Academic Research

Joey Ka-Yee Essoe (劉家宜)

cognitive neuroscience. learning enhancement. therapeutic learning.

background

About Me

Background

An admirer of Deuteronomy, kittens, and one specific Irish Whisky, I was born and raised in Hong Kong under English rule. After completing the infamous HKCEE, I moved to San Francisco, for I longed to be in a society that was tolerant of quirky and independent women.

I have been interested in cognition since childhood; I have never envisioned anything but a life in research and science. The fact that academia seems to be a natural home for other quirky and independent people was a gratifying surprise.

Academia

Scientific Research

current

Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine

Current Research

Enhancing Therapeutic Learning in Behaviour Therapy

Affliation:
Post-doc research fellow
Johns Hopkins Center for OCD, Anxiety, & Related Disorder for Children
(JH-COACH)

past

UCLA

Past Research

Enhancing Learning and Retention using Distinctive Virtual Contexts

Affliation:
Graduate Researcher, NSF GRFP fellow
Rissman Memory Laboratory, Department of Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles (2012-2018)

Affliation before UCLA:
Gazzaley Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco (2010-2012)
Cognitive Psychophysiology Laboratory, San Francisco State University (2001-2006)

funs

Fun beyond the laboratory

For Joy

I started creative writing in 2021.

Off Campus

Adventures at home and abroad.

For Food

One of my favourite things is cooking.

For Love

I am married to my favourite person in the world.