Kathleen Yen Li Kang

Kathleen completed her PhD at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her research interests involve the use of brain imaging methods to investigate neurostimulation and neuroplasticity in aging. Current research projects include the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on various aspects of cognition such as attention and decision making, as well as the mechanisms behind these effects.

• Neurostimulation and neuroplasticity in aging
• Neurorehabilitation of cognition in older adults with mild cognitive impairment
• Facial expression processing and social cognition in real-life situations across the lifespan

Zink, N., Kang, K. Y. L., Li, S.-C., & Beste, C. (2020). Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (atDCS) enhances the efficiency of functional brain network communication during auditory attentional control. Journal of Neurophysiology, 124(1), 207-217. doi:10.1152/jn.00074.2020

Dong, Y., Teo, S. Y., Kang, K. Y. L., Tan, M., Ling, L. H., YEO, P. S. D., ... & Lam, C. S. P. (2019). Cognitive impairment in Asian patients with heart failure: prevalence, biomarkers, clinical correlates, and outcomes. European journal of heart failure. doi:10.1002/ejhf.1442

Kang, K. Y. L., Schneider, D., Schweinberger, S. R., & Mitchell, P. (2018). Dissociating neural signatures of mental state retrodiction and classification based on facial expressions. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 13(9), 933-943. doi:10.1093/scan/nsy061

Kang, K. Y. L., Anthoney, L., & Mitchell, P. (2017). Seven- to 11-year-olds’ developing ability to recognize natural facial expressions of basic emotions. Perception, 46(9), 1077-1089. doi:10.1177/0301006617709674