 78-83.


Researcher : Lo LY
List of Research Outputs

Ho C.S.H., Yeung P.S., Wong Y.K., Chan D.W., Chung K.K.-.H. and Lo L.Y., Early indicators of persistent reading difficulties among Chinese readers in junior elementary grades, Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Florida, July. 2011.


Researcher : Luan H
Project Title:The role of oral language skill in literacy learning among Hong Kong primary school students
Investigator(s):Luan H, Ho CSH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:03/2008


List of Research Outputs

Ho C.S.H., Wong H.Y.K., Yeung P.S., Chan D.W., Chung K.K.H., Lo S.C. and Luan H., The core components of reading instruction in Chinese, Reading and Writing. 2011.


Researcher : Ma KYE
List of Research Outputs

Ma K.Y.E. and Saunders J.A., Errors in perceived self-motion along a circular path persist in the presence of scene information , Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision 2011.
Saunders J.A. and Ma K.Y.E., Can observers judge future circular path relative to a target from retinal flow?, Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, 2011.


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




Researcher : Ng CW
Project Title:119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association Impact of Protestant spirituality and religious community on the well-being of people in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Ng CW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2011
Completion Date:08/2011


List of Research Outputs

Hui H.C.C., Ng C.W., Mok D.S.Y., Lau E.Y.Y. and Cheung S.F., "Faith Maturity Scale" for Chinese: A Revision and Construct Validation., In: Raymond F. Paloutzian , International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 2011.
Ng C.W., Chan M.P.S. and Hui H.C.C., Personnel psychology for disaster response and recovery, In: S.C. Carr, M. MacLachlan & A. Furnham, Handbook of humanitarian work psychology. Hampshire, U.K., Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, 225-246.


Researcher : Niehorster DC
List of Research Outputs

Niehorster D.C., Warren W.H. and Li L., Optic flow information influencing heading perception during rotation, The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision. 2011.
Niehorster D.C. and Li L., Visual Perception Of Object Motion During Self-motion Is Not Accurate, The 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida, USA.. 2012.


Researcher : Poon CSK
Project Title:Sensitivity to rejection based on non-conformity to social norms: Implications for the experience of university freshmen living in halls of residence
Investigator(s):Poon CSK
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2009
Completion Date:12/2011


Project Title:Susceptibility to normative social influence: The role of relative cognitive accessibility of internal versus external routes to social acceptance
Investigator(s):Poon CSK
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2010
Completion Date:02/2012


Project Title:Psychological well-being among women with breast cancer: The role of appearance- and femininity-contingent self-worth and appearance-based rejection sensitivity
Investigator(s):Poon CSK, Kwong A
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Health Services Research Fund - Mini Grants
Start Date:12/2010




Researcher : Poon KT
List of Research Outputs

Chen Z., Cheng C. and Poon K.T., The quest for personal-relational equilibrium: Anti- versus pro-social responses to ostracism, European Association for Social Psychology (EASP). 2011.
Poon K.T., Chen Z. and DeWall C., Entitled to more: Social exclusion triggers unethical behavior, the 2012 annual meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association. 2012.
Poon K.T. and Chen Z., It’s a just world: Ostracism people are perceived as unethical, the 2012 annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science (APS). 2012.


Researcher : Saunders J.A.
Project Title:Is optic flow used in an optimal manner for perception of heading and control of walking?
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2010


Project Title:Perceptual underestimation of 3D depth: test of a Bayesian model
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2010


Project Title:The role of symmetry in 3D shape discrimination
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2011


Project Title:Visual processing of 3D shape for grasping objects
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2012


Project Title:Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Soceity The influence of optic flow on control of walking gradually increases over the course of a movement
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2012


List of Research Outputs



Researcher : Saunders JA
Project Title:Is optic flow used in an optimal manner for perception of heading and control of walking?
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2010


Project Title:Perceptual underestimation of 3D depth: test of a Bayesian model
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2010


Project Title:The role of symmetry in 3D shape discrimination
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2011


Project Title:Visual processing of 3D shape for grasping objects
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2012


Project Title:Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Soceity The influence of optic flow on control of walking gradually increases over the course of a movement
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2012


