Faculty
Helene Hoi-Lam FUNG
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Ph.D. in Psychology, Stanford University, USA (2000)
M.A. in Psychology, Stanford University, USA (1997)
B.Sc. with college honors in Psychology, University of Washington, USA (1995)
Professor and Chairperson
Rm 332, Chen Kou Bun Building
hhlfung@psy.cuhk.edu.hk
3943 6464
2603 5019
Motivation and Emotion Laboratory
Brief Introduction
Helene H. Fung is a Professor at the Dept of Psychology and the Executive Director of the Centre for Positive Social Science, at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She obtained her BS from University of Washington, Seattle, and MA and PhD from Stanford University.
Professor Fung examines social motivation and cognition across adulthood. She won the 1998 Margaret Clark Paper Award from the Association of Anthropology and Gerontology, the 1999 Behavioral and Social Science Pre-dissertation Research Award and the 2010 Margret and Paul Baltes award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology from the Gerontological Society of America. She also won the 2006 Young Research Award and the 2013 Research Excellence Award from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is an associate editor for the Australian Journal of Psychology. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, American Psychological Association and Association for Psychological Science. In terms of teaching, Professor Fung received the 2008 Retirement Research Foundation Mentor Award from Division 20 and the 2016 Henry David International Mentoring Award from Division 52, American Psychological Association. She also won the 2007 Exemplary Teaching Award and the 2015-16 Faculty Mentorship Award from Faculty of Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2021, she is listed on World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University.
Research Interests
Studying how goals change across adulthood, and their impacts on social relationships, emotional regulation, and cognition.
Teaching Areas
- PSYC6300- Writing and Presentation
Publications
Chu, L., & *Fung, H. H. (2022). Age Differences in State Curiosity: Examining the Role of Personal Relevance. Gerontology, 68, 321-329. https://doi.org/10.1159/000516296
Chu, L., Tsai, J. L., & *Fung, H. H. (2021). Association between age and intellectual curiosity: The mediating roles of future time perspective and importance of curiosity. European Journal of Ageing, 18(1), 45–53. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10433-020-00567-6
Chu, L.,*Fung, H. H., Tse, D. C. K., Tsang, V. H. L., Zhang, H., & Mai, C. (2021). Obtaining Information from Different Sources Matters During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Gerontologist, 61(2), 187-195. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa222
Chu, S. T. W., & *Fung, H. H. (2021). Is the Search for Meaning Related to the Presence of Meaning? Moderators of the Longitudinal Relationship. Journal of Happiness Studies, 22, 127–145. doi: 10.1007/s10902-020-00222-y
*Fung, H. H., Lu, M., & Ho, O. T., (2019). The Role of Instrumentality of Emotion in the Age-related Positivity Effect. Emotion. doi: 10.1037/EMO0000696
*Fung, H. H., Lu, M., Isaacowitz, D. M. (2019). Aging and attention: Meaningfulness may be more important than valence. Psychology and Aging, 34(1), 85-90. doi:10.1037/PAG0000304
*Fung, H. H., Ho, Y. W., Zhang, R., Zhang, X., Noels, K. A., & Tam, K-P., (2016). Age differences in personal values: Universal or cultural specific? Psychology and Aging, 31, 274–286. doi: 10.1037/PAG0000082
*Fung, H. H. (2013). Aging in Culture. The Gerontologist, 53(3), 369-377. doi: 10.1093/GERONT/GNT024
Zhang, X., *Fung, H. H., Stanley, J., Isaacowtiz, D. M., & Ho, M. Y. (2013). Perspective taking in older age revisited: A motivational perspective. Developmental Psychology, 49, 1848-1858. doi: 10.1037/A0031211
*Fung, H. H., Isaacowitz , D. M., Lu, A. Y., & Li, T. (2010) Interdependent self-construal
moderates the age-related negativity reduction effect in memory and visual attention. Psychology and Aging, 25(2), 321-329. doi: 10.1037/A0019079
*Fung, H. H., Yeung, D. Y., Li, K-K, & Lang, F. R. (2009). Benefits of Negative social exchange increases for emotional closeness. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 64B, 612-621.
*Fung, H. H., Isaacowitz, D. M., Lu, A., Wadliinger, H. A., Goren, D., & Wilson, H. r. (2008). Age-related positivity enhancement is not universal: Older Hong Kong Chinese look away from positive stimuli. Psychology and Aging, 23, 440-446.
*Fung, H. H., Stoeber, f. S., Yeung, D. Y., & Lang, F. R. (2008). Cultural specificity of socioemotional selectivity: Age differences in social network composition among Germans and Hong Kong Chinese. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 63B, 156-164.
Yeung, D. Y., *Fung, H. H., & Lang, F. R. (2008). Self-construal moderates age differences in social network characteristics. Psychology and Aging, 23, 222-226.
*Fung, H. H., & Ng, S. K. (2006). Age differences in the sixth personality factor: Age Differences in Interpersonal Relatedness Among Canadians and Hong Kong Chinese. Psychology and Aging, 21, 810-814.
*Fung, H. H., & Carstensen, L. L. (2006). Goals change when life's fragility is primed: Lessons learned from Older Adults, the September 11th Attacks and SARS. Social Cognition, 24, 248-278.
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, Gerontological Society of America (2011)
- Margret M. Baltes Early Career Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology, The Gerontological Society of America (2010)
- Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (2010)
- Retirement Research Foundation Mentor Award, American Psychological Association (Div 20)(2008)
- Exemplary Teaching Award, Faculty of Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2007)
- Young Researcher Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2006)
- Behavioral and Social Science Pre-dissertation Research Award, The Gerontological Society of America (1999)
- Margaret Clark Paper Award, The Association of Anthropology and Gerontology (1998)
