Dr. LI, Wang-on Alex

Associate Academic Vice President (University Research)
Associate Professor
 

 

 

 


 

 

- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Perception
- Emotion

Ph.D., The University of Hong Kong
M.Phil., The University of Hong Kong
B.Cog.Sc., The University of Hong Kong

Li, W. O., Yuen, K. S. L., Chang, D. H. F., & Yu, C. K. C. (2025). Studying the aftereffect and changes in sensitivity to physical and mental time references using a time adaptation paradigm. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 30043.

Chui, R. C. F., Li, H., Chan, C. K., Siu, N. Y. F., Cheung, R. W. L., Li, W. O., Chueng S, & Xu, N. (2025). Prosocial Behaviour, Individualism, and Future Orientation of Chinese Youth: The Role of Identity Status as a Moderator. Behavioral Sciences, 15(2), 193.

Lo, L. Y., Tam, Y. Y., Sin, C. Y., & Li, W. O. (2025). Money, efficacy, or empathy? A comparative study on strategies to motivate people to get vaccinated. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 1-11.

Lo, L. Y., & Li, W. O. (2023). Encaged and Enraged: A Study of How Level of Aggression Relates to Perceived Crowdedness, Risk, and Boredom. International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV), 17.

Li, W. O., Yu, C. K., C., & Yuen, S. L., (2022). A systematic examination of the neural correlates of subjective time perception with fMRI and tDCS. NeuroImage, 260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119368

Wong, R. S., Tung, K. T., Fu, K. W., Bacon-Shone, J., Molasiotis, A., Li, W. O.,  L. Y. K. Lee, J. T. F. Lau, C. Chan, S. M., To & Ip, P. (2021). Examining social context and the pathways to mental wellness in young adults during social movement: A parallel mediation analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Chan, S. H., Yu, C. K. C., & Li, W. O., (2020). Impact of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on counseling self-efficacy: A randomized controlled crossover trial. Patient Education and Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2020.07.022

Lo, L. Y., Li, W. O., & Lee, L. P. (2019). Form Follows Function: An Investigation Into the Categorical Boundary of Surprise. Psychological Reports, 0033294118795135.

Lo, L. Y., Li, W. O., Lee, L. P., & Yeung, P. S. (2018). Running in fear: an investigation into the dimensional account of emotion in discriminating emotional expressions. Cognitive Processing, 1-11.

Yu, C. K. C., & Li, W. O. (2018). A Fundamental Question about the Application of High-Density Electroencephalography and Time-Series Analysis in Examining Synchronous Networks During Sleep–Does the Use of Different Referencing and Data Preprocessing Methods Really Matter?. Sleep and Hypnosis, 20(1), 67-84.

Yu, C. K. C., & Li, W. O. (2018). Examining Dense-Array Electroencephalographic Networks during Sleep–Partial or Non-Partial Correlations?. Sleep and Hypnosis, 20(4), 253-261.

Li, W. O., & Yuen, S. L. (2015). The perception of time while perceiving dynamic emotional faces. Frontiers in Psychology, 6.

Wong, T. Y., Yuen, S. L., &  Li, W. O. (2015). A basic need theory approach to problematic Internet use and the mediating effect of psychological distress. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1562.

Yu, C. K. C., Fan, T. W., & Li, W. O. (2012). Diagnostic characteristics of care receivers with intellectual disabilities and the difficulty and burden experienced by family caregivers. Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 3(2), 202-221.

Li, W. O., Fan, T. W., & Yu, C. K. C. (2012). Difficulty and burden experienced by principal family caregivers of people with intellectual disabilities in Hong Kong. Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 3(1), 95-105.

Li, W. O., Saunders, J. A., & Li, L. (2009). Recruitment of a novel cue for active control depends on control dynamics. Journal of Vision, 9(10):9, 1-11.

Li, W. O., Khuu, S. K., & Hayes, A. (2009). Background motion and the perception of shape defined by illusory contours. Journal of Vision, 9(6):5, 1-11.

Li, W. O., Khuu, S. K., & Hayes, A. (2008). Interaction between complex motion patterns in the perception of shape. Vision Research, 167-178.  

Lee, T. C. P., Khuu, S. K., Li, W. O., & Hayes, A. (2008). Distortion in perceived image size accompanies flash lag in depth. Journal of Vision, 8(11):20, 1-10.

