For the past decade, I have run two semi-independent labs, the Attention, Control, & Training Laboratory (ACT Lab) at the N.1 Institute for Health and the Yale-NUS Cognition & Attention Laboratory (YNCA Lab) at Yale-NUS. The ACT Lab consists of researchers who use behavioral, electrophysiological, and neuroimaging approaches.
The YNCA Lab consisted of undergraduate research associates engaged in behavioral research, many during term and some during the summer, including as part of CIPE's programmes.
Students who completed independent research projects in either lab are listed on the Capstones page.
Current members
Obana Takashi (Research Fellow, since 2017; PhD student in Psychology, 2014-2017, with Stephen Lim)
Chai Jing Wen (Instructor, since 2024; PhD student in Psychology, 2020-2024, with Melvin Yap)
Karen Sasmita (Research Fellow, since 2024)
Leong En-Lin (PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering, since 2024, with Dean Ho; Research Assistant, 2021-2023)
Kwek Siong Peng (PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering, since 2023, with Dean Ho)
Chua Yun Da (PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering, since 2025; Research Assistant, 2023-2025)
David-Cristian Anghel (Research Assistant, since 2024)
Yan Yi Xuan (Research Assistant, since 2025; student research associate, 2023-2024)
Jordan Lim (BME final year project student, since 2025)
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 (Master's student visiting from Utrecht University, 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)
Student Research Associate Alums
(former capstone students listed here)
David-Cristian Anghel (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)