Department of Psychology

PhD Student
Email: yc07310@um.edu.mo

I am interested in underlying brain mechanisms that support different cognitive processes such as perception, attention and memory. I hope to understand the mind and brain with inter-discipline explorations, applications of a variety of techniques like fMRI, EEG, and psychophysical experiments. Whilst, I have a broad interest in philosophy.

PhD Student
Email: yc07333@um.edu.mo

My current research interests focus on psycholinguistics, psychophysics, experimental psychology, and cognitive psychology. I am interested in investigating reading behavior in Chinese and Japanese by using the eye-tracking technique, such as perceptual span in sentence reading and semantic processing among second language learners and native speakers.

PhD Student
Email: yc17304@um.edu.mo

Research area: cognitive control, working memory, computational model in psychology and neuroscience.

PhD Student
Email: yc17306@um.edu.mo

My research interest includes behavioral addiction (e.g., mobile phone addiction, Internet addiction and SNS addiction) and internalizing problems (e.g., depression, loneliness and anxiety). I mainly conducted questionnaire surveys to collect cross-sectional data and cross-lagged data from children, adolescents and college students.

PhD Student
Email: yc17307@um.edu.mo

My research interests focus on 1) the neural representation of semantic/knowledge in the brain and the differences in semantic/knowledge representation between humans and machines. 2) developing brain-inspired natural language processing (NLP) algorithms to make machines learn the language as humans.

PhD Student
Email: yc17312@um.edu.mo

My current research interest is on Cross-Cultural Psychology and Social Psychology, including how individual behavior is affected by their cultural background, how culture shapes our attitudes and cognition, and the role of culture in our self-concept and personality.

PhD Student
Email: yc17317@um.edu.mo

My current research interests include behavioural addictions (e.g., smartphone addiction, gaming addiction, social media addiction) and psychological wellbeing. I am also interested in loot boxes in video games and how they can be associated with problem gambling and gaming.

PhD Student
Email: yc17320@um.edu.mo

My research interests focus on investigate how the brain encoding the information about the direction of motion (forward & backward) and the neural machinery of the human brain for making safe, risky decisions. I use different kinds of methods in the research, which include EEG, sEEG, machine learning, and neural network.

PhD Student
Email: yc17324@um.edu.mo

Research areas: Psycholinguistics, Neuroscience, Neuroimaging (EEG, MEG and fMRI)

PhD Student
Email: yc27301@um.edu.mo

My research interest lies in 1) neural and computational substrates of social decision making; 2) integrator models of value-based decision making like DDM; 3) reinforcement learning. I use different kinds of methods in the research to better probe the dynamics during human decision making, which include fMRI, mouse tracking and computational modeling.

PhD Student
Email: yc27302@um.edu.mo

My research interests are centered around gender inequality. Specifically, I’m dedicated to exploring ambivalent sexism in private and public spheres using empirical evidence. Besides, my passion lies in the antecedents of mental disorders.

PhD Student
Email: yc27311@um.edu.mo

My research focus on the cognitive processes of human learning and its development. My main research interests are categorization and category-based inductive which are central components of human learning. My goal is to figure out the relationship of cognitive processes and computations between categorization and category-based induction, and whether this relationship changes with age. I use behavioral and neuroscience methods.

PhD Student
Email: yc27312@um.edu.mo

My research mainly focused on the influence of psychological theories on customer behaviors by using quantitative analysis, and my recent research interest is about the influence of live streaming on decision making. My second interest is on the e-learning.

PhD Student
Email: yc27313@um.edu.mo

My primary research interests are in using quantitative research methods to investigate health psychology problems (e.g., eating behaviors and body image). Besides, I’m also interested in music psychology (e.g., music therapy).

PhD Student
Email: yc27325@um.edu.mo

As a registered psychotherapist in Macau and a lecturer in a local university, my interest lies in clinical psychology and youth well-being. I am interested in studying how the psychological intervention is effective and impacts us. My current research interest focus on the role of psychological flexibility and meaning in life.

PhD Student
Email: yc27334@um.edu.mo

From a multisystem perspective, my research interests include the mental and physical health of people experiencing adversity and how to improve their resiliency. I am interested in exploring the outcomes (both negative and positive) of individuals with various kinds of adversities and the underlying mechanisms, and whether there are more effective and accessible interventions to improve their well-being.

PhD Student
Email: yc27335@um.edu.mo

My research interests are mainly concerned with the age-related decline of cognitive ability, such as language production, and its neural mechanisms. We will explore the effects of cognitive control, bilingualism, and other factors on cognitive decline with behavioral experiment and neuroimaging (EEG/fMRI).

