University of Nottingham Malaysia
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Hoo Keat Wong

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Biography

Dr. Wong Hoo Keat graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Bsc(Hons), and a PhD in Psychology, investigating human face recognition with the use of eye trackers. After obtaining his Doctorate, he worked as lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience (2019-2020) at HELP University Subang 2 Campus and started at UNM as an Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology in May 2020.

Teaching Summary

I am currently teaching:

  1. Research Methods and Analysis 1 (PSGY1014)
  2. Practical Methods in Psychology (PSGY1015)
  3. Practical Methods in Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience (PSGY2016)
  4. Cognitive Psychology 2 (PSGY2012)
  5. Face Recognition and Perception (PSGY3051)
  6. Advanced Methods in Psychology (PSGY4078)

In my past institution, I also taught:

  1. Biopsychology (BSc in Psychology)
  2. Learning and Cognition (BSc in Psychology)
  3. Neuropsychology (BSc in Psychology)
  4. Clinical Neuropsychology (Master in Clinical Psychology)

Research Summary

As a cognitive psychologist, Dr Hoo Keat's research focuses on cross-cultural face perception, more specifically on the own-race bias in face memory (i.e. poorer recognition of other-race faces… read more

Selected Publications

Current Research

As a cognitive psychologist, Dr Hoo Keat's research focuses on cross-cultural face perception, more specifically on the own-race bias in face memory (i.e. poorer recognition of other-race faces compared to own-race faces). With the use of eye trackers, he investigates how interracial contact, cultural factors, and media exposure may interact to influence the underlying mechanisms of human face processing. More recently, he has adopted combined techniques - eye-tracking and heart rate variability (HRV) - to study attentional biases and emotional face processing in depressive individuals and to examine the psychophysiological effects of mindfulness breathing meditation.

Research Interests

  • Face perception and recognition
  • Eye movements
  • Executive functions (esp. inhibitory control)
  • Cross-cultural cognition
  • Mindfulness breathing meditation
  • Method of Loci (MoL)
  • Attentional biases and heart rate variability in depression
  • The neurocognitive impacts of AI beauty filters

Please visit this website for more details: https://www.nottingham.edu.my/Psychology/Research/Visual-Cognition.aspx

School of Psychology

University of Nottingham Malaysia
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Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia

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