研究助理教授
- ST519
- 2766 6751
- sally-yuan.cao@polyu.edu.hk
- 健康老龄化
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曹原博士首先在香港城市大学完成心理学学士学位，其后往澳大利亚深造并获昆士兰大学颁授神经科学硕士学位、临床心理学硕士学位和心理学博士学位。
曹博士于2020年加入香港理工大学，在医疗及社会科学院院长岑浩强教授的实验室担任博士后研究员，2021年起转任康復治疗科学系助理教授（研究）。曹博士在回港从事学术界工作前，曾在澳洲社区医疗诊所担任註册心理学家，并在非政府组织担任研究员。她在心理问题（例如抑鬱症、焦虑症、精神分裂）及人际关係问题（如家庭治疗）方面具有临床和研究经验。
曹博士的主要研究方向为社会认知，即理解他人并与他人建立联繫的能力。她的研究对象包括不同人群，例如精神分裂症、抑鬱症、焦虑症或自闭症患者，以及不同年龄层的人群。她结合使用行为任务（例如电脑游戏和问卷）和脑成像技术（如功能磁共振成像）来更好地了解年龄及心理健康对社会认知的影响。
学历
- Bachelor of Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong
- Master of Neuroscience, The University of Queensland
- Master of Clinical Psychology, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
研究兴趣
研究成果
- Canty, A. L., Cao, Y., Neumann, D., & Shum, D. H. K. (2021). The functional significance of cognitive empathy and theory of mind in early and chronic schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 299, Article 113852.
- Zong, J., Cao, X., Cao, Y., Shi, Y., Wang, Y., Yan, C., Abela, J. R. Z., Gan, Y., Gong, Q., & Chan, R. C. K. (2010). Coping flexibility in college students with depressive symptoms. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 8, Article 66.
- Cao, Y., Yusri, N. M., Powell, T., & Cunnington, R. (2019). Neural and behavioral markers of observed pain of older adults. Neuropsychologia, 131, 84-90.
- Zhao, Q., Neumann, D. L., Cao, Y., Baron-Cohen, S., Yan, C., Chan, R. C. K., & Shum, D. H. K. (2019). Culture-sex interaction and the self-report empathy in Australians and Mainland Chinese. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 396.
- Waters, A. M., Cao, Y., Kershaw, R., Kerbler, G. M., Shum, D. H. K., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Craske, M. G., Bradley, B. P., Mogg, K., Pine, D. S., & Cunnington, R. (2018). Changes in neural activation underlying attention processing of emotional stimuli following treatment with positive search training in anxious children. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 55, 22-30.
- Zhao, Q., Neumann, D. L., Cao, X., Baron-Cohen, S., Sun, X., Cao, Y., Yan, C., Wang, Y., Shao, L., & Shum, D. H. K. (2018). Validation of the empathy quotient in Mainland China. Journal of Personality Assessment, 100(3), 333-342.
- Cao, Y., Dingle, G., Chan, G. C. K., & Cunnington, R. (2017). Low mood leads to increased empathic distress at seeing others’ pain. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 2024.
- Cao, Y., Contreras-Huerta, L. S., McFadyen, J. J., & Cunnington, R. (2015). Racial bias in neural response to others’ pain is reduced with other-race contact. Cortex, 70, 68-78.
- Yan, C., Cao, Y., Zhang, Y., Song, L., Cheung, E. F. C., & Chan, R. C. K. (2012). Trait and state positive emotional experience in schizophrenia: A meta-analysis. PLOS ONE, 7, Article e40672.
- Yan, C., Liu, W., Cao, Y., & Chan, R. C. K. (2011). Self-reported pleasure experience and motivation in individuals with schizotypal personality disorders proneness. East Asian Arch Psychiatry, 21, 115-122.
