People

Principal Investigator

Xiaonan L. Liu

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Tel: (852) 3943 4377

Email: xliu@cuhk.edu.hk


Graduate Students

Lei Chen

3rd-year Ph.D. Student

Tel: (852)39434247

Email: leipsy@link.cuhk.edu.hk

I'm interested in how individuals acquire knowledge from daily experience and dynamic environments. Motivated to further understand the neural/biological, cognitive, and computational mechanisms of such a learning process, I focus on memory and sleep in my current work. But I am also open to other related topics, such as decision-making, statistical learning, and causal reasoning, and happy to look at the development and mental health aspects in my future research.

Aike Shi

1st-year Ph.D. Student

Tel: (852)39434247

Email: Ak-Shi@link.cuhk.edu.hk

My research is about the metacognitive processes of human learning and memory. I have found it fascinating to explore how people understand their own mnemonic behaviors and accordingly adjust their learning strategies for better performance. Unfortunately, it’s been well documented that many learners lack the awareness of some beneficial learning strategies such as taking retrieval practice/tests, making judgments of learning, and interleaving study materials, etc. My current work is to figure out how our metacognitive system functions during the aforementioned processes, and I wish I could help more people learn more efficiently with my findings.

Kehan Zhou (Sophie)

1st-year Ph.D. Student

Tel: (852)39434247

Email: kzhou@link.cuhk.edu.hk


I'm currently interested in how individuals acquire and memorize languages in a different modal (e.g., sign language) compared to their previously-acquired language(s) (e.g., spoken language), and I would like to explore this field through both behavioural and neuroimaging methods. At the same time, linguistic concepts, such as bilingualism or multilingualism, might also play a role in my future research to look for potential patterns during cognition/acquisition of a new language.

Research Assistant

Mingrou GUO

Research Assistant

Tel: (852) 39434247

Email: mrguo@cuhk.edu.hk

My research interests primarily revolve around human episodic memory. I specialize in EEG and signal processing. I am particularly intrigued by the impact of various approaches on memory and the corresponding underlying mechanisms. These approaches encompass cognitive strategies, sleep, tACS, rhythmic auditory stimuli, physical environment, and more. I find them captivating and believe they complement one another.

Yixuan LIU

Research Assistant

Tel: (852) 39434247

Email: yixuanliu@cuhk.edu.hk 

My research interests focus on the distinctions in memory processes across different populations. Specifically, I investigate how familiarity memory and recollection memory vary among young adults, older adults, and older adults with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Additionally, I aim to understand which changes in neural mechanisms during different memory stages contribute to these differences. I am passionate about utilizing neuroimaging methods, particularly fMRI and MRI, as they enable me to explore memory-related brain regions, with an emphasis on both structural and functional aspects.

Lab Alumni

Esther Chen                               Research Assistant

Yilin Gu                                        Master Student

Siyu Chen                                    Master Student 

Jeffrey  Chun-Yin Fong        Undergraduate Student