Yin Hung Bess Lam

Qualifications

• Phd in Psychology (The University of Hong Kong)
• Mphil in Psychology (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• Bachelor of Science in Psychology (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)

Research Interest

• Neuropsychology
• Neurocriminology
• Antisocial behavior
• Youth mental health
• Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders

Bess’s research focuses on the the neural and psychosocial mechanism of social cognition, antisocial behavior, and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. In recent years, she has extended her research work to the neural, motor and social functions in broader autism phenotype and traumatic brain injury. She has been engaged in inter-disciplinary research studies in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia and the United States. * In Mainland China, she has been working with scholars from the Guangzhou University and the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University on research projects related to mental health and neuropsychology. * In Australia, she has been working with scholars from the Griffith University on a project related to autism. * In the United States, she has continuous collaboration with scholars from the City University of New York, Duke University and University of Pennsylvania on projects related to the neuroscience of antisocial behaviors, psychopathy and decision making. * In Hong Kong, she has been working with scholars from the City University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Shue Yan University, the Education University of Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong on projects related to mental health, aggression and positive neuroscience.

Awards and Membership

Bess is a graduate member of the Hong Kong Psychological Society, a member of the American Society of Criminology, an alumnus of the U.S. Fulbright Program and the Lee Hysan Foundation Scholarship Scheme.

Publications

Lam, B.Y.H.#, Hou, L.#, Wong, N., Lu, W., Zhang, R., Ning, Y., Lin, K. (in press, 2022). Integrity of cerebellar tracts associated with the risk of bipolar disorder. Translational Psychiatry.

Wong, S.M.Y., Lam, B.Y.H., Wong, C.S.M., Lee, H., Wong, G.H.Y., Lui, S., Chan, K.T., Wong, M., Chan, S.K.W., Chang, W.C., Lee, E., Hui, C.L.M., & Chen, E.Y.H. (2022). Impact of restrictive COVID-19 measures on daily momentary affect in an epidemiological youth sample in Hong Kong: An experience sampling study. Current Psychology, 1-10.

Lei, L. K., Lam, B. Y. H., Lai, D. W., Bai, X., Li, J., Zou, Z., & Chan, C. C. (in press, 2022). Stability of Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Potential Influence of Practice Effect. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

Lee, S.Y., Lee, J.C.K., & Lam, B.Y.H. (2022). Does Renaming Improve Public Attitudes toward Vocational Education and Training? Experimental Survey Evidence from Hong Kong. Education + Training, 64 (3), pp. 347-359.

Lam, B.Y.H., Hui, C.H.L., Lui, S.S.Y., Chan, K.T., Wong, M.T.H., Chan, S.K.W., Lee. E., Chang, W.C., Wong, G.H.Y., & Chen, E.Y.H. (2021). LevelMind Hubs- A novel community-based youth mental wellness early intervention in Hong Kong: An evaluation of stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences. Early Intervention in Psychiatry.

Wong, S. M. Y., Lam, B. Y. H., Wong, C. S. M., Lee, H. P. Y., Wong, G. H. Y., Lui, S. S. Y., ... & Chen, E. Y. H. (2021). Measuring subjective stress among young people in Hong Kong: validation and predictive utility of the single-item subjective level of stress (SLS-1) in epidemiological and longitudinal community samples. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 30.

Lei, K.S., Wang, S.M., & Lam, B.Y.H.* (under review, 2021). Reward-Punishment Processing Deficits in Schizotypy with Callous Unemotional Traits

Hui, C.L.M., Lam, B.Y.H., Wong, C.S.M., Lee, H., Wong, G.H.Y., Lui, S., Chan, K.T., Wong, M., Chan, S.K.W., Chang, W.C., Lee, E., Wong, SM.Y., & Chen, E.Y.H. (2021). LevelMind@JC: Development and Evaluation of a Community Early Intervention Program for Young People in Hong Kong. Early Intervention in Psychiatry.

Ahorsu, D.K., Adjaottor, E.S., & Lam, B.Y.H.* (2021). Intervention effect of non-invasive brain stimulation on cognition among people with traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain Sciences, 11(7), 840.

Wong, M.N.K., Lai, D.W.L., Chan, H.H.L., & Lam, B.Y.H.* (2021). Neural and retinal characteristics in relation to working memory in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Current Alzheimer Research.

Derbie, A., Chau, B., Wong, C., Chen, L., Ting, K.H., Lam, B.Y.H., Chan, C.C.H. (2021). Cortical hemodynamic response associated with spatial coding: A near-infrared spectroscopy study. Brain Topography, 34, 207-220.

Derbie, A., Chau, B., Wong, C., Chen, L., Ting, K.H., Lam, B.Y.H., Lee, T.M.C., Chan, C.C.H. (2021). Common and distinct neural trends of allocentric and egocentric spatial coding. European Journal of Neuroscience, 53(11), 3672-3687.

Lam, B.Y.H. (2021). Social stigma versus social inclusion of the mental disabilities and neurological diseases. In Wong, M. S.,Weiner, L.,Cerniak, J.,& Yee, L.T.S. (Eds.), Incorporating diversity in classroom settings: Real and engaging examples for various Psychology courses. (Vol 1: Ability, age, culture, ethnicity/race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status) (pp. 15- 19). Society for the Teaching of Psychology. [website]

Lam, B.Y.H. (in press, 2021). Personality Traits during COVID-19 Pandemic. In Elisa M. Brietzke, Roger S. McIntyre, Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira & Kanguang Lin (Eds), Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Essentials. United States: Elsevier.

