Project Description

Dr Vera Hau

侯翠鸞博士

BA Hunter College, MA Stony Brook University, PhD Stony Brook University

  • Assistant Professor

    Psychology

  • vhau@ouhk.edu.hk

  • 2768 5860

Biography

Dr Vera Hau obtained her BA in Psychology and Special Honours Curriculum from Hunter College, City University of New York, and an MA in Cognitive/Experimental Psychology and a PhD in Biopsychology from Stony Brook University, State University of New York. Her research interests include working memory, attention, emotion, and decision-making.



Teaching Areas & Research Interests


    

  • Cognitive Psychology
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  • Biological Psychology
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  • Psychology of Ageing
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Research interests:




    

  • Working Memory
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  • Attention
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  • Emotion
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  • Decision-making
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Selected Publications


Journal Articles


    

  • Manza, P., Hau, C.L.V. and Leung, H.-C. (2014). Alpha power gates relevant information during working memory updating. Journal of Neuroscience, 34 (17), 5998-6002. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4641-13.2014.
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  • Hammam, E., Hau, C.L.V., Wong, K.-S., Kwok, K., and Macefield, V.G. (2014). Vestibular modulation of muscle sympathetic nerve activity by the utricle during sub-perceptual sinusoidal linear acceleration in humans. Experimental Brain Research, 232 (4), 1379-1388. doi: 10.1007/s00221-014-3856-6.
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