DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY



Researcher : AWALE A

List of Research Outputs

Chan C.S., AWALE A. and Karasawa M., Perceived entitativity moderates the effect of perceived competence on intergroup forgiveness, The 12th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social 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

Chan W.L., Au T.K.F., LAU T.T. and Tang J.C.Y., Counting Errors as a Window onto Children's Place-Value Concept, Contemporary Educational Psychology. 2017, 51: 123-130.
Kong M.M.Y. and Au T.K.F., The Incredible Years Parent Program for Chinese Preschoolers With Developmental Disabilities, Early Education and Development. 2018, 29: 494-514.
Lo B.C.Y., Zhao Y., Ho Y.C. and Au T.K.F., Psychometric Properties Of The Children's Response Styles Questionnaire In A Hong Kong Chinese Community Sample, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2017, 15: 198.


Researcher : Barry TJ

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 for New Staff
Start Date:06/2017


Project Title:Psycho-oncology: Examining the psychological processes associated with cancer survivorship
Investigator(s):Barry TJ, Hsiao JHW, Hayward WG, Lam WWT
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Equipment Grant
Start Date:04/2018


Project Title:12th Edition of The Autobiographical Memory and Psychopathology Special Interest Meeting; Poor social support mediates the longitudinal association between reduced autobiographical memory specificity and depressive symptoms a year later
Investigator(s):Barry TJ
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2018
Completion Date:04/2018


Project Title:Hidden Markov Modelling of eye movement patterns amongst young and old adults viewing expressions of pain and the relationship with pain experiences.
Investigator(s):Barry TJ, Hsiao JHW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs

Barry T.J., Murray L., Fearon P., Moutsiana C., Johnstone T. and Halligan S.L., Amygdala volume and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity to social stress, Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2017, 85: 96-99.
Barry T.J., Baker H.M., CHIU H.M.C., Lo B.C.Y. and Lau J.Y.F., Factor analysis and validation of a self-report measure of impaired fear inhibition, Cognition and Emotion. 2018, 1-12.
Barry T.J., Takano K., Boddez Y. and Raes F., Lower Sleep Duration Is Associated With Reduced Autobiographical Memory Specificity, Behavioral Sleep Medicine. 2018, 1-9.
Barry T.J., Lenaert B., Hermans D., Raes F. and Griffith J.W., Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Autobiographical Memory Specificity and Exposure to Trauma, Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2018, 31: 35-46.
Barry T.J., Vinograd M., Boddez Y., Raes F., Zinbarg R.E., Mineka S. and Craske M.G., Poor social support mediates the longitudinal association between reduced autobiographical memory specificity and depressive symptoms a year later, 12th Special Interest Meeting in Autobiographical Memory and Psychopathology. 2018.
Chiu C.P.Y., Griffith J.W., Lenaert B., Raes F., Hermans D. and Barry T.J., Meta-analysis of the association between rumination and reduced autobiographical memory specificity, Memory. 2018, 1-12.
Treanor M. and Barry T.J., Treatment of avoidance behavior as an adjunct to exposure therapy: Insights from modern learning theory, Behavaviour Research Therapy. 2017, 96: 30-36.


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 HF

List of Research Outputs

Hsiao J.H.W., CHAN H.F., LI T.K. and Chan A.B., Does face-drawing experience enhance face processing abilities? Evidence from hidden Markov modeling of eye movements, Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society. 2018.


Researcher : CHAN NY

List of Research Outputs

LING J., SUN W., Lee C.Y.L., CHAN N.Y. and Li X.S., Risk-taking, inhibition control, and impulsivity in adolescents and young adults with insomnia disorder, The 2nd Congress of Asian Society of Sleep Medicine. 2018.
LING J., SUN W., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., Wing Y.K., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., The effects of insomnia symptoms and objective short sleep duration on memory performance in adolescents and young adults, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e195-e196.
Li X.S., SUN W., LING J., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., CHEN R., Li L. and Wing Y.K., Effects of chronic sleep restriction on decision making in youth, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e191-e192.
SUN W., Kwok N.T.T., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Wing Y.K., Li A.M. and Li X.S., Insomnia subtypes and chronotype in relation to childhood emotional and behavioral problems., The 2nd Congress of Asian Society of Sleep Medicine. 2018.
SUN W., LING J., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., Wing Y.K., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., The associations among chronotype, interdaily sleep stability and executive function in youth, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e319.


Researcher : CHAN YH

List of Research Outputs

CHAN Y.H., Chan A.B., Lee T.M.C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Eye Movement Patterns in Face Recognition are Associated with Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: An HMM Approach., Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society. 2018.
CHAN Y.H., Chan A.B., Lee T.M.C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Eye-movement patterns in face recognition are associated with cognitive decline in older adults, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 2018.


Researcher : CHEN R

List of Research Outputs

CHEN R., LING J., Liu Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Yu M.W.M., Chan J.W.Y., Wing Y.K., Li X.S. and Li L., Impaired eye tracking and manual control abilities in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) – potential prodromal behavioral markers for future neurodegeneration, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e56.
Li X.S., SUN W., LING J., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., CHEN R., Li L. and Wing Y.K., Effects of chronic sleep restriction on decision making in youth, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e191-e192.


Researcher : CHEUNG YT

List of Research Outputs

CHEUNG Y.T. and Cheung S.H., Chinese-character crowding—I. Effects of structural similarity, Journal of Vision. 2017, 17: 11.14.


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., Factor analysis and validation of a self-report measure of impaired fear inhibition, Cognition and Emotion. 2018, 1-12.


Researcher : CHO SH

List of Research Outputs

Odegaard B., Grimaldi P., CHO S.H., Peters M.A.K., Lau H.W. and Basso M., Investigating Perceptual Confidence in the Superior Colliculus with Multi-Unit Neuronal Recordings, Journal of Vision. 2017.
Odegaard B., Grimaldi P., CHO S.H., Peters M.A.K., Lau H.W. and Basso M.A., Superior colliculus neuronal ensemble activity signals optimal rather than subjective confidence, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018, 115: E1588-E1597.


Researcher : CHOU WY

List of Research Outputs

CHOU W.Y. and Chang H.F.D., Behavioural sensitivities to disparity-defined faces, Vision Sciences Society Meeting. 2018.


Researcher : CHUNG KSH

List of Research Outputs

CHUNG K.S.H., Liu J.Y.W. and Hsiao J.H.W., How does reading direction modulate perceptual asymmetry effects? , Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 2017, 70(8): 1559-1574.
CHUNG K.S.H., LEUNG J.C.Y., Wong V.M.Y. and Hsiao J.H.W., When is the right hemisphere holistic and when is it not? The case of Chinese character recognition. , Cognition. 2018, 178: 50-56.


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
Completion Date:10/2017


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
Completion Date:07/2018


Project Title:Radical Political Identification and Collective Action: A Longitudinal Study
Investigator(s):Chan CS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals
Start Date:07/2017
Completion Date:11/2017


Project Title:The 2017 Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology; Perceived Entitativity Moderates the Effect of Perceived Competence on Intergroup Forgiveness
Investigator(s):Chan CS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2017
Completion Date:08/2017


Project Title:Expanding and promoting the use of a smartphone application to assist therapist-administered cognitive-behavioral therapy for mood and anxiety disorders
Investigator(s):Chan CS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Translational and Applied Research
Start Date:04/2018


List of Research Outputs

Chan C.S., AWALE A. and Karasawa M., Perceived entitativity moderates the effect of perceived competence on intergroup forgiveness, The 12th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology. 2017.


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: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
Completion Date:06/2018


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: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


Project Title:41st Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 41); Place-Value Concept Predicts Children's Mathematical Learning
Investigator(s):Chan WL
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2017
Completion Date:07/2017


List of Research Outputs

Chan W.L., Au T.K.F., LAU T.T. and Tang J.C.Y., Counting Errors as a Window onto Children's Place-Value Concept, Contemporary Educational Psychology. 2017, 51: 123-130.
Chan W.L., Place-Value Concept Predicts Children’s Mathematical Learning, Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. 2017.


Researcher : Chang HFD

Project Title:Biological modulations of early and intermediate 3D representations
Investigator(s):Chang HFD
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:09/2017


List of Research Outputs

CHOU W.Y. and Chang H.F.D., Behavioural sensitivities to disparity-defined faces, Vision Sciences Society Meeting. 2018.
Chang H.F.D., Cheang Y. and So M., Contextual effects in face lightness perception are not expertise-dependent, Vision. 2018, 2: 23.
Cheang Y. and Chang H.F.D., The effects of context on face lightness perception, Vision Sciences Society Meeting. 2018.
WONG H.L.N. and Chang H.F.D., The effects of object plausibility on disparity perception, Vision Sciences Society Meeting. 2018.
Xue S.T. and Chang H.F.D., Does learning a cross-modal association alter within-modal sensitivities? , European Conference on Visual Perception. Perception, 2017.


Researcher : Chau KHB

List of Research Outputs

Chau K.H.B., Keuper K.E., LO M., So K.F., Chan C.C.H. and Lee T.M.C., Meditation-induced neuroplastic changes of the prefrontal network are associated with reduced valence perception in older people, Brain and Neuroscience Advances. 2018, 2: 239821281877182.


Researcher : Chen Z

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: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


Project Title:18th General Meeting of European Association of Social Psychology; Money and Relationships: When and Why Thinking about Money Leads People to Approach Other
Investigator(s):Chen Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2017
Completion Date:07/2017


Project Title:Getting at the heart of cross-cultural differences in generosity: explaining how individual, contextual, and cultural factors shape prosocial behavior
Investigator(s):Chen Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:John Templeton Foundation (JTF)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:A Sense of Meaning Goes a Long Way: How Ostracism Disrupts Self-Continuity
Investigator(s):Chen Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs

Chen Z., Poon K.T. and Cheng C., Deficits in recognizing disgust facial expressions and Internet addiction: Perceived stress as a mediator, Psychiatry Research. 2017, 254: 211-217.
Chen Z., Just-world beliefs and perceived justice mitigates urges for unethical behaviors for the deprived, the 10th conference for Chinese Psychologist. 2017.
Chen Z., JIANG T., Poon K.T. and DeWall C.N., Ostracism boosts the tendency to view others as instruments, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention. 2018.
Chen Z., Treating a human being as an end: Causes and consequences of objectification, Invited Colloquium, Peking University. 2018.
Chen Z., Unveiling behavioral responses following social exclusion, Invited colloquium at Xiamen University. 2017.
Chen Z., When and why thinking about money leads people to approach others, the 18th General Meeting of European Association of Social Psychology. 2017.
JIANG T. and Chen Z., A sense of meaning goes a long way: How ostracism disrupts self-continuity, the 30th annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science. 2018.
JIANG T. and Chen Z., Relative deprivation: A mechanism for the ostracism-aggression link, the 2018 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention. 2018.
Su L., Jiang Y., Chen Z. and DeWall C.N., Social Exclusion and Consumer Switching Behavior: A Control Restoration Mechanism, Journal of Consumer Research. 2017, 44: 99-117.


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: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: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:Gamification vs. Instruction: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Two Coping Flexibility Interventions in Chinese Employees
Investigator(s):Cheng C, Bacon-Shone J
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:Development and evaluation of a pilot prevention program for Internet gaming disorder
Investigator(s):Cheng C
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2018


List of Research Outputs

Chan M. and Cheng C., Engagement of vulnerable youths using internet platforms, PLOS ONE. 2017, 12: e0189023.
Chen Z., Poon K.T. and Cheng C., Deficits in recognizing disgust facial expressions and Internet addiction: Perceived stress as a mediator, Psychiatry Research. 2017, 254: 211-217.
Cheng C., Associate Editor, Health Psychology Review. Taylor & Francis, 2018.
Cheng C., Editorial Board, Stress & Health. Wiley, 2018.
Cheng C., Information technology addiction and national quality of life: A multinational analysis, Keynote speech at the International Society of Internet Addiction Annual Conference, Manila, the Philippines. 2017.
LAU H.P. and Cheng C., The Yin-Yang of stress: The link between dialectical thinking and coping processes, The Psychological and Cultural Foundations of East Asian Cognition: Contradiction, Change, and Holism. Oxford University, 2018, 573-594.
Sigerson L., Li A.Y.L., Cheung M.W.L. and Cheng C., Examining common information technology addictions and their relationships with non-technology-related addictions, Computers in Human Behavior. 2017, 75: 520-526.
Sigerson L., Li A.Y.L., Cheung M.W.L., Luk J.W. and Cheng C., Psychometric properties of the Chinese Internet Gaming Disorder Scale, Addictive Behaviors. 2017, 74: 20-26.
Sung H., Sigerson L. and Cheng C., Social Capital Accumulation in Location-Based Mobile Game Playing: A Multiple-Process Approach, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. 2017, 20: 486-493.


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: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
Completion Date:12/2017


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

CHEUNG Y.T. and Cheung S.H., Chinese-character crowding—I. Effects of structural similarity, Journal of Vision. 2017, 17: 11.14.
Odegaard B., Chang M.Y., Lau H.W. and Cheung S.H., Inflation vs. filling-in: why we feel we see more than we actually do in peripheral vision, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 2018.


Researcher : Feldman G

List of Research Outputs

Feldman G., Farh J.L. and Wong K.F., Agency Beliefs Over Time and Across Cultures: Free Will Beliefs Predict Higher Job Satisfaction, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2018, 44: 304-317.
Feldman G., Lian H., Kosinski M. and Stillwell D., Frankly, We Do Give a Damn, Social Psychological and Personality Science. 2017, 8: 816-826.
Feldman G., What Is Honesty? Laypersons Interpret High Lie Scale Scores as Reflecting Intentional Dishonesty, Social Psychological and Personality Science. 2018, 194855061773714.
Feldman G. and Wong K.F.E., When Action-Inaction Framing Leads to Higher Escalation of Commitment: A New Inaction-Effect Perspective on the Sunk-Cost Fallacy, Psychological Science. 2018, 29: 537-548.


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 : HSU SJ

List of Research Outputs

Ho C.S.H., Zheng M., McBride C., HSU S.J., Waye M.M.Y. and Kwok C.Y., Examining an extended simple view of reading in Chinese: The role of naming efficiency for reading comprehension, Contemporary Educational Psychology. Elsevier, 2017, 51: 293-302.


Researcher : Hayward WG

Project Title:Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society; Holistic Processing of Conscious and Unconscious Faces
Investigator(s):Hayward WG
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2018


Project Title:Perceiving character from the face
Investigator(s):Hayward WG
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:06/2018




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
Completion Date:08/2017


Project Title:In Search of Early Predictors of Reading Comprehension Difficulties in Chinese
Investigator(s):Ho CSH, Wong AMY
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:11/2017


Project Title:Association for Reading and Writing in Asia annual conference; Cognitive-linguistic Profile of Chinese Children with RAN and Orthographic Deficits
Investigator(s):Ho CSH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:02/2018
Completion Date:02/2018


Project Title:Reading, writing, and mathematics: Behavioral genetics, molecular genetics, and neuro markers of early academic achievement in Hong Kong Chinese children
Investigator(s):Ho CSH
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Start Date:05/2018


List of Research Outputs

Chow B.W.Y., Ho C.S.H., Wong S.W.L., Waye M.M.Y. and Zheng M., Home environmental influences on children's language and reading skills in a genetically sensitive design: Are socioeconomic status and home literacy environment environmental mediators and moderators?, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 2017, 58: 519-529.
Fong C.Y.C. and Ho C.S.H., What are the contributing cognitive-linguistic skills for early Chinese listening comprehension?, Learning and Individual Differences. 2017, 59: 78-85.
Ho C.S.H., Hsu L.S.J., McBride C. and Wayne M.M., Cognitive-linguistic profile of Chinese children with RAN and orthographic deficits, The Association for Reading and Writing in Asia Conference, Tsukub. 2018.
Ho C.S.H., Zheng M., McBride C., HSU S.J., Waye M.M.Y. and Kwok C.Y., Examining an extended simple view of reading in Chinese: The role of naming efficiency for reading comprehension, Contemporary Educational Psychology. Elsevier, 2017, 51: 293-302.
Scerri T.S., Macpherson E., Martinelli A., Wa W.C., Monaco A.P., Stein J., Zheng M., Ho C.S.H., McBride C., Snowling M., Hulme C., Hayiou-Thomas M.E., Waye M.M.Y., Talcott J.B. and Paracchini S., The DCDC2 deletion is not a risk factor for dyslexia, Translational Psychiatry. 2017, 7(7):e1182.
Tong X., McBride-Chang C., Shu H. and Ho C.S.H., Reading comprehension difficulties in Chinese-English bilingual children, Dyslexia. Wiley, 2017, 24(1): 59-83.
Waye M.M.Y., Siu C.O., McBride C., Ho C.S.H. and Wong C.W., Association of the DYX1C1 gene with Chinese literacy in a healthy Chinese population by latent class and LASSO analyses, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 2018, 2804-2813.
Waye M.M.Y., Lim C.K.P. and Ho C.S.H., Study of Genetic Association With DCDC2 and Developmental Dyslexia in Hong Kong Chinese Children, Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health. 2017, 13: 104-114.
Yang X., McBride C., Ho C.S.H. and Waye M.M., Pathways to reading and arithmetic: The role of phonological processing and language skills, The Association for Reading and Writing in Asia Conference, Tsukuba. 2018.
Yeung P.S., Ho C.S.H., Chan D.W. and Chung K.K.H., Contribution of dialect transformation skills to Chinese written composition among Cantonese-speaking children., Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. 2017.
Yeung P.S., Ho C.S.H., Chan D.W. and Chung K.K., Contribution of dialect transformation skills to Chinese written composition among Cantonese-speaking children, The 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Halifax. 2017.
Yeung P.S., Ho C.S.H., Chan D.W.O. and Chung K.K.H., Writing motivation in Chinese elementary grade students, Second Annual Conference of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia. 2018.


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 : 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
Completion Date:03/2018


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
Completion Date:06/2018


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


Project Title:Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 2017; How does Music Reading Expertise Modulate Visual Processing of English Words? An ERP study
Investigator(s):Hsiao JHW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2017
Completion Date:07/2017


Project Title:Understanding the association between eye movement patterns and face recognition performance using hidden Markov models
Investigator(s):Hsiao JHW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:Understanding eye movements in reading through hidden Markov models
Investigator(s):Hsiao JHW, Shum KMK
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs

CHAN Y.H., Chan A.B., Lee T.M.C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Eye Movement Patterns in Face Recognition are Associated with Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: An HMM Approach., Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society. 2018.
CHAN Y.H., Chan A.B., Lee T.M.C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Eye-movement patterns in face recognition are associated with cognitive decline in older adults, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 2018.
CHUNG K.S.H., Liu J.Y.W. and Hsiao J.H.W., How does reading direction modulate perceptual asymmetry effects? , Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 2017, 70(8): 1559-1574.
CHUNG K.S.H., LEUNG J.C.Y., Wong V.M.Y. and Hsiao J.H.W., When is the right hemisphere holistic and when is it not? The case of Chinese character recognition. , Cognition. 2018, 178: 50-56.
Chan A.B. and Hsiao J.H.W., Simplifying Mixture Models with the Hierarchical EM Algorithm, and its Application to Analyzing Eye-Movement Patterns of Older Adults. , Invited department seminar talk at the Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore. 2018.
Hsiao J.H.W., CHAN H.F., LI T.K. and Chan A.B., Does face-drawing experience enhance face processing abilities? Evidence from hidden Markov modeling of eye movements, Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society. 2018.
Hsiao J.H.W., On the relationship between holistic processing and right hemisphere processing. , Invited presentation at the CCD International Workshop on Person Perception by the ARC Center of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Perth, Australia. . 2018.
Hsiao J.H.W., Understanding eye movement patterns in face recognition using hidden Markov models, Symposium talk at the Asia Pacific Conference on Vision, 2017. 2017.
Hsiao J.H.W., Understanding the associations between eye movement patterns, task performance, and cognitive abilities through Eye Movement analysis with Hidden Markov Models (EMHMM), Invited Neuroscience for Education Seminar talk, Faculty of Education, HKU. 2018.
LI T.K., Chan H.Y.V., LI L. and Hsiao J.H.W., How does music reading expertise modulate visual processing of English words? An ERP study, the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2017, 2561-2566.
LI T.K. and Hsiao J.H.W., Music reading expertise modulates hemispheric lateralization in English word processing but not in Chinese character processing, Cognition. 2018, 176: 159-173.
Liu T., Yeh S.-.L. and Hsiao J.H.W., Transfer of the left-side bias effect in perceptual expertise: The case of simplified and traditional Chinese character recognition, In: Koji Miwa, PLOS ONE. 2018, 13(4): e0194405.
TSO R.V.Y., Chan H., YEUNG Y.A. and Hsiao J.H.W., Right hemisphere lateralization and holistic processing do not always go together: An ERP investigation of a training study, the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2017, 3368-3373.
Thorup B., Crookes K., Chang P.P.W., Burton N., Pond S., LI T.K., Hsiao J.H.W. and Rhodes G., Perceptual Experience Shapes our Ability to Categorise Faces by National Origin: A New Other-Race Effect. , British Journal of Psychology. 2018.
ZHANG J., Chan A.B., Lau E.Y.Y. and Hsiao J.H.W., Insomniacs misidentify angry faces as fearful faces because of missing the eyes: An eye-tracking study, the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . 2017, 1430-1435.
ZHANG J., Lau E.Y.Y. and Hsiao J.H.W., Sleep Deprivation Compromises Resting-State Emotional Regulatory Processes: An EEG Study, Journal of Sleep Research. 2018.


Researcher : Hu X

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


Project Title:2017 Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) Annual Meeting; Neurocognitive Mechanisms Underlying Interpersonal Deception
Investigator(s):Hu X
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2017
Completion Date:10/2017


Project Title:How Memory Control Influences Unwanted Emotional Memories' Automatic Expressions
Investigator(s):Hu X
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:Sleep and unwanted memory control
Investigator(s):Hu X, Li XS, Chan KW, Siu MFP
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Equipment Grant
Start Date:04/2018


Project Title:The impact of sleep on retrieval-induced forgetting of distressful thoughts
Investigator(s):Hu X
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs

Gawronski B., Rydell R.J., De Houwer J., Brannon S.M., Ye Y., Vervliet B. and Hu X., Contextualized attitude change, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology. 2018, 57: 1-52.


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

Chan W.Y.S., Lau W.W.F., Hui H.C.C., Lau E.Y.Y. and Cheung S.F., Causal relationship between religiosity and value priorities: Cross-sectional and longitudinal investigations, In: Ralph Piedmont, PhD, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. 2018.


Researcher : JIANG T

List of Research Outputs

Chen Z., JIANG T., Poon K.T. and DeWall C.N., Ostracism boosts the tendency to view others as instruments, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention. 2018.
Hou Y., JIANG T. and Wang Q., Socioeconomic status and online shaming: The mediating role of belief in a just world, Computers in Human Behavior. Elsevier, 2017, 76: 19-25.
JIANG T. and Chen Z., A sense of meaning goes a long way: How ostracism disrupts self-continuity, the 30th annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science. 2018.
JIANG T. and Chen Z., Relative deprivation: A mechanism for the ostracism-aggression link, the 2018 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention. 2018.


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 : Keuper KE

List of Research Outputs

Chau K.H.B., Keuper K.E., LO M., So K.F., Chan C.C.H. and Lee T.M.C., Meditation-induced neuroplastic changes of the prefrontal network are associated with reduced valence perception in older people, Brain and Neuroscience Advances. 2018, 2: 239821281877182.
TERRIGHENA E.L., Lu G., Yuen W.P., Lee T.M.C. and Keuper K.E., Effects of vicarious pain on self-pain perception: investigating the role of awareness, Journal of Pain Research. 2017, Volume 10: 1821-1830.


Researcher : Kwok CY

List of Research Outputs

Ho C.S.H., Zheng M., McBride C., HSU S.J., Waye M.M.Y. and Kwok C.Y., Examining an extended simple view of reading in Chinese: The role of naming efficiency for reading comprehension, Contemporary Educational Psychology. Elsevier, 2017, 51: 293-302.


Researcher : LAM LM

List of Research Outputs

LAM L.M., Yiend J. and Lee T.M.C., Imaging and neuropsychological correlates of white matter lesions in different subtypes of Mild Cognitive Impairment: A systematic review, NeuroRehabilitation. 2017, 41: 189-204.
LAM L.M., YU J. and Lee T.M.C., Perceived loneliness and general cognitive status in community-dwelling older adults: the moderating influence of depression, Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 2017, 24: 471-480.
YU J., LAM L.M. and Lee T.M.C., White matter microstructural abnormalities in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A meta-analysis of whole-brain and ROI-based studies, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 2017, 83: 405-416.


Researcher : LAU HP

List of Research Outputs

LAU H.P. and Cheng C., The Yin-Yang of stress: The link between dialectical thinking and coping processes, The Psychological and Cultural Foundations of East Asian Cognition: Contradiction, Change, and Holism. Oxford University, 2018, 573-594.


Researcher : LAU TT

List of Research Outputs

Chan W.L., Au T.K.F., LAU T.T. and Tang J.C.Y., Counting Errors as a Window onto Children's Place-Value Concept, Contemporary Educational Psychology. 2017, 51: 123-130.


Researcher : LEUNG JCY

List of Research Outputs

CHUNG K.S.H., LEUNG J.C.Y., Wong V.M.Y. and Hsiao J.H.W., When is the right hemisphere holistic and when is it not? The case of Chinese character recognition. , Cognition. 2018, 178: 50-56.


Researcher : LI TK

List of Research Outputs

Hsiao J.H.W., CHAN H.F., LI T.K. and Chan A.B., Does face-drawing experience enhance face processing abilities? Evidence from hidden Markov modeling of eye movements, Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society. 2018.
LI T.K., Chan H.Y.V., LI L. and Hsiao J.H.W., How does music reading expertise modulate visual processing of English words? An ERP study, the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2017, 2561-2566.
LI T.K. and Hsiao J.H.W., Music reading expertise modulates hemispheric lateralization in English word processing but not in Chinese character processing, Cognition. 2018, 176: 159-173.
Thorup B., Crookes K., Chang P.P.W., Burton N., Pond S., LI T.K., Hsiao J.H.W. and Rhodes G., Perceptual Experience Shapes our Ability to Categorise Faces by National Origin: A New Other-Race Effect. , British Journal of Psychology. 2018.


Researcher : LING J

List of Research Outputs

CHEN R., LING J., Liu Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Yu M.W.M., Chan J.W.Y., Wing Y.K., Li X.S. and Li L., Impaired eye tracking and manual control abilities in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) – potential prodromal behavioral markers for future neurodegeneration, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e56.
LING J., SUN W., Lee C.Y.L., CHAN N.Y. and Li X.S., Risk-taking, inhibition control, and impulsivity in adolescents and young adults with insomnia disorder, The 2nd Congress of Asian Society of Sleep Medicine. 2018.
LING J., SUN W., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., Wing Y.K., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., The effects of insomnia symptoms and objective short sleep duration on memory performance in adolescents and young adults, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e195-e196.
Li X.S., SUN W., LING J., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., CHEN R., Li L. and Wing Y.K., Effects of chronic sleep restriction on decision making in youth, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e191-e192.
SUN W., LING J., Zhu X., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., Association between weekday-weekend sleep discrepancy and academic performance: systematic review and meta-analysis, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e318-e319.
SUN W., Li X.S., Wang G., Dong S., Jiang Y., Spruyt K., LING J., Zhu Q., Lee T.M.C. and Jiang F., Association of Sleep and Circadian Activity Rhythm with Emotional Face Processing among 12-month-old Infants, Scientific Reports. 2018, 8: 3200.
SUN W., LING J., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., Wing Y.K., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., The associations among chronotype, interdaily sleep stability and executive function in youth, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e319.


Researcher : LO M

List of Research Outputs

Chau K.H.B., Keuper K.E., LO M., So K.F., Chan C.C.H. and Lee T.M.C., Meditation-induced neuroplastic changes of the prefrontal network are associated with reduced valence perception in older people, Brain and Neuroscience Advances. 2018, 2: 239821281877182.


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


List of Research Outputs

Chan T.O. and Lam S.F., Mediator or moderator? The role of mindfulness in the association between child behavior problems and parental stress, Research in Developmental Disabilities. 2017, 70: 1-10.
Lam S.F., Mindfulness in School Setting, Plenary speech in the 2nd International Conference on Mindfulness of the Mindfulness-based Helping Association, Taipei, Taiwan. 2018.
Lam S.F., The Application of Mindfulness in Education, Keynote speech in the 1st Annual Conference of Mindfulness in Chinese Societies, Guangzhou, China. 2017.
Lam S.F., Law W., Chan C.K., Zhang X. and Wong B.P.H., Will Victims Become Aggressors or Vice Versa? A Cross-Lagged Analysis of School Aggression, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 2018, 46: 529-541.


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 HW

Project Title:Treating Acrophobia with Multivoxel Neuro-reinforcement
Investigator(s):Lau HW
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:02/2018


List of Research Outputs

Crapse T., Lau H.W. and Basso M.A., A Role for the Superior Colliculus in Decision Criteria, Neuron. 2018, 97: 181-194.e6.
Dehaene S., Lau H.W. and Kouider S., Conscious machines: Robot rights Response, Science. 2018.
Dehaene S., Lau H.W. and Kouider S., What is consciousness, and could machines have it?, Science. 2017, 358: 486-492.
Koizumi A., Cortese A., Amano A., Kawato M. and Lau H.W., Modulation of Metacognition with Decoded Neurofeedback, Brain Nerve. 2017.
Koizumi A., Lau H.W., Shimada Y. and Kondo H.M., The effects of neurochemical balance in the anterior cingulate cortex and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on volitional control under irrelevant distraction, Consciousness and Cognition. 2018, 59: 104-111.
Lau H.W., Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center Seminar, UCLA. 2018.
Lau H.W., Debate on Integrated Information Theory, Beyond NCC Meeting. 2017.
Lau H.W., Plenary Talk, Consciousness Research Network Meeting. 2017.
Lau H.W., Seminar, ATR. 2017.
Lau H.W., Seminar, CiNet. 2017.
Lau H.W., Seminar, NYU Philosophy of Mind discussion group. 2017.
Lau H.W., Seminar, Philosophy and Cognitive Science, CUNY. 2017.
Lau H.W., Seminar, Yang Ming National University. 2017.
Lau H.W., Symposium Talk, Winter Conference on Neural Plasticity. 2018.
Lau H.W., Templeton Workshop on Consciousness, Allen Brain Institute. 2018.
Miuccio M., Liu K.Y., Lau H.W., Peters M.A.K. and Lambiotte R., Six-fold over-representation of graduates from prestigious universities does not necessitate unmeritocratic selection in the faculty hiring process, PLOS ONE. 2017, 12: e0185900.
Morales J., Lau H.W. and Fleming S.M., Domain-General and Domain-Specific Patterns of Activity Supporting Metacognition in Human Prefrontal Cortex, The Journal of Neuroscience. 2018, 38: 3534-3546.
Morales J., Mouradi Y., Sargent C., Block N., Taschereau-Dumouchel V., Rosenthal D., Grimaldi P. and Lau H.W., Measuring away an attentional confound?, Neuroscience of Consciousness. 2017, 2017.
Odegaard B., Chang M.Y., Lau H.W. and Cheung S.H., Inflation vs. filling-in: why we feel we see more than we actually do in peripheral vision, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 2018.
Odegaard B., Grimaldi P., CHO S.H., Peters M.A.K., Lau H.W. and Basso M., Investigating Perceptual Confidence in the Superior Colliculus with Multi-Unit Neuronal Recordings, Journal of Vision. 2017.
Odegaard B., Knight R. and Lau H.W., Should a Few Null Findings Falsify Prefrontal Theories of Conscious Perception?, The Journal of Neuroscience. 2017, 37: 9593-9602.
Odegaard B., Grimaldi P., CHO S.H., Peters M.A.K., Lau H.W. and Basso M.A., Superior colliculus neuronal ensemble activity signals optimal rather than subjective confidence, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018, 115: E1588-E1597.
Peters M.A.K., Thesen T., Ko Y.D., Maniscalco B., Carlson C., Davidson M., Doyle W., Kuznieckly R., Devinsky O., Halgren E. and Lau H.W., Perceptual confidence neglects decision-incongruent evidence in the brain, Nature Human Behaviour. 2017, 1: 0139.
Peters M.A.K., Fesi J., Amendi N., Knotts J.D., Lau H.W. and Ro T., Transcranial magnetic stimulation to visual cortex induces suboptimal introspection, Cortex. 2017, 93: 119-132.
Rajananda S., Lau H.W. and Odegaard B., A Random-Dot Kinematogram for Web-Based Vision Research, Journal of Open Research Software. 2018, 6.
Stern P., Yartsev M.M., Fregnac Y., Carlen M., Buzsaki G., Llinas R., Dehaene S., Lau H.W. and Kouider S., Neuroscience: In search of new concepts, Science. 2017.
Taschereau-Dumouchel V., Cortese A., Chiba T., Knotts J.D., Kawato M. and Lau H.W., Towards an unconscious neural reinforcement intervention for common fears, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018, 115: 3470-3475.
Ye Q., Zou F., Lau H.W., Hu Y. and Kwok S.C., Causal evidence for mnemonic metacognition in human precuneus, The Journal of Neuroscience. 2018, 0660-18.


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

Lau K.W.W., Leung M.K., Wing Y.K. and Lee T.M.C., Potential Mechanisms of Mindfulness in Improving Sleep and Distress, Mindfulness. 2018, 9: 547-555.


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

GAO Y., Cheung R.T.F., Gao J., Lau Y.Y.E., WAN H.Y. and Mok M.Y.T., Electrophysiological Study on Cognitive Function in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients With Previous Neuropsychiatric Involvement, Clinical EEG and Neuroscience. 2017, 48: 251-258.


Researcher : Lee CYL

List of Research Outputs

LING J., SUN W., Lee C.Y.L., CHAN N.Y. and Li X.S., Risk-taking, inhibition control, and impulsivity in adolescents and young adults with insomnia disorder, The 2nd Congress of Asian Society of Sleep Medicine. 2018.


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: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: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: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 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
Completion Date:09/2018


Project Title:Preventing return of fear through memory reconsolidation: An investigation of neurocognitive mechanisms using a novel Multi-CS-Conditioning Paradigm.
Investigator(s):Lee TMC
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:To investigate the effect of feedback learning on attention
Investigator(s):Lee TMC, Sham PC, Chan JSM
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Equipment Grant
Start Date:04/2018


List of Research Outputs

CHAN Y.H., Chan A.B., Lee T.M.C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Eye Movement Patterns in Face Recognition are Associated with Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: An HMM Approach., Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society. 2018.
CHAN Y.H., Chan A.B., Lee T.M.C. and Hsiao J.H.W., Eye-movement patterns in face recognition are associated with cognitive decline in older adults, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 2018.
Chau K.H.B., Keuper K.E., LO M., So K.F., Chan C.C.H. and Lee T.M.C., Meditation-induced neuroplastic changes of the prefrontal network are associated with reduced valence perception in older people, Brain and Neuroscience Advances. 2018, 2: 239821281877182.
Gao Y., Zhang W., Eisenbarth H., Fung A.L.C., Lu M., Raine A., Lee T.M.C. and Li X., P3 amplitude and psychopathic traits in youths: Distinct contributions of the grandiose-manipulative and daring-impulsivity traits, Personality and Individual Differences. 2018, 120: 87-94.
Hong W.J., Tao J., Wong A.W.K., Yang S., Leung M.T., Lee T.M.C., Demeyere N., Lau S.C.L., Chien C.W., Chan C.C.H. and Chen L., Psychometric Properties of the Chinese (Putonghua) Version of the Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS-P) in Subacute Poststroke Patients without Neglect, BioMed Research International. 2018, 2018: 1-12.
LAM L.M., Yiend J. and Lee T.M.C., Imaging and neuropsychological correlates of white matter lesions in different subtypes of Mild Cognitive Impairment: A systematic review, NeuroRehabilitation. 2017, 41: 189-204.
LAM L.M., YU J. and Lee T.M.C., Perceived loneliness and general cognitive status in community-dwelling older adults: the moderating influence of depression, Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 2017, 24: 471-480.
LING J., SUN W., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., Wing Y.K., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., The effects of insomnia symptoms and objective short sleep duration on memory performance in adolescents and young adults, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e195-e196.
Lam B.Y.H., Yang Y., Schug R.A., Han C., Liu J. and Lee T.M.C., Psychopathy Moderates the Relationship between Orbitofrontal and Striatal Alterations and Violence: The Investigation of Individuals Accused of Homicide, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2017, 11: 579.
Lam W.W.T., Ng D., Wong S., Lee T.M.C., Kwong A. and Fielding R., The role of cognitive bias in relation to persistent distress among women diagnosed with breast cancer, Psycho-Oncology. 2018, 27: 983-989.
Lau K.W.W., Leung M.K., Wing Y.K. and Lee T.M.C., Potential Mechanisms of Mindfulness in Improving Sleep and Distress, Mindfulness. 2018, 9: 547-555.
Luk S.K., Lee T.M.C., Chen E.Y.H. and Chang W.C., F62. RISKY DECISION-MAKING PERFORMANCE IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY SCHIZOPHRENIA-SPECTRUM DISORDER, Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2018, 44: S243-S244.
SIN L.L.E., Liu H.L., Lee S.H., Huang C.M., Wai Y.Y., Chen Y.L., Chan C.C.H., Lin C. and Lee T.M.C., The relationships between brain structural changes and perceived loneliness in older adults suffering from late-life depression, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2018, 33: 606-612.
SUN W., LING J., Zhu X., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., Association between weekday-weekend sleep discrepancy and academic performance: systematic review and meta-analysis, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e318-e319.
SUN W., Li X.S., Wang G., Dong S., Jiang Y., Spruyt K., LING J., Zhu Q., Lee T.M.C. and Jiang F., Association of Sleep and Circadian Activity Rhythm with Emotional Face Processing among 12-month-old Infants, Scientific Reports. 2018, 8: 3200.
SUN W., LING J., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., Wing Y.K., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., The associations among chronotype, interdaily sleep stability and executive function in youth, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e319.
Shao Z. and Lee T.M.C., Are high-psychopathy individuals better learners at lying? Behavioural and neural evidence, Organization of Human Brain Mapping. 2018.
Shao Z. and Lee T.M.C., Are individuals with higher psychopathic traits better learners at lying? Behavioural and neural evidence, Translational Psychiatry. 2017, 7: e1175.
Sun D., Shao Z., Wang Z. and Lee T.M.C., Perceived gaze direction modulates neural processing of prosocial decision making., Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2018. 2018, 12: 52.
TERRIGHENA E.L., Lu G., Yuen W.P., Lee T.M.C. and Keuper K.E., Effects of vicarious pain on self-pain perception: investigating the role of awareness, Journal of Pain Research. 2017, Volume 10: 1821-1830.
YU J. and Lee T.M.C., Profiles of cognitive impairments in an older age community sample: A latent class analysis., Neuropsychology. 2018, 32: 102-109.
YU J., LAM L.M. and Lee T.M.C., White matter microstructural abnormalities in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A meta-analysis of whole-brain and ROI-based studies, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 2017, 83: 405-416.


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 : 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: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: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


List of Research Outputs

CHEN R., LING J., Liu Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Yu M.W.M., Chan J.W.Y., Wing Y.K., Li X.S. and Li L., Impaired eye tracking and manual control abilities in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) – potential prodromal behavioral markers for future neurodegeneration, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e56.
LI T.K., Chan H.Y.V., LI L. and Hsiao J.H.W., How does music reading expertise modulate visual processing of English words? An ERP study, the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2017, 2561-2566.
Li X.S., SUN W., LING J., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., CHEN R., Li L. and Wing Y.K., Effects of chronic sleep restriction on decision making in youth, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e191-e192.


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 for New Staff
Start Date:06/2016
Completion Date:06/2018


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 Scheme - 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:World Sleep 2017; Independent or joint effects of eveningness and insomnia on mental health/The associations of sleep disturbances with dimensional psychotic experiences and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders/Effects of Chronic Sleep Restriction on Decision Making in Youth
Investigator(s):Li XS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2017
Completion Date:10/2017


Project Title:Effects of group cognitive behavioural therapy on comorbid insomnia and depression in youth: a randomised, assessor blind, parallel group trial
Investigator(s):Li XS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:Impacts of Insomnia in Adolescents and Young Adults – A Neurocognitive Perspective
Investigator(s):Li XS, Hu X
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018


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 for New Staff
Start Date:06/2016
Completion Date:06/2018


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 Scheme - 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:World Sleep 2017; Independent or joint effects of eveningness and insomnia on mental health/The associations of sleep disturbances with dimensional psychotic experiences and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders/Effects of Chronic Sleep Restriction on Decision Making in Youth
Investigator(s):Li XS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2017
Completion Date:10/2017


Project Title:Effects of group cognitive behavioural therapy on comorbid insomnia and depression in youth: a randomised, assessor blind, parallel group trial
Investigator(s):Li XS
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:Impacts of Insomnia in Adolescents and Young Adults – A Neurocognitive Perspective
Investigator(s):Li XS, Hu X
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs

CHEN R., LING J., Liu Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Yu M.W.M., Chan J.W.Y., Wing Y.K., Li X.S. and Li L., Impaired eye tracking and manual control abilities in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) – potential prodromal behavioral markers for future neurodegeneration, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e56.
LING J., SUN W., Lee C.Y.L., CHAN N.Y. and Li X.S., Risk-taking, inhibition control, and impulsivity in adolescents and young adults with insomnia disorder, The 2nd Congress of Asian Society of Sleep Medicine. 2018.
LING J., SUN W., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., Wing Y.K., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., The effects of insomnia symptoms and objective short sleep duration on memory performance in adolescents and young adults, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e195-e196.
Li X.S., Behavioural Intervention for Paediatric Insomnia – A Focus on Special Populations, Neurodevelopmental Conference - Sleep Problems in Children with Neurodevelopmental Problems, organized by The Hong Kong Society of Child Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics. 2018.
Li X.S., Classification, Causes and Treatments of Insomnia, 失眠的類型,成因以及治療, 2018 Sleep Medicine Continuing Education Online Training Course Series, organised by Chinese Sleep Research Society . 中國睡眠研究會教育委員 會) - 2018《睡眠醫學》在 線系列講座, 2018.
Li X.S., Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Adolescents, 2nd Congress of Asian Society of Sleep Medicine. 2018.
Li X.S., SUN W., LING J., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., CHEN R., Li L. and Wing Y.K., Effects of chronic sleep restriction on decision making in youth, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e191-e192.
Li X.S., Insomnia in Adolescents: Clinical Aspects, Impacts and Treatment, 2018 International Insomnia Symposium. 2018.
Li X.S., Personality and Risk Taking – Are They Altered in RBD Patients?, 2nd Congress of Asian Society of Sleep Medicine. 2018.
Li X.S., Social Sciences Outstanding Research Output Awards 2016-2017 for Applied Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong . 2017.
Li X.S., Rong R., Chan C.S.Y., Lam S.P., Zhang J., Yu M.W.M., Chan J.W.Y. and Wing Y.K., The associations of sleep disturbances with dimensional psychotic experiences and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e191.
SUN W., Li X.S., Jiang Y., Xu X., Spruyt K., Zhu Q., Tseng C. and Jiang F., A Community-Based Study of Sleep and Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2018, 14: 977-984.
SUN W., LING J., Zhu X., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., Association between weekday-weekend sleep discrepancy and academic performance: systematic review and meta-analysis, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e318-e319.
SUN W., Li X.S., Wang G., Dong S., Jiang Y., Spruyt K., LING J., Zhu Q., Lee T.M.C. and Jiang F., Association of Sleep and Circadian Activity Rhythm with Emotional Face Processing among 12-month-old Infants, Scientific Reports. 2018, 8: 3200.
SUN W., Kwok N.T.T., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Wing Y.K., Li A.M. and Li X.S., Insomnia subtypes and chronotype in relation to childhood emotional and behavioral problems., The 2nd Congress of Asian Society of Sleep Medicine. 2018.
SUN W., LING J., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., Wing Y.K., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., The associations among chronotype, interdaily sleep stability and executive function in youth, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e319.
Wing Y.K., Li A.M., Lam J.S., Li X.S. and Kwok A.P., Brief integrated sleep-focused treatment for persistent sleep disturbance in residual depression: an assessor-blind, parallel group, randomised controlled study., Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2018, 24 (Suppl 2): S8-11.
Zhang J., Li X.S., Lam S.P. and Wing Y.K., Epidemiology of REM sleep behavior disorder: both study design and measurement tool count, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: 122-123.
Zhang J., Li X.S., Lam S.P. and Wing Y.K., REM sleep behaviour disorder and obstructive sleep apnea: does one “evil” make the other less or more “evil”?, Sleep Medicine . 2017, 37: 216-217.
Zhou J., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li X.S., Tang X. and Wing Y.K., Any Prediction of Neurodegeneration by Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Idiopathic RBD?, Sleep. 2017, 40.


Researcher : Lo BCY

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
Completion Date:03/2018


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
Completion Date:07/2018


List of Research Outputs

Barry T.J., Baker H.M., CHIU H.M.C., Lo B.C.Y. and Lau J.Y.F., Factor analysis and validation of a self-report measure of impaired fear inhibition, Cognition and Emotion. 2018, 1-12.
Lo B.C.Y., Zhao Y., Ho Y.C. and Au T.K.F., Psychometric Properties Of The Children's Response Styles Questionnaire In A Hong Kong Chinese Community Sample, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2017, 15: 198.


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 : QIU C

List of Research Outputs

QIU C. and Shum K.M.K., Contribution of parenting styles and parental emotion regulation to preschoolers’ emotion regulation: Does parents’ sibling experience matter?, The 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA, USA. 2018.


Researcher : SIN LLE

List of Research Outputs

SIN L.L.E., Liu H.L., Lee S.H., Huang C.M., Wai Y.Y., Chen Y.L., Chan C.C.H., Lin C. and Lee T.M.C., The relationships between brain structural changes and perceived loneliness in older adults suffering from late-life depression, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2018, 33: 606-612.


Researcher : SUN W

List of Research Outputs

LING J., SUN W., Lee C.Y.L., CHAN N.Y. and Li X.S., Risk-taking, inhibition control, and impulsivity in adolescents and young adults with insomnia disorder, The 2nd Congress of Asian Society of Sleep Medicine. 2018.
LING J., SUN W., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., Wing Y.K., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., The effects of insomnia symptoms and objective short sleep duration on memory performance in adolescents and young adults, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e195-e196.
Li X.S., SUN W., LING J., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., CHEN R., Li L. and Wing Y.K., Effects of chronic sleep restriction on decision making in youth, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e191-e192.
SUN W., Li X.S., Jiang Y., Xu X., Spruyt K., Zhu Q., Tseng C. and Jiang F., A Community-Based Study of Sleep and Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2018, 14: 977-984.
SUN W., LING J., Zhu X., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., Association between weekday-weekend sleep discrepancy and academic performance: systematic review and meta-analysis, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e318-e319.
SUN W., Li X.S., Wang G., Dong S., Jiang Y., Spruyt K., LING J., Zhu Q., Lee T.M.C. and Jiang F., Association of Sleep and Circadian Activity Rhythm with Emotional Face Processing among 12-month-old Infants, Scientific Reports. 2018, 8: 3200.
SUN W., Kwok N.T.T., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Wing Y.K., Li A.M. and Li X.S., Insomnia subtypes and chronotype in relation to childhood emotional and behavioral problems., The 2nd Congress of Asian Society of Sleep Medicine. 2018.
SUN W., LING J., CHAN N.Y., Zhang J., Lam S.P., Li A.M., Wing Y.K., Lee T.M.C. and Li X.S., The associations among chronotype, interdaily sleep stability and executive function in youth, Sleep Medicine. 2017, 40: e319.


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:Investigation of sensorimotor adaptation and transfer across locomotion tasks
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018




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:Investigation of sensorimotor adaptation and transfer across locomotion tasks
Investigator(s):Saunders JA
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018




Researcher : Shao R

Project Title:OHBM 2018 Annual Meeting; Are individuals with higher psychopathic traits better learners at lying? Behavioural and neural evidence
Investigator(s):Shao Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2018
Completion Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs



Researcher : Shao Z

Project Title:OHBM 2018 Annual Meeting; Are individuals with higher psychopathic traits better learners at lying? Behavioural and neural evidence
Investigator(s):Shao Z
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2018
Completion Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs

Lin K., Shao Z., Geng X., Chen K., Lu R., Gao Y., Bi Y., Lu W., Guan L., Kong J., Xu G. and So K.F., Illness, at-risk and resilience neural markers of bipolar disorder: a new clinical staging framework, Journal of Affective Disorders. 2018, 238: 16-23.
Lin K., Shao Z., Lu R., Chen K., Lu W., Li T., Kong J. and Xu G., Resting-state fMRI signals in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder at the high-risk and ultra-high-risk stages and their relations with cognitive function, Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2018, 98: 99-106.
Shao Z. and Lee T.M.C., Are high-psychopathy individuals better learners at lying? Behavioural and neural evidence, Organization of Human Brain Mapping. 2018.
Shao Z. and Lee T.M.C., Are individuals with higher psychopathic traits better learners at lying? Behavioural and neural evidence, Translational Psychiatry. 2017, 7: e1175.
Sun D., Shao Z., Wang Z. and Lee T.M.C., Perceived gaze direction modulates neural processing of prosocial decision making., Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2018. 2018, 12: 52.


