Dr. Chooi Weng Tink

					Senior Lecturer
					B. Eng. – Biomedical Engineering (Orthopaedic Biomaterials); Case Western Reserve University, Ohio USA,
					M.A., PhD. – Experimental Psychology; Case Western Reserve University, Ohio USA
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					Tel: 04-5622304


					Research Interests:
					Cognitive Psychology

About Me

B. Eng. – Biomedical Engineering (Orthopaedic Biomaterials); Case Western Reserve University, Ohio USA,

M.A., PhD. – Experimental Psychology; Case Western Reserve University, Ohio USA

Expertise

Cognitive Psychology – working memory, human intelligence, cognitive functions in people with substance use (opioid, ATS, ketum) disorder.

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1. Early initiation of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) use associated with lowered cognitive performance among individuals with co-occurring opioid and ATS use disorders in Malaysia
Weng-Tink Chooi^{1, 2}, Norzarina M. Zaharim³, Alethea Desrosiers¹, Imran Ahmad⁴, M. Azhar M.Yasin⁴, S. Z. Syed Jaapar⁴, Richard S. Schottenfeld¹, Balasingam K. Vicknasingam⁵, Marek C. Chawarski¹. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (in press)

2. Emerging Drug Use Trends in Kelantan, Malaysia (2016). A Desrosiers, WT Chooi, NM Zaharim, I Ahmad, MA Mohd Yasin, Sharifah Z Syed Jaapar, Richard S Schottenfeld, Balasingam Vicknasingam, Marek C Chawarski. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 1-9

3. Deep in thought while driving: An EEG study on drivers’ cognitive distraction (2014), H Almahasneh, WT Chooi, N Kamel, AS Malik, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 26, 218-226

4. The Sternberg Triarchic Abilities Test (Level-H) is a Measure of g (2014), WT Chooi, HE Long, LA Thompson, Journal of Intelligence 2 (3), 56-67

5. Working memory training does not improve intelligence in healthy young adults (2012), WT Chooi, LA Thompson, Intelligence 40 (6), 531-542

6. Working memory and intelligence: A Brief Review (2012), WT Chooi, Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology 2 (2), 42

Research Grants

As principal investigator –

1.	Serial order memory efficiency in working memory training,The British Academy & Akademi Sains Malaysia,298792.66, 1/9/2016 - 31/8/2018
2.	Working Memory and Self-Regulation in Adolescents, USM (JANGKA PENDEK), RM21,732.00, 1/4/2013-31/3/2015
	As co-investigators: -
1.	Development Of Medical Treatments For Co-Occuring Opioid (Heroin Or Morphine) And Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (ATS) Dependence (COATS), USM (RU), RM999,972.00, Vicknasingam Balasingam Kasinather , 15/1/2013-14/1/2018

2.	Drug Counseling and Abstinent-Contingent Take Home Buprenorphine in Malaysia, YALE UNIVERSITY, USA, RM430,542.01, Vicknasingam Balasingam Kasinather , 1/3/2013-31/12/2016

3.	Developing International Collaboration in addiction Research between Universiti Sains Malaysia and Yale University, IREC-USM, RM274,038.00, Vicknasingam Balasingam Kasinather , 15/6/2013-31/12/2016

Awards

Patents

Last updated on 11 Julai 2018.
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