Dr LIU, Sisi    劉思斯 博士
Assistant Professor
Department of Special Education and Counselling
Contact
ORCiD
0000-0003-1609-565X
Phone
(852) 2948 8079
Fax
(852) 2948 7794
Email
sisiliu@eduhk.hk
Address
10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Scopus ID
57191728429
Research Outputs

Journal Publications
Yan, Y., Tang, Y., Ma, Y., Jiang, F., Liu, S., & Zhu, X. (2025). Push back to move forward: how knowledge counterflow boosts creativity in older employees.. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, ., 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2025.2500512
Chen, M., Wang, L.-C., Liu, S., & Liu, D. (2025). The role of format familiarity and semantic transparency in Chinese reading: evidence from eye movements. BMC Psychology, 13, .-., Article 207. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02397-6
SDGs infomation: 4 - Quality Education
Peng, M., Cai, H., Shi, Y., Liu, S., Cai, M., Li, X., & Wang, Y. (2025). Neural markers of human aggression and cooperation are influenced by zero-sum or non-zero-sum groups. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 208, Article 112505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2025.112505
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Liu, S., Tang, Y., Peng, M., & Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2024). The effect of self-expansion on creativity: Examining the role of novelty experiences. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000682
SDGs infomation: 4 - Quality Education
Liu, S., Li, N., Zhang, X., Wang, L.-C., & Liu, D.* (2024). Effects of working memory and visual search skill on Chinese reading comprehension: Examining the Simple View of Reading. Reading and Writing, ., .-.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-024-10515-w
Zheng, Q., Liu, S., Zheng, J., Gu, M., & He, W. (2023). College students’ loneliness and problematic mobile phone use: Mediation by fear of missing out. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 33(2), 115-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2182033
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Liu S., Xu Z., & Liu. D (2023). The effects of stimulus-driven and goal-directed attentional control on word reading skills among first-grade Chinese children. Journal of Research in Reading, 46(1), 104-121. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9817.12416
Liu, S., Xu, Z., & Liu, D. (2023). The effects of stimulus-driven and goal-directed attentional control on word reading skills among first-grade Chinese children. Journal of Research in Reading, 46(1), 104-121. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9817.12416
Liu, S., Peng, M., & Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2023). Psychometric evaluation of a Chinese translation of the relational and individual self-expansion scales. Current Psychology, 42, 12671-12681. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02585-8
Xu, H. & Liu, S. (2022). Exploring the association between community service participation and identity development among middle adolescents: A study in Hong Kong. Self and Identity, 21(7), 827-847. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2021.1961853
Liu, S. & Peng, M. (2018). Does scope of attention affect creativity? Testing the attentional priming hypothesis. Journal of Creative Behavior, 54(2), 423-435. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.378
Liu, S., Liu, D., Pan, Z. H., & Xu, Z. Y. (2018). The association between reading abilities and visual-spatial attention in Hong Kong Chinese children.. Dyslexia, 24(3), 263-275.
Liu, S. (2016). Broaden the mind before ideation: The effect of conceptual attention scope on creativity. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 22, 190-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2016.10.004

Conference Papers
Liu, S., Tang, Y., & Fan, W. (2025, May). Beyond Work: How Novel Off-Job Experiences Boost Employee Creativity.. Poster presented at the 2025 APS Annual Convention for the Association for Psychological Science,, Washington, D.C., USA.
Liu, S., Liu, D., Xu, Z., & Wang, L. (2023, February). Visual search and working memory uniquely predict Chinese reading comprehension: Examining the Simple View of Reading. Poster presented at the Seventh Annual Conference for the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, virtual meeting.
Liu, D.& Liu, S. (2018, February). The Deficit of Chinese Children with Poor Reading Abilities in Visual-Spatial Attention. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, Tsukuba, Japan.

Projects

Sensory, Cognitive, and Language Processing

Project Start Year: 2024, Principal Investigator(s): LIU, Sisi

 
Self-Expansion and Creativity: A Field Study on Design and Advertising Creativity
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Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): LIU, Sisi

 
The Effect of Bilingualism on Creativity
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Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): LIU, Sisi

 
Improving Children’s Chinese Literacy Performance by Developing an Educational Computer Game for Training Morphological Skills
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Project Start Year: 2018, Principal Investigator(s): LIU, Duo 劉鐸 (LIU SISI 劉思斯 as Co-Investigator)

 
Prizes and awards

Psychological Science and Entrepreneurship Poster Award at the 2025 APS Annual Convention
The award, which is supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, aims to stimulate research in entrepreneurship and encourage psychological scientists to think creatively about how their work can be brought to bear on understanding and encouraging successful entrepreneurship. The poster was noted as an award winner at the convention and in the convention program. Additionally, I received $ 1,500 and complimentary registration to the convention.
Date of receipt: 22/5/2025, Conferred by: The Association for Psychological Science