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Li-Qiang HUANG

Qualifications: Ph.D., UCSD
Appointment: Professor
Office: Rm 357, Sino Building
Email: lqhuang@cuhk.edu.hk
Tel: 3943 6503
Fax: 2603 5019

Brief Introduction

Professor Liqiang Huang works in the Department of Psychology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Before joining CUHK, he completed his PhD at the University of California, San Diego, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University. His earlier research followed a traditional theory-driven approach, particularly in developing the Boolean Map Theory of visual attention into a precise and broad framework. After dedicating two decades to this work, he has since shifted his perspective, now believing that a better approach is conducting large-scale experiments followed by "comprehensive exploration" models (see: https://www.pbs-trinity.org/ce). 

Research Interests

Visual attention
Visual working memory
Large-scale behavior experiments.

Teaching Areas

  • PSYC2240- Sensation and Perception
  • PSYC3470 Computational Modeling in Psychology
  • PSYC6000- Major Psychological Approaches

Publications

Huang, L. (2025). Addressing the Precision-Breadth-Simplicity Impossible Trinity in Psychological Research: A Comprehensive Exploration Approach. Review of General Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/10892680251380430

Huang, L. (2025). Comprehensive exploration of visual working memory mechanisms using large-scale behavioral experiment. Nature Communications, 16, 1383. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56700-5

Huang, L. (2023). A quasi-comprehensive exploration of the mechanisms of spatial working memory. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01559-z.
 
Huang, L. (2022). FVS 2.0: A Unifying Framework for Understanding the Factors of Visual-Attentional Processing. Psychological Review, 129, 696-731.

Huang, L., & Pashler, H. (2007). A Boolean map theory of visual attention. Psychological Review, 114, 599-631.

Huang, L., Treisman, A., & Pashler, H. (2007). Characterizing the limits of human visual awareness. Science, 317, 823-825.

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