DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY



Researcher : AWALE A

List of Research Outputs

AWALE A., Chan C.S. and Karasawa M., Perceived warmth moderates the relationship between intergroup apology and forgiveness: An experiment using a fictitious group, The 23rd International Congress of the International Association for Cross- Cultural Psychology. 2016.
AWALE A. and Chan C.S., Political trust moderates the influence of identity undermining on support for national separatism and nonnormative collective action, The 29th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention. 2017.
Chan C.S. and AWALE A., Radicalization after the Umbrella Movement: Examining the roles of threat and political mistrust, The 29th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention. 2017.
Chan C.S. and AWALE A., The interaction of politicized identification and implicit theories in predicting normative and nonnormative collective action, The 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology. 2017.


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:Peer Interaction as a Naturalistic Stress Test: Early Identification of Children At-Risk for Mild ASD
Investigator(s):Au TKF, Li JCH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:11/2013


Project Title:On Becoming Socially Anxious: Infants' Attention to Angry Faces
Investigator(s):Au TKF
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2016


List of Research Outputs

Au T.K.F., Outsourcing parenting: Foreign domestic helpers as substitute parents for children in Hong Kong., International Symposium on Child Development and Mental Health, Shenzhen University, China. . 2016.
Au T.K.F. and Kong M., The Incredible Years Parent Program for Chinese Preschoolers with Developmental Disabilities., Hong Kong ASD Conference 2017: Family Support and Development, Hong Kong. 2017.
Au T.K.F., Kwok A.F.P., Tong L.C.P., Cheng L., TSE M.Y. and Jun S.A., The Social Costs in Communication Hiccups Between Native and Nonnative Speakers, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 2017, 48: 369-383.
Chan W.L. and Au T.K.F., Subtyping Mathematical Difficulties among Chinese Children, Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention. 2017.
Shum K.M.K. and Au T.K.F., Repeated oral reading intervention as a window onto rapid automatized naming and word reading fluency in Chinese and English, The 31st International Congress of Psychology 2016, Yokohama, Japan. 2016.
Shum K.M.K. and Au T.K.F., Why Does Rapid Naming Predict Chinese Word Reading?, Language Learning and Development. 2016, 13(1): 127-142.
Wong A.M.Y., Ho C.S.H., Au T.K.F., McBride C..., Ng A... .K...-.H..., Yip L... .P...-.W... and Lam C... .C...-.C..., Reading comprehension and its component skills in Chinese Children with SLI and/or Dyslexia, Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 2017, 30: 337-361.
Wong H.M., Bridges S.M., McGrath C.P.J., Yiu C.K.Y., Zayts O.A. and Au T.K.F., Impact of Prominent Themes in Clinician-Patient Conversations on Caregiver’s Perceived Quality of Communication with Paediatric Dental Visits, PLOS ONE. 2017, 12: e0169059.


Researcher : BRUEGGEMANN S

List of Research Outputs

BRUEGGEMANN S., Chan A.B. and Hsiao J.H.W., Hidden Markov modeling of eye movements with image information leads to better discovery of regions of interest., Proceeding of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2016, 1032-1037.


Researcher : Barry TJ

Project Title:2017 SRCD Biennial Meeting; Age-related differences in attention control and inhibitory learning and their relationship with anxious symptoms in adolescents.
Investigator(s):Barry TJ
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2017
Completion Date:04/2017


Project Title:Modifying the scope of attentional focus with a novel computerised intervention
Investigator(s):Barry TJ, Hsiao JHW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2017


List of Research Outputs

Barry T.J., Baker H.M., CHIU H.M.C., Lo B.C.Y. and Lau J.Y.F., Adolescence: Feeling afraid in safe situations., 38th Annual Conference of The Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR). 2017.
Barry T.J. and Lau J.Y.F., Age-related differences in cognitive-behavioural treatment outcomes., Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) 2017 Biennial Meeting. 2017.


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




Researcher : CHAN NY

List of Research Outputs

Li X.S., Lam S.P., Zhang J., Yu M.W.M., Chan J.W.Y., CHAN N.Y. and Wing Y.K., A case-control study of frequent nightmares in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), SLEEP 2017, The 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. 2017, 40: A408.


Researcher : CHAN YH

List of Research Outputs

CHAN Y.H., Wong J.J., Chan A.B., Lee T.M.C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Analytic eye movement patterns in face recognition are associated with better performance and more top-down control of visual attention: an fMRI study. , Proceeding of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . 2016, 854-859.
CHAN Y.H., chan A.B., Lee T.M.C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Analytic eye movement patterns in face recognition are associated with enhanced face recognition performance and top-down control of visual attention (abstract), Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society. 2017.


Researcher : CHENG LY

List of Research Outputs

CHENG L.Y., Lau K.W.W., Fung T.K.H., Lau B.W.M., Chau B.K.H., Liang Y., Wang Z., So K.F., Wang T., Chan C.C.H. and Lee T.M.C., PM2.5 Exposure Suppresses Dendritic Maturation in Subgranular Zone in Aged Rats, Neurotoxicity Research. 2017.


Researcher : CHIU HMC

List of Research Outputs

Barry T.J., Baker H.M., CHIU H.M.C., Lo B.C.Y. and Lau J.Y.F., Adolescence: Feeling afraid in safe situations., 38th Annual Conference of The Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR). 2017.


Researcher : CHOW KW

List of Research Outputs

CHOW K.W. and Lo B.C.Y., Parental Factors Associated With Rumination Related Metacognitive Beliefs In Adolescence, Frontiers in Psychology. 2017, 8: 536.


Researcher : CHUK TY

List of Research Outputs

CHUK T.Y., Chan A.B., Shimojo S. and Hsiao J.H.W., Mind reading: Discovering individual preferences from eye movements using switching hidden Markov models, Proceeding of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2016, 182-187.


Researcher : Chan CS

Project Title:HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards 2015-16
Investigator(s):Chan CS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards
Start Date:06/2015


Project Title:Substance Abuse Rehabilitation in a Therapeutic Community: A Multi-ware, Cross-Sequential, Mixed-Methods Study of Christian Zheng Sheng College
Investigator(s):Chan CS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Beat Drugs Fund
Start Date:09/2015


Project Title:Why does an intergroup apology fail to promote forgiveness? Examining the influence of group perception
Investigator(s):Chan CS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:11/2015


Project Title:International Society of Political Psychology 2016 Annual Conference; Understanding some of the causes and aftermaths of the 2014 Umbrella Movement.
Investigator(s):Chan CS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2016
Completion Date:07/2016


Project Title:Boredom, Meaning-Making, and Smartphone Use: Two Experiments
Investigator(s):Chan CS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2017


List of Research Outputs

AWALE A., Chan C.S. and Karasawa M., Perceived warmth moderates the relationship between intergroup apology and forgiveness: An experiment using a fictitious group, The 23rd International Congress of the International Association for Cross- Cultural Psychology. 2016.
AWALE A. and Chan C.S., Political trust moderates the influence of identity undermining on support for national separatism and nonnormative collective action, The 29th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention. 2017.
Chan C.S., Tang K.N.S., Hall B.R.I.A.N., Yip S.Y.T. and Maggay M.E.L.B.A., Psychological Sequelae of the 2013 Super Typhoon Haiyan Among Survivor-Responders, Psychiatry. 2016, 79: 282-296.
Chan C.S. and AWALE A., Radicalization after the Umbrella Movement: Examining the roles of threat and political mistrust, The 29th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention. 2017.
Chan C.S., The 2014 Umbrella Movement and its political and psychological consequences, The 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology. 2016.
Chan C.S. and AWALE A., The interaction of politicized identification and implicit theories in predicting normative and nonnormative collective action, The 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology. 2017.
Chan C.S., Unbearable stillness: A reflection on boredom, The 2017 Annual conference of the Hong Kong Psychological Society. 2017.
HO Y.Y.F., Chan C.S. and Leung J.C.Y., An updated meta-analytic review of transdiagnostic self-help cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) on depressive symptoms, The 46th European Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Congress. 2016.
HO Y.Y.F., Yeung W.F., Ng T.H.Y. and Chan C.S., The Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Stepped Care Prevention and Treatment for Depressive and/or Anxiety Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 29281.
HO Y.Y.F., Chan C.S. and Leung J.C.Y., Transdiagnostic self-help cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia on depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis, The 16th Annual Research Postgraduate Conference, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong. 2017.
LAU N.T., Chan C.S., Tseng C.H., Chung K.F., Wing Y.K. and Lau Y.Y.E., Differential napping effects on the perception of emotional facial expression in depressed versus non-depressed individuals, The 23rd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society. 2016.
LAU N.T., Chan C.S., Tseng C.H., Chung K.F., Wing Y.K. and Lau Y.Y.E., Napping effects on the perception of emotional facial expression in depressed versus non-depressed individuals, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Sleep 2016 Conference. 2016.
LAU N.T., Chan C.S., Tseng C.H., Chung K.F., Wing Y.K. and Lau Y.Y.E., The effects of a daytime nap on processing of facial emotional expression in individuals with remitted depression versus never depressed individuals, The 23rd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society. 2016.
Lee W.L., LAU N.T., Chan C.S., Tseng C.H., Chung K.F., Wing Y.K. and Lau Y.Y.E., Can sleep moderate or mediate the relationship between depressive symptoms and decision-making?, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Sleep 2016 Conference. 2016.
Tang K.N.S. and Chan C.S., Life satisfaction and perceived stress among young offenders in a residential therapeutic community: Latent change score analysis. , Journal of Adolescence. 2017, 57: 42-53.
Tang K.N.S., Chan C.S., Shih S.C.H. and Hamamura T., Self-construal and locus of control moderate the effects of mortality salience on self-enhancement, The 23rd International Congress of the International Association for Cross- Cultural Psychology. 2016.


