Past Events

Regulation of microglial functions by IL-33/ST2 signaling: developing therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s disease

Regulation of microglial functions by IL-33/ST2 signaling: developing therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s disease Speaker: Dr WONG Hiu Yi (Research Assistant Professor Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Overview: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause

[FH-RISA-RCLCN Joint Distinguished Lecture] Age-Related Compensation in Memory Networks and Representations

[FH-RISA-RCLCN Joint Distinguished Lecture] Age-Related Compensation in Memory Networks and Representations Speaker: Prof. Roberto CABEZA (Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University Department of Psychology, Humboldt University-Berlin)

Controlling Unwanted Memory and Adaptive Forgetting

Controlling Unwanted Memory and Adaptive Forgetting Speaker: Dr HU Xiaoqing (Assistant Professor Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong) Overview: All of us have memories that we do not wish to revisit, such as past wrongdoings or trauma.All of us have memories that we do not wish to revisit, such as past wrongdoings or trauma.While constructive reflections of unwanted memories benefit personal growth, such memoriescan become debilitating when left uncontrolled. Deficiencies in memory control may alsoperpetuate the development of psychiatric disorders such as PTSD, depression and anxietydisorders. An adaptive system thus needs to voluntarily control unwanted memories and theirinfluences

Prosodic Differences between Cantonese-speaking Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder

Prosodic Differences between Cantonese-speaking Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder Speaker: Dr CHEN Si (Assistant Professor Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Overview: Abnormal speech prosody has been widely

How do people understand implausible sentences?

How do people understand implausible sentences? Speaker: Prof. CAI Zhenguang (Assistant Professor Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages / Brain and Mind Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Overview: People sometimes interpret implausible sentences nonliterally, for example treating The mother gave the candle the daughter as meaning

The Eyes Are the Windows to the Thoughts

The Eyes Are the Windows to the Thoughts Speaker: Dr HSU Yu Yin (Assistant Professor Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Overview: In this talk, I present an eye-tracking study on adult native speakers’ language comprehension during natural text reading. This study employed a novel – the Little Prince – arranged with two different reading paradigms. Two experiments were involved:

A Journey into Language: Evolution, Cognition, and Neuroscience

A Journey into Language: Evolution, Cognition, and Neuroscience Speaker: Dr Manson Cheuk Man Fong (Research Assistant Professor Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Overview: Humans are but one of the numerous species on our Earth. Yet indisputably, we have become "Masters of the Planet", having ventured into every part of the world. A primary reason for this remarkable success is due to the invention

Boya Linguistic Forum: Language Variation across the Lifespan, Forestalling cognitive decline

Boya Linguistic Forum: Language Variation across the Lifespan, Forestalling cognitive decline Speaker: Dr XIE Chenwei (Research Assistant Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Click here to download PDF for review Date: 5 November 2022 (Saturday)

Analysis of structural and resting-state functional MRI data using FreeSurfer - UBDA workshop

Analysis of structural and resting-state functional MRI data using FreeSurfer - UBDA workshop Speaker: Dr Manson C-M. Fong (Research Assistant Professor Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

How does music reading experience modulate eye movement pattern in sentence reading in bilinguals? A correlational study

How does music reading experience modulate eye movement pattern in sentence reading in bilinguals? A correlational study Speaker: Dr Janet H. HSIAO (Associate Professor Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong)