Decision Neuroscience Lab
Morality
Our lab uses behavioral and neuroscience methods (e.g. fMRI/EEG) to study economic and social decision making in young adults, children/adolescents/older adults, and patients with psychiatric disorders.
Recent projects include Morality, Rationality, and Creativity (MRC).
Morality: cooperation, trust, lying,
Rationality: decision bias, learning,
Creativity: diversity, disinhibition.
Lab PI: Dr. Rongjun YU,
Ph.D. in brain science, MRC-CBU, University of Cambridge, 2011
Current positions:
Associate Professor,
Department of Management, Marketing, and Information Systems (MMIS),
School of Business; Sport, SPEH; Hong Kong Baptist University;
Executive Director, MRI facilities, HKBU;
System Health Lab, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, HKBU. Link
Google scholar profile (total citations > 5000; H index=41, papers>150)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0123-1524 Scopus OSF LinkedIn
Email: rongjunyu@hkbu.edu.hk
Editorship: 2020-present, Associate Editor, Neurobiology of Stress (IF=7.142, 2021)
Awards: 2022/23, Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS), UGC, HK. news
2015/16, Award for Promising Researcher (APR), NUS, Singapore
Radiographers X2 (MRI center): MRI daily operation, start immediately
https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/index.php?page_id=6&job_id=7583&f=job_details
Research Assistant X2 (MRI center):
https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/index.php?page_id=6&job_id=7583&f=job_details
Research Associate/scientific officer X2 (MRI center):
https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/index.php?page_id=6&job_id=7806&f=job_details
Research Scientist X1 (MRI): https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/index.php?page_id=6&job_id=7714&f=job_details
Research Fellow X1 (lab): Social neuroscience-related fields,
https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/index.php?page_id=6&job_id=7700&f=job_details
RAP X1 (department): Neuromanagement-related areas,
https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/index.php?page_id=6&job_id=7701&f=job_details
SPEH department hire: Sport neuroscience
https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/index.php?page_id=6&job_id=7556&f=job_details
For inquiries, send your CV along with your questions to: rongjunyu@hkbu.edu.hk
Selected publications
Acute stress promotes brain network integration and reduces state transition variability
PNAS (Brief report), 2022 (pdf) news
Spontaneous dishonesty does not specifically engage the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex
PNAS (letter), 2022 (pdf)
Distinct neural patterns underlying ingroup and outgroup conformity,
Neural activity associated with monitoring the oscillating threat value of a tarantula,
Nature Communications, 2017 (pdf)
Testing (quizzing) boosts classroom learning: A systematic and meta-analytic review.
Psychological Bulletin, 2021 (pdf)
A Key Role for Similarity in Vicarious Reward,
Opportunities
For Ph.D. scholarship, there are at least three tracks:
1. The Talent 100 PhD Scholarship Scheme (deadline: April 15)
2. Hong Kong Ph.D. fellowship.
3. The System Health Lab track:
Students are expected to work on interdisciplinary topics such as cooperation, creativity, and other social functions. Candidates should apply to one of the two departments first:
Department of Management (GMAT/GRE required) (on organizational neuroscience)
The School of Business at HKBU is triple-accredited by the three most influential business school accreditation associations: the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), amongst the 1% of business schools worldwide with TRIPLE CROWN STATUS.
Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health (on health-related topics)
Postdoctoral positions (multiple positions available in 2022)
Postdoctoral research fellows will be supported by research grants.
Also, check out RGC postdoctoral fellowship schema. Hong Kong Scholars Program 香江学者计划
Research assistant professor positions (on a continuous basis)
RAP positions are available in the area of cognitive neuroscience.
check our job ad @ Neuroeconomics job bank.
Selected research grants as PI
"Visual saliency and reward saliency guide decision making"
S$498,558, 2018-2020, Tier 2, Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore
"Aversive learning and memory under stress: a neuroimaging study"
S$250,000, 2017-2019, Young Individual Research Grant, National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Singapore
"You Are What You Surf: Characterizing Preference and Decision-making Styles With Digital Footprints"
S$877,800, 2018-2021, Social Science Research Thematic Grant, MOE, Singapore
Hong Kong:
"A neurocognitive theory of unethical behavior and implications for organizational behavior" funded by the HSSPFS award
Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS) 2022/23 人文學及社會科學傑出學者 Link
Internal grant:
Research Network on Healthy Aging;
The neural basis of leadership: a neuromanagement approach;
Teaching
2021-- now @HKBU
BUSI3066 Brain Science for Business (teaching effectiveness = 4.75 out of 5)
BUSI2025 Organizational Behaviour (in 2023)
2014-2020 @NUS:
PL6888 Selected topics in social and cognitive neuroscience
PL5308 Advanced social and cognitive neuroscience
PL4205 Developmental processes PL4238 Social neuroscience
PL3260 Moral development PL3289 Lab in decision science
Trainee (former postdoc/PhD) placement
See Alumni
Membership
Academy of Management, Organizational Neuroscience
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity
Society for Neuroeconomics Social & affective neuroscience society
Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Association for Consumer Research | ACR
Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP)
