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George Christopoulos (Principal Investigator)
Our research has received >$3m to examine, using advanced neurobehavioral methods, the following questions:
- Environmental (Urban) Neuroscience: we focus on the effect of indoor and outdoor spaces, and their architectural characteristics on human performance, health and happiness. A recent grant examines the effect of soundscaping and sounds on human cognition
- Human learning and decision making (risk and trust), with a focus on cognitive flexibility and computerised training of working adults
- Beauty and aesthetics: deeper beliefs about beauty and how they affect consumption of cosmetics; and how culture and cultural symbols (statues, images, buildings) affect emotions as well aesthetic and other judgments;
- Methods: besides traditional methods, we employ behavioural methods derived from psychology; computational methods stemming from game theory, learning theory and microeconomics; and biological measurements such as human neuroimaging using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and EEG; and we are also interested in Virtual Reality and Wearables.
Besides typical grants we have also collaborated with and supported by various private companies and multinationals (such as cosmetics companies) to understand how consumers choose and use cosmetics and other products, using implicit and explicit methods .
Our research has been published in leading multidisciplinary and specialized journals (Journal of Neuroscience, PNAS, Building and Environment, Energy Research & Social Science, Journal of Experimental Social psychology, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Journal of Business Ethics etc.).
Research (PostDoctoral) Fellows
Adam Roberts (Ph.D. Sheffield; Previous PostDoc Oxford): Psychological and neurobiological aspects associated with the built environment
Alvin Lee (Ph.D. University of Western Australia)
I am a cognitive neuroscientist with a PhD from the School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, under the joint supervision of Allison Fox (Neurocognitive Development Unit) and Lies Notebaert (Centre for the Advancement of Research on Emotion). My PhD research aimed at examining the neurobiological underpinnings of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, as well as other internalising symptoms, in children and adults. Currently, I am a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University working on a project regarding the psychological effects of soundscape. My research interests include biological psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, and human factors.
Shengchuang Feng (Ph.D. Virginia Tech)
I am currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition (CLIC) of Nanyang Technological University. I received my doctoral degree in psychology at Virginia Tech, and was a postdoctoral associate at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute of Virginia Tech. My research interests include social cognition, reward-guided learning/decision making and related disruptions in mental disorders such as depression, addiction, and anxiety. I use computational models, self-report measures, and functional magnetic resonance imaging to understand both behavioural and neural mechanisms of social/nonsocial cognition in healthy people as well as in mental illnesses.
Nadhilla Velda Melia (Ph.D. Singapore Management University)
I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition (CLIC) at NTU. I received my PhD in Psychology from Singapore Management University. My research interests lie in social decision making, emotions and group cooperation. Specifically, I am interested in how others’ emotion expressions affect an individual’s decision making and cooperative behaviours. At CLIC, I will be investigating the relationships between sociocognitive variables, such as tolerance of uncertainty and perceived social support, and cognitive flexibility.
PhD Students
SAM Yoke Loo, Emma (Science of Learning)
My research interests include organisational behaviours, career development, neuromarketing, behavioural & experimental designs, quantitative multivariate analysis, and psychometrics. For my thesis, I will be developing a nomological network of Cognitive Flexibility (CF) to explain the role and impact of CF on career decision making and outcomes.
Irene Melani (Culture and Cognition)
I am a visiting Ph.D. Candidate from the University of Michigan, USA. My research interests lie broadly at the intersections of culture, cognition, and intra/intergroup processes. Specifically, I am interested in the cognitive mechanisms underlying cultural variations and the ways individuals organize themselves within groups. My research seeks the use of interdisciplinary methods, with a focus on neuroscience and behavioral economic games approaches.
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Research Assistants
Lee Li Ling
After graduation (in psychology) from James Cook University, Singapore, I joined a lab and researched on topics focusing on the effect of socio-cultural factors on appetite and eating behaviour for a few years. My research interest is in social and cultural psychology, specifically in understand how socio-cultural factors affects different aspect of human mental and psychology behaviours.
Yap Hui Shan
After my graduation from UB-SIM (in Psychology), I worked with a multi-disciplinary research group from NTU examining how different psychological and social factors can affect an individual’s functioning in (and their perception of) different spaces. My current research interest includes exploring topics related to social psychology, neuropsychology as well as learn more about different analysis methods.
Elliot Chan
Chan Yuan Ni
After graduating with a Bachelor of Science from Monash University, Australia, I completed my fourth year studies in Psychology at Deakin University, Australia. My research interests are in the field of social psychology as well as neuropsychology.
Pei Jia Ying
I am a graduate of National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Psychology. My research interests lie primarily in examining the environmental and social factors that affect the cognitive and behavioural development of children and adolescents.
Furry members
Duo-Duo (Super Principal Investigator)
Duo Duo is the pack leader. He likes car rides. Emma is his Hooman.
Tyler likes to bark while Hui Shan is on Zoom.
William (left) and Raffles actually work with Prof. Gemma Calvert . They do research in food evaluation and barking! George is their guardian and also dog-sits them occasionally! George’s apartment is their holiday house!
Teddy and Oreo! Our cats offer emotional support to Yuan Ni
Squishy winking – or trying to!
Tails helps Elliot with his VR projects!
Alumni
Tanya Tan: Assistant Professor The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Natalie Truong Faust: Assistant Professor, NOVA Business School, Portugal. Check out our Experimental Aesthetics & Asian Beauty section here to see what she is up to!
Yap Wei Jie: Data Scientist (NUS Singapore)
Eun Hee Lee: Assistant Professor, The University of Nottingham
Chengwen (Daisy) Luo: Data Scientist and Machine Learning Specialist (BioFourmis)
Sean Fitzgerald: City University of London (PostDoc)
Kim Loong (PhD): SkillsFuture GS
Irene Melani: Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan, USA. My research interests lie broadly at the intersections of culture, cognition, and intra/intergroup processes. Specifically, I am interested in the cognitive mechanisms underlying cultural variations and the ways individuals organize themselves within groups. My research seeks the use of interdisciplinary methods, with a focus on neuroscience and behavioral economic games approaches.