Liu, T., Zheng, Z., Lam, B.Y.H., McIntyre, R.S., & Lin, K.* (under review, 2020). Occupational Exposure Risk to SARS-CoV-2 Mediates the Psychological Stress of Chinese Non-infectious Obstetrical Staffs During COVID-19 Outbreak.

Leung, C., Lei, K. S., Wang, S. M., & Lam, B. Y. H.* (2020). Theory of mind in schizotypy: A behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) study. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 23, 100190.

Lam, B. Y. H.*, Huang, Y., & Gao, Y. (2020). Gray matter asymmetry in the orbitofrontal cortex in relation to psychopathic traits in adolescents. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 132, 84-96.

Lam, B. Y. H.*, Raine, A., Fung, A. L. C., Gao, Y., & Lee, T.M.C. (2020). Caregivers’ grit moderates the relationship between children’s executive function and aggression. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 636.

Lin, K., Stubbs, B., Zou, W., Zheng, W., Lu, W., Gao, Y., Chen, K., Wang, S., Liu, J., Huang, Y., Guan, L., Wong, M.N.K., Wang, C., Lam, B.Y.H., & Xu, G. (2020). Aerobic exercise impacts the anterior cingulate cortex in adolescents with subthreshold mood syndromes: a randomized controlled trial study. Translational Psychiatry, 10(1), 1-7.

Fung, L. C. A., Zhou, G., Low, Y.T.A., & Lam, B. Y. H. (2020). The Age and Gender Effect on Four Forms of Peer Victimization among Chinese Children and Adolescents. Applied Research in Quality of Life, (Special Issue).

Lam, B.Y.H., Lai, D.W.L., Li, J., Zou, Z., & Chan, C.C.H. (preprint, 2020). Mild cognitive impairment in older adults: the role of cognitive reserve and resilience.

Che, C., Cheung, W.Y., Mak, Y., Zhou, J., Lam, B.Y.H.* (in preparation). The effectiveness of dance movement therapy (DMT) interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder on enhancing social function: A meta-analysis.

Sun, D., Lam, B.Y.H., Chan, C.C.H., & Lee, T.M.C. (in preparation). Neural correlates of risky decisions and social decisions: the investigation of grey matter volume (GMV) and graph theory nodal centralities of GMV covariance.

Yu, Q., Chau, B.K.H., Lam, B.Y.H., Wong, A.W.K., Peng, J., & Chan, C.C.H. (2019). Neural processes of proactive and reactive controls modulated by motor-skill experiences. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13.

Lee, L.P., Har, A.W.Y., Ngai, C.H., Lai, D.W.L., Lam, B.Y.H.,* & Chan, C.C.H. (2019). Audiovisual integrative training for augmenting cognitive motor functions in mild cognitive impairment individuals. BMC Geriatrics, 20(1), 1-5.

Fung, A. L. C., Li, X., Ramírez, M. J., Lam, B. Y. H., Millana, L.,& Fares‐Otero, N. E. (2018). A Cross‐regional Study of the Reactive and Proactive Aggression of Youth in Spain, Uruguay, Mainland China, and Hong Kong. Social Development, 27(4), 748-760.

Lam, B. Y. H., Yang, Y., Schug, R. A., Han, C., Liu, J., & Lee, T. M. (2017). Psychopathy moderates the relationship between orbitofrontal and striatal alterations and violence: the investigation of individuals accused of homicide. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11.

Lam, B. Y. H., Raine, A., & Lee, T. M. (2017). Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ). In V. Zeigler-Hill & T.Shackelford (Eds), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. United States: Springer.

Fung, A. L. C., Tsang, E. Y. H., Zhou, G., Low, A. Y. T., Ho, M. Y., & Lam, B. Y. H. (2017). Relationship Between Peer Victimization and Reactive–Proactive Aggression in School Children. Psychology of Violence. Advance online publication.

Lam, B. Y. H., Raine, A., & Lee, T. M. (2016). Effect of theory of mind and peer victimization on the schizotypy–aggression relationship. npj Schizophrenia, 2, 16001.

Tang, D. Y., Liu, A. C., Lui, S. S., Lam, B. Y. H., Siu, B. W., Lee, T. M., & Cheung, E. F. (2016). Facial emotion perception impairments in schizophrenia patients with comorbid antisocial personality disorder. Psychiatry Research, 236, 22-27.

Lam, B. Y. H., Yang, Y., Raine, A., & Lee, T. M. C. (2015). Neural mediator of the schizotypy–antisocial behavior relationship. Translational Psychiatry, 5(11), e669.

Lam, B. Y. H., Raine, A., & Lee, T. M. C. (2014). The relationship between neurocognition and symptomatology in people with schizophrenia: social cognition as the mediator. BMC Psychiatry, 14, 138-147.

Yau, K.M., Lam, B.Y.H., Cheung, Y.T., Wong, H.W, Fong, M.C., & Lau, P.N. (2014). Recovery in love (Chinese version). Hong Kong: Kam Kwong Church Life Bookstore.

Raine, A., Fung, A. L. C., & Lam, B. Y. H. (2011). Peer victimization partially mediates the schizotypy – aggression relationship in children and adolescents. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 37(5), 937-945.

Fung, A. L. C., & Lam, B. Y. H. (2011). Prevention of Homicide by Treating Proactive Aggression in Schoolchildren. In D. J. Christie & J. E. Pim (Eds.), Nonkilling Psychology (pp. 189- 212). United States: Center for Global Nonkilling.

Mak, W. W. S., Lam, B. Y. H., & Yau, S. S. W. (2010). Recovery knowledge and recovery-oriented services in Hong Kong. Psychiatric Services, 61, 1164.