Lok-Kin Yeung
Lecturer in Psychology
Lok-Kin Yeung’s research focuses on understanding the cognitive neuroscience of the anterolateral entorhinal cortex, an important brain region that is one of the first to be affected by Alzheimer's disease pathology. His work has demonstrated that the anterolateral entorhinal cortex plays an important role in memory and perceptual processes, which may serve as cognitive markers for predicting clinical dementia. Yeung’s research has been published in journals such as Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, and Neurobiology of Aging.
Before coming to Hamilton, he completed postdoctoral research at Columbia University Medical Center's Taub Institute. Yeung earned his doctorate in psychology from the University of Toronto, and his bachelor's in biomedical engineering from Columbia University.
Recent Courses Taught
Introductory Psychology
Selected Publications
- Yeung L-K, Alschuler DM, Wall M, Luttmann-Gibson H, Copeland T, Hale C, Sloan RP, Sesso HD, Manson JE, Brickman AM (2023). Effects of a multivitamin intervention on memory in older adults: a clinical trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 118(1): 273-282.
- Yeung L-K, Olsen RK, Hong B, Mihajlovic V, D’Angelo MC, Kacojja A, Ryan JD & Barense MD (2019). Object-in-place memory predicted by anterolateral entorhinal cortex and parahippocampal cortex volume in older adults. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31(5):711-729.
- Yeung L-K, Olsen RK, Bild-Enkin HEP, D'Angelo MC, Kacollja A, McQuiggan DA, Keshabyan A, Ryan JD & Barense MD (2017). Anterolateral entorhinal cortex volume correlated with altered intra-item configural processing. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(22): 5527-5538.
- Olsen RK†, Yeung L-K†, Noly-Gandon A, D’Angelo MC, Kacollja A, Smith VM, Ryan JD & Barense MD (2017). Human anterolateral entorhinal cortex volumes are associated with cognitive decline in aging prior to clinical diagnosis. Neurobiology of Aging, 57: 195-205.
- Yeung L-K, Ryan JD, Cowell RA, & Barense MD (2013). Recognition memory impairments caused by novel objects falsely recognized as familiar. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142(4): 1384-1397
† equal contribution
More- Yeung L-K†, Vonk JMJ†, Beran M, Rosado D, Rodriguez V, Hale C, Geerlings M, Brickman AM (in prep). Psycholinguistic features in the semantic fluency task are associated with anterolateral entorhinal cortex volumes in older adults without dementia.
- Vyas CM, Manson JE, Sesso HD, Cook NR, Rist PM, Weinberg A, Moorthy MV, Baker LD, Espeland MA, Yeung L-K, Brickman AM, Okereke OI (2024). Effect of multivitamin-mineral supplementation versus placebo on cognitive function: results from the clinic subcohort of the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) randomized clinical trial and meta-analysis of 3 cognitive studies within COSMOS. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
- Zimmerman ME, Benasi G, Hale C, Yeung L-K, Cochran J, Brickman AM, St-Onge M-P (2024). The effects of insufficient sleep and adequate sleep on cognitive function in healthy adults. Sleep Health.
- Brickman AM, Yeung L-K, Alschuler DM, Ottaviani HI, Kuhnle GGC, Sloan RP, Luttmann-Gibson H, Copeland T, Schroeter H, Sesso HD, Manson JE, Wall M, Small SA (2023). Dietary flavanols restore hippocampal-dependent memory in older adults with lower diet quality and habitual flavanol consumption. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(23): e2216932120.
- Sloan RP, Wall M, Yeung L-K, Feng T, Feng X, Provenzano F, Schroeter H, Lauriola V, Brickman AM & Small SA (2021). The role of dietary flavanols in cognitive aging: results of a randomized controlled trial. Scientific Reports, 11:3837.
- Yeung L-K, Hale C, Rizvi B, Igwe K, Sloan RP, Honig LS, Small SA & Brickman AM (2021). Anterolateral entorhinal cortex volume is associated with memory retention in clinically unimpaired older adults. Neurobiology of Aging, 98:134-145.
- Yeung L-K, Hale C, Last BS, Andrews H, Sloan RP, Honig LS, Small SA & Brickman AM (2019). Cerebrospinal fluid amyloid levels are associated with delayed memory retention in cognitively normal biomarker-negative older adults. Neurobiology of Aging, 81:90-97.
- Stevenson RA, Philipp-Muller A, Hazlett N, Wang ZY, Luk J, Lee J, Black KR, Yeung L-K, Shafai F, Segers M, Ferber S & Barense MD (2019). Conjunctive visual processing appears abnormal in autism. Frontiers in Psychology: Perception Science, 9:2668.
- Hale C, Last BS, Meier IB, Yeung L-K, Budge M, Sloan RP, Small SA & Brickman AM (2017) The ModRey: an episodic memory test for nonclinical and preclinical populations. Assessment, 107319111772311.
- Yeung L-K, Olsen RK, Bild-Enkin HEP, D'Angelo MC, Kacollja A, McQuiggan DA, Keshabyan A, Ryan JD & Barense MD (2017). Anterolateral entorhinal cortex volume correlated with altered intra-item configural processing. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(22): 5527-5538.
- Brickman AM, Khan UA, Provenzano FA, Yeung L-K, Suzuki W, Schroeter H, Wall M, Sloan R & Small SA (2014). Enhancing dentate gyrus function with dietary flavanols improves cognition in older adults. Nature Neuroscience, 17(12): 1798-1803.
- Barense MD, Groen ILA, Lee ACH, Yeung L-K, Brady S, Bussey TJ, Kapur N, Gregori M, Saksida LM & Henson RNA (2012). Intact memory for irrelevant information impairs perception in amnesia. Neuron, 75(1): 157-167.
- Lee ACH, Yeung L-K & Barense MD (2012). The hippocampus and visual perception. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(91).
- Brickman AM, Sneed JR, Provenzano FA, Garcon E, Johnert L, Muraskin J, Yeung L-K, Zimmerman ME & Roose SP (2011). Quantitative approaches for assessment of white matter hyperintensities in elderly populations. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 193(2): 101-106.
- Brickman AM, Siedlecki KL, Muraskin J, Manly JJ, Luchsinger JA, Yeung L-K, Brown TR, DeCarli C & Stern Y (2011). White matter hyperintensities and cognition: Testing the reserve hypothesis. Neurobiology of Aging, 32(9): 1588-1598.
- Roberto CA, Mayer LES, Brickman AM, Barnes A, Muraskin J, Yeung L-K, Steffener J, Sy M, Hirsch J, Stern Y & Walsh, T (2011). Brain tissue volume changes following weight gain in adults with anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 44(5): 406-411.
Appointed to the Faculty
2024Educational Background
Ph.D., University of Toronto
M.A., University of Toronto
B.A. and B.Sc., Columbia University
