| A Public lecture entitled “Reading and the Brain” was delivered by Prof. Daisy L. Hung at the University of Hong Kong on 18 March 2011. The lecture, which was hosted by the Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and Research (CACLER) and co-hosted by the Home-school Section of Education Bureau, was sponsored by the Best Concept Children’s Centre Limited. In the lecture, Prof. Hung discussed about the relationship between reading and the brain development of different gender and how different parts of the brain connected to functions of reading, reading strategies and other reading-related cognitive activities. The enlightening lecture attracted nearly 280 educators, teachers and parents. |
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| About the Speaker:Professor Daisy L. Hung, Director and Professor of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at National Central University, Taiwan, received her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of California, Riverside, USA, in 1980. The institute, an interdisciplinary graduate institute, is the first research institute in Taiwan devoted to promote excellent research in cognitive and brain science. She is also the Visiting Research Scientist of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego since 1987. Her research focuses on cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, neuropsychology and neurolinguistics. Prof. Hung has been principal investigators and co-investigators of several research projects awarded by Taiwan National Science Council. She has many academic writings published at various international journals in the related fields, including Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology and Neuropsychologia. To learn more about Prof. Hung’s researches, please visit her homepage:
http://icn.ncu.edu.tw/en/g_01.aspx?faculty_id=2
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| Ms. M. C. Chau (first from left), Director of Best Concept Children’s Centre Limited, and Prof. Tse Shek Kam (first from right), Director of CACLER, presented souvenirs to Prof. Daisy L. Hung (second from right) and made a brilliant ending to the lecture. |
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