List of Research Outputs

Lee Y.L. and Saunders J.A., Perceived 3D shape from continuous and static perspective changes, Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2012.
Lee Y.L. and Saunders J.A., Stereo improves 3D shape discrimination even when rich monocular shape cues are available, Journal of Vision. 2011, 11 (9): 6.
Lee Y.L. and Saunders J.A., Symmetry facilitates 3D shape discrimination across changes in viewpoint, Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision 2011.
Ma K.Y.E. and Saunders J.A., Errors in perceived self-motion along a circular path persist in the presence of scene information , Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision 2011.
Saunders J.A. and Ma K.Y.E., Can observers judge future circular path relative to a target from retinal flow?, Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, 2011.
Saunders J.A., The influence of optic flow on control of walking gradually increases over the course of a movement, Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. 2012.


Researcher : Shu TM
List of Research Outputs

Shu T.M. and Lam S.F., Are Success and Failure Experiences Equally Motivational? An Investigation of Regulatory Focus and Feedback, Learning and Individual Differences. 2011, 21: 724-727.
Shu T.M. and Lam S.F., Is Making Upward Social Comparison Bad? The Effects of Self-evaluation and Regulatory Focus on Motivation, The 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey, July . 2011.


Researcher : Sun D
Project Title:Neural basis of social cooperation among Chinese
Investigator(s):Sun D, Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:02/2011
Completion Date:08/2012


List of Research Outputs

Sun D., Chan C.C.H. and Lee T.M.C., Identification and Classification of Facial Familiarity in Directed Lying: An ERP Study, In: Mitchell Valdes-Sosa, Cuban Neuroscience Center, Cuba, PLoS One. 2012, 7: e31250.
Sun D. and Lee T.M.C., 冒险行为受内外因素影响的神经机制, 中國神經科學與社會科學, 2012.
Zhang H., Sun D. and Lee T.M.C., Impaired social decision making in patients with major depressive disorder, In: Andrei V. Alexandrov, M.D., Brain and Behavior. 2012.


Researcher : Tang JCY
Project Title:The universality of basic numerical capacity: A comparative study
Investigator(s):Tang JCY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2010
Completion Date:02/2012


Project Title:Using Non-symbolic Quantity Processing to Identify Children with Mathematics Difficulties
Investigator(s):Tang JCY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2011
Completion Date:12/2011


List of Research Outputs

Chan W.L., Au T.K.F. and Tang J.C.Y., Exploring The Developmental Changes In Automatic Two-digit Number Processing, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2011, 108: 263-274.
Chan W.L., Au T.K.F. and Tang J.C.Y., Making Sense of Numbers: Children’s Understanding of Place-Value Concept , Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association. Vancouver, Canada, 2012.
Cheng L.F.G., Tang J.C.Y., Li F.W.S., Lau E.Y.Y. and Lee T.M.C., Schizophrenia and Risk-Taking: Impaired Reward but Preserved Punishment Processing, Schizophrenia Research. 2012, 13: 122-127.


Researcher : Teng F
List of Research Outputs

Teng F. and Chen Z., Does social support reduce distress caused by ostracism? It depends on the level of one's self-esteem, the 2012 annual meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association. 2012.
Teng F., Chen Z. and Jiang Y., Objectification increases women’s desire for money, the 2012 annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science (APS). 2012.


Researcher : Toulopoulou T
Project Title:Vulnerability markers of psychosis proneness in adolescence
Investigator(s):Toulopoulou T
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2012


Project Title:Paulo International Medical Symposium 2012: Schizophrenia-Epidemiology and Biology PREFRONTAL DEVIATIONS IN FUNCTION BUT NOT VOLUME ARE PUTATIVE ENDOPHENOTYPES FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA
Investigator(s):Toulopoulou T
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2012


List of Research Outputs

Toulopoulou T., A Summit meeting of Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Beijing, China , 2011.
Toulopoulou T., Institute of Psychology, Chinese Acedemy of Sciences, Beijing, China . 2012.
Toulopoulou T., Kowloon Hospital, HK . 2012.
Toulopoulou T., Prefrontal deviations in function but not volume are putative endophenotypes for schizophrenia , Paulo International Medical Symposium 2012: Schizophrenia - Epidemiology and Biology. 2012.
Toulopoulou T., The Sixth hospital of Peking University, Beijing, China . 2012.
Toulopoulou T., The second Asia Maudsley Forum, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Hong Kong , 2011.


Researcher : Tseng C
Project Title:Noise Exclusion Ability in 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-month-old Infants
Investigator(s):Tseng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:02/2010
Completion Date:02/2012


Project Title:A psychophysical and computational investigation into attention-modulated learning
Investigator(s):Tseng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2010


Project Title:Social cognition development in per-verbal infants
Investigator(s):Tseng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:02/2011


Project Title:12th The International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF 2011) A multi-sensory illusion: Hong Kong Peak Tram Illusion
Investigator(s):Tseng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2011
Completion Date:10/2011


Project Title:Learning during infancy
Investigator(s):Tseng C, Wong AMY, Iao LS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:02/2012


List of Research Outputs

Chan W.S., Chow H.M., Tan W., Park C.J. and Tseng C., The effects of emotional target and mood state of participants on attentional blink , iPerception. 2011, 2 (4): 327.
Chiu P.H., Chow H.M., Tseng C. and Spillmann L., The Hong Kong Peak Tram Illusion, i-Perception. 2011, 2(4): 295.
Chow H.M., Tsui G. and Tseng C., Preverbal infants use object features and motion cues in social learning, i-Perception. 2011, 2(4): 233.
Jingling L. and Tseng C., Collinearity impairs local element visual search, Journal Of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception And Performance . 2012, 38.
Tseng C., Falling Skyscrapers: a Multi-Sensory Tilt Illusion Observed from the Hong Kong Peak Tram, California Institute of Technology, Division of Biology. 2012.
Tseng C., Social and Cognitive Learning in Infancy, Department of Cognitive Sciences, The University of California, Irvine. 2012.
Tseng C., Chow H.M., Chiu P.H. and Spillmann L., A multi-sensory illusion: Hong Kong peak tram illusion (II) – subjective vertical, i-Perception. 2011, 2(8): 892.
Tsui G., Chow H.M. and Tseng C., Noise exclusion ability in infants, iPerception. 2011, 2(4): 316.
Tsui G.H., Chow H.M. and Tseng C., Quick CSF in preverbal infants with forced-choice preferential looking paradigm, Journal of Vision. 2011, 11.
Tsui S.M. and Tseng C., Bimodal stimuli do not always facilitate infants’ rule learning, Journal of Vision. 2011, 2(4): 232.


Researcher : Tso RVY
List of Research Outputs

Tso R.V.Y., Au T.K.F. and Hsiao J.H.W., The Influence of Writing Experiences on Holistic Processing in Chinese Character Recognition, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, USA (Peer-reviewed, full-paper, accepted as a talk). Austin, TX, Cognitive Science Society, 2011, 1442-1447.
Tso R.V.Y., Au T.K.F. and Hsiao J.H.W., The influence of writing experiences on holistic processing in Chinese character recognition , i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, abstract, accepted as a talk) . 2011, 2(4): 345.
Tso R.V.Y., Au T.K.F. and Hsiao J.H.W., Writing facilitates learning to read in Chinese through reduction of holistic processing: A developmental study, In: Andrew B. Watson, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(9): 530.


Researcher : Wan HY
List of Research Outputs

Wong M.L., Lau E.Y.Y., Wan H.Y., Hui H.C.C., Cheung S.F. and Mok D.S.Y., The relationship between sleep quality and daytime sleepiness with chronotype latent constructs: An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis in Chinese college students., Sleep. 2012, 35: A69.


Researcher : Wong KL
Project Title:Understanding Music-reading Expertise
Investigator(s):Wong KL, Hsiao JHW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:01/2012
Completion Date:06/2012


List of Research Outputs

Hsiao J.H.W. and Wong K.L., A right visual field advantage without left hemisphere lateralization in music notation reading, In: Andrew B. Watson, Journal of Vision. 2012, 12(9): 534.
Wong K.L., Lau P.C., Gauthier I. and Hsiao J.H.W., Music reading expertise selectively improves categorical judgment with musical notation, i-Perception (The Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Hong Kong, Abstract, accepted as a talk). 2011, 2(4): 347.


Researcher : Wong ML
List of Research Outputs

Wong M.L., Lau E.Y.Y., Ng E.C.W., Hui H.C.C., Cheung S.F. and Mok D.S.Y., The Wellbeing Among College Students Living on Campus: A Focus On Morning-evening Preference (First-runner up in Poster Presentation Competition), Hong Kong Psychological Society Annual Conference . 2012.
Wong M.L., Lau E.Y.Y., Wan H.Y., Hui H.C.C., Cheung S.F. and Mok D.S.Y., The relationship between sleep quality and daytime sleepiness with chronotype latent constructs: An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis in Chinese college students., Sleep. 2012, 35: A69.


Researcher : Wong PH
List of Research Outputs

Lam S.F., Chow-Yeung K., Lau K.K. and Wong P.H., The Effectiveness of Paired Reading Program for Preschoolers and Their Parents, The 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey, July. 2011.
Lam S.F., Wong P.H., Yang H. and Liu Y., Understanding student engagement with a contextual model, In: S.L. Christenson, A. Reschly, & C. Wylie, Handbook of research on student engagement. New York, Springer Science, 2012, 403-420.


Researcher : Wong WL
List of Research Outputs

Kam C.M., Yick Y.Y. and Wong W.L., Meta-parenting and its Correlates among Chinese Parents, 2012 APS Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, USA. 2012.
Kam C.M., Wong W.L. and Fung M.S., Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in Chinese Schools: A Feasibility Study of PATHS Implementation in Hong Kong, Third European Network for Social and Emotional Competence in Children (ENSEC) Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom. 2011.


Researcher : Wong YK
List of Research Outputs

Ho C.S.H., Yeung P.S., Wong Y.K., Chan D.W., Chung K.K.-.H. and Lo L.Y., Early indicators of persistent reading difficulties among Chinese readers in junior elementary grades, Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Florida, July. 2011.


Researcher : Yeung PS
Project Title:Cognitive-linguistic skills important to Chinese text writing among beginning writers
Investigator(s):Yeung PS, Ho CSH
Department:Education Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2012


List of Research Outputs

Chik P.P.M., Ho C.S.H., Yeung P.S., Wong H.Y.K., Chan D.W., Chung K.K.H. and Lo L.Y., Contribution to discourse and morphosyntax skills to reading comprehension in Chinese dyslexic and typically developing children, Annals of Dyslexia 2012. 2012, 62: 1-18.
Ho C.S.H., Yeung P.S., Wong Y.K., Chan D.W., Chung K.K.-.H. and Lo L.Y., Early indicators of persistent reading difficulties among Chinese readers in junior elementary grades, Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Florida, July. 2011.
Ho C.S.H., Wong H.Y.K., Yeung P.S., Chan D.W., Chung K.K.H., Lo S.C. and Luan H., The core components of reading instruction in Chinese, Reading and Writing. 2011.


Researcher : Yick YY
List of Research Outputs

Kam C.M., Yick Y.Y. and Chan P.S., Implementing an Emotion Coaching Parenting Program in Hong Kong, China - Interim Results, Society for Prevention Research 20th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA. 2012.
Kam C.M., Yick Y.Y. and Wong W.L., Meta-parenting and its Correlates among Chinese Parents, 2012 APS Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, USA. 2012.


Researcher : Zhang H
List of Research Outputs

Zhang H., Sun D. and Lee T.M.C., Impaired social decision making in patients with major depressive disorder, In: Andrei V. Alexandrov, M.D., Brain and Behavior. 2012.


Researcher : Zhang L
List of Research Outputs

Li L., Cheng C.K.J. and Zhang L., Optic flow has an immediate and an enduring effect on the perceived straight ahead in the visual control of steering toward a goal, The 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida, USA.. 2012.


Researcher : Zhang W
List of Research Outputs

Zhang W. and Hayward W.G., The effect of perceptual expertise on visual short-term memory, 7th Asia-Pacfiic Conference on Vision. 2011.


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