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Polly Chen

Assistant Professor, Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange, Internship Coordinator,

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Biography

I am trained in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology with research focuses on cognition in ageing brains. I graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Cognitive Science from University Malaysia Sarawak, MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience from University of York, UK, MSc in Foundation in Clinical Neuropsychology in Bangor University, UK, and PhD in Psychology from University of Otago, and Brain Research New Zealand. During my PhD training, I was based in the Neuropsychology laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Liana Machado. My research involved neuromodulation technique, using transcranial direct current stimulation (tCDS) and examining its effect on saccadic eye movement performance in young and older adults. Before joining 海角黑料 Malaysia as an Assistant Professor in December 2021, I worked as a senior lecturer in International Medical University, Malaysia where I also successfully secured a Fundamental Research Grant Scheme to study the validation of using saccadic eye movement paradigm to detect mental fatigue.

Expertise Summary

My area of research focuses on ageing and cognition (e.g., ways to promote cognitive health of the elderly, interventions that could serve as potential strategy to slow down or combat age-related cognitive declines, etc.). My research work so far have looked into potential ways with tDCS to ameliorate saccadic eye movement (through antisaccade paradigm) deficits in older adults. I am also working on using tDCS in managing psychotic behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. In another project, my research team and I are researching on transferring antisaccade paradigm to mobile phone application in which we could ultimately monitor the progress of dementia through their saccadic eye movement performance. Currently I am particularly interested to research the role of cognitive reserve in ageing and how it plays a role in healthy and pathological ageing.

In my previous work place, I have also supervised students with research on physical activities (PA) and its association with cognition/mental health. For example, whether people who are physically active will be more resilient to stress, leading to better mental health, or better in coping with stress in general. We also looked into the stages of behavioural change and motivation associated with PA engagement.

Teaching Summary

Current teaching in UNM:

Introduction to Psychology

Practical Methods

Neuropsychology

Research Summary

Focusing on the area of Brain and Cognition, specifically interested in the ageing brain and its associated neuropsychological conditions Developing methods to help with early detection of… read more

Recent Publications

  • RAZALI, M. F., CHONG, S. L. and RAMASAMY, S., 2024. The burden of the stroke caregivers in the COVID-19 pandemic: A short review. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences. 20(2), 350-358
  • MEHMOOD, M., AMIN, H. U. and CHEN, P. L., 2024. Pre-diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Eye-Tracking and Machine Learning Techniques. In: Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems 14374. 239-250
  • CHEN, P. L., MUTALIB, N. A. A. and GOH, G. Y., 2023. SAGE Open. 13(3),
  • KUNASEGARAN, K., ISMAIL, A. M. H., RAMASAMY, S., GNANOU, J. V., CASZO, B. A. and CHEN, P. L., 2023. PeerJ. 11, e15744

Current Research

  • Focusing on the area of Brain and Cognition, specifically interested in the ageing brain and its associated neuropsychological conditions
  • Developing methods to help with early detection of age-related cognitive deficits
  • Exploring potential therapeutic techniques to combat or slow down brain deteriorations
  • Techniques: quantitative approach, experimental design, saccadic eye tracking, neuromodulation (e.g., transcranial direct current stimulation)
  • FRGS project: A Validation Study on Saccadic Eye Movements in Detecting Mental Fatigue
  • In collaboration with International Medical University: A predictive study on socio-demographic factors and social connection towards burden of caregivers of stroke patients during COVID-19 pandemic
  • In collaboration with Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Malaysia Campus): A Randomized Controlled Trial using Transcranial Brain Stimulation in Managing Psychotic Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: A Pilot Study
  • In collaboration with Loughborough University, UK: Monitoring Dementia Using Smartphones (MODUS): An Eye Tracking Study
  • RAZALI, M. F., CHONG, S. L. and RAMASAMY, S., 2024. The burden of the stroke caregivers in the COVID-19 pandemic: A short review. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences. 20(2), 350-358
  • MEHMOOD, M., AMIN, H. U. and CHEN, P. L., 2024. Pre-diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Eye-Tracking and Machine Learning Techniques. In: Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems 14374. 239-250
  • CHEN, P. L., MUTALIB, N. A. A. and GOH, G. Y., 2023. SAGE Open. 13(3),
  • KUNASEGARAN, K., ISMAIL, A. M. H., RAMASAMY, S., GNANOU, J. V., CASZO, B. A. and CHEN, P. L., 2023. PeerJ. 11, e15744
  • CHEONG, L. L., KEE, M. J. Y. and CHEN, P. L., 2023. Journal of Cognitive Psychology.
  • RAJASEKAR, N., PRICE, J. M., CHEN, P. L., LEUNG, Y. and KORAN, L., 2022. Language Attrition of Older Multilinguals under a Pandemic Situation in Malaysia In: Proceedings of The National Conference on Ageing 2022. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences. 18.
  • CHEN, P. L. and CHEW, K. X., 2022. Sleep quality or sleep quantity? Association with psychological well-being among young adults during lockdown in Malaysia due to COVID-19 pandemic: A preliminary report International Public Health Journal. 14(4), 313-321
  • MAN, K. M. X., CHEN, P. L., LIM, J. Y. and LEUNG, Y., 2022. The Factors Associated with Ageism among Malaysian Young Adults. In: Proceedings of The National Conference on Ageing 2022. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences. 18.
  • GOH, T. S. and CHEN, P. L., 2021. International Journal of Sport Psychology. 52(4), 355-369
  • CHEN, P. L., STENLING, A. and MACHADO, L., 2018. Vision. 2, 42
  • CHEN, P. L. and MACHADO, L., 2017. Journal of Eye Movement Research. 10(3), 5
  • CHEN, P. L. and MACHADO, L., 2016. Neurobiology of Aging. 41, 53-63
  • MACHADO, L., WYATT, N., GUINEY, H. and CHEN, P. L., 2014. Age-related changes in visuomotor performance: Evidence hyper-responsiveness to stimuli appearing in the periphery underpins aging deficits In: Perception ECVP abstract. 43. 37-37
  • CHEN, P. L., DAVIS, N. J. and BRACEWELL, M., 2012. A transcranial direct current stimulation study on savant-like abilities in the healthy brain: the numerosity judgement In: Proceedings of the 2nd Southeast Asia Psychology Conference.
  • NG, G. W., CHEN, P. L., CHAI, L. K., CHEW, C. Y., AND CHOONG, A. C. H., CHEN, P. L., CHAI, L. K., CHEW, C. Y. and CHOONG, A. C. H., 2009. Augmented Reality Airplane Shooting Game: 3DCoolPlane. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering & Computer Systems. 486-490
  • NOREHAN ZULKIPLY, SHAHREN AHMAD ZAIDI ADRUCE, KARTINI ABD GHANI, & PO LING CHEN, SHAHREN AHMAD ZAIDI ADRUCE, KARTINI ABD GHANI and PO LING CHEN, 2008. Gender and Educational Stream Differences in Memory Retention for Verbal and Non-verbal Tasks. The International Journal of Learning. 15(3), 221-226

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