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 for New Staff
Start Date:06/2016
Completion Date:06/2018


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


Project Title:World Education Day-2017(WED-2017); Learning to Read in Two Languages: Chinese and English
Investigator(s):Shum KMK
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2017
Completion Date:09/2017


Project Title:Beyond Language and Literacy: What Can Preschoolers With and Without ASD Gain from Dialogic Reading?
Investigator(s):Shum KMK
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:10/2017


List of Research Outputs

Keung Y.C., Ho F.L., Kwan P.S. and Shum K.M.K., “Think Bright” Higher-Order Thinking Training Program for Preschoolers: Teacher’s Manual, Think Bright 導思有法幼兒高階思維訓練教師手冊, Heep Hong Society. 協康會, Heep Hong Society, 2018.
QIU C. and Shum K.M.K., Contribution of parenting styles and parental emotion regulation to preschoolers’ emotion regulation: Does parents’ sibling experience matter?, The 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA, USA. 2018.
Shum K.M.K., Learning to read in two languages: Chinese and English, World Education Day - 2017, Dalian, China. 2017.


Researcher : TERRIGHENA EL

List of Research Outputs

TERRIGHENA E.L., Lu G., Yuen W.P., Lee T.M.C. and Keuper K.E., Effects of vicarious pain on self-pain perception: investigating the role of awareness, Journal of Pain Research. 2017, Volume 10: 1821-1830.


Researcher : TSO RVY

List of Research Outputs

TSO R.V.Y., Chan H., YEUNG Y.A. and Hsiao J.H.W., Right hemisphere lateralization and holistic processing do not always go together: An ERP investigation of a training study, the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2017, 3368-3373.


Researcher : Tang JCY

List of Research Outputs

Chan W.L., Au T.K.F., LAU T.T. and Tang J.C.Y., Counting Errors as a Window onto Children's Place-Value Concept, Contemporary Educational Psychology. 2017, 51: 123-130.


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 : 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




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




Researcher : WAN HY

List of Research Outputs

GAO Y., Cheung R.T.F., Gao J., Lau Y.Y.E., WAN H.Y. and Mok M.Y.T., Electrophysiological Study on Cognitive Function in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients With Previous Neuropsychiatric Involvement, Clinical EEG and Neuroscience. 2017, 48: 251-258.


Researcher : WONG HLN

List of Research Outputs

WONG H.L.N. and Chang H.F.D., The effects of object plausibility on disparity perception, Vision Sciences Society Meeting. 2018.


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
Completion Date:12/2018


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
Completion Date:01/2019


Project Title:Contextual Variation in Gender Identity and Attitude toward Gender Nonconformity
Investigator(s):Wong WI
Department:Psychology
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018
Completion Date:01/2019


List of Research Outputs

Li G. and Wong W.I., Single-Sex Schooling: Friendships, Dating, and Sexual Orientation, Archives of Sexual Behavior. Springer, 2018, 47: 1025–1039.
Wong W.I., Sex Differences, In: Marc Bornstein, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development . SAGE, 2018.
Yeung S.P. and Wong W.I., Gender Labels on Gender-Neutral Colors: Do they Affect Children’s Color Preferences and Play Performance?, Sex Roles. 2018.


Researcher : YEUNG YA

List of Research Outputs

TSO R.V.Y., Chan H., YEUNG Y.A. and Hsiao J.H.W., Right hemisphere lateralization and holistic processing do not always go together: An ERP investigation of a training study, the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2017, 3368-3373.


Researcher : YU J

List of Research Outputs

LAM L.M., YU J. and Lee T.M.C., Perceived loneliness and general cognitive status in community-dwelling older adults: the moderating influence of depression, Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 2017, 24: 471-480.
Liew T.M., YU J., Mahendran R., Ng T.P., Kua E.H., Feng L. and Yu J.T., Neuropsychiatric and Cognitive Subtypes among Community-Dwelling Older Persons and the Association with DSM-5 Mild Neurocognitive Disorder: Latent Class Analysis, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2018, 62: 675-686.
YU J., Mahendran R., Rawtaer I., Kua E.H. and Feng L., Poor sleep quality is observed in mild cognitive impairment and is largely unrelated to depression and anxiety, Aging & Mental Health. 2017, 21: 823-828.
YU J. and Lee T.M.C., Profiles of cognitive impairments in an older age community sample: A latent class analysis., Neuropsychology. 2018, 32: 102-109.
YU J., Mahendran R., Abdullah F.N.M., Kua E.H. and Feng L., Self-reported sleep problems among the elderly: A latent class analysis, Psychiatry Research. 2017, 258: 415-420.
YU J., Yap P. and Liew T.M., The optimal short version of the Zarit Burden Interview for dementia caregivers: diagnostic utility and externally validated cutoffs, Aging & Mental Health. 2018, 1-5.
YU J., LAM L.M. and Lee T.M.C., White matter microstructural abnormalities in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A meta-analysis of whole-brain and ROI-based studies, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 2017, 83: 405-416.


Researcher : ZHANG J

List of Research Outputs

ZHANG J., Chan A.B., Lau E.Y.Y. and Hsiao J.H.W., Insomniacs misidentify angry faces as fearful faces because of missing the eyes: An eye-tracking study, the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . 2017, 1430-1435.
ZHANG J., Lau E.Y.Y. and Hsiao J.H.W., Sleep Deprivation Compromises Resting-State Emotional Regulatory Processes: An EEG Study, Journal of Sleep Research. 2018.


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

Chow B.W.Y., Ho C.S.H., Wong S.W.L., Waye M.M.Y. and Zheng M., Home environmental influences on children's language and reading skills in a genetically sensitive design: Are socioeconomic status and home literacy environment environmental mediators and moderators?, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 2017, 58: 519-529.
Ho C.S.H., Zheng M., McBride C., HSU S.J., Waye M.M.Y. and Kwok C.Y., Examining an extended simple view of reading in Chinese: The role of naming efficiency for reading comprehension, Contemporary Educational Psychology. Elsevier, 2017, 51: 293-302.
Scerri T.S., Macpherson E., Martinelli A., Wa W.C., Monaco A.P., Stein J., Zheng M., Ho C.S.H., McBride C., Snowling M., Hulme C., Hayiou-Thomas M.E., Waye M.M.Y., Talcott J.B. and Paracchini S., The DCDC2 deletion is not a risk factor for dyslexia, Translational Psychiatry. 2017, 7(7):e1182.


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