Projects per year
Personal profile
Chinese Name
楊慧蘭
Biography
Vicki received her Ph.D. from the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She worked as the Editorial Assistant for the Asian Journal of Social Psychology during her Ph.D study. After graduation, she took up the position of the postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Experimental Research in Social Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan. She obtained the Young Scientist Award for the year of 2009 and 2011 respectively. Vicki joined Lingnan University in August 2011. She received the Honorable Mention Award in the Research Excellence Award Scheme in 2014, and the Fulbright-RGC Hong Kong Senior Research Scholar Award in 2015. Her research interests include social psychology, social cognition, cross-cultural psychology, consumer psychology, and evolutionary psychology.
Research interests
Cross-cultural differences in communication style, How culture is formed, maintained and changes through the process of communication, Socio-ecological approach to cultural differences in human behaviors, Dehumanization, The self-deceptive psychological illusions, Stereotyping
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Happiness
Medicine & Life Sciences
Ego
Medicine & Life Sciences
Eating
Medicine & Life Sciences
Self Concept
Medicine & Life Sciences
Hong Kong
Medicine & Life Sciences
Pathology
Medicine & Life Sciences
stereotype
Social Sciences
happiness
Social Sciences
Network
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Projects 2012 2020
Merely possessing an analgesic reduces experiences of pain
YEUNG, W. L. V., GEERS, A. & COLLOCA, L.
1/01/18 → 31/12/19
Project: Grant Research
Historical Justice and Reconciliation: Dealing with Japan's Occupation in Korea
DAVID, R., YEUNG, W. L. V. & PARK, J.
1/01/17 → 30/06/20
Project: Grant Research
Apologies and Denials: Dealing with Japan's Occupation in Korea
DAVID, R., PARK, J. & YEUNG, W. L. V.
1/09/16 → 31/08/19
Project: Grant Research
Research Output 2010 2019
Apologies for Historical Injustices and Psychological Responses to Them
DAVID, R. & YEUNG, W. L. V., 31 May 2019.Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Conference Paper (other) › Other Conference Paper › peer-review
justice
text analysis
experiment
social psychology
Korea
1
Scopus Citations
Merely possessing a placebo analgesic reduced pain intensity : preliminary findings from a randomized design
YEUNG, V. W., GEERS, A. & KAM, S. M., Feb 2019, In : Current Psychology. 38, 1, p. 194-203 10 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › Research › peer-review
Analgesics
Placebos
Pain
Gift Giving
Pain Perception
Testing if and when the mere possession of a placebo analgesic cream enhances pain resilience
YEUNG, W. L. V., GEERS, A. & COLLOCA, L., 9 Jul 2019.Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation › Presentation
Analgesics
Placebos
Pain
Marketing
Prizes
Research Excellence Award : Honourable Mention
Wai Lan Vicki YEUNG (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize / Award
RGC Fulbright-RGC Hong Kong Senior Research Scholar Award 2015
Wai Lan Vicki YEUNG (Recipient), Sep 2015
Prize: Prize / Award
Hong Kong
grant
Activities 2014 2018
Mere ownership of a self-centrality object enhances one's perceived self-efficacy
Wai Lan Victoria YEUNG (Speaker)20 Apr 2018
Activity: Seminar / Talk / Other Presentation
Apologies for historical injustices and psychological responses to them
Roman DAVID (Speaker), Wai Lan Victoria YEUNG (Speaker)26 Oct 2018
Activity: Seminar / Talk / Other Presentation
File
The clothes maketh the man : The reverse mere possession effect
Wai Lan Vicki YEUNG (Speaker)7 Mar 2016
Activity: Seminar / Talk / Other Presentation
Press / Media
研究指受心理作用影響 持有止痛藥可增抗痛能力 Study shows that possession of a placebo analgesic could help reduce pain intensity due to psychological effect
2/06/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer
本港研究發現只需持有藥物 即可產生「安慰劑效應」Lingnan University's study shows possession of a placebo analgesic could reduce pain intensity
8/05/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer
嶺大發現「安慰劑效應」有用 Lingnan University's study shows that ‘placebo effect’ works
7/05/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer