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Tatia M C Lee

May Professorship in Neuropsychology

The Department of Psychology has a track record of research excellence and recruits cutting-edge science to serve the community. The Department trains top-notched clinical and educational psychologists to find sensible ways to deal with challenges in the community, and informing the public, government and non-government organizations to improve the well-being of Hong Kong.


The Laboratory of Neuropsychology, founded by Professor Tatia Lee, is based in The University of Hong Kong’s Department of Psychology. With years of dedication to research, members of the Laboratory have been rigorously involved in investigations of neurocognitive functions in both healthy and clinical populations. It utilizes its findings and incorporates them into rehabilitation schemes for a diverse range of neurological patients.


Professor Lee joined HKU in 1996 and is currently May Professor in Neuropsychology at the Department of Psychology. She has also been appointed an Honorary Professorship of the University’s Department of Medicine and Department of Psychiatry. She serves as Honorary Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Honorary Advisor to local hospitals.

Her research is at the frontier of neuropsychology. Marrying the strength of neuroimaging and behavioral methodologies, Professor Lee and her team have pioneered research on understanding the social-cognitive-affective mechanisms underlying higher cognitive frontal function, the very function that defines human as human. Her research interests extend to cover normal ageing/development across the life span, pathological changes and sex-related differences.


Professor Lee’s research team published the first few studies that observed and reported brain activities associated with deception. Her research on domestic violence points to new treatment direction for spouse abusers. Building upon the empirical work accomplished, Professor Lee has been exploring and developing strategies that could modify/maximize brain functioning (neuroplasticity) via exercising impulse control and emotion regulation for beneficial decision-making.


Using advances in cross-modal neuroplasticity, Professor Lee is developing interventions for promoting brain health to combat the normal ageing effect and the adverse change to brain functioning due to clinical conditions. In addition to theoretical research, she has devoted much effort to devising comprehensive assessment tools, normative data, and evidence-based intervention for patients with brain injuries.


In recognition of Professor Lee’s valuable contribution to clinical neuropsychology, she was elected Fellow of the Society of Clinical Psychology and Division of Clinical Neuropsychology of The American Psychological Association. She is published in high impact journals such as Molecular Psychiatry of Nature Publishing Group, is elected editorial board member of leading journals in the fields of Neuropsychology, Social Neuroscience, and Behavioral Neuroscience, and is a regular reviewer of 45 international journals.

Tatia M C Lee

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