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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:09/2005




Researcher : Chan WL

Project Title:Early Sense of Numerosities Among Kindergarteners
Investigator(s):Chan WL
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:11/2014
Completion Date:11/2016


Project Title:Understanding the Core Deficits and Subtypes of Mathematical Difficulties among Chinese Children
Investigator(s):Chan WL
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:12/2014


Project Title:Children Solving Arithmetic Word Problems
Investigator(s):Chan WL
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016


Project Title:Young Children Making Sense of Multi-Digit Numbers
Investigator(s):Chan WL
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2016


Project Title:The 29th APS Annual Conference; Subtyping Mathematical Difficulties among Chinese Children
Investigator(s):Chan WL
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2017
Completion Date:05/2017


Project Title:Acquisition of Mathematical Knowledge Using Concrete Objects
Investigator(s):Chan WL
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2017


List of Research Outputs

Chan W.L. and Au T.K.F., Subtyping Mathematical Difficulties among Chinese Children, Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention. 2017.
Mok W. .S. .Y. and Chan W.L., How do tests and writing tasks enhance long-term retention of students with different levels of test anxiety?, Instructional Science. 2016, 44: 567-581.


Researcher : Chang HFD

List of Research Outputs

Chang H.F.D., Hess R.F. and Mullen K.T., Color responses and their adaptation in human superior colliculus and lateral geniculate nucleus, NeuroImage. 2016, 138: 211-220.
Chang H.F.D., Ban H. and Troje N.F., Dissociating global and local biological motion processing in the human brain, European Conference on Visual Perception. Perception, 2016, 45(S2).
Chang H.F.D., Ban H., Ikegaya Y., Fujita I. and Troje N.F., Subcortical and cortical responses to local biological motion as revealed by fMRI and MEG, Vision Sciences Society Meeting. Journal of Vision, 2017.
Chou I.W.Y. and Chang H.F.D., Perceiving novel objects: The effect of learning on repetition blindness, European Conference on Visual Perception. Perception, 2016, 45(S2).
Lau K.C.K. and Chang H.F.D., Broad learning transfer in visual hierarchical processing, European Conference on Visual Perception. Perception, 2016, 45(S2).
Ting T.C.M., Wong N.H.L. and Chang H.F.D., Locally-directed visual attention as assessed by the attentional blink: Does video game experience really matter?, European Conference on Visual Perception. Perception, 2016, 45(S2).
Wong N.H.L., Ting T.C.M. and Chang H.F.D., Brain games: Extensive action video game experience enhances globally-directed visual-attention, European Conference on Visual Perception. Perception, 2016, 45(S2).


Researcher : Chen Z

Project Title:Ostracism, Entitlement, and the Objectification of Social Targets
Investigator(s):Chen Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:08/2014


Project Title:Psychological Consequences of Feeling Crowded
Investigator(s):Chen Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2015
Completion Date:06/2017


Project Title:Long-term Ostracism and Depressive Symptoms: Meaningful Existence as a Mechanism
Investigator(s):Chen Z, Lo BCY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:2nd Culture and Cognitive Science Symposium (CCSS); Feeling entitled to more: Unveiling behavioral responses following social exclusion
Investigator(s):Chen Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2017
Completion Date:06/2017


Project Title:Long-term Consequences of Feeling Excluded
Investigator(s):Chen Z, Lo BCY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2017


List of Research Outputs

Chen Z. and Saunders J.A., Automatic adjustments toward unseen visual targets during grasping movements, In: Prof. Melvyn A. Goodale, Experimental Brain Research. Springer, 2016, 234: 2091-2103.
Poon K.T., Teng F., Wang W.Y. and Chen Z., When nature heals: Nature exposure moderates the relationship between ostracism and aggression, Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2016, 48: 159-168.
Teng F., Chen Z., Poon K.T., Zhang D. and Jiang Y., Money and relationships: When and why thinking about money leads people to approach others, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 2016, 137: 58-70.
Teng F., Poon K.T., Zhang H., Chen Z., Yang Y. and WANG X., Situational cuing of materialism triggers self-objectification among women (but not men): The moderating role of self-concept clarity, Personality and Individual Differences. 2016, 97: 220-228.
WANG X., Chen Z., Poon K.T., Teng F. and Jin S., Self-compassion decreases acceptance of own immoral behaviors, Personality and Individual Differences. 2017, 106: 329-333.


Researcher : Chen Z

Project Title:Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society 2017; Grip control and contact point selection for grasping slanted 3D objects with conflicting monocular and binocular cues
Investigator(s):Chen Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2017
Completion Date:05/2017


List of Research Outputs

Chen Z. and Saunders J.A., Automatic adjustments toward unseen visual targets during grasping movements, In: Prof. Melvyn A. Goodale, Experimental Brain Research. Springer, 2016, 234: 2091-2103.
Poon K.T., Teng F., Wang W.Y. and Chen Z., When nature heals: Nature exposure moderates the relationship between ostracism and aggression, Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2016, 48: 159-168.
Teng F., Chen Z., Poon K.T., Zhang D. and Jiang Y., Money and relationships: When and why thinking about money leads people to approach others, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 2016, 137: 58-70.
Teng F., Poon K.T., Zhang H., Chen Z., Yang Y. and WANG X., Situational cuing of materialism triggers self-objectification among women (but not men): The moderating role of self-concept clarity, Personality and Individual Differences. 2016, 97: 220-228.
WANG X., Chen Z., Poon K.T., Teng F. and Jin S., Self-compassion decreases acceptance of own immoral behaviors, Personality and Individual Differences. 2017, 106: 329-333.


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:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Investigator(s):Cheng C, Chio JHM
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:01/2014


Project Title:A Family-Dynamics Approach to Preventing Problematic Internet Use in Chinese Early Adolescents: A Multi-Phase Program Evaluation (CRF)
Investigator(s):Cheng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for Incubating Group-based Collaborative Research Projects
Start Date:01/2015
Completion Date:12/2016


Project Title:Mitigating Problematic Internet Use in Chinese Young Adults: Resources Identification and Their Function Manifestations
Investigator(s):Cheng C, Lo BCY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2015


Project Title:Prevalence and psychosocial risk factors of smartphone addiction among Hong Kong smartphone users: A large-scale, population-based survey
Investigator(s):Cheng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2015
Completion Date:02/2017


Project Title:Explaining Socioeconomic Differences in the Psychological Adjustment Process: A Dynamic Resource Theory
Investigator(s):Cheng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme
Start Date:09/2015
Completion Date:08/2016


Project Title:Game Over Program (GOP): Pilot universal preventive intervention on gaming addiction among upper primary school students
Investigator(s):Cheng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Quality Education Fund
Start Date:04/2016


Project Title:17th World Summit on Positive Psychology & Psychotherapy; Psychological Resilience of Life Transitions: Coping Flexibility as an Adaptive Quality
Investigator(s):Cheng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2017
Completion Date:05/2017


List of Research Outputs

Atal S. and Cheng C., Socioeconomic health disparities revisited: coping flexibility enhances health-related quality of life for individuals low in socioeconomic status, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2016, 14.
Chan M.P.S. and Cheng C., Explaining personality and contextual differences in beneficial role of online versus offline social support: A moderated mediation model, Computers in Human Behavior. 2016, 63: 747-756.
Cheng C., Beneficial role of coping flexibility in adjustment to life transitions: A critical review, Keynote speech at the 3rd Annual International Conference on Modern Education and Social Science, Nanjing, China. 2017.
Cheng C., Coping mechanisms underlying Internet addiction: A systematic test of alternative models., Paper presentation at the 30th Conference of the International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.. 2016.
Cheng C. and Atal S., Explaining socioeconomic differences in deployment of psychosocial resources and coping strategies: Towards a dynamic resource approach., Paper presentation at the 19th International Conference on Business, Economics, Social Science and Humanities, Singapore, Singapore.. 2016.
Cheng C., Information Technology Addiction: A Global or Asian Challenge to Psychological Well-being? Keynote speech at the International Society of Internet Addiction Annual Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., 2016.
Cheng C., Internet addiction and quality of life across countries, Keynote speech at the International Conference on Digital Health: Mental Development, Health Promotion and Prevention of Crime in Digital Technology Era, Taichung, Taiwan ROC. 2016.
Cheng C., Sun P. and Mak K.K., Maladaptive coping styles of young adults with Internet addiction., Keynote speech at the International Society of Internet Addiction Annual Conference, Osaka, Japan.. 2016.
Cheng C., Personality and Psychological Adjustment: A Cross-Cultural Analysis. Keynote speech at the Tsukuba Global Science Week, Tsukuba, Japan., 2016.
Cheng C., Psychological Resilience of Life Transitions: Coping Flexibility as an Adaptive Quality, Invited plenary speech at the 17th World Summit on Positive Psychology & Psychotherapy, Toronto, Canada. 2017.
Cheng C., Cheung M.W.L. and Lo B.C.Y., Relationship of health locus of control with specific health behaviours and global health appraisal: a meta-analysis and effects of moderators, Health Psychology Review. 2016, 1-19.
Cheng C., Serious work and serious play makes Jack a smart staff: Adaptation of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methodology to enhance creativity in Chinese settings, Paper presentation at the 75th Annual Convention of the International Council of Psychologists, Yokohama, Japan. 2016.
Mak K.K., Nam J.K., Kim D., Aum N., Choi J.S., Cheng C., Ko H.C. and Watanabe H., Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Korean Scale for Internet Addiction (K-Scale) in Japanese high school students, Psychiatry Research. 2017, 249: 343-348.


