Personal profile
Education
D.Phil in Experimental Psychology (2001–2005) University of Oxford
Bachelor of Cognitive Science (1998 – 2001) University of Hong Kong
Professional Experience
Co-Director (to start in Sept 2024), Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Institute for Basic Science, South Korea
Professor (to start in Sept 2024), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Visiting PI (2024 Sep - 2025 Mar), RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Japan
Team Leader (2021 July - 2024 Aug), RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Japan
Professor (2018 summer -2021 summer) Department of Psychology (Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience) & Brain Research Institute, UCLA
Professor (2018 fall - 2020 summer) Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong (fixed-term position taken up while on Leave from UCLA)
Principal Investigator (2018 April - 2020 summer), State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Hong Kong
Associate Professor (2017 fall -2018 summer) Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong (fixed-term position taken up while on Leave from UCLA)
Associate Professor (2014 summer - 2018 summer) Department of Psychology (Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience) & Brain Research Institute, UCLA
Associate Professor (2012-2014) Department of Psychology, Columbia University (NYC)
Visiting Adjunct Assistant Professor (2012-2013) Department of Psychology, UCLA
Research Fellow (External Principal Investigator) (2010 onwards) Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
Assistant Professor (2007 fall - 2012 summer) Department of Psychology, Columbia University (NYC)
Visiting Fellow (2007 Mar-Aug), Unit 610, Hospital Salpetriere, Paris
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2004–2007) Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, London
Awards
2017: J Arthur Woodward Graduate Mentor Award (UCLA)
2012: Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions by the Association for Psychological Science
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Aphantasia as imagery blindsight
Michel, M., Morales, J., Block, N. & Lau, H., Jan 2025, In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 29, 1, p. 8-9 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Perceptual metacognition beyond confidence
Nakamura, T. & Lau, H., 6 Aug 2025, In: Neuron. 113, 15, p. 2377-2379 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Response to: Examining the therapeutic potential and risks of multivoxel neuroreinforcement for specific phobias
Cushing, C. A., Lau, H., Kawato, M., Craske, M. G. & Taschereau-Dumouchel, V., Jun 2025, In: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 79, 6, p. 361-362 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Task relevant autoencoding enhances machine learning for human neuroscience
Orouji, S., Taschereau-Dumouchel, V., Cortese, A., Odegaard, B., Cushing, C., Cherkaoui, M., Kawato, M., Lau, H. & Peters, M. A. K., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 1365.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The future of neurotechnology: From big data to translation
Kim, J., McHugh, T. J., Kim, C. H., Lau, H. & Nam, M. H., 19 Mar 2025, In: Neuron. 113, 6, p. 814-816 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review