Yuan-Wei YAO
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences · The University of Hong Kong
Quick answer: Yuan-Wei YAO is Assistant Professor at The University of Hong Kong. Yuan-Wei YAO shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-10-19.
⭐ PhD/MPhil applicants: I am accepting PhD/MPhil students for the 2026-27 application cycle. If you are interested in joining our lab, please send me an email with your CV and a letter of motivation. In addition to meeting the academic standards required by the admissions committee, successful candidates are expected to have: 1. Experience with experimental design; 2. Experience with at least one pr
Research interests
Decision-making (including neuroeconomics); Behavioral addictions (problematic social media use, internet gaming disorder, etc.); Internet psychology (effects of the internet and emerging technologies on cognition and behavior); Digital health; Computational modeling (reinforcement learning model, drift diffusion model, etc.); Computational psychiatry
Selected publications (since 2023)
Liu, L., Pang, Y. X., Song, Z. H., Chen, S. J., Han, Y. Y., & Yao, Y. W*. (2025). Computational mechanisms underlying the impact of Pavlovian bias on instrumental learning in problematic social media users. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 14, 903-913.
Buidze, T., Yao, Y. W., & Gläscher, J. (2025). Expectation violations as an effective alternative to complex mentalizing in novel communication. iScience, 28(7), 112795.
Yao, Y. W., Song, K. R., Schuck, N. W., Li, X., Fang, X. Y., Zhang, J. T., Heekeren, H. R., & Bruckner, R. (2023). The dorsomedial prefrontal cortex is involved in subjective value representation across effort-based and risky decision-making. NeuroImage, 279, 120326.
Frequently asked questions
Is Yuan-Wei YAO hiring PhD students at The University of Hong Kong?
Yes. As of 2026-10-19, Yuan-Wei YAO's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: PhD/MPhil applicants: I am accepting PhD/MPhil students for the 2026-27 application cycle. If you are interested in joining our lab, please send me an email with your CV and a letter of motivation. In.
What does Yuan-Wei YAO research?
Decision-making (including neuroeconomics); Behavioral addictions (problematic social media use, internet gaming disorder, etc.); Internet psychology (effects of the internet and emerging technologies on cognition and behavior); Digital health; Computational modeling (reinforcement learning model, d
Data last updated: 2026-10-19 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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