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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:02/2005




Researcher : Cheung SH

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: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


Project Title:Multi-stage model of visual crowding
Investigator(s):Cheung SH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2013


Project Title:Psychophysics of Chinese reading
Investigator(s):Cheung SH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2014


Project Title:The role of life events in the transition of personality and values: A longitudinal investigation into the effects of bereavement and religious conversion
Investigator(s):Cheung SH, Hui HCC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2015


Project Title:Error distribution in letter crowding
Investigator(s):Cheung SH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


List of Research Outputs

Calabrese A., Cheong A.M.Y., Cheung S.H., He Y., Kwon M., Mansfield J.S., Subramanian A., Yu D. and Legge G.E., Baseline MNREAD measures for normally sighted subjects from childhood to old age, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2016, 57: 3836-3843.
Hui H.C.C., Cheung S.H., Lau Y.Y.E., Mok D.S.Y., Cheung S.F. and Kwan Y.W., Bereavement hits harder on those who believe in fate, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 2016, 35: 609-628.
Hui H.C.C., Cheung S.H., Lam J., Lau E.Y.Y., Yuliawati L. and Cheung S.F., In search of the psychological antecedents and consequences of Christian conversion: A three-year prospective study, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. 2017, 9: 220-230.


Researcher : Cotier FA

List of Research Outputs

Cotier F.A., ZHANG R. and Lee T.M.C., A Longitudinal Study Of The Effect Of Short-term Meditation Training On Functional Network Organization Of The Aging Brain, Scientific Reports. 2017, 7.


Researcher : Fong YC

Project Title:Relation between SES, prior knowledge, and reading comprehension in school-age children
Investigator(s):Fong YC, Ho CSH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:12/2014




Researcher : Geng X

Project Title:Novel Fast MRI Acquisition Technique and Its Application in Brain Functional Mapping and Connectivity Analyses
Investigator(s):Geng X, Tan L
Department:School of Humanities
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2013


List of Research Outputs

Carlson A.L., Xia K., Azcarate-Peril M.A., Goldman B.D., Ahn M., Styner M.A., Thompson A.L., Geng X., Gilmore J.H. and Knickmeyer R.C., Infant gut microbiome associated with cognitive Development, Biological Psychiatry. 2017.
Geng X., Wu J., Wong M.L.N., Tao J., Chen L. and Lee T.M.C., Implications of Prefrontal Synchrony and Metastability in Emotion and Cognition, Rotman Research Conference. 2017.
Geng X., Hu Y., Gu H., Salmeron B.J., Adinoff B., Stein E.A. and Yang Y., Salience and default mode network dysregulation in chronic cocaine users predict treatment outcome, Brain. 2017, 140: 1513-1524.
Lin J.J., Geng X., Lee H.M.E., Chan K.W., Chang W.C., Hui C.L.M., Tse M.A., Chan C.L.W., Khong P.L., Honer W.G. and Chen E.Y.H., Yoga reduces the brain’s amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in patients with early psychosis, Schizophrenia Research. 2017, 184.
SIN L.L.E., Geng X., Cho W.C.V. and Lee T.M.C., Regional brain volume correlates with rumination and autobiographical memory, Organization for Human Brain Mapping. 2017.
Wu J., Geng X., Wong M.L.N., Tao J., Chen L. and Lee T.M.C., Neural Structural and Functional Correlates of Perceived Stress in Typical Developing Brain, Organization for Human Brain Mapping. 2017.
ZHANG R., Geng X. and Lee T.M.C., Large-scale functional neural network correlates of response inhibition: an fMRI meta-analysis, Brain Structure and Function. Springer, 2017, 1-18.


Researcher : HO YYF

List of Research Outputs

HO Y.Y.F., Chan C.S. and Leung J.C.Y., An updated meta-analytic review of transdiagnostic self-help cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) on depressive symptoms, The 46th European Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Congress. 2016.
HO Y.Y.F., Yeung W.F., Ng T.H.Y. and Chan C.S., The Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Stepped Care Prevention and Treatment for Depressive and/or Anxiety Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 29281.
HO Y.Y.F., Chan C.S. and Leung J.C.Y., Transdiagnostic self-help cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia on depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis, The 16th Annual Research Postgraduate Conference, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong. 2017.


Researcher : HSU SJ

List of Research Outputs

HSU S.J. and Ho C.S.H., Exploring reading fluency deficit in Chinese children with dyslexia, The Annual Meeting of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, Hong Kong. 2017.
HSU S.J. and Ho C.S.H., Exploring the role of reading fluency in the simple view of reading, The Twenty-Third Annual Meeting, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Porto. 2016.


Researcher : Hayward WG

List of Research Outputs

Zamuner E., Oxner M. and Hayward W.G., Visual perception and visual mental imagery of emotional faces generate similar expression aftereffects, Consciousness and Cognition. 2017, 48: 171-179.


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:Reading Development in Chinese and in English: Genetic and Neuroscience Correlates
Investigator(s):Ho CSH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Start Date:05/2014


Project Title:Promoting the publicity of the preschool screening tool and training and support of teachers and professionals on the use of the preschool screening tool
Investigator(s):Ho CSH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust - General Award
Start Date:09/2014


Project Title:Developing a comprehensive model of reading for understanding reading comprehension difficulties in Chinese
Investigator(s):Ho CSH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2016


Project Title:23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading; Examining an Extended Simple View of Reading in Chinese
Investigator(s):Ho CSH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2016
Completion Date:07/2016