PhD Student
Email: yc27336@um.edu.mo

I am interested in exploring the mechanisms of social interactive behavior, especially during the recall and decision-making phase with neuroimaging, neuropharmacological and computational model methods. I have the experience to carry out EEG, fNIRS, fMRI, MEG, eye tracking experiments and analysis, and experiments which participants with mental disorder like Autism Spectrum Disorder.

PhD Student
Email: yc27372@um.edu.mo

I’m interested in using model-based approaches to decode people’s decision-making processes. I hope my future research will be on how to accurately describe data using simple, effective and psychologically meaningful models.

PhD Student
Email: yc27371@um.edu.mo

I study human decision-making using modelling, empirical research, and neuroimaging. My goal is to deeply investigate decision mechanisms and their influencing factors, while verifying the applicability of decision-making models.

PhD Student
Email: yc37308@um.edu.mo

My current research focuses on body image, body talk and disordered eating behaviors among older adults. I am interested in exploring an effective way to help older adults with disordered eating behaviors improve life quality as well as physical and psychological health.

PhD Student
Email: yc37309@um.edu.mo

I am interested in lifestyle behaviors (e.g., physical activity, sleep, diet) and mental health promotion, including 1) interplay between lifestyle behaviors and mental health status, 2) modifiable factors that influence lifestyle behaviors, and 3) personalized interventions targeted at changing lifestyle behaviors. I hope my research can contribute to providing a simple and effective solution for health promotion.

PhD Student
Email: yc37326@um.edu.mo

My research interests are centered around the decision-making progress among gamblers. Specifically, I’m dedicated to examining the brain mechanism(s) of the decision-making strategies among gamblers. Moreover, I also aim to test the predicted roles of decision-making strategy and gambling-related bias on the development of gambling disorder.

PhD Student
Email: yc37335@um.edu.mo

I am currently interested in the “social brain”, especially social cognition, social interaction, and social inference.

PhD Student
Email: yc37382@um.edu.mo

My current research interests focus on the mechanisms of creativity for neurodiverse populations, attempting to unravel their intrinsic nature from cognitive, behavioral, and neurogenetic perspectives. In addition, I have a broad interest in the epidemiology, etiology, and translational psychiatry of common psychiatric disorders (e.g., adolescent self-harm, autism, ADHD, dissociative disorders, depression and anxiety, and schizophrenia).

PhD Student
Email: yc47337@um.edu.mo

I am interested in using behavioural and neuroscientific methods to study cognition in ageing, in particular the behavioural performance, brain activity and psychological mechanisms of people with dementia. I am also interested in practical interventions that can effectively improve the quality of life of older people.

PhD Student
Email: yc47318@um.edu.mo

I am curious about how cognition and emotion interact to influence individuals’ trade-offs during decision-making processes and ultimately lead them to make a rational or impulsive decision. Therefore, my aim is to clarify the cognitive neural mechanisms underlying the decision-making behaviors through multimodal methods, including neuroimaging, mathematic modeling, neuromodulation, and etc.

PhD Student
Email: yc47316@um.edu.mo

My research interests mainly focus on: 1) understanding the risk and resilience of adolescents’ mental health problems from the perspectives of school, family, and peers; and 2) the development and implementation of school-, family-, and community-based mental health interventions to foster adolescents’ improved mental well-being.

PhD Student
Email: yc47339@um.edu.mo

My previous work focused on investigating the neural mechanisms of anhedonia and emotional memory deficits in individuals with depression, including the development of non-invasive brain stimulation protocols, primarily using tACS. Currently, I am interested in exploring temporal distortions in depressed populations and examining how motor movement influences this process through the use of various neuroimaging tools. 

PhD Student
Email: yc47346@um.edu.mo

Meng Xiaoxuan’s Research Overview: Focuses on clinically related psychology topics (e.g., anxiety, depression, PTSD), family health, family resilience, and health-related big data mining.

孟小暄个人研究领域简述：与临床相关的心理学内容（如，焦虑、抑郁、PTSD等），家庭健康、家庭复原力，以及健康相关大数据挖掘。

PhD Student
Email: yc47315@um.edu.mo

My research focuses on protective factors that help prevent behavioral addictions (e.g., problematic smartphone use, gaming addiction, gambling addiction) from a social psychology perspective. I am also interested in the application of quantitative research methods within psychological studies.

Department Secretary (Undergraduate Student Related Affairs)
Room: E21-3053
Tel: +(853) 8822 8381
Email: xavierachong@um.edu.mo

Department Secretary (Postgraduate Student Related Affairs)
Room: E21-3053
Tel: +(853) 8822 4261
Email: fabianatang@um.edu.mo

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