Khuu, S. K., Li, W. O., & Hayes, A. (2006). Global speed averaging is tuned for binocular disparity. Vision Research, 407-416. 

Li. W. O., Tang, S. K. C., Chow, T. S. J., Lam, Y. H. B., & Lee A. L. F. (2025). Attention Bias to Threat-Related Stimuli in Mood-Induced Healthy Individuals: The Role of Resilience and Traumatic Experiences in Eye-Movement Responses. Asia Pacific Conference on Vision, Sydney, Australia.

Li. W. O., Yuen, K. S. L., Chang, D. H. F., & Yu C. K. C. (2025). A Study Using the Time Adaptation Paradigm: Does rTMS Influence Time Perception or Time Reference? Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Li, W. O., Yuen, S. L., Chang, D. H. F., & Yu, C. K., C., (2024). A time adaptation study on time production task and its potential influence on mental time reference and perceptual sensitivity. The 15th Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

Cheung, Y. W., Cheung, R. W. L., Li, W. O., Chui, R. C. F., Peng, K. Z., Li H., Man, P. K., Chueng, S. F. M., & Xu, N. (2023). The Youth Identity Status Project: Findings of a Four-wave Longitudinal Study of Youths in Hong Kong. Re-discovering Youths Today: Identity, Subculture, Psychosocial Functioning, and Service Needs, Hong Kong, China.

Fung, C. M., Li, W. O., Chow, T. S. J., Leung, K. I. D., Cheung, R. W. L., Chui, R. C. F., & Cheung, Y. W., Li H., Man, P. K., Peng, K. Z., Li H., & Cheung, Y. W., (2023). A moderated-mediation model of the differential influence of social networks services usage to life satisfaction. Re-discovering Youths Today: Identity, Subculture, Psychosocial Functioning, and Service Needs, Hong Kong, China.

Li, W. O., Yuen, S. L., & Yu, C. K., C., (2023). A tDCS study in predicting subjective time perception with performance in attention and working memory tasks. European Congress of Psychology, Brighton, The United Kingdom.

Wong, T.Y., Li, W.O., Meyer, B., Dymond, S., Gur R., & Yuen, K.S.L. (2022). Should there be a separate diagnostic label for Problematic Internet Use? A neurobiological evaluation based on neuroimaging meta-analysis. Organization of Human Brain Mapping, Glasgow, Scotland.

Yuen, K. S. L., & Li, W. O. (2019). Are there distinct systems for time perception in the sub- and supra- second range? 2019 Organization of Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting. Roma, Italy.

 

Cheung, Y. & Li, W. O. (2018). A Dyadic Analysis Study on Chinese Cultural Values, Parent-Child Relationship and Level of Individuation of Hong Kong Mothers and their Teenage Children. The 5th Asian Academy of Family Therapy Annual Conference, Taipei.

Cheung, Y. & Li, W. O. (2017). The Influence of Chinese Cultural Values to Parenting Styles and Child Development. The 5th Asia Pacific Rim International Counselling & Psychotherapy Conference, Singapore.

Lee, L.P., Lo, L. Y., & Li, W. O., (2016). Sadly disgust or disgustedly sad: A study on the distinctivenes s of basic emotions with a new Asian emotional expression photobank. The 31st International Congress of Psychology 2016.

Huang, L., & Li, W. O. (2015). The pet-type effect on Hong Kong Pet owner’s human-animal bond and psychological distress. The Hong Kong Psychological Society (HKPS) Annual Conference 2015.

Wong, W. L. S., Wong, A., Li, W. O., & Connie S. –H., Ho (2015). The role of understanding of comic convention in graphic novel reading comprehension and story retelling in children. 2015 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting.

Kwan, K. , Fu, W. & Li, W. O. (2014). Estimation of Mental Health Related Needs Among People With Physical Disabilities in Hong Kong: Reports from a Two-year Six Stages Longitudinal Study. Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development.

Wong, D. L. L., Liang, J. J. M., & Li, W. O. (2011). The paternal and maternal influence to the development of emotional awareness. 2nd Asia Pacific Rim International Counselling Conference.

Wong, D. L. L., Liang, J. J. M., & Li, W. O. (2010). The influence of parental care and protection to emotional awareness. Hong Kong Psychological Society Annual Conference 6/2010.