List of Research Outputs

Byrne B., Coventry W., Ho C.S.H., Larsen S. and Olson R., Monozygotic twins discordant for educational attainment: Definitions, the null hypothesis, and other challenges, The Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Oslo. 2017.
Fong C.C.C. and Ho C.S.H., The unique role of picture rapid naming in predicting Chinese literacy skills, The Twenty-Third Annual Meeting, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Porto. 2016.
HSU S.J. and Ho C.S.H., Exploring reading fluency deficit in Chinese children with dyslexia, The Annual Meeting of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, Hong Kong. 2017.
HSU S.J. and Ho C.S.H., Exploring the role of reading fluency in the simple view of reading, The Twenty-Third Annual Meeting, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Porto. 2016.
Ho C.S.H., Zheng M., Chow B.W.Y., Wong S.W.L., Lim C.K.P. and Waye M.M.Y., Adequacy of using a three-item questionnaire to determine zygosity in Chinese young twins, Behavior Genetics. 2017, 47: 244-254.
Ho C.S.H., Fong C.Y.C. and Zheng M., Contributions of higher-order discourse-level skills to reading comprehension among elementary school children, Interactive presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, Hong Kong. 2017.
Ho C.S.H. and Leung K.N.K., Development of a Chinese adult dyslexia screening checklist, Interactive paper presented at the Conference of European Dyslexia Association, Modena. 2016.
Ho C.S.H., Developmental dyslexia, In: General Editor Rint Sybesma, Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics. Brill Online, 2016.
Ho C.S.H., Lo J.C.M., McBride C., Chow B.W.Y., Wong S.W.L., Waye M.M., Choy R.K.W. and Olson R., Do different academic skills and IQ share the same genetic factor? , Interactive poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Oslo. 2017.
Ho C.S.H., Lo J.C.M., Zheng M., McBride C., Chow B.W.Y., Wong S.W., Waye M.M.Y., Choy R.K.W. and Olson R., Do different academic skills and IQ share the same genetic factor?, 47th Behavior Genetics Annual Meeting. 2017.
Ho C.S.H., Zheng M., McBride C. and Waye M.M.Y., Examining an extended simple view of reading in Chinese, The Twenty-Third Annual Meeting, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Porto. 2016.
Ho C.S.H., Wong S.W.L., Chow B.W.Y., Waye M.M.Y. and Bishop D., Genetic and environmental etiology of speech and word reading in Chinese, Learning And Individual Difference. 2017, 56: 49-58.
Ho C.S.H., Tsang S.M., Chan D., Chung K. and Lee S.H., Hong Kong Chinese Language Tiered Intervention Model for Junior Primary Students: Assessment (C-TIM(A)), Hong Kong Specific Learning Difficulties Research Team. Hong Kong, 2016.
Ho C.S.H., Tsang S.M., Chan D., Chung K. and Lee S.H., Hong Kong Chinese Language Tiered Intervention Model for Junior Primary Students: Curriculum Package (C-TIMC(C)), 2016.
Ho C.S.H., Tsang S.M., Chan D., Chung K. and Lee S.H., Hong Kong Chinese Language Tiered Intervention Model for Junior Primary Students: School Implementation Guide (C-TIM(G)), Hong Kong Specific Learning Difficulties Research Team. 2016.
Lo J.C., Tong X.H., McBride C., Ho C.S.H. and Waye M.M.Y., The relationship between delayed copying and spelling in Hong Kong children, Interactive poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, Hong Kong. 2017.
Lo J.C.M., Tong X., McBride C. and Ho C.S.H., The relationship between N1 print tuning and literacy in Chinese children, Interactive poster presented a the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Porto. 2016.
Tong X., Lo J.C.M., McBride C., Ho C.S.H., Waye M.M., Chung K.K.H., Wong S.W.L. and Chow B.W.Y., Coarse and fine N1 tuning for print in younger and older Chinese children: Orthography, phonology, or semantics driven?, Neuropsychologia. 2016, 91: 109-119.
Wong A.M.Y., Ho C.S.H., Au T.K.F., McBride C..., Ng A... .K...-.H..., Yip L... .P...-.W... and Lam C... .C...-.C..., Reading comprehension and its component skills in Chinese Children with SLI and/or Dyslexia, Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 2017, 30: 337-361.
Wong S.W.L., Ho C.S.H., McBride C., Chow B.W.Y. and Waye M.M.Y., Less is more in Hong Kong? Investigation of biscriptal and trilingual development among Chinese twins in a (relatively) small city, Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2017, 20:1: 66-71.
Wong T.T.Y. and Ho C.S.H., Component processes in arithmetic word-problem solving and their correlates, Journal of Educational Psychology. 2016, 109(4): 520-531.
Wong T.T.Y., Ho C.S.H. and Tang J., The relation between ANS and symbolic arithmetic skills: The mediating role of number-numerosity mappings, Contemporary Educational Psychology. 2016, 46: 208-217.
Yeung P.S., Ho C.S.H., Chan D... .W...-.O... and Chung K... .K...-.H..., A Simple View of Writing in Chinese, Reading Research Quarterly. 2016, 52: 333-355.
Yeung P.S., Ho C.S.H., Chan D.W. and Chung K.K.H., Contribution of Syntactic and Discourse skills to Written Composition in Chinese., Society for Research in Child Development 2017 Biennial Meeting: Developmental Science and Society. 2017.
Yeung P.S., Ho C.S.H., Chan D.W. and Chung K.K., Contribution of syntactic and discourse skills to written composition in Chinese, Interactive poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Austin. 2017.
Yeung P.S., Ho C.S.H., Chan D.W., Chung K.K.H., Wong S.W.L. and Cheng R.W.Y., Motivation for writing and Chinese writing performance among adolescents., Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. 2016.
Yeung P.S., Ho C.S.H., Chan D.W., Chung K.K., Wong S.W.L. and Cheng R.W.Y., Motivation for writing and Chinese writing performance among adolescents, Interactive paper presented at the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Porto. 2016.
Yeung P.S., Ho C.S.H., Chan D.W. and Chung K.K.H., Syntactic complexity in written composition among Chinese with developmental dyslexia in Hong Kong., First Annual Conference of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia. 2017.
Yeung P.S., Ho C.S.H., Chan D.W. and Chung K.K., Syntactic complexity in written composition among Chinese with developmental dyslexia in Hong Kong, The Annual Meeting of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, Hong Kong. 2017.
Yip L.Y., Yim Y.T., Leung S.M., McBride C., Ho C.S.H. and Waye M.M.Y., The effect of parent attitude and child interest and confidence on vocabulary knowledge, word reading and dictation in Chinese and English in Hong Kong, Interactive paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, Hong Kong. 2017.
Zheng M., Ho C.S.H., McBride C., Chow B.W.Y., Wong S.W.L., Choy R.K., Waye M.M. and Olson R., Using a three-item questionnaire to determine zygosity in Chinese young twins: A validation study, The Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Oslo, June, 2017.


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:Holistic Support Programme for Children with ASD and Families
Investigator(s):Ho ITF, Tsang SKM
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust - General Award
Start Date:07/2015




Researcher : Ho MY

Project Title:University of Hong Kong - Tsinghua University joint research center for psychological counseling
Investigator(s):Ho MYS, 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 MYS
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 MYS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2004




Researcher : Ho SPN

Project Title:Oxford / SEPEX 2016 Meeting, Experimental Psychological Society; Malleable Self-Concepts Trigger Cooperation: An Exploration Through Enfacement
Investigator(s):Ho SPN
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2016
Completion Date:07/2016




Researcher : Hsiao JHW

Project Title:the 35th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society; Expert marker of Chinese character recognition: Left-side bias versus holistic processing?
Investigator(s):Hsiao JHW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2013


Project Title:How does writing/drawing experience enhance visual expertise?
Investigator(s):Hsiao JHW, Cheung WM
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2014


Project Title:The modulation of music training on mathematical processing
Investigator(s):Hsiao JHW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2015


Project Title:Emotion regulation following sleep deprivation: evidenced by resting-state and event-related electroencephalographic signals
Investigator(s):Hsiao JHW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016


Project Title:Understanding the role of sleep in face recognition through hidden Markov modelling of eye movements
Investigator(s):Hsiao JHW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2017


List of Research Outputs

BRUEGGEMANN S., Chan A.B. and Hsiao J.H.W., Hidden Markov modeling of eye movements with image information leads to better discovery of regions of interest., Proceeding of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2016, 1032-1037.
CHAN Y.H., Wong J.J., Chan A.B., Lee T.M.C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Analytic eye movement patterns in face recognition are associated with better performance and more top-down control of visual attention: an fMRI study. , Proceeding of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . 2016, 854-859.
CHAN Y.H., chan A.B., Lee T.M.C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Analytic eye movement patterns in face recognition are associated with enhanced face recognition performance and top-down control of visual attention (abstract), Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society. 2017.
CHUK T.Y., Chan A.B., Shimojo S. and Hsiao J.H.W., Mind reading: Discovering individual preferences from eye movements using switching hidden Markov models, Proceeding of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2016, 182-187.
Hsiao J.H.W., Understanding eye movement patterns in face recognition using hidden Markov models, Invited department seminar talk at Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University. 2017.
LI T.K., Chung S.T.L. and Hsiao J.H.W., Music reading expertise modulates visual spans in both music note and English letter reading, Proceeding of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . 2016, 1499-1504.
TSO R.V.Y., Lee C.W.L., Cheung W.M., Au T.K.F. and Hsiao J.H.W., Reconstructing Chinese Characters without Writing: Enhancing holistic processing and orthographic awareness (abstract), the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. 2016.
TSO R.V.Y., Cheung W.M., Au T.K.F. and Hsiao J.H.W., What enhances/reduces holistic processing in perceptual expertise: experience in writing/drawing versus component composition (abstract), Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society. 2017.
ZHANG J., Lau E.Y.Y. and Hsiao J.H.W., Sleep Deprivation Compromises the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies: An ERP Study (abstract), Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. 2017.


Researcher : Hu X

Project Title:2017 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention; The Effectiveness of Counter-conditioning and Counter-instructions in Changing Explicit and Implicit Evaluations
Investigator(s):Hu X
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:01/2017
Completion Date:01/2017


Project Title:Controlling unwanted emotional memories
Investigator(s):Hu X
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:02/2017


List of Research Outputs

Gawronski B., Balas R. and Hu X., What Do I Know About It Versus How Do I Feel About It? A Theoretical Analysis of Response Processes in Evaluative Conditioning, Social Cognition. 2016, 34: 357-381.
Hu X., Gawronski B. and Balas R., Propositional Versus Dual-Process Accounts of Evaluative Conditioning, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2017, 43: 17-32.
Hu X., Gawronski B. and Balas R., Propositional Versus Dual-Process Accounts of Evaluative Conditioning, Social Psychological and Personality Science. 2017, 194855061769109.
Hu X., Bergström Z., Gagnepain P. and Anderson M., Suppressing Unwanted Memories Reduces Their Unintended Influences, Current Directions in Psychological Science. 2017, 26: 197-206.
Hu X., Suppressing unwanted memories reduces their unintended influences, 2017.
Yuan J., Hu X., Lu Y., Bodenhausen G. and Fu S., Invisible own- and other-race faces presented under continuous flash suppression produce affective response biases, Consciousness and Cognition. 2017, 48: 273-282.


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: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


List of Research Outputs

Hui H.C.C., Cheung S.H., Lau Y.Y.E., Mok D.S.Y., Cheung S.F. and Kwan Y.W., Bereavement hits harder on those who believe in fate, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 2016, 35: 609-628.
Hui H.C.C., Cheung S.H., Lam J., Lau E.Y.Y., Yuliawati L. and Cheung S.F., In search of the psychological antecedents and consequences of Christian conversion: A three-year prospective study, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. 2017, 9: 220-230.


Researcher : KWOK SW

List of Research Outputs

KWOK S.W., Chan E...C...C., Chen P...P. and Lo B.C.Y., The “Self” in Pain: The Role of Psychological Inflexibility in Affective Regulation of Chronic Pain, Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2016, 39(5): 908-915.


Researcher : Kam CM

List of Research Outputs

YU J., Kam C.M. and Lee T.M.C., Better working memory and motor inhibition in children who delayed gratification., Frontiers in Psychology. 2016, 7: 1098.


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




Researcher : LAM LM

List of Research Outputs

YU J., LAM L.M. and Lee T.M.C., Perceived loneliness among older adults with mild cognitive impairment, International Psychogeriatrics. 2016, 28(10): 1681-1685.


Researcher : LAU HP

List of Research Outputs

Tang Y.M.J., Ho A.H.Y., Luo H., Wong G.H.Y., LAU H.P., Lum T.Y.S. and Cheung K.S.L., Validating a Cantonese short version of the Zarit Burden Interview (CZBI-Short) for dementia caregivers, Aging and Mental Health. 2016, 20: 996-1001.


Researcher : LAU NT

List of Research Outputs

LAU N.T., Chan C.S., Tseng C.H., Chung K.F., Wing Y.K. and Lau Y.Y.E., Differential napping effects on the perception of emotional facial expression in depressed versus non-depressed individuals, The 23rd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society. 2016.
LAU N.T., Chan C.S., Tseng C.H., Chung K.F., Wing Y.K. and Lau Y.Y.E., Napping effects on the perception of emotional facial expression in depressed versus non-depressed individuals, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Sleep 2016 Conference. 2016.
LAU N.T., Chan C.S., Tseng C.H., Chung K.F., Wing Y.K. and Lau Y.Y.E., The effects of a daytime nap on processing of facial emotional expression in individuals with remitted depression versus never depressed individuals, The 23rd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society. 2016.
Lee W.L., LAU N.T., Chan C.S., Tseng C.H., Chung K.F., Wing Y.K. and Lau Y.Y.E., Can sleep moderate or mediate the relationship between depressive symptoms and decision-making?, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Sleep 2016 Conference. 2016.


Researcher : LI TK

List of Research Outputs

LI T.K., Chung S.T.L. and Hsiao J.H.W., Music reading expertise modulates visual spans in both music note and English letter reading, Proceeding of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . 2016, 1499-1504.


Researcher : LING J

List of Research Outputs

SUN W., LING J., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., Bedtime Variability And Altered Effort Discounting Among College Students., SLEEP 2017, The 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. Oxford Academic, 2017, 40: A257.
SUN W., LING J., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., Discrepancies in weekday-weekend sleep-wake patterns and self-regulation, SLEEP 2017, The 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. 2017, 40: A255.


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:Teaching Mindfulness in Secondary Schools: The Effects on Stress Reduction and Psychological Well-being
Investigator(s):Lam SF, Law W, Chu HT
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:05/2014
Completion Date:06/2017


Project Title:International School Psychology Association Conference 2016 Admsterdam; Will Victims Become Bullies or Vice Versa? A Cross-Lagged Analysis of Bullying in Junior Secondary Schools
Investigator(s):Lam SF
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2016
Completion Date:07/2016


List of Research Outputs

Au A... and Lam S.F., Understanding response patterns in dyadic conflict: An interactive approach combining self-construal and opponent's dominance-submissiveness, International Journal of Psychology. 2017, 52: 116-125.
Chan C.K., Lam S.F., Wong B.P.H., Law W. and Zhang X., School Banding, Contextual Support and Student Engagement of Secondary Students in Hong Kong: A Six-year Longitudinal, The 38th Conference of International School Psychology Association, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2016.
Chan W.C. and Lam S.F., Positive emotion: Gratitude program, In: W.C. Chan , Positive Life Education Programs. Hong Kong, Fukien Secondary School, 2016, 8-36.
Lam S.F., Tsang N., Keung Y.C., Tong Y., Mok F., Chiu A., Lai Y., Yuen Y. and Soh D., A Comprehensive Service Delivery Model for Preschoolers with Special Educational Needs in Hong Kong: Its Characteristics and Effectiveness, The International Conference on Early Intervention of the Wang Jhan-Yang Social Welfare Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan. 2016.
Lam S.F., Tsang N., Keung Y.C., Tong Y., Mok F., Chiu A., Lai Y., Yuen Y. and Soh D., A Research Study on “Early Intervention and Integrated Support for Preschool Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN)", The Hong Kong ASD Conference of the Jockey Club Autism Support Network, Hong Kong, China. 2016.
Lam S.F., Dealing with Difficulties: The Strategies of Instructional Consultants in Hong Kong, The 38th Conference of International School Psychology Association, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2016.
Lam S.F., Dealing with difficulties: The strategies of Hong Kong instructional consultants, In: C. Hatzichristou & S. Rosenfield, S. , International handbook of consultation in educational settings. New York, Taylor & Francis, 2017, 250-263.
Lam S.F., Mindfulness and Awareness of Common Humanity as the Conditions for the Co-Existence of Compassion and Self-Compassion, The Conference of Mindful Families, Schools and Communities: Contemplative Practices to Promote Child and Family Well-Being, Seattle, U.S.A, April. 2017.
Lam S.F., Law W., Wong B.P.H., Chan C.K. and Zhang X., Will Victims Become Bullies or Vice Versa? A Cross-Lagged Analysis of Bullying in Junior Secondary Schools, The 38th Conference of International School Psychology Association, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2016.
Law Y.K., Lam S.F., Law W. and Tam W.Y., 1. Law, Y-k., Lam, S-f., Law, W., & Tam, Z. W. Y. (2017). Enhancing peer acceptance of children with learning difficulties: classroom goal orientation and effects of a storytelling program with drama techniques. . , Educational Psychology. 2017, 37: 537-549.


Researcher : Lau EYY

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


Project Title:What makes poor sleepers anxious and depressed? Testing the mediating role of cognitive deficits between poor sleep and anxiety and depressive disorders
Investigator(s):Lau YYE
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Mini Grant
Start Date:01/2014


Project Title:Effects of sleep disturbances on disrupted affective cognition in individuals with depression
Investigator(s):Lau YYE, Tseng CH, Chung KF, Chan CS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:04/2015


List of Research Outputs



Researcher : Lau IYM

Project Title:Understanding cross-cultural persusasion within a communication framework
Investigator(s):Lau IYM
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund 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 KWW

List of Research Outputs

CHENG L.Y., Lau K.W.W., Fung T.K.H., Lau B.W.M., Chau B.K.H., Liang Y., Wang Z., So K.F., Wang T., Chan C.C.H. and Lee T.M.C., PM2.5 Exposure Suppresses Dendritic Maturation in Subgranular Zone in Aged Rats, Neurotoxicity Research. 2017.
Lau K.W.W., Leung M.K., Law A.C.K. and Lee T.M.C., Moderating Effects of Cortisol on Neural-Cognitive Association in Cognitively Normal Elderly Subjects, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 2017, 9.
Leung M.K., Lau K.W.W., Chan C.C.H., Wong S.S.Y., Fung A.L.C. and Lee T.M.C., Meditation-induced neuroplastic changes in amygdala activity during negative affective processing, Social Neuroscience. 2017, 1-12.


Researcher : Lau YYE

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


Project Title:What makes poor sleepers anxious and depressed? Testing the mediating role of cognitive deficits between poor sleep and anxiety and depressive disorders
Investigator(s):Lau YYE
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Mini Grant
Start Date:01/2014


Project Title:Effects of sleep disturbances on disrupted affective cognition in individuals with depression
Investigator(s):Lau YYE, Tseng CH, Chung KF, Chan CS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:04/2015


List of Research Outputs

Hui H.C.C., Cheung S.H., Lau Y.Y.E., Mok D.S.Y., Cheung S.F. and Kwan Y.W., Bereavement hits harder on those who believe in fate, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 2016, 35: 609-628.


Researcher : Lee AM

Project Title:Prevalence and risk factors for paternal depression and anxiety in the antenatal period
Investigator(s):Lee AM, Chung KF, Fong DYT, Law ACK, Leung KY
Department:Psychiatry
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:02/2009


List of Research Outputs

Ho J.W.C., Fong D.Y.T., Lee C.F., Macfarlane D.J., Cerin E., Lee A.M., Leung S., Chan W.Y.Y., Keung I.P.F., Lam S.H.S., Taylor A.J., Gong W. and Cheng K.K., A Dietary & Physical Activity Interventions for Colorectal Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial, 2016 NCRI Cancer Conference. 2016.


