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Dr Ben Lam

PhD in Psychology

Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine

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ben.lam@unsw.edu.au
  • Book Chapters | 2018
    2018, 'Dialecticism in close relationships and marriage', in The Psychological and Cultural Foundations of East Asian Cognition: Contradiction, Change, and Holism, pp. 353 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199348541.003.0012
  • Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Critical periods for cognitive reserve building activities for late life global cognition and cognitive decline