NSFC/RGC Joint Symposium on Decision Making Neuroscience

Details

Date

Saturday & Sunday November 20 & 21, 2021

Time

8:30am – 5:15pm (November 20)
9:00am – 5:10pm (November 21)

Venue

KK101, 1/F, K.K. Leung Building, HKU

Director

Professor Tatia Lee

State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Co-Director

Professor Pak Chung Sham

State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Day 1 - Speakers

The Mediating Role of Dopamine System in Brain Cognitive Functions and Mental Processes

Professor Aike Guo

Institute of Biophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Processing Speed and Neurodegeneration

Professor Chetwyn Chan

Department of Psychology
The Education University of Hong Kong

Human Gentle Caress Tunes the Social Brain

Professor Annett Schirmer

Department of Psychology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prospective and Retrospective Loss Aversion in the Human Brain

Professor Jian Li

School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
Peking University

Dynamic Salience Processing in Paraventricular Thalamus Gates Associative Learning

Professor Yingjie Zhu

Institute of Brain Cognition and Brain Diseases
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Neurocognitive Mechanisms of the Rally-round-the-flag Effect

Professor Yina Ma

State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning
Beijing Normal University

Social Navigation: How Spatial Codes Support Navigating in the Abstract Social Space

Professor Chao Liu

Faculty of Psychology
Beijing Normal University

Eye Movement Analysis with Hidden Markov Models (EMHMM) and its Applications in Cognitive Research

Dr Janet H Hsiao

Department of Psychology
The University of Hong Kong

An Active Inference Account of Hypervigilance in Threat-Related Perceptual Decision-Making in Anxiety

Dr Frances Jin

Department of Psychology
The University of Hong Kong

Physical Exercise on Promoting Brain Health

Dr Sonata Yau

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Role of Disordered Cognition and Emotion in Apathy

Professor André Aleman

University of Groningen and Shenzhen University

Causal Role of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Learning Social Hierarchies

Professor Chen Qu

School of Psychology
South China Normal University

Using the Virtual Reality Experimental Platform to Quantitatively Measure Human Social Interaction Space

Professor Shuguang Kuai

School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
East China Normal University

Disassociating Conformity-driven and Self-interest-driven Dishonest Behaviors and their Effects on Residents’ Attitudes toward Epidemic Controls

Dr Siyang Luo

Laboratory of Social Culture and Affective Neuroscience
Sun Yat-sen University

The Brain Mechanism of Social Framing Effect

Professor Ruolei Gu

Institute of Psychology
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Day 2 - Speakers

Segregation, Integration and Balance of Large-scale Resting Brain Networks Configure Different Cognitive Abilities Across Individuals

Professor Changsong Zhou

Department of Physics
Hong Kong Baptist University

Cholecystokinin B Receptor Agonist Switches Hippocampal and Corticocortical LTP and Rescues Anterograde Amnesia in Alzheimer’s Disease

Professor Jufang He

Department of Neuroscience
City University of Hong Kong

Virtual Idols in the Metaverse: Sensory Abilities of Perception and Effectiveness of Commerce

Professor Xinyue Zhou

Department of Marketing
Zhejiang University

Human's Flexible Learning and Decision-making Mechanism based on Cognitive Maps

Dr Yunzhe Liu

State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning
Beijing Normal University

The Neurocognitive Processes Underlying Trust: From ERP/ERO to Hyperscanning

Professor Yiwen Wang

Institute of Business Administration
Fuzhou University

Information Sharing among Group Members Benefits Problem Solving and the Underlying Brain-to-brain Mechanism

Professor Xianchun Li

School of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
East China Normal University

Predicting and Improving Relationship Quality -
the Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus Mediates Positive Perceptions Updating about Romantic Partners

Professor Xiaochu Zhang

School of Life Sciences
University of Science and Technology

A Lesson from the Environmental Enrichment: Parvalbumin Interneuron Acts as a Key Regulator for the Yin and Yang of the Frontal Cortex

Dr Cora Lai

School of Biomedical Sciences
The University of Hong Kong

Treatment of Insomnia in Youth: Challenges and Recent Developments

Dr Shirley X Li

Department of Psychology
The University of Hong Kong

Brain Network under Stress

Dr Rongjun Yu

Department of Management
Hong Kong Baptist University

Neuroplasticity of the Tone-deaf Brain

Dr Caicai Zhang

Department of Chinese & Bilingual Studies
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Computation and Neural Mechanism of Learning and Decision-making in Dynamic Environments

Professor Qi Chen

School of Psychology
South China Normal University

Drug Addiction and Neuromodulation

Professor Tifei Yuan

School of Medicine
Shanghai Jiaotong University

The Dominant Role of Loss Aversion in Risk Decision Making

Professor Pengfei Xu

Faculty of Psychology
Beijing Normal University

Controlling Unwanted Memories

Dr Xiaoqing Hu

Department of Psychology
The University of Hong Kong

Enquiry

Ms Maisie Cheung