Researcher : Lee SH

List of Research Outputs

Ho C.S.H., Tsang S.M., Chan D., Chung K. and Lee S.H., Hong Kong Chinese Language Tiered Intervention Model for Junior Primary Students: Assessment (C-TIM(A)), Hong Kong Specific Learning Difficulties Research Team. Hong Kong, 2016.
Ho C.S.H., Tsang S.M., Chan D., Chung K. and Lee S.H., Hong Kong Chinese Language Tiered Intervention Model for Junior Primary Students: Curriculum Package (C-TIMC(C)), 2016.
Ho C.S.H., Tsang S.M., Chan D., Chung K. and Lee S.H., Hong Kong Chinese Language Tiered Intervention Model for Junior Primary Students: School Implementation Guide (C-TIM(G)), Hong Kong Specific Learning Difficulties Research Team. 2016.


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: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: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:Outstanding Researcher Award 2010-11
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Outstanding Researcher Award
Start Date:12/2011


Project Title:Neuroscience
Investigator(s):Lee TMC, Chan YS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for Strategic Research Theme
Start Date:11/2013


Project Title:King's/HKU Fellowship Awards 2014-15
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:King's/HKU Fellowship Awards
Start Date:07/2014


Project Title:The impact of PM2.5 exposure associated with urbanization and climatic changes on neurobiological changes that underpin neurocognitive degeneration (CRF)
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for Incubating Group-based Collaborative Research Projects
Start Date:01/2015
Completion Date:12/2016


Project Title:The neural bases of meditation for promoting healthy aging: A longitudinal multi-modal neuroimaging study
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2015


Project Title:Service Model for Promoting Healthy Aging of Sandwich-class Older People
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Fu Tak Iam Foundation Limited
Start Date:09/2015


Project Title:The effect of two-session training on lying about face familiarity in high- and low-psychopathy individuals
Investigator(s):Lee TMC, Shao Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2016


Project Title:2017 Rotman Research Institute Conference; Implications of Prefrontal Synchrony and Metastability in Emotion and Cognition
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2017
Completion Date:03/2017


Project Title:The biobehavioral relationships between heart rate variability and anxiety
Investigator(s):Lee TMC, Li XS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2017


List of Research Outputs

CHAN Y.H., Wong J.J., Chan A.B., Lee T.M.C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Analytic eye movement patterns in face recognition are associated with better performance and more top-down control of visual attention: an fMRI study. , Proceeding of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . 2016, 854-859.
CHAN Y.H., chan A.B., Lee T.M.C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Analytic eye movement patterns in face recognition are associated with enhanced face recognition performance and top-down control of visual attention (abstract), Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society. 2017.
CHENG L.Y., Lau K.W.W., Fung T.K.H., Lau B.W.M., Chau B.K.H., Liang Y., Wang Z., So K.F., Wang T., Chan C.C.H. and Lee T.M.C., PM2.5 Exposure Suppresses Dendritic Maturation in Subgranular Zone in Aged Rats, Neurotoxicity Research. 2017.
Cotier F.A., ZHANG R. and Lee T.M.C., A Longitudinal Study Of The Effect Of Short-term Meditation Training On Functional Network Organization Of The Aging Brain, Scientific Reports. 2017, 7.
Fu K.W., Ho F.K.W., Rao N., Fan F.J., Li L., Lee T.M.C., Chan H.S.S., Yung A.W.Y., Young Y.M.E. and Ip P., Parental restriction reduces the harmful effects of in-bedroom electronic devices, Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2017, archdischild-2017-312639.
Lam B.Y.H., Raine A. and Lee T.M.C., Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ), In: Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Todd K. Shackelford, Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017, 1-5.
Lau K.W.W., Leung M.K., Law A.C.K. and Lee T.M.C., Moderating Effects of Cortisol on Neural-Cognitive Association in Cognitively Normal Elderly Subjects, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 2017, 9.
Lee C.D., Yau S.Y., Lee T.M.C., Lau B.W. and So K.F., Voluntary wheel running reverses the decrease in subventricular zone neurogenesis caused by corticosterone, Cell Transplant. 2016.
Lee T.M.C., Wang K. and Collinson S., History of neuropsychology in Asia: Readdressing a Clinical Anecdote using Telomerase and Neuroimaging, In: William Barr and Linus A. Bielauskas, The Oxford handbook of the history of clinical neuropsychology. Oxford University Press, 2016.
Leung M.K., Lau K.W.W., Chan C.C.H., Wong S.S.Y., Fung A.L.C. and Lee T.M.C., Meditation-induced neuroplastic changes in amygdala activity during negative affective processing, Social Neuroscience. 2017, 1-12.
SUN W., LING J., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., Bedtime Variability And Altered Effort Discounting Among College Students., SLEEP 2017, The 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. Oxford Academic, 2017, 40: A257.
SUN W., LING J., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., Discrepancies in weekday-weekend sleep-wake patterns and self-regulation, SLEEP 2017, The 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. 2017, 40: A255.
TERRIGHENA E.L. and Lee T.M.C., The Neuroimaging of Vicarious Pain, In: Luca Saba, Neuroimaging of Pain. Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017, 411-451.
Wong S.Y., Zhang D., Li C.C., Yip B.H., Chan D.C., Ling Y., Lo C.S., Woo D.M., Sun Y., Ma H., Mak W.W., Gao T. and Lee T.M.C., Comparing the Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Sleep Psycho-Education with Exercise on Chronic Insomnia: A Randomised Controlled Trial, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2017, 86: 241-253.
YU J., Kam C.M. and Lee T.M.C., Better working memory and motor inhibition in children who delayed gratification., Frontiers in Psychology. 2016, 7: 1098.
YU J., LAM L.M. and Lee T.M.C., Perceived loneliness among older adults with mild cognitive impairment, International Psychogeriatrics. 2016, 28(10): 1681-1685.
ZHANG R., Geng X. and Lee T.M.C., Large-scale functional neural network correlates of response inhibition: an fMRI meta-analysis, Brain Structure and Function. Springer, 2017, 1-18.


Researcher : Lee WL

List of Research Outputs

Lee W.L., LAU N.T., Chan C.S., Tseng C.H., Chung K.F., Wing Y.K. and Lau Y.Y.E., Can sleep moderate or mediate the relationship between depressive symptoms and decision-making?, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Sleep 2016 Conference. 2016.


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




Researcher : Leung JCY

List of Research Outputs

HO Y.Y.F., Chan C.S. and Leung J.C.Y., An updated meta-analytic review of transdiagnostic self-help cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) on depressive symptoms, The 46th European Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Congress. 2016.
HO Y.Y.F., Chan C.S. and Leung J.C.Y., Transdiagnostic self-help cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia on depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis, The 16th Annual Research Postgraduate Conference, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong. 2017.


Researcher : Leung MK

List of Research Outputs

Lau K.W.W., Leung M.K., Law A.C.K. and Lee T.M.C., Moderating Effects of Cortisol on Neural-Cognitive Association in Cognitively Normal Elderly Subjects, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 2017, 9.
Leung M.K., Lau K.W.W., Chan C.C.H., Wong S.S.Y., Fung A.L.C. and Lee T.M.C., Meditation-induced neuroplastic changes in amygdala activity during negative affective processing, Social Neuroscience. 2017, 1-12.


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:Perception of object motion during self-motion
Investigator(s):Li L
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2014
Completion Date:12/2016


Project Title:Visual control of locomotion in Parkinson’s disease
Investigator(s):Li L, Ho SL, Lee TMC, Chen J
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:06/2014


Project Title:The contribution of information beyond optic flow to object motion perception during self-motion
Investigator(s):Li L
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:01/2015
Completion Date:06/2017


Project Title:An Investigation of neural bases for the visual control of goal-oriented locomotion in humans
Investigator(s):Li L
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:06/2016


Project Title:Vision Sciences Society Annual Conference; Disentangling the contribution of optic flow and perspective cues to the control of walking toward a goal
Investigator(s):Li L
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2017
Completion Date:05/2017




Researcher : Li X

Project Title:Intraindividual variability in sleep/wake pattern and self-regulation
Investigator(s):Li XS, Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016


Project Title:A brief parent-based intervention to improve sleep for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Investigator(s):Li XS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects
Start Date:04/2017


Project Title:An Individualized Intervention on Irregular Sleep-Wake Pattern – Effects on Circadian Biomarkers and Daytime Functioning
Investigator(s):Li XS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2017


Project Title:SLEEP 2017 - 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies; A Case-Control Study of Frequent Nightmares in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Investigator(s):Li XS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2017
Completion Date:06/2017


List of Research Outputs



Researcher : Li XS

Project Title:Intraindividual variability in sleep/wake pattern and self-regulation
Investigator(s):Li XS, Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016


Project Title:A brief parent-based intervention to improve sleep for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Investigator(s):Li XS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects
Start Date:04/2017


