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The ACT Lab
The ACT Lab
I currently lead the Attention, Control, & Training Laboratory at the N.1 Institute for Health. We use behavioral, electrophysiological, and neuroimaging approaches to advance basic science, and we design and test applications in education and medicine.
We work closely with Stuart Derbyshire (NUS Psychology), Dean Ho (NUS Biomedical Engineering & N.1 Institute for Health), Yen Shih-Cheng (NUS Engineering Design and Innovation Centre), and Thomas Yeo (NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine).
Current members
Current members
Karen Sasmita [scholar] [orcid] [website]
Research Fellow, since 2024
Leong En-Lin [scholar] [orcid] [linkedin]
PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering, since 2024, with Dean Ho; Research Assistant, 2021-2023
Kwek Siong Peng [orcid] [linkedin]
PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering, since 2023, with Dean Ho
Chua Yun Da [scholar] [orcid] [linkedin]
PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering, since 2025; Research Assistant, 2023-2025
Yan Yi Xuan
PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering, since 2026; Research Assistant, 2025-2026
David-Cristian Anghel [orcid] [linkedin]
Research Assistant, since 2024
Mahir Amer [website]
Research Assistant, since 2026
Sarah Aleisha Sha'izad [orcid] [linkedin]
Research Assistant, since 2026
Obana Takashi [orcid]
Adjunct Research Fellow, since 2025; Research Fellow, 2017-2025; PhD student in Psychology, 2014-2017, with Stephen Lim
Instructor in NUS ELTS, since 2024; PhD student in Psychology, 2020-2024, with Melvin Yap
Andrei Dragomir [scholar] [orcid] [linkedin]
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, since 2024
Alums
Alums
Alvin Wong (Research Assistant, 2021-2023; Master of Social Science student, 2019-2021, with Stuart Derbyshire)
Lee Puei Yee, Jane (Research Assistant, 2023)
Grady Ng (Research Assistant, 2020-2021)
Eda Şemsioğlu (Research Assistant, 2020)
Freke van Dijk (Visiting Master's student, 2020)
Esther Wu (Research Fellow, 2017-2020)
Stevia Ng (Master of Social Science, 2016-2020, with Stuart Derbyshire)
Fiona Yong (Research Assistant, 2019)
Gwenisha Liaw (Research Assistant, 2015-2019)
Chee Wei Yan (Research Assistant, 2017-2018)
Tan Zhi Yi (Intern, 2018)
Vedanta Attri (Intern, 2016-2017)
Tiffany Chia (Research Assistant, 2014-2016)
Ido Amihai (Research Fellow, 2014-2015)
Image credit: Joan Ongchoco
The YNCA Lab
The YNCA Lab
From 2013-2025, I ran a second, semi-independent lab at Yale-NUS College (first in a pair of dorm rooms in RC4), the Yale-NUS Cognition & Attention Laboratory. The YNCA Lab consisted of undergraduate research associates engaged in behavioral research, many during term and some during the summer.
Students who completed (guided) independent research projects are listed on the Capstones page.
Student Research Associate Alums
Student Research Associate Alums
David-Cristian Anghel (2024)
Yan Yi Xuan (2023-2024)
Reese Nicole Huang Jing Wen (2022-2023)
Sundarimaa Erdembileg (2022-2024)
Sanghvi Heli Kaushal (2022-2023)
Tan Zhi Yi (2018, 2021-2022)
Wang Ziying (2020-2022)
Nicholas Benedict Tan Hock Ann (2022-2024)
Lee Jin Shaun (2022)
Marcellinus Jerricho (2021)
Jane Lee Puei Yee (2021)
Ng Kye Been (2021)
Jasmine Anya Putri Gowidjaja (2021)
Lim Zi Yang (2021)
Leong En-Lin (2019-2020)
Freya Lalani (2020-2021)
Shivani Dayal (2020)
Dolphie Bou (2020)
Callista Anne Yin Kai Ren (2020)
Noel Heng Jin Kiat (2020)
Liyana Doneva (2020)
Saw Young Ern (2016-2019)
Edina Tan (2016-2019)
Elysia Poh (2016-2019)
Hajin Hyun (2018)
Koh Xun Quan (2017-2018)
Lingges Rao (2017-2018)
Chong Wen Wei (2017-2018)
Koh Kian Hao (2017-2018)
Chae Woon (Grace) Kwak (2018)
Goh Rui Zhe (2018)
Anjali Kannangath (2018)
Ng Weng Lin (2018)
Kirsten Ho (2018)
Stephanie Chee (2017)
Winnie Chiang (2017)
Adrian Stymne (2013-2016)
Anjali Hazra (2015-2016)
Clin Lai (2015-2016)
Wang JunYang (2016)
Andy Chen (2013-2015)
John Reid (2014-2015)
Helen Jin (2014-2015)
Roshan Singh (2014-2015)
Denise Ng (2013-2014)
Koh Wei Jie (2014)
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