Li, W. O., Cheng J. C. K., Saunders, J., Li, L. (2008). Cue recruitment in active control of a moving line. Hong Kong Vision Meeting. 3/2008.

Li, W. O., Cheng J. C. K., Saunders, J., Li, L. (2007). Cue recruitment in active control of a moving line. Perception (Supplementary), v.36, ECVP Abstract Supplement.

Li, W. O., Khuu, S. K., & Hayes, A. (2006). Global motion distorts shape perception: An investigation on Kanizsa Figures, Vision: The Journal of the Vision Society of Japan (Supplement), v.18, 98.

Lee, T. C. P., Li, W. O., Khuu, S. K., & Hayes, A. (2005). Flash-lag in depth is induced by stereomotion but not looming: Distorted size and position perception. Perception (Supplementary), v. 34, p.34

Li, W. O., Khuu, S. K., & Hayes, A. (2005). Background motion affects global shape perception. Perception (Supplementary), v.34, p.176 .

Li, W. O., & Spinks, J. A. (2004). The statistical assessment of learning outcome: knowledge structure. International Journal of Psychology (Supplementary), v.39(5-6) , p.249

Li, W. O., & Spinks, J. A. (2002). The interaction effect of medium and pedagogy on semantic knolwedge structure. In W. D. Gray & C. D. Shunn (Eds.) Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. p. 1051 . Mahwah , NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.

Developing an AI-Enhanced Teaching Resource Hub for the Self-Financing Higher Education Sector, The Quality Enhancement Support Scheme (QESS), Self-financing Post-secondary Education Fund (Project Member, 2026, HKD13,142,800)

Advances in Play Therapy Research: An Intercultural Dialogue, Inter-Institutional Development Scheme, Research Grant Council (Collaborative Principal Investigator, 2024, HKD498,510)

Neuropsychological Underpinnings of Mental Health Across Lifespan: From the Young to the Old in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic, Inter-Institutional Development Scheme, Research Grant Council (Collaborative Investigator, 2024, HKD411,225)
 
Human Resilience, Life Adversity, and Adaptation to Life Course Transitions from Early Adulthood to Late Middle Adulthood, IDS Collaborative Research Grant, Research Grant Council (Collaborative Principal Investigator, 2023, HKD5,359,056)
 
The possession-based placebo effect: perceiving a connection between the self and a placebo analgesic enhances pain resilience, Lam Woo Research Fund, Lingnan University (Co-I, 2021, HKD500,000)
 
Is time perception band-pass filtered? An examination of the aftereffect of time adaptation with rTMS, Faculty Development Scheme, Research Grant Council (PI, 2021, HKD944,962)
 
An interdisciplinary and holistic perspective in promoting mental hygiene to prevention of gaming addiction in the era of E-Sports, IDS Collaborative Research Grant, Research Grant Council (Co-PI, 2021; HKD4,260,824)
 
Youth Identity Status and its Psychosocial Correlates: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong
IDS Collaborative Research Grant, Research Grant Council (Co-PI, 2019; HKD3,465,000)
 
A systematic examination of the neural correlates of subjective time perception with fMRI and tDCS.
Faculty Development Scheme, Research Grant Council (PI, 2018; HKD709,742)
 
Constructing An Interdisciplinary Research Platform at Hong Kong Shue Yan University
Institutional Development Scheme, Research Grant Council (Project Member, 2014, HKD6,746,671)
 
Angry is not that Angry: Relativity of Emotion Perception and New Development of Emotional Expressions Photobank
Faculty Development Scheme, Research Grant Council (Co-I, 2014, HKD607,823)
 
Reading to learn: An investigation of comic comprehension in Chines dyslexic children with and without oral language difficulties
General Research Fund, Research Grant Council (Co-I, 2013, HKD595,500)
 
Frontline Service Staff Training and Development Program and its Effectiveness, 
Hong Kong Physically Handicapped and Able-Bodied Association (Co-I, 2011, HKD527,550)
 
CP516 Research Methods in Counselling Psychology
CP518 Research Workshops & Seminars in Counselling Psychology
CP530-1 Dissertation
PSY311-2 Research Internship
PSY401-3 Research Thesis
MPhil/PhD Supervisor
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