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Dr Nichol Wong received his PhD in Psychology from The University of Hong Kong and had his postdoctoral training at King’s College London. He then returned to The University of Hong Kong and worked as a Research Assistant Professor. Dr Wong is currently an Assistant Professor at The Education University of Hong Kong.
Research interests
- Social and affective neuroscience in healthy and clinical populations;
- Neuropsychology of loneliness and social connectivity;
- Neuroplasticity
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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A multimodal investigation for the causal neurobehavioural evidence of socio-affective attention modulating the relationship between loneliness and depressed mood
WONG, M. L. N. (PI)
01/01/26 → 30/04/28
Project: Research project
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Personalised transcranial direct current stimulation to reduce daily loneliness in people with subthreshold depression
WONG, M. L. N. (PI), Lee,, T. M. C. (CoI), WONG,, S.Y.-S. (CoI) & MA,, J. (CoI)
01/08/24 → 31/01/27
Project: Research project
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A novel conditioning approach to counter loneliness in adults
WONG, M. L. N. (PI) & Lee,, T. M. C. (CoI)
01/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research project
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Differential GABA dynamics across brain functional networks in autism
HUANG, Q., CHEN, D., PEREIRA, A. C., LEONARD, A., ELLIS, C. L., VELTHUIS, H., DIMITROV, M., PONTEDURO, F. M., WONG, M. L. N., KOWALEWSKI, L., PRETZSCH, C. M., DALY, E., MURPHY, D. G. M. & MCALONAN, G. M., Jan 2026, In: Communications Biology. 9, 283.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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μ opioid modulation of sensorimotor functional connectivity in autism: insights from a pharmacological neuroimaging investigation using tianeptine
DIMITROV, M., WONG, M. L. N., LEAMAN, S., FRANÇA, L. G. S., VALASAKIS, I., HE, J., LYTHGOE, D. J., FINDON, J. L., WICHERS, R. H., STOENCHEVA, V., ROBERTSON, D. M., BLAINEY, S., IVIN, G., HOLIGA, Š., TRICKLEBANK, M. D., BATALLE, D., MURPHY, D. G. M., MCALONAN, G. M. & DALY, E., Mar 2026, In: Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 6, 2, 100663.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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A network analysis of rumination on loneliness and the relationship with depression
LUO, J., WONG, M. L. N., ZHANG, R., WU, J., SHAO, R., CHAN, C. H. C. & LEE, M. C. T., Jan 2025, In: Nature Mental Health. 3, p. 46-57Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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A psychoneuroimmunological underpinnings of the relationship between childhood trauma, loneliness, and depression in older adults
JIN, R. R., WONG, M. L. N., MA, J., FANG, J.-T., LIN, C.-M., TOH, C. H., WU, K. Y., HSU, J. L., HUANG, C.-M., LEE, S. H. & LEE, T. M. C., 2025, In: Translational Psychiatry. 15, 328.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Effects of tDCS on reducing the sense of loneliness in older adults: A randomized controlled trial
ZHENG, E. Z., WONG, M. L. N. & LEE, T. M. C., Feb 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Papers