Dr. 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 (depth perception; motion and biological motion perception; spatial vision)
Perceptual learning and plasticity
Psychophysics, neuroimaging (fMRI, 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)

Zhen, L., & Chang, D. H. F.  (in press). Context-based modulations of 3D vision are expertise-dependent. Cerebral Cortex [JCR Impact Factor 4.9]

Chan, A. Y. C., &  Chang, D. H. F. (in press). Neural correlates of sensory eye dominance in human visual white matter tracts. eNeuro [JCR Impact Factor 4.4]

Troje, N. F., & Chang, D. H. F. (in press).  Life detection from biological motion. Current Directions in Psychological Science [JCR Impact Factor 7.9]

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