CV

Curriculum Vitae

Ming Ann Lui

Email: m-lui@u.northwestern.edu

Education

Northwestern University Ph.D. in Psychology (Brain, Behavior, and Cognition)

Northwestern University M.Sc. in Psychology

Chinese University of Hong Kong M. Phil. in Psychology

Chinese University of Hong Kong B. S. Sc. in Psychology

Academic Positions

Present

§ Associate Professor, Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University

§ Director of Center for Child Development, Hong Kong Baptist University

§ Associate Director of Centre for Learning Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University

§ Honorary Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong

Previous

§ Assistant Professor, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, Taiwan

§ Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Special Educational Needs & Inclusive Education, The Hong Kong Institute of Education

§ Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore

Research Interests

I am interested in the interplay between emotion and cognition in general population and also people with special needs, such as autistic spectrum disorders. I examine these research questions with experimental psychology approach and cognitive neuroscience tools (e.g. event-related potentials).

§ Research Areas: Social and Affective Neuroscience, Psychophysiology, Cognitive Psychology, Special Education

Publications

Journal Articles

1. Bagherzadeh-Azbari, S., Lau, G. K. B., Ouyang, G., Zhou, C., Hildebrandt, A., Sommer, W., & M. Lui (accepted). Multimodal evidence of atypical processing of eye gaze and facial emotion in children with autistic traits. Frontiers Human Neuroscience. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2022.733852/abstract

2. Wong, Y. K., Tong, C. K. Y., Lui, M., & Wong, A. C. N. (2021). Perceptual expertise with Chinese characters predicts Chinese reading performance among Hong Kong Chinese children with developmental dyslexia. PLOS One, 16(1), e0243440. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0243440

3. Lui, M.*, Li, X., Sommer, W., Hildebrandt, A., Lau, G. K, & Zhou, C.* (2020). Sex differences in behavioral and brain responses to incongruity in emotional speech controlling for autistic traits. Biological Psychology, 157, 107973. [SSCI; IF = 3.52, Q1 in Experimental Psychology] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301051120301332

4. Lui, M., Lau, G. K. B., Tam, V. C. W.*, Chiu, H. M., Li, S. S. C., & Sin, K. F. (2020). Parents’ impact on children’s school performance: marital satisfaction, parental involvement, and mental health. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29, 1548-1560. [SSCI; IF = 2.11] https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10826-019-01655-7.pdf

5. Zou, Y., Lui, M., & Tsang, Y. K. (2020). The roles of lexical tone and rime during Mandarin sentence comprehension: An event-related potential study. Neuropsychologia, 107578. [SCI; IF = 2.85] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028393220302517

6. Yang, L. J., Chiu, H. M., Sin, K. F., & Lui, M.* (2020). The effects of school support on school engagement with self-determination as a mediator in students with special needs. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education. (* corresponding author) [SSCI; IF = 1.07] https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8SS4VTPU5UT83NATWC9C/full?target=10.1080/1034912X.2020.1719046

7. Lui, M.*, So, W. C., & Tsang, Y. K. (2018). Neural Evidence for Reduced Automaticity in Processing Emotional Prosody among Men with High Levels of Autistic Traits. Physiology & Behavior, 196, 47-58. [SSCI; IF = 2.85; rank 4/14 in Biological Psychology] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938418306899

8. Lui, M.*, Lui, K. F.H., Wong, A. C. N., & Rosenfeld, J. P. (2018). Suppression of 12-Hz SSVEPs when Viewing Familiar Faces: An Electrophysiological Index to Detect Recognition. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 133, 159-168.[SSCI; IF = 3.17] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016787601830076X

9. Lui, M.*, & Hsu, M. (2018). Viewing sexual images is associated with reduced physiological arousal response to gambling loss. PLoS ONE,13(4), e0195748. [SCIE; IF = 3.34] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0195748

10. Lui, M.*, Yang, L., & Sin, K. F. (2017). Parents’ perspective of the impact of school practices on the functioning of students with special educational needs. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1:20. [SSCI; IF = 1.07] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1034912X.2017.1315803

11. Tsang, Y. K., Huang, J., Lui, M., Xue, M., Chan, Y. W. F., Wang, S., & Chen, H. C. (2017). MELD-SCH: A megastudy of lexical decision in simplified Chinese. Behavior Research Methods, 1-15. [SSCI; IF = 4.71; rank: 6/88, Q1 in Experimental Psychology] https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-017-0944-0

12. Lui, M.*, Sin, K. F., Yang, L., Forlin, C., & Ho, F. C. (2015). Knowledge and perceived social norm predict parents’ attitudes towards inclusive education. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 19, 1052-1067. [SSCI; IF = 1.38] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13603116.2015.1037866

13. So, W. C., Wong, M. K. Y., Lui, M., & Yip, V. (2015). The development of co-speech gesture and its semantic integration with speech in six- to 12-year-old children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism, 19, 956-968. [SSCI; IF = 4.72; rank: 10/74, Q1 in Developmental Psychology]

14. So, W. C., Lui, M., Wong, T. K., & Sit, L. T. (2015).The use of hand gestures to communicate about nonpresent objects in mind among children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58, 373-382. [SSCI; IF = 2.29, Q1 in Language and Linguistics] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1362361314556783

15. Yang, L., Sin, K. F., & Lui, M. (2015). Social, emotional, and academic functioning of children with SEN integrated in Hong Kong primary schools. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 24, 545-555. [SSCI; IF = .85]

16. Yan, Z., Lum, C. W. R., Lui, T. L. R., Chu, S. W. S., & Lui, M. (2015). Measuring teaching assistants’ efficacy using Rasch model. Journal of Applied Measurement, 16(1), 60-75.

17. Yang L., Sin K. F., Li X. Y., Guo, J. S. & Lui, M. (2014). Understanding the power of feedback in education: A validation study of the Feedback Orientation Scale (FOS) in Classrooms. The International Journal of Psychological and Educational Assessment (TIJEPA), 16 (2), 20-46.

18. Lui. M., Penney, T. B., & Schirmer, A. (2011). Emotion effects on timing: Attention versus pacemaker accounts. PLoS One, 6(7), e21829. [SCIE; IF = 3.34] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0021829

19. Chen, J. C. W., Li, W., Lui, M., & Paller, K. A. (2009). Left-frontal brain potentials index conceptual implicit memory for words initially viewed subliminally. Brain Research, 1285, 135-147. [SCI; IF = 2.94]

20. Lui, M.*, & Rosenfeld, J. P. (2009). The application of subliminal priming in lie detection: scenario for identification of members of a terrorist ring. Psychophysiology, 46, 889-903. [SCI; IF = 3.32; rank 17/77; Q1 in Psychology] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00810.x

21. Lui, M.*, & Rosenfeld, J. P. (2009). Thirty-Site P300 scalp distribution, amplitude variance across sites, and amplitude in detection of deception regarding concealment of multiple guilty items. Social Neuroscience, 4, 491-509. [SCI; IF = 4.35] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17470910802047964

22. Lui, M.*, & Rosenfeld, J. P. (2008). Detection of deception about multiple, concealed, mock crime items, based on a spatial-temporal analysis of ERP amplitude and scalp distribution. Psychophysiology, 45, 721-730. [SCI; IF = 3.32; rank 17/77; Q1 in Psychology] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00683.x

23. Rosenfeld, J. P., Labkovsky, E., Winograd, M., Lui, M., Vandenboom, C., & Chedid, E. (2008). The Complex Trial Protocol (CTP): A novel, countermeasure-resistant, accurate P300-based method for detection of concealed information. Psychophysiology, 45, 603-617. [SCI; IF = 3.32; rank 17/77; Q1 in Psychology] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00708.x

24. Schirmer, A., Lui, M., Maess, B., Escoffier, N., Chan, M., & Penney, T. B. (2006). Task and sex modulate the brain response to emotional incongruity in Asian listeners. Emotion, 6, 406-417. [SCI; IF = 4.20; rank 17/88; Q1 in Experimental Psychology] https://pure.mpg.de/rest/items/item_726784/component/file_726783/content

Non-peer-reviewed Publications

1. 冼權鋒、呂明合編（2020）：《共融服務學習指南》，香港，香港教育學院特殊學習需要與融合教育中心。ISBN 978-988-12369-6-8

2. 張家偉、彭梓鳴、呂明、 冼權鋒(2019) 。在融合教育中實踐服務學習概念：個案示範，以新視窗打開《香港教師中心學報》，第十八卷， 1-13。 https://www.edb.org.hk/HKTC/download/journal/j18/A01.pdf

Reports (as a co-writer and research committee member)

1. 孫慧敏、冼權鋒合編 (2014)。《「初小自閉症融合生所需主要社交技巧」調查報告》。香港耀能協會及香港教育學院特殊學習需要與融合教育中心。

2. 潘頌兒、呂明、冼權鋒。 (2013)。智障學生中學後持續教育課程需求調查報告。香港:香港教育學院特殊學習需要與融合教育中心。

3. Equal Opportunities Commission (2012). Study on Equal Learning Opportunities for Students with Disabilities under the Integrated Education System. Retrieved from http://www.eoc.org.hk/EOC/Upload/ResearchReport/IE_eReport.pdf

4. 香港教育學院特殊學習需要與融合教育中心。(2012) 。澳門特殊教育專項評鑑報告。Retrieved from http://portal.dsej.gov.mo/webdsejspace/internet/Inter_main_page.jsp#Inter_main_page.jsp?id=8493

5. 吳麗如、冼權鋒合編。 (2012)。香港中學生對自閉症人士的態度調查報告。香港:香港耀能協會與香港教育學院特殊學習需要與融合教育中心。

Grants

1. General Research Fund (GRF), RGC Hong Kong. HKD $754,792. (2021-2023) Does executive function training modulate the effectiveness of self-determination intervention and postschool outcomes for adolescents with intellectual disability? An experimental intervention study. (PI)

2. General Research Fund (GRF), RGC Hong Kong. HKD $641,404. (2018-2021) Examining Affective Prosody Recognition among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Effectiveness of an Auditory Intervention using a Mobile App. (PI)

3. General Research Fund (GRF), RGC Hong Kong. HKD $600,000. (2016-2018) Decoding mental processes with electrophysiological measures: in search of an effective concealed information detection protocol. (PI)

4. General Research Fund (GRF), RGC Hong Kong. HKD $665,352. (2015-2017) Examining the pivotal factors of attitudes towards inclusive education among parents of children with and without special educational needs in a Chinese community: Hong Kong.(Co-I Budget controller of $360,000).

5. UGC Funding Scheme for Teaching and Learning Related Proposals. HKD $ 5,689,600 (2017-19). Special Educational Needs Empowerment Project for Pre-service Teachers. (Co-I Budget controller of $ 1,803,800)

6. Hong Kong Baptist University Interdisciplinary Research Clusters (IRCMs) HKD$ 2,994,600 (2019-2021). Interpretable machine learning aided understanding of complex brain and behavior: from typical individual differences to brain disorders. (Co-I Budget controller of $450,000).

7. Hong Kong Baptist University Interdisciplinary Research Matching Scheme HKD $2,940,000. (2017-2019). A multimensional approach to examine the neural correlates of autistic traits in children, measured via EEG during resting states and social cognition tasks. (Co-I Budget controller of $510,000)

8. Research and Development Projects, Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCHOLAR). HK$ 1,096,663.6 (2018-19). The use of perceptual training in a mobile application to improve Chinese reading performance in children with dyslexia. (Co-I)

9. National Science Council, Taiwan. NTD $ 676,000. (2010-2011). Examining the neural correlates of processing information related to love and hatred, and how these two types of information affect other cognitive processes. (PI).

10. National Science Council, Taiwan. NTD $ 498,000. (2009-2010). An investigation on deception and decision making among fraud offenders and normal subjects with cognitive neuroscience techniques. (PI).

11. National Central University, Taiwan. NTD $ 100,000. (2009-2010). On the role of emotional arousal on sex offender’s decision making and their interaction with opposite and same sex people. (PI).

12. National University of Singapore SRSS Grant. SD $8000. (2008-2009). Memory performance among musicians and non-musicians. (Co-PI).

13. National University of Singapore SRSS Grant. SD $ 8000. (2007-2008). Temporal judgments in different emotional states. (Co-PI).

Courses Taught

Undergraduate:

• EDUC 3007 Inclusive Education and Special Educational Needs

• EDUC 7250 Inclusive Education

• PSYC 3007 Cognitive Psychology

Postgraduate Diploma in Education:

• EDUC 7270 Professional Teacher Development II

Masters of Education:

• EDUC 7610 Data Analysis for Education

• EDUM 7400 Managing Learning Diversity in Inclusive Education Settings

• EDUM 7520 International Perspectives in Inclusive Education

Doctor of Education

• EDUD 7130 Issues in Child and Adolescent Development Research

• EDUD 7030 Development of Research Prospectus and Thesis

Courses Taught at the National Central University, Taiwan (for Masters / PhD students)

• 2009-11 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

• 2009-11 The Learning Brain

• 2010-11 Introduction to Academic Writing

• 2009-11 Advanced Research Seminar

• 2010 Affective & Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory

• 2009 Perspectives in the Study of Emotion & Cognition

Teaching Experience (As a Teaching Assistant)

• 2005-07 Neuroscience & Behavior Laboratory (Northwestern)

• 2006 Neurobiology and Behavior II (Northwestern)

• 2005 Physiological Psychology I (Northwestern)

• 2004 Introduction to Neuroscience (Northwestern)

• 2004 Research Methods in Psychology (Northwestern)

• 2003 Experimental Design (CUHK)

• 2002 Memory and Cognition (CUHK)

• 2001-02 Human Cognition (CUHK)

Invited Talks

• • Dec 2015 Learning & Teaching Expo, Hong Kong

  • Jan 2011 National Tsing Hua University Neuroscience Club

  • Apr 2010 National Cheng-Chi University Graduate Seminar

  • Nov 2009 National Central University Frontier Symposium

  • Nov 2009 Chung Shan Medical University Department of Psychology

  • Apr 2009 Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Psychology

  • Mar 2009 Nanyang Technological University Division of Psychology

  • Mar 2009 National Yang Ming University Institute of Neuroscience

  • Mar 2009 National Central University Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

  • Jul 2008 Baylor College of Medicine Human Neuroimaging Lab

  • Jan 2006 Northwestern University Cognitive Psychology Group

  • May 2006 Northwestern University Undergraduate course

Professional Service

• Editorial Advisory Board, Information Learning Sciences (Emerald Publishing Journal) http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/editorial_team.htm?id=ils

• Reviewer Editor of Frontiers in Education

• Reviewer for journals including Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, International Journal of Inclusive Education, Psychophysiology, Biological Psychology, PLoS One, Timing & Time Perception

• External reviewer of the Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-Financing Degree Sector of the RGC

• International programme committee for the International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2017-present

• Advisory committee of the Learning and Teaching Expo, Hong Kong

• Ph.D. dissertation co-supervisor, master’s thesis supervisor and committee member