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| Agnes ChanSummaryAffiliation: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Country: China Publications
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Executive function deficits and neural discordance in children with Autism Spectrum DisordersAgnes S Chan
Integrative Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Clin Neurophysiol 120:1107-15. 2009..This study examined neurophysiologic activities, executive dysfunctions, and their association in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)...- A Chinese Chan-based mind-body intervention for patients with depressionAgnes S Chan
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China Integrative Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Center, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China Henan Songshan Research Institute for Chanwuyi, Henan 452470, China Electronic address
J Affect Disord 142:283-9. 2012.... 
A Chinese chan-based mind-body intervention improves sleep on patients with depression: a randomized controlled trialAgnes S Chan
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
ScientificWorldJournal 2012:235206. 2012..00) and improved total sleep time (effect size = 0.8, P = 0.05) after treatment. The present findings suggest that a Chinese Chan-based mind-body intervention has positive effects on improving sleep in individuals with depression...- Dejian mind-body intervention improves the functioning of a patient with chronic epilepsy: a case reportAgnes S Chan
Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
Cases J 2:9080. 2009..The DMBI is a healing program developed for modern lifestyle based on the traditional Chinese Shaolin Chanwuyi healing approach... 
Recent development of cognitive and neuropsychological assessment in Asian countriesAgnes S Chan
Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Psychol Assess 15:257-67. 2003....- Phase II study of alpha-tocopherol in improving the cognitive function of patients with temporal lobe radionecrosisAgnes S Chan
Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
Cancer 100:398-404. 2004..Currently, there is no effective intervention to improve patients' cognitive performance... - Neuroanatomical basis in the temporal lobes for processing living thingsAgnes S Chan
Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Neuropsychology 18:700-9. 2004..Therefore, intact category-specific semantic processes may involve associations among different neural substrates in the temporal lobe... - Association between mind-body and cardiovascular exercises and memory in older adultsAgnes S Chan
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1754-60. 2005..Older adults who engaged in both types of exercise were also included to examine the combined effects... - Bilateral frontal activation associated with cutaneous stimulation of elixir field: an FMRI studyAgnes S Chan
Centre for Neurocognitive Function Enhancement, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, China
Am J Chin Med 34:207-16. 2006..These findings suggest that stimulation of the Elixir Field is not only associated with activation of the sensory motor cortex but also with cortical regions that mediate planning, attention, and memory... - Differentiating autistic children with quantitative encephalography: a 3-month longitudinal studyAgnes S Chan
Neurology Laboratory, Department of of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China
J Child Neurol 21:391-9. 2006..2%. In addition, quantitative EEG measurements of normal and autistic children were found to be generally consistent across the 3-month period... - Pre-activating the mesial temporal lobe facilitates learningAgnes S Chan
Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
Neurosci Lett 411:194-9. 2007.... - Quantitative electroencephalographic profiles for children with autistic spectrum disorderAgnes S Chan
Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
Neuropsychology 21:74-81. 2007..Sensitivity and specificity of relative alpha were 91% and 73%, respectively. Split-half cross-validation yielded a sensitivity of 76%... - Electroencephalographic (EEG) measurements of mindfulness-based Triarchic body-pathway relaxation technique: a pilot studyAgnes S Chan
Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 33:39-47. 2008..The purpose of this study was to examine the EEG pattern generated during the practice of this mindfulness exercise, and compare it to music listening which has been shown to induce positive emotions... - Seven-star needle stimulation improves language and social interaction of children with autistic spectrum disordersAgnes S Chan
Centre for Neurocognitive Function Enhancement, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Am J Chin Med 37:495-504. 2009..The results suggested that Seven-star Needle Stimulation might be an effective intervention to improve language and social functioning of children with ASD... - Things aren't as bad as they seem: a comment on Storms et al. (2003)Agnes S Chan
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT
Neuropsychology 17:302-5; discussion 323-9. 2003..Suggestions are made to improve the validity of scaling analysis in neuropsychological studies... - Cutaneous stimulation improves function of a chronic patient with cerebellar damageA S Chan
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Eur J Neurol 10:265-9. 2003.... - Abnormality of semantic network in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Evidence from verbal, perceptual, and olfactory domainsA Chan
Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Ann N Y Acad Sci 855:681-5. 1998..Also, networks of AD patients were more complex and chaotic than normal, that is, they consisted of more unnecessary connections and of atypical strengths of association between concepts... - Abnormal semantic network for "animals" but not "tools" in patients with Alzheimer's diseaseA S Chan
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT
Cortex 37:197-217. 2001..These findings support the results of previous studies that have shown the presence of category-specific semantic deficits in patients with AD... - Neuropsychological sequelae of patients treated with microsurgical clipping or endovascular embolization for anterior communicating artery aneurysmAgnes Chan
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N T, PRC
Eur Neurol 47:37-44. 2002..BACKGROUND and.. - Utility of olfactory identification test for diagnosing Chinese patients with Alzheimer's diseaseAgnes Chan
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N T, China
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 24:251-9. 2002..Thus, the present results suggested that the olfactory identification test could be applied cross-culturally for identifying patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type... - Clinical validity of the Chinese version of Mattis Dementia Rating Scale in differentiating dementia of Alzheimer's type in Hong KongAgnes S Chan
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N T, China
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 9:45-55. 2003..The present results also showed the association between the impairment of the CDRS performance and the progress of the AD... - Cognitive function of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma with and without temporal lobe radionecrosisM Cheung
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
Arch Neurol 57:1347-52. 2000..Although some studies reported that these patients demonstrated cognitive impairment after radiotherapy, it is still unclear if the cognitive deficits are related to the radiation exposure or the radiation-induced necrosis... - Localized brain activation by selective tasks improves specific cognitive functions in humansA S Chan
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
Neurosci Lett 283:162-4. 2000..These double dissociation results suggest that when we selectively activate specific part of the brain, the cognitive function mediated by that particular region but not the others can consequently be improved... - Memory and organizational strategies in chronic and acute schizophrenic patientsA S Chan
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Schizophr Res 41:431-45. 2000..However, semantic organization could facilitate both the chronic and acute schizophrenic patients to retain more newly learned items... - Performance of 7- to 95-year-old individuals in a Chinese version of the category fluency testA S Chan
Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 5:525-33. 1999..Thus, it seems to be appropriate to apply the category fluency test, which was originally developed in western countries, for clinical use in Hong Kong... - Conceptual and perceptual contributions to the acquisition and retention of text-specific reading skill in Alzheimer's diseaseA S Chan
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Psychology Hong Kong, Shatin, N T, China E mail
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 21:325-40. 1999..Patients with AD acquired the facilitation in reading speed normally in both conditions, but were impaired in retaining it over a 10-min delay interval only in the conceptually-weighted condition.. - The effects of age, education, and gender on the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale performance of elderly Chinese and American individualsA S Chan
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 56:P356-63. 2001..These results suggest that some DRS subscales or individual subscale items may be susceptible to cultural differences between elderly Chinese and American individuals... - Magnetic resonance imaging in ischaemic heart diseaseW W M Lam
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, ROC
Hong Kong Med J 9:370-6. 2003..In the foreseeable future, magnetic resonance imaging may become a single, comprehensive examination for the assessment of ischaemic heart disease... - A double-blind placebo-controlled randomized study of Chinese herbal medicine as complementary therapy for reduction of chemotherapy-induced toxicityT S K Mok
Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Institute of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Cancer Institute, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region HKSAR, China
Ann Oncol 18:768-74. 2007..This study applied the highest standard of clinical trial methodology to examine the role of CHM in reducing chemotherapy-induced toxicity, while maintaining a tailored approach to therapy... - Socioeconomic impact of osteoarthritis in Hong Kong: utilization of health and social services, and direct and indirect costsJean Woo
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Arthritis Rheum 49:526-34. 2003..To determine the direct and indirect cost of osteoarthritis (OA) according to disease severity, and to estimate the total cost of the disease in Hong Kong... - Rivastigmine for cognitive impairment after spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage: a pilot studyG K C Wong
Division of Neurosurgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
J Clin Pharm Ther 34:657-63. 2009..The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of rivastigmine 3 mg/day over 12 weeks in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage and persistent cognitive impairment... - The impact of psychological abuse by an intimate partner on the mental health of pregnant womenA Tiwari
Department of Nursing Studies, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
BJOG 115:377-84. 2008..The objective of this first population-based study in Hong Kong was to assess the impact of psychological abuse by an intimate partner on the mental health of pregnant women... - Language lateralization of Chinese-English bilingual patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: a functional MRI studyMei-Chun Cheung
Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Neuropsychology 20:589-97. 2006.... - Music training improves verbal but not visual memory: cross-sectional and longitudinal explorations in childrenYim-Chi Ho
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories
Neuropsychology 17:439-50. 2003..S. Chan, Y. Ho, & M. Cheung, 1998), the results suggest that music training systematically affects memory processing in accordance with possible neuroanatomical modifications in the left temporal lobe... - Conceptual organization in Alzheimer's dementiaAlma Au
Department of Clinical Psychology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:737-50. 2003..The tendency to use perceptual cues for categorization was found to increase with the severity of dementia. These results were discussed in light of the hypothesized structural alteration of semantic networks in AD... - Verbal learning in Alzheimer's dementiaAlma Au
Department of Clinical Psychology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 9:363-75. 2003..Results of the present study were discussed in the light of the previous findings reported in the Western countries and the neuropathological changes of AD patients... - Memory impairment in humans after bilateral damage to lateral temporal neocortexMei-Chun Cheung
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Neuroreport 14:371-4. 2003..The results demonstrate that bilateral damage to the lateral temporal lobe results in memory impairment across verbal and visual modalities... - Confrontation naming in Chinese patients with left, right or bilateral brain damageRebecca W Cheung
Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, China
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 10:46-53. 2004..A cut-off score of 24 in spontaneous naming yielded a sensitivity of 73.1% and specificity of 75.3% in differentiating normal from brain-damaged participants, suggesting that the modified BNT is applicable to the Chinese population... - The executive clock drawing task (CLOX) is a poor screening test for executive dysfunction in Chinese elderly patients with subcortical ischemic vascular diseaseAdrian Wong
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
J Clin Neurosci 11:493-7. 2004..Test-retest (r=0.84) and inter-rater reliability (r=0.84) were high for the CLOX. Conclusions. Although the CLOX is reliable, it is not valid in detecting ED in Chinese elderly patients with SSI... - Cognitive and neuropathologic correlates of Stroop Color-Word Test performance in Alzheimer's diseaseMark W Bondi
Psychology Service, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System and Department of Psychiatry, University of California 92161, USA
Neuropsychology 16:335-43. 2002..Results of clinicopathologic correlations in an autopsy-confirmed AD subgroup further suggest the invocation of a broad network of integrated cortical regions and executive and language processes underlying successful SCWT performance... - Effects of illness duration on memory processing of patients with temporal lobe epilepsyMei-Chun Cheung
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Epilepsia 47:1320-8. 2006..In turn, the reduction of brain activation negatively affects memory functioning. Finally, the reduction is not limited to the side of seizure but also is observed in the contralateral hemisphere... - Impact of radionecrosis on cognitive dysfunction in patients after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinomaMei-Chun Cheung
Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Cancer 97:2019-26. 2003....