Academic Staff

Prof. David SHUM

Yeung Tsang Wing Yee and Tsang Wing Hing Professor in Neuropsychology, Chair Professor of Neuropsychology and Dean of Faculty of Health and Social Sciences

BA Massey, PhD Qld, FAPS, FCCN, FASSBI

A401
+852 2766 4510
david.shum@polyu.edu.hk

PolyU Scholars Hub

ORCID ID

SCOPUS ID

Biography

Prof. Shum is a neuropsychologist who has over 30 years of experience in the assessment and rehabilitation of higher-level cognitive functions (e.g., attention, memory, and executive function) in normal and brain-injured children and adults. He has published a number of neuropsychological tests such as the Comprehensive Assessment of Prospective Memory and the Australian Retrograde Memory Test and has also conducted many randomized controlled trials that evaluated the effectiveness of training/intervention on brain functions. Prof. Shum has been awarded over 25 national and international competitive grants by funding bodies such as the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council in Australia and the Hong Kong Research Grants Council. He has published 4 books, 1 edited book, 8 book chapters, over 235 refereed journal articles, and 6 encyclopaedia entries. Prof. Shum has been invited to present his research at many national and international conferences and he is on the editorial board of international journals such as Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and PsyCh Journal. In 2015, Prof. Shum was appointed an Honorary Academic Consultant at the Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Chinese Mainland. In 2017, he was appointed a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Chinese Mainland.

Education and Academic Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Massey University
Bachelor of Arts, Massey University
Doctor of Philosophy, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

Professional Qualifications

Fellowship of the Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment
Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society
Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science
Academic Member of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists
Associate Fellow of the Hong Kong Psychological Society

Research Interests

Research Output

Cao, Y., So, W. W. Y., Wang, Y., Hu, D. D., Xie, Y., Gu, J., Chan, R. C. K., & Shum, D. H. K. (2025). Adaptation of the virtual assessment of mentalizing ability and evaluation of its utility and psychometric properties in Chinese individuals on the schizophrenia spectrum. Schizophrenia, 11(1), 43. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-025-00594-1
Chan, R. C. F., Zhou, J. H. S., Cao, Y., Lo, K., Ng, P. H. F., Shum, D. H. K., & Wong, A. Y. L. (2025). Nonpharmacological multimodal interventions for cognitive functions in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: Scoping review. JMIR Aging, 8, e70291. https://doi.org/10.2196/70291
Chau, B. K. H., Law, C. K., To, J. Y. L., Shum, D. H. K., & Mars, R. B. (2025). Complex functions of human lateral frontopolar cortex. Brain, 148(11), 3833–3843. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaf289
Li, D., Cao, Y., Hui, B. P. H., & Shum, D. H. K. (2024). Are older adults more prosocial than younger adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis. The Gerontologist, 64(9). https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae082
Liang, X., Xu, R. H., Zhao, M., Qu, L., & Shum, D. H. K. (2024). Impact of a physical exercise intervention on psychological resilience and mental ill-being in medical-naïve children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 29(10), 1764–1775. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2024.2407449
Tse, Z. C. K., Cao, Y., Chau, B. K. H., Yeung, M. K., Leung, C., & Shum, D. H. K. (2024). Does playing mahjong benefit older individuals? A scoping review. Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease, 11(5), 1363–1377. https://doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2024.102
Wang, S., Andrews, G., Pendergast, D., Neumann, D. L., Liang, X., Cao, Y., Li, D., & Shum, D. H. K. (2025). Age-related changes in theory of mind in middle childhood: A cross-cultural comparison between Australian and Chinese children. Developmental Neuropsychology, 50(3-8), 150–167. https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2025.2560482
Yu, M. H. M., Cao, Y., Fung, S. S. Y., Kwan, G. S. Y., Tse, Z. C. K., & Shum, D. H. K. (2025). Intolerance of uncertainty, aging, and anxiety and mental health concerns: A scoping review and meta-analysis. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 110, 102975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2025.102975
Zhang, H., Liang, X., Hsu, C. L., Chan, R. C. F., Feng, Y., Yeung, Y. K., Li, D., Wang, P., & Shum, D. H. K. (2025). Brain–behavior relationships in task-based fMRI assessments of executive functions in children and adolescents with and without ADHD: A systematic review and ALE meta-analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 25, 1168. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-07593-7
Zhang, H., Zhang, J., Hsu, C. L., Hui, E. S., Tse, K. H., Mak, H. K. F., & Shum, D. H. K. (2025). Longitudinal effects of sex differences and apolipoprotein E genotype on white matter engagement among elderly. Brain Communications, 7(4), fcaf278. https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcaf278