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Hao-Lun Fu
BSc, MSc
DPhil Student
- M.Sc., Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
- B.Sc., Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
I am a DPhil student in the Plasticity Group at the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN), supervised by Prof. Heidi Johansen-Berg, Prof. Timothy Denison, and Dr. Matthew Weightman. My research focuses on how healthy behaviors and sports experiences influence cognitive functioning and brain health.
Prior to my work at Oxford, I explored the positive effects of sports and exercise on the human brain, employing mathematical modeling techniques and neuroimaging methods, such as EEG, to investigate the cognitive and neural mechanisms involved.
In my DPhil project, I am shifting focus to examine the potential negative impacts of sports, particularly head injuries and impacts. Specifically, I aim to use EEG and MRI to investigate how concussions and mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) affect the brain. My ultimate goal is to develop objective brain-based biomarkers that can assist in pitch-side assessments for return-to-play or return-to-field decisions in sports.
My DPhil is funded by the Taiwanese Ministry of Education as part of the Government Scholarship to Study Abroad.
Outside of my academic work, I am also a Paralympic athlete with visual impairments (T13/F13 classification). I have been a two-time national champion in the Pentathlon event (long jump, javelin, 100m, discus, and 1500m in one day) at the National Paralympic Games in Taiwan. This experience has been a major source of inspiration for my research in sports and exercise neuroscience.
Key publications
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Maintained cognitive gains after 10 weeks of cognitively engaging exercise via reducing body fat in overweight children
Journal article
Kao S-C. et al, (2024), International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1 - 19
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Electrophysiological differences in inhibitory control processing between collegiate level soccer players and non-athletes in the absence of performance differences
Journal article
Yao Z-F. et al, (2024), Brain and Cognition, 178, 106179 - 106179
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Examining the relationship between aerobic fitness and cognitive control processes: An SFT and ERP study
Journal article
Fu H-L. et al, (2023), Behavioural Brain Research, 452, 114591 - 114591
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Systems factorial technology provides novel insights into the cognitive processing characteristics of open-skill athletes
Journal article
Wang C-H. et al, (2023), Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 66, 102395 - 102395
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Acute effects of aerobic exercise on conflict suppression, response inhibition, and processing efficiency underlying inhibitory control processes: An ERP and SFT study
Journal article
Kao S. et al, (2022), Psychophysiology, 59
Recent publications
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Maintained cognitive gains after 10 weeks of cognitively engaging exercise via reducing body fat in overweight children
Journal article
Kao S-C. et al, (2024), International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1 - 19
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Quadriceps strength and its association with neural oscillations during temporal preparation for lower-limb responses in healthy elderly adults
Preprint
Ho M-C. et al, (2024)
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A proposal for a Riemannian face space and application to atypical vs. typical face similarities
Journal article
Townsend JT. et al, (2024), Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 122, 102870 - 102870
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Electrophysiological differences in inhibitory control processing between collegiate level soccer players and non-athletes in the absence of performance differences
Journal article
Yao Z-F. et al, (2024), Brain and Cognition, 178, 106179 - 106179
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Examining the relationship between aerobic fitness and cognitive control processes: An SFT and ERP study
Journal article
Fu H-L. et al, (2023), Behavioural Brain Research, 452, 114591 - 114591