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Prof. Alan Chun Nang WONG
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

 

Address: Rm 334, Sino Building,
Department of Psychology,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, New Territories,
Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2609-6505
Fax: (852) 2603-5019
E-mail: alanwong at psy.cuhk.edu.hk
 
 
Research

 

Research Interests

My research concerns perceptual expertise in different domains (e.g., face perception, letter perception, music reading, etc.), the effect of culture on visual cognition, the neural basis of object perception, and the relationship between consciousness and perception. Techniques used include behavioral experiments, electroencephalogram (EEG), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and computational modeling.

Representative Publications

  • Wong, A. C.-N., Palmeri, T. J., & Gauthier, I. (submitted). Conditions for face-like expertise with objects: Becoming a Ziggerin expert – but which type?

  • Wong, A. C.-N., Jobard, G., James, T. W., James, K. H., & Gauthier, I. (in press). Expertise with characters in alphabetic and non-alphabetic writing systems engage the same occipito-temporal area. Cognitive Neuropsychology.

  • Wong, A. C.-N., & Gauthier, I. (2007). An analysis of letter expertise in a levels-of-categorization framework. Visual Cognition, 15(7), 854-879.

  • James, K. H., James, T. W., Jobard, G., Wong, A. C.-N., & Gauthier, I. (2005). Letter processing in the visual system: different patterns for single letters and strings. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 5, 452-466.

  • Wong, A. C.-N., Gauthier, I., Woroch, B., Debuse, C., & Curran, T. (2005). An early electrophysiological potential associated with expertise in letter perception. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 5, 306-318.

  • Wong, A. C.-N., & Hayward, W. G. (2005). Constraints on view combination: Effects of self-occlusion and difference between familiar views. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 31, 110-121.

  • Palmeri, T. J., Wong, A. C.-N., & Gauthier, I. (2004). Computational approaches to the development of perceptual expertise. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8, 378-386.

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Teaching

 

Courses

Current Academic Year

  • PSY1000 General Psychology
  • PSY1020 Experimental Design
  • PSY1050 States of Consciousness
  • PSY3240 Sensation and Perception

 
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