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)

Wang, J., & Chang, D. H. F.  (2026). Combined effects of iTBS and perceptual learning on enhancing binocular balance.  Cortex, 200, 124-135.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2026.04.012

Wang, J., Cheong, A. M. Y., & Chang, D. H. F. (2026).  Changing sensory eye dominance with theta burst stimulation over visual cortex. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2026.04.010

Kam, K. Y., & Chang, D. H. F. (2026). Local variability of sensory eye dominance and its retinal-specific plasticity. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 67(44), 1-16.

Kam, K. Y., Ng, L. C. H., & Chang, D. H. F. (2026).  Mitigating age-related stereo decline with perceptual training.  iScience, 29(4): 115485, 1-13.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115485

Cao, Y., Li, T., Tribby, C., Liu, J., & Chang, D. H. F. (2026) Environmental exposure and mental health: protocol for a GPS-Biosensor based observational study in Hong Kong.  JMIR Research Protocols, 15:e84919, https://doi.org/10.2196/84919

Jia, S., Mei, X., Chen, L., Chan, L. H., Tsang, C., Suen, V, Li, T., Zaw, M. W., Liu, A., Thompson, B., Sabel, B., Woo, G., Leung, C. K. S., Yip, S.-P., Chang, D. H. F.,  & Cheong, A. M. (2025). Glaucoma Rehabilitation using ElectricAI Transcranial Stimulation (GREAT)—study protocol for randomized controlled trial using combined perceptual learning and transcranial electrical stimulation for vision enhancement. Trials, 25(1), 501.

Li, W. O., Yuen, K. S. L., Chang, D. H. F., & Yu, C. K. C. (2025).  Studying the aftereffect and changes in sensitivity to physical and mental time references using a time adaptation paradigm.  Scientific Reports, 15(1), 30043.

Zhou, Y., Lei, G. L. T., Chang, D. H. F., & Lam, C. L. M. (2025). Predicting the treatment outcomes of major depressive disorder interventions with baseline resting-state functional connectivity: A meta analysis.  BMC Psychiatry, 25(1), 340. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06728-0

Klincewicz, M., Cheng, T., Schmitz, M., Sebastian, M.-A., Snyder, J. S., IIT concerned et al., What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific? (2025).  Nature Neuroscience, 28, 689–693.

Or, J. K. N., & Chang, D. H. F. (2024).  cTBS over ventral cortex enhances depth perception. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 18:1499030, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2024.1499030

Sun, Q., Dong, L.-L., You, F.-H., & Chang, D. H. F. (2024).  Estimations of biological motion walking direction are affected by observer and walker genders.  BMC Psychology, 12:698, 1-15.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-02189-4

Kam, K. Y., & Chang, D. H. F. (2024). The neurochemistry of learning-driven sensory eye dominance plasticity. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00237

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.05.016 [JCR Impact Factor 4.9]

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 [JCR Impact Factor 4.3]

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 [JCR Impact Factor 4.3]

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 https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214221128252 [JCR impact Factor 7.9]

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 [JCR Impact Factor 3.8]

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