Dr Melody Mei Yan Chan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Officer
Queensland Brain Institute
Journal Articles
Chan, Melody M. Y., Choi, Coco X. T., Tsoi, Tom C. W., Zhong, Junpei and Han, Yvonne M. Y. (2024). Clinical and neuropsychological correlates of theta-band functional excitation-inhibition ratio in autism: an EEG study. Clinical Neurophysiology, 163, 56-67. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.04.004
Kwok, Terence T. Y., Chan, Melody M. Y., Mo, Flora Y. M., Hung, Se-Fong, Leung, Patrick W. L., Lai, Kelly Y. C. and Shea, Caroline K. S. (2024). Prevalence of autism in first-episode psychosis in two Hong Kong teaching hospitals. Autism, 28 (9), 13623613241259062-2421. doi: 10.1177/13623613241259062
Chan, Melody M. Y., Choi, Coco X. T., Tsoi, Tom C. W., Shea, Caroline K. S., Yiu, Klaire W. K. and Han, Yvonne M. Y. (2023). Effects of multisession cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation with cognitive training on sociocognitive functioning and brain dynamics in autism: A double-blind, sham-controlled, randomized EEG study. Brain Stimulation, 16 (6), 1604-1616. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2023.10.012
Han, Yvonne M. Y., Chan, Melody M. Y., Choi, Coco X. T., Law, Maxwell C. H., Ahorsu, Daniel Kwasi and Tsang, Hector W. H. (2023). The neurobiological effects of mind-body exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 10948, 10948. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-37309-4
Wong, Jing Jun, Chan, Victor K.S. and Chan, Melody M.Y. (2023). Complex interactions between distinct Theta oscillatory patterns during sleep deprivation. Journal of Neuroscience, 43 (20), 3611-3613. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0043-23.2023
Han, Yvonne M. Y., Chan, Melody M. Y., Shea, Caroline K. S., Mo, Flora Y. M., Yiu, Klaire W. K., Chung, Raymond C. K., Cheung, Mei-Chun and Chan, Agnes S. (2023). Effects of prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation on social functioning in autism spectrum disorder: a randomized clinical trial. Autism, 27 (8), 2465-2482. doi: 10.1177/13623613231169547
Krishnamurthy, Karthikeyan, Chan, Melody M. Y. and Han, Yvonne M. Y. (2022). Neural substrates underlying effortful control deficit in autism spectrum disorder: a meta-analysis of fMRI studies. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 20603, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25051-2
Chan, Melody M. Y., Chan, Ming-Chung, Yeung, Michael K., Wang, Shu-Mei, Liu, Duo and Han, Yvonne M. Y. (2022). Aberrant prefrontal functional connectivity during verbal fluency test is associated with reading comprehension deficits in autism spectrum disorder: An fNIRS study. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.984777
Chan, Melody M. Y., Chan, Ming-Chung, Lai, Oscar Long-Hin, Krishnamurthy, Karthikeyan and Han, Yvonne M. Y. (2022). Abnormal prefrontal functional connectivity is associated with inflexible information processing in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): an fNIRS study. Biomedicines, 10 (5) 1132, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10051132
Han, Yvonne M. Y., Yau, Suk-Yu, Chan, Melody M. Y., Wong, Chun-Kwok and Chan, Agnes S. (2022). Altered cytokine and BDNF levels in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Brain Sciences, 12 (4) 460, 460. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12040460
Han, Yvonne M.Y., Chan, Melody M.Y., Shea, Caroline K.S., Lai, Oscar Long-hin, Krishnamurthy, Karthikeyan, Cheung, Mei-chun and Chan, Agnes S. (2022). Neurophysiological and behavioral effects of multisession prefrontal tDCS and concurrent cognitive remediation training in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): A double-blind, randomized controlled fNIRS study. Brain Stimulation, 15 (2), 414-425. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2022.02.004
Han, Yvonne M. Y., Chan, Ming-Chung, Chan, Melody M. Y., Yeung, Michael K. and Chan, Agnes S. (2022). Effects of working memory load on frontal connectivity in children with autism spectrum disorder: a fNIRS study. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 1522. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-05432-3
Chan, Melody M. Y. and Han, Yvonne M. Y. (2022). The functional brain networks activated by music listening: a neuroimaging meta-analysis and implications for treatment. Neuropsychology, 36 (1), 4-22. doi: 10.1037/neu0000777
Chan, Melody M.Y., Yau, Sonata S.Y. and Han, Yvonne M.Y. (2021). The neurobiology of prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in promoting brain plasticity: A systematic review and meta-analyses of human and rodent studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 125, 392-416. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.02.035
Chan, Melody M. Y. and Han, Yvonne M. Y. (2020). Effects of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in the normalization of brain activation in patients with neuropsychiatric disorders: a systematic review of neurophysiological and neuroimaging studies. Neural Plasticity, 2020 8854412, 8854412. doi: 10.1155/2020/8854412
Chan, Melody MY and Han, Yvonne MY (2020). The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation in changing resting-state functional connectivity in patients with neurological disorders: a systematic review. Journal of Central Nervous System Disease, 12 1179573520976832, 1179573520976832. doi: 10.1177/1179573520976832
Chan, Melody M. Y. and Han, Yvonne M. Y. (2020). Differential mirror neuron system (MNS) activation during action observation with and without social-emotional components in autism: a meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies. Molecular Autism, 11 (1) 72. doi: 10.1186/s13229-020-00374-x
Conference Papers
Chan, Melody M. Y., Chow, Jessica W. H. and Robinson, Gail A. (2024). Domain-specific and domain-general functions differentially predict propositional language production in younger and older healthy adults: a preliminary investigation. Society for the Neurobiology of Language 2024 Annual Meeting, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 24-26 October 2024.
Han, Yvonne M.Y., Chan, Melody M.Y., Shea, Caroline K.S., Cheung, Mei-chun and Chan, Agnes S. (2024). Effects of multisession prefrontal tDCS and concurrent cognitive remediation training for enhancing social and cognitive functions in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. INSAR 2024 Annual Meeting, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 15-18 May 2024.
Chan, Melody M.Y., Chan, Ming-chung and Han, Yvonne M.Y. (2021). Atypical prefrontal functional connectivity is mediated by working memory task complexity in autism: A fNIRS study. ISDN 2021: 23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience, Online, 25-27 May 2021.