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Research Highlights
Comprehensive exploration of visual working memory mechanisms using large-scale behavioral experiment
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Effectiveness of Reading Interventions on Literacy Skills for Chinese Children with and Without Dyslexia: a Meta‐analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
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Are Parental Influences on Emergent Literacy and Word Reading Skills the Same Across Socioeconomic Contexts? A Multisite Study in China
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Hotter weather, less of a hoax? Testing the longitudinal association between experience of temperature anomalies and belief in climate change conspiracy theories
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Child Dissociation: The Descriptive Psychopathology Analysis of a Case
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A decade of white matter connectivity studies in developmental dyslexia
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News
3-min Research Competition 2025
13 May 2025 (Tuesday)
Congratulations to Prof. Fanny Cheung
Prof. Fanny Cheung will receive an honorary doctorate from Hang Seng University of Hong Kong for her achievements in psychology, her work in gender equality, and her contributions to society.
For more details, please visit: https://www.hsu.edu.hk/en/hsuhk-confer-honorary-doctorates-on-four-distinguished-persons-2025/.
Congratulations to Prof. Helene H.L. Fung
Prof. Helene Fung, Prof. Helen Meng, Ms. Hongmei Lin, and Ms. Yiwen Wu have received an award in the Healthy Longevity Global Competition for their project titled "Tales Weaver: An AI-Enhanced System to Foster Social Connectedness."
For further details, please visit the award announcement at: https://healthylongevitychallenge.org/winners/tales-weaver-an-ai-enhanced-system-to-foster-social-connectedness/.
See Honours and Awards for more.
Prof. Winnie W. S. Mak has received a generous donation from the Hong Kong Jockey Club for the 3rd phase of the Jockey Club TourHeart project.
The project uses generative AI to advance mental health care in Hong Kong.
#1 Psychology Department in China
Our department has been ranked the #1 Psychology Department in China by research.com, an international academic website.
World's top 2% scientists
Compiled by Stanford University, the “Updated science-wide author databases of standardised citation indicators” was released in early October 2023. Congratulations to the following faculty members who have been listed among world’s top 2% scientists 2023:
World’s top 2% (career-long) scientists [Chinese scholars in Psychology]
| Faculty Member | Emeritus Professor | Professor (by Courtesy) |
| Prof. Chi-Yue Chiu | Prof. Michael Bond | Prof. Ying-yi Hong |
| Prof. Helene Fung | Prof. Fanny M. Cheung |
World’s top 2% (single recent year) scientists [Chinese scholars in Psychology]
| Faculty Member | Emeritus Professor | Professor (by Courtesy) |
| Prof. Chi-Yue Chiu | Prof. Michael Bond | Prof. Ying-yi Hong |
| Prof. Helene Fung | Prof. Patrick C.M. Wong | |
| Prof. Winnie Mak |
Best Scientists in the field of Psychology and Neuroscience in China at Research.com
11 of our professoriate staff were listed among Best Scientists in the field of Psychology in China at Research.com (https://research.com/scientists-rankings/psychology/cn).
Besides, 2 of our professoriate staff were listed among Best Scientists in the field of Neuroscience in China at Research.com (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/K1qXM5Hl9qG2hp5Edh6Qeg)