Project Title:An Individualized Intervention on Irregular Sleep-Wake Pattern – Effects on Circadian Biomarkers and Daytime Functioning
Investigator(s):Li XS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2017


Project Title:SLEEP 2017 - 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies; A Case-Control Study of Frequent Nightmares in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Investigator(s):Li XS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2017
Completion Date:06/2017


List of Research Outputs

Chan J.W.Y., Li X.S., Lam S.P., Zhang J. and Wing Y.K., Association of Eveningness With Nonremission in Major Depressive Disorder: Reply to Knapen et al., Sleep. 2017, 40.
Chan N.Y., Zhang J., Yu M.W.M., Lam S.P., Li X.S., Kong A.P.S., Li A.M. and Wing Y.K., Impact of a modest delay in school start time in Hong Kong school adolescents, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 30: 164-170.
Lam S.P., Wong C.C.Y., Li X.S., Zhang J.H., Chan J.W., Zhou J.Y., Liu Y.P., Yu M.W.M. and Wing Y.K., Caring burden of REM sleep behavior disorder - spouses' health and marital relationship, Sleep Medicine. 2016.
Li X.S., 2017 Outstanding Early Investigator Award Honorable Mention, Sleep Research Society. 2017.
Li X.S., Lam S.P., Zhang J., Yu M.W.M., Chan J.W.Y., CHAN N.Y. and Wing Y.K., A case-control study of frequent nightmares in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), SLEEP 2017, The 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. 2017, 40: A408.
Li X.S., Can sleep disturbances predict suicide risk in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders? , Invited talk in the 7th Chinese Sleep Medicine Congress, organized by the Chinese Academy Society of Sleep Medicine, Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Guangzhou, China. 2016.
Li X.S., Hensel L.B., Zhang J., Lam J.S.P., Yu M.W.M. and Wing Y.K., Chronotype and insomnia as independent factors associated with poor mental health in Hong Kong university students., The 23rd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society 2016.
Li X.S., Pediatric Sleep Medicine International Congress & 2017 Pediatric Sleep Medicine Training Programme in China, 兒童睡眠醫學國際高峰論壇暨第二屆國家級繼續醫學教育項目-2017全國兒童睡眠醫學培訓班, Pharmacological & Non-pharmacological Treatment For Insomnia In Children & Adolescents: Evidence & Challenges. 兒童青少年失眠症的藥 物與非藥物治療-證 據與挑戰, 2017.
SUN W., LING J., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., Bedtime Variability And Altered Effort Discounting Among College Students., SLEEP 2017, The 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. Oxford Academic, 2017, 40: A257.
SUN W., LING J., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., Discrepancies in weekday-weekend sleep-wake patterns and self-regulation, SLEEP 2017, The 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. 2017, 40: A255.
Wing Y.K., Lam S.P., Zhang J., Li X.S., Kwok A., Li C. and Yu M., A brief integrated sleep-focused treatment for persistent sleep disturbances in residual depression: An assessor-blind, parallel group, randomized controlled study, The 23rd Congress Of The European Sleep Research Society 2016.
Zhang J., Chan N.Y., Lam S.P., Li X.S., Liu Y., Chan J.W., Kong A.P., Ma R.C., Chan K.C. and Li A.M., Emergence of Sex Differences in Insomnia Symptoms in Adolescents: A Large-Scale School-Based Study, Sleep. 2016, 39: 1563-1570.
Zhang J., Liu Y., Lam S.P., Li X.S., Li A.M. and Wing Y.K., Relationship between insomnia and quality of life: Mediating effects of psychological and somatic symptomatologies, Heart and Mind. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow, 2017, 1: 50-5.
Zhou J., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Chan J.W.Y., Mok V., Chan A.P.S., Li X.S., Liu Y., Tang X., Yung W.H. and Wing Y.K., Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Predicts Neurodegeneration in Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder, Sleep. 2017, 40.


Researcher : Lo BCY

Project Title:Executive control and parental factors as developmental antecedents of rumination
Investigator(s):Lo BCY, Cheng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2014
Completion Date:09/2016


Project Title:Measuring Metacognitive Awareness in Affective Processing: A Signal Detection Theoretical Approach
Investigator(s):Lo BCY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2015


Project Title:The Affective Modulation of Startle Response: Relations between Depressive Rumination and Sleep Deprivation on Prepulse Inhibition
Investigator(s):Lo BCY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2016


Project Title:Testing the Unconscious Perseverative Cognition Hypothesis in Youths and Its Association with Familial Co-rumination Processes
Investigator(s):Lo BCY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2017


List of Research Outputs

Barry T.J., Baker H.M., CHIU H.M.C., Lo B.C.Y. and Lau J.Y.F., Adolescence: Feeling afraid in safe situations., 38th Annual Conference of The Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR). 2017.
CHOW K.W. and Lo B.C.Y., Parental Factors Associated With Rumination Related Metacognitive Beliefs In Adolescence, Frontiers in Psychology. 2017, 8: 536.
Cheng C., Cheung M.W.L. and Lo B.C.Y., Relationship of health locus of control with specific health behaviours and global health appraisal: a meta-analysis and effects of moderators, Health Psychology Review. 2016, 1-19.
KWOK S.W., Chan E...C...C., Chen P...P. and Lo B.C.Y., The “Self” in Pain: The Role of Psychological Inflexibility in Affective Regulation of Chronic Pain, Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2016, 39(5): 908-915.
Lo B.C.Y. and Liu J.C.C., Executive Control In Depressive Rumination: Backward Inhibition And Non-inhibitory Switching Performance In A Modified Mixed Antisaccade Task, Frontiers in Psychology. 2017, 8: 136.
NG M.C., Yeung P.S. and Lo B.C.Y., From Despondency to Competency: Psychological Well-being of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Hong Kong., Hong Kong ASD Conference 2017: Family Support and Development. 2017.
Zhao Y., Chan W. and Lo B.C.Y., Comparing five depression measures in depressed Chinese patients using item response theory: an examination of item properties, measurement precision and score comparability, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2017, 15.


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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2005




Researcher : Ng KSH

List of Research Outputs

Ng K.S.H. and Chow T.S., The effects of environmental resource and security on aggressive behavior, Aggressive Behavior. 2016.


Researcher : SIN LLE

List of Research Outputs

SIN L.L.E., Geng X., Cho W.C.V. and Lee T.M.C., Regional brain volume correlates with rumination and autobiographical memory, Organization for Human Brain Mapping. 2017.


Researcher : SUN W

List of Research Outputs

SUN W., LING J., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., Bedtime Variability And Altered Effort Discounting Among College Students., SLEEP 2017, The 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. Oxford Academic, 2017, 40: A257.
SUN W., LING J., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., Discrepancies in weekday-weekend sleep-wake patterns and self-regulation, SLEEP 2017, The 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. 2017, 40: A255.


Researcher : Saunders J.A.

Project Title:Integration of visual and non-visual information for perception of self-motion
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2015


Project Title:Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society; Highlight disparities contribute to perceived depth of shiny 3D surfaces
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2017
Completion Date:05/2017


List of Research Outputs



Researcher : Saunders JA

Project Title:Integration of visual and non-visual information for perception of self-motion
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2015


Project Title:Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society; Highlight disparities contribute to perceived depth of shiny 3D surfaces
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2017
Completion Date:05/2017


List of Research Outputs

Chen Z. and Saunders J.A., Automatic adjustments toward unseen visual targets during grasping movements, In: Prof. Melvyn A. Goodale, Experimental Brain Research. Springer, 2016, 234: 2091-2103.


Researcher : Shum KMK

Project Title:Can reading picture books with young children enhance their attention control and language development?
Investigator(s):Shum KMK
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016


Project Title:The 31st International Congress of Psychology 2016 (ICP2016); Repeated Oral Reading Intervention as a Window onto Rapid Autom atized Naming and Word Reading Fluency in Chinese and English
Investigator(s):Shum KMK
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2016
Completion Date:07/2016


Project Title:In search of early oral language markers of later reading problems in Chinese among ethnic minority students in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Shum KMK, Tai CP
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2017


List of Research Outputs

Cho W.K., Shum K.M.K. and Lam M.O., A randomized controlled trial of the Chinese-Cantonese version of PEERS® for teens with ASD in Hong Kong, The Hong Kong ASD Conference 2016: Supporting Learning and Development. 2016.
Shum K.M.K., Cho W.K., Lam M.O. and Laugeson E., Learning the Implicit Rules for Making Friends: Social Skills Training for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders, International Symposium on Child Development and Mental Health, Shenzhen, China. 2016.
Shum K.M.K., Cho W.K., Lam M.O. and Laugeson E.A., Parent-assisted Social Skills Training for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders using the Chinese-Cantonese Version of the PEERS Program, International Convention of Psychological Science, Vienna, Austria. 2017.
Shum K.M.K. and Au T.K.F., Repeated oral reading intervention as a window onto rapid automatized naming and word reading fluency in Chinese and English, The 31st International Congress of Psychology 2016, Yokohama, Japan. 2016.
Shum K.M.K. and Au T.K.F., Why Does Rapid Naming Predict Chinese Word Reading?, Language Learning and Development. 2016, 13(1): 127-142.


Researcher : TERRIGHENA EL

List of Research Outputs

TERRIGHENA E.L. and Lee T.M.C., The Neuroimaging of Vicarious Pain, In: Luca Saba, Neuroimaging of Pain. Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017, 411-451.


Researcher : TSE MY

List of Research Outputs

Au T.K.F., Kwok A.F.P., Tong L.C.P., Cheng L., TSE M.Y. and Jun S.A., The Social Costs in Communication Hiccups Between Native and Nonnative Speakers, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 2017, 48: 369-383.
Tse M.Y., When free-play time is scarce in kindergarten: What predicts peer acceptance and friendship?, 當幼兒園缺乏自由玩耍時間 ── 如何預測幼兒受同伴接納的程度?, Symposium on Child Care and Development, Hong Kong Society for The Protection of Children and Hong Kong Baptist University. 2016.


Researcher : TSO RVY

List of Research Outputs

TSO R.V.Y., Lee C.W.L., Cheung W.M., Au T.K.F. and Hsiao J.H.W., Reconstructing Chinese Characters without Writing: Enhancing holistic processing and orthographic awareness (abstract), the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. 2016.
TSO R.V.Y., Cheung W.M., Au T.K.F. and Hsiao J.H.W., What enhances/reduces holistic processing in perceptual expertise: experience in writing/drawing versus component composition (abstract), Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society. 2017.


Researcher : Toulopoulou T

Project Title:HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards 2012-13
Investigator(s):Toulopoulou T
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards
Start Date:06/2012


Project Title:Twins Scan China Study
Investigator(s):Toulopoulou T
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Private Outside Practice Fund
Start Date:05/2014




Researcher : Tse MY

List of Research Outputs

Au T.K.F., Kwok A.F.P., Tong L.C.P., Cheng L., TSE M.Y. and Jun S.A., The Social Costs in Communication Hiccups Between Native and Nonnative Speakers, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 2017, 48: 369-383.
Tse M.Y., When free-play time is scarce in kindergarten: What predicts peer acceptance and friendship?, 當幼兒園缺乏自由玩耍時間 ── 如何預測幼兒受同伴接納的程度?, Symposium on Child Care and Development, Hong Kong Society for The Protection of Children and Hong Kong Baptist University. 2016.


Researcher : Tseng C

Project Title:An efficient and portable test of visual contrast sensitivity for preverbal infants
Investigator(s):Tseng CH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:03/2015


List of Research Outputs



Researcher : Tseng CH

Project Title:An efficient and portable test of visual contrast sensitivity for preverbal infants
Investigator(s):Tseng CH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:03/2015


List of Research Outputs

LAU N.T., Chan C.S., Tseng C.H., Chung K.F., Wing Y.K. and Lau Y.Y.E., Differential napping effects on the perception of emotional facial expression in depressed versus non-depressed individuals, The 23rd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society. 2016.
LAU N.T., Chan C.S., Tseng C.H., Chung K.F., Wing Y.K. and Lau Y.Y.E., Napping effects on the perception of emotional facial expression in depressed versus non-depressed individuals, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Sleep 2016 Conference. 2016.
LAU N.T., Chan C.S., Tseng C.H., Chung K.F., Wing Y.K. and Lau Y.Y.E., The effects of a daytime nap on processing of facial emotional expression in individuals with remitted depression versus never depressed individuals, The 23rd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society. 2016.
Lee W.L., LAU N.T., Chan C.S., Tseng C.H., Chung K.F., Wing Y.K. and Lau Y.Y.E., Can sleep moderate or mediate the relationship between depressive symptoms and decision-making?, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Sleep 2016 Conference. 2016.


Researcher : Tsui PWE

List of Research Outputs

Tsui P.W.E., Lam Y.I.K. and Chang-Lam S.Y., Hearing evidence from child witnesses: Hong Kong experience, In: Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan and Samuel M.Y. Ho, Psycho-Criminological Perspective of Criminal Justice in Asia. London, Routledge, 2017, 25-45.


Researcher : WANG X

List of Research Outputs

Teng F., Poon K.T., Zhang H., Chen Z., Yang Y. and WANG X., Situational cuing of materialism triggers self-objectification among women (but not men): The moderating role of self-concept clarity, Personality and Individual Differences. 2016, 97: 220-228.
WANG X., Chen Z., Poon K.T., Teng F. and Jin S., Self-compassion decreases acceptance of own immoral behaviors, Personality and Individual Differences. 2017, 106: 329-333.


Researcher : Wong JJ

List of Research Outputs

CHAN Y.H., Wong J.J., Chan A.B., Lee T.M.C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Analytic eye movement patterns in face recognition are associated with better performance and more top-down control of visual attention: an fMRI study. , Proceeding of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . 2016, 854-859.


Researcher : Wong MLN

List of Research Outputs

Geng X., Wu J., Wong M.L.N., Tao J., Chen L. and Lee T.M.C., Implications of Prefrontal Synchrony and Metastability in Emotion and Cognition, Rotman Research Conference. 2017.
Wu J., Geng X., Wong M.L.N., Tao J., Chen L. and Lee T.M.C., Neural Structural and Functional Correlates of Perceived Stress in Typical Developing Brain, Organization for Human Brain Mapping. 2017.


Researcher : Wong WI

Project Title:Increased Opportunities for Gender-Typed Play for Richer Kids: Implications for Gender Differences in Spatial and Social Abilities
Investigator(s):Wong WI
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:01/2015


Project Title:Graduates of single-sex versus coeducational schools: A comparison of social life at university
Investigator(s):Wong WI, Chen Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016


Project Title:24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development; Sex-typed behavior and hormonal exposure: Using the ratio of the second to the fourth digit (2D:4D) as a biomarker of prenatal androgen exposure
Investigator(s):Wong WI
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2016
Completion Date:07/2016


Project Title:Understanding and Limiting Stigmatizing Attitudes Towards Gender Nonconformity: A Multi-Measure Study of Bias and Its Intervention in Chinese Children
Investigator(s):Wong WI
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2017


List of Research Outputs

Wong W.I. and Hines M., Sex-typed behavior and hormonal exposure: Using the ratio of the second to the fourth digit (2D:4D) as a biomarker of prenatal androgen exposure, 24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society  for the Study of Behavioural Development. 2016.
Wong W.I., The space-math link in preschool boys and girls: Importance of mental transformation, targeting accuracy, and spatial anxiety, British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 2017, 35: 249-266.


Researcher : YU J

List of Research Outputs

YU J., Kam C.M. and Lee T.M.C., Better working memory and motor inhibition in children who delayed gratification., Frontiers in Psychology. 2016, 7: 1098.
YU J., LAM L.M. and Lee T.M.C., Perceived loneliness among older adults with mild cognitive impairment, International Psychogeriatrics. 2016, 28(10): 1681-1685.


Researcher : ZHANG J

List of Research Outputs

ZHANG J., Lau E.Y.Y. and Hsiao J.H.W., Sleep Deprivation Compromises the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies: An ERP Study (abstract), Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. 2017.


Researcher : ZHANG R

List of Research Outputs

Cotier F.A., ZHANG R. and Lee T.M.C., A Longitudinal Study Of The Effect Of Short-term Meditation Training On Functional Network Organization Of The Aging Brain, Scientific Reports. 2017, 7.
ZHANG R., Geng X. and Lee T.M.C., Large-scale functional neural network correlates of response inhibition: an fMRI meta-analysis, Brain Structure and Function. Springer, 2017, 1-18.


Researcher : Zheng M

Project Title:Behavorial Genetics Association Annual Meeting; Using a Three-item Questionnaire to Determine Zygosity in Chinese Young Twins: A Validation Study
Investigator(s):Zheng M
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2017
Completion Date:07/2017


List of Research Outputs

Ho C.S.H., Zheng M., Chow B.W.Y., Wong S.W.L., Lim C.K.P. and Waye M.M.Y., Adequacy of using a three-item questionnaire to determine zygosity in Chinese young twins, Behavior Genetics. 2017, 47: 244-254.
Ho C.S.H., Fong C.Y.C. and Zheng M., Contributions of higher-order discourse-level skills to reading comprehension among elementary school children, Interactive presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, Hong Kong. 2017.
Ho C.S.H., Lo J.C.M., Zheng M., McBride C., Chow B.W.Y., Wong S.W., Waye M.M.Y., Choy R.K.W. and Olson R., Do different academic skills and IQ share the same genetic factor?, 47th Behavior Genetics Annual Meeting. 2017.
Ho C.S.H., Zheng M., McBride C. and Waye M.M.Y., Examining an extended simple view of reading in Chinese, The Twenty-Third Annual Meeting, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Porto. 2016.
Zheng M., Ho C.S.H., McBride C., Chow B.W.Y., Wong S.W.L., Choy R.K., Waye M.M. and Olson R., Using a three-item questionnaire to determine zygosity in Chinese young twins: A validation study, The Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Oslo, June, 2017.


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