Dr. Steven Graham from the Department of Psychology and the Clinical Imaging Research Centre, National University of Singapore visited the Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience (NACN) Laboratory of the Institute of Psychology during Nov 20th-24th 2009. Dr. Graham received his training in Experimental Psychology Department of Cambridge University. His areas of research include cognitive neuroscience of intelligence, working memory as well as the impact of exercises upon mental health. One of his most recent projects involves the ultra-high risk group for psychotic disorders and the aftermaths of neuropsychological and psychosocial functioning. Drs. Graham and Raymond Chan (of the NACN Lab) were invited to attend and present their own studies on cognitive neuroscience in healthy and neuropsychiatric disorders at the 2nd Chinese Neuropsychiatric Symposium in Dalian on Nov 22nd. During this visit, Dr. Graham has strengthened the collaborative work between his lab and the NACN Lab in various areas including healthy, at-risk group, and clinical groups of neuropsychiatric disorders.

On the other hand, Dr. Tony Wong of the Rochester University also paid visit to the NACN Lab during Nov 16th-18th 2009. Dr. Tony Wong is chartered clinical psychologist and clinical neuropsychologist in United States. He has been working in the University Health System of the Rochester University. His expertise lies in neuropsychology of traumatic brain injury and cross-cultural neuropsychology. The purpose of his visit was to establish the cross-cultural work on traumatic brain injury and its neuropsychological consequences. Dr. Wong and Dr. Raymond Chan of the NACN Lab share common interest in the base-rate of postconcussion symptoms among the healthy population as well as the traumatic brain injury population. They both agreed to work on cross-cultural comparison of base-rate of postconcussion symptoms in patients with traumatic brain injury.