Prof. Dorita H. F. CHANG

EDUCATION

• B.Sc. Psychology, McMaster University, Canada
• Ph.D. Neuroscience, Queen’s University, Canada
• Marie Curie Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, UK
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, McGill University, Canada

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Visual perception (binocular vision; depth perception; spatial vision; colour)
Perceptual learning and plasticity
Psychophysics, neuroimaging (fMRI/MRS, DWI, MEG), brain stimulation (TMS)

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS (SINCE 2017)

(For a complete list of publications, including those published prior to 2017, please visit the lab’s webpage)

Kam, K. Y., & Chang, D. H. F. (2024). The neurochemistry of learning-driven sensory eye dominance plasticity. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1-18.

Klugah-Brown, B., Bore, M. C., Liu, X., Gan, X., Biswal, B. B., Kendrick, K., Chang, D. H. F., Zhou, B., & Becker, B. (2024).  The neurostructural consequences of glaucoma and their overlap with disorders exhibiting emotional dysregulations: a voxel-based meta-analysis and tripartite system model. Journal of Affective Disorders, 358, 487-499.

Meier, K., Chang, D. H. F., Reynaud, A., & Kelly, K. R. (2024).  Editorial: Rising stars in visual neuroscience: 2022.  Frontiers in Neuroscience, 18:1418533, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2024.1418533

Kam, K. Y., & Chang, D. H. F. (2023).  Sensory eye dominance plasticity in the human adult visual cortex.  Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17:1250493.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1250493

Zhen, L., & Chang, D. H. F. (2023). Context-based modulations of 3D vision are expertise-dependent. Cerebral Cortex, 33(11), 7136–7147. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad026 [JCR Impact Factor 4.9]

Troje, N. F., & Chang, D. H. F. (2023).  Life detection from biological motion. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 32(1), 26-32 [JCR impact Factor 7.9] https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214221128252

Chen, L. H., Law, W., Chang, D. H. F., & Sun, D. (2023). Editorial: The bio-psycho-social approach to understanding mental disorders.  Frontiers in Psychology, 14:1225433, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1225433 .

Chan, A. Y. C., & Chang, D. H. F.  (2022).  Neural correlates of sensory eye dominance in human visual white matter tracts. eNeuro, 9(6):1-11. ENEURO.0232-22.2022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0232-22.2022 [JCR Impact Factor 4.4]

Wong, N. H. L., & Chang, D. H. F. (2022).  Uncovering the locus of object-context-based modulations in depth processing using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.  eNeuro. 9(4): 1-8.  https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0217-22.2022 [JCR Impact Factor 4.4]

Chang, D. H. F., Thinnes, D., Au, P. Y., Maziero, D., Stenger, V. A., Sinnett, S., & Vibell, J. (2022). Sound-modulations of visual motion perception implicate the cortico-vestibular brain. NeuroImage, 257:119285, 1-11.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119285 [JCR Impact Factor 7.4]

Wong, J. J., Wong, N. M. L., Chang, D. H. F., Di, Q., Chen, L., & Lee, T. M. C. (2022).  Amygdala–Pons connectivity is hyperactive and associated with symptom severity in depression.  Communications Biology, 5(574), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03463-0 [JCR Impact Factor 6.5]

Chou, I. W. Y., Ban, H., & Chang, D. H. F. (2021). Modulations of depth responses in the human brain by object context:  Does biological relevance matter? eNeuro, 8(4), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0039-21.2021 [JCR Impact Factor 4.4]

Kam, K. Y., & Chang, D. H. F. (2021). Dichoptic perceptual training and sensory eye dominance plasticity in normal vision. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 62(7):12. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.62.7.12 [JCR Impact Factor 4.9]

Tso, W. W. Y., Hui, S. H., Lee, T. M. C., Liu, A. P. Y., Ip, P., Cheng, K., Fong, D., Chang, D. H. F., Ho, F. K. W., Yip, K. M., Ku, D., Cheuk, K. L., Luk, C. W., Shing, M. K., Leung, L. K., Khong,  P. L., Chan, G. C. F. (2021). Microstructural brain changes associated with neurocognitive and functional outcomes of intra-cranial germ cell tumor (GCT) survivors – a diffusion kurtosis study. Frontiers in Oncology, 11, 573798, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.573798 [JCR Impact Factor 5.7]

Chang, D. H. F., Troje, N. F., Ikegaya, Y., Fujita, I., & Ban, H. (2021).  Spatiotemporal dynamics of responses to biological motion in the human brain. Cortex, 136, 124-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.12.015  [JCR Impact Factor 4.6]

Chang, D. H. F., Jiang, B., Wong, N. H. L., Wong, J. J., Webster, C., & Lee, T. M. C. (2020).  The human posterior cingulate and the stress-response benefits of viewing green urban landscapes. NeuroImage, 226:117555.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117555 [JCR Impact Factor 7.4]

Di, Q., Lam, C. L. M., Wong, J. J., Chang, D. H. F., & Lee, T. M. C. (2020). Positive affect is inversely related to the salience and emotion network’s connectivity. Brain Imaging and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-020-00397-1  [JCR Impact Factor 3.2]

Wong, J. J., Chang, D. H. F., Di, Q., Men, W., Gao, J. H., & Lee, T. M. C. (2020). The pontine-driven somatic gaze tract contributes to affective processing in humans. NeuroImage, 213: 116692, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116692  [JCR Impact Factor 7.4]

Wong, N. H. L., Ban, H., & Chang, D. H. F. (2020). Human depth representations are affected by object plausibility.  Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32(2), 1-15.  https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01483 [JCR Impact Factor 3.4]

Goddard, E., Chang, D. H. F., Hess, R. F., & Mullen, K. T. (2019). Color contrast adaptation: fMRI fails to predict behavioral adaptation.  NeuroImage, 201:116032, 1-13.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116032 [JCR Impact Factor 6.6]

Lee, K. S., & Chang, D. H. F. (2019). Biological motion perception is differentially predicted by Autistic trait domains.  Scientific Reports, 9:11029,  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47377-0  [JCR Impact Factor 4.4]

Chang, D. H. F., Cheang, Y. Y., So, M. (2018). Contextual effects in face lightness perception are not expertise-dependent. Vision, 2(2), 23, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision2020023

Chang, D. H. F., Ban, H., Ikegaya, Y., Fujita, I., & Troje, N. F. (2018). Cortical and subcortical responses to biological motion. NeuroImage, 174, 87-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.03.013  [JCR Impact Factor 5.9]

Wong, N. H. L., & Chang, D. H. F. (2018). Attentional advantages in video-game experts are not related to perceptual tendencies. Scientific Reports, 8:5528, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23819-z  [JCR Impact Factor 4.0]

RESEARCH LABORATORY

Brain and Behaviour Laboratory