Dr. Lixia Yang, PhD.
Professor
Director of the Cognitive Aging Laboratory (CAL)
Department of Psychology, Ryerson University
Email: lixiay@psych.ryerson.ca
Tel: (416) 979 – 5000 Ext. 6522
Dr. Yang received her doctorate in psychology from the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2000. She then worked as a post‐doctoral research fellow at the Max‐Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany, and later at the University of Toronto. In 2005, Dr. Yang joined the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University. Dr. Yang’s research interest covers three related areas: cognitive plasticity of the aging brain, cultural differences in attention and memory, as well as emotion-cognition interaction in aging.
Recent Contributions
I. Publications in Refereed Journals
2022
- Truong, L.; Kandasamy, K.; Yang, L. (2022). Cognitive Control in Young and Older Adults: Does Mood Matter? Brain Sciences, 12, 50. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/1/50
- Yu, L.; Lecompte, M.; Zhang, W.; Wang, P.; & Yang, L. (2022). Sociodemographic and COVID-Related Predictors for Mental Health Condition of Mainland Chinese in Canada Amidst the Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 171. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010171. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/1/171/pdf
2021
- Wang, L.., Yu, J., Chen, D., & Yang, L. (2021). Relationships among COVID-19 Prevention Practices, Risk Perception and Individual Characteristics: A Temporal Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 10901. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph182010901. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/20/10901
- Na, L. Yang, L., Yu, L., Bolton, K., Zhang, W., & Wang, P. (2021). The Appraisal and Endorsement of Individual and Public Preventive Measures to Combat COVID-19 and the Associated Psychological predictors among Chinese Living in Canada. Open Journal of Public Health. https://openpublichealthjournal.com/VOLUME/14/PAGE/592/FULLTEXT/
- Na, L.& Yang, L. (2021). Psychological and behavioral responses during the COVID-19 pandemic among individuals with mobility and/or self-care disabilities. Disability and Health Journal. ttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101216. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1duaC6uM4neMIg
- Kong, Y., Shaver, L. Shi, F., Yang, L., Zhang W., Wei, X., Zhu, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, P. (2021). Attitudes of Chinese immigrants in Canada towards the use of Traditional Chinese Medicine for prevention and management of COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey during the early stages of the pandemic. BMJ open. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/9/e051499.long
- Wong, B. I., Lecompte, M., & Yang, L. (2021) The age-related associative deficit simulated by relational divided attention: encoding strategy and recollection, Memory, 29:3, 406-415, DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2021.189864
- Yang, L., *Truong, L., & *Li, L. (2021). Survival processing effect in memory under semantic divided attention. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. 10.1037/cep0000210. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000210
II. Book Chapters
- Gallant, S., & Yang, L. (2015). Directed Forgetting. The encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging (Ed., S. K. Whitbourne). Wiley Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118521373.wbeaa324
- Truong, L., & Yang, L. (2015). Dual Mechanisms of Cognitive Control. The encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging (Ed., S. K. Whitbourne). Wiley Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118521373.wbeaa325
- Wilkinson, A.J., & Yang, L. (2015). Cognitive Plasticity. The encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging (Ed., S. K. Whitbourne). Wiley Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118521373.wbeaa327