Exposure to excessive stress is a key risk factor of mental illness, and leads to brain dysfunctions and poor health outcomes such as anxiety and depression. Using a multi-disciplinary approach with fMRI, cognitive, psychophysiology and genetic techniques, we aim to investigate neurobiological mechanisms underlying stress-induced adaptation and dysfunctions in the brain and cognition, and associated genetic signatures in healthy, sub-clinical and clinical populations.

"Understanding brain cognitive & affective development is to empower children's learning and mental health." Using cutting-edging brain imaging and cognitive techniques, our "development" team aims to investigate typical and atypical neurodevelopment of cognitive (i.e., attention, working memory) and affective (i.e., emotional memory & regulation) functions from childhood to adulthood.

"Understanding brain cognitive & affective development is to empower children's learning and mental health." Using cutting-edging brain imaging and cognitive techniques, we aim to investigate typical and atypical neurodevelopment of cognitive (i.e., attention, working memory) and affective (i.e., emotional memory & regulation) functions from childhood to adulthood.

Utilizing functional brain imaging, psychophysiology, sleep EEG, cognitive & behavioral techniques, we aim to investigate how brain networks, especially the medial temporal lobe, amygdala, prefrontal and parietal systems, dynamically coordinate to support learning and memory, and how emotion and sleep affect the transform of newly acquired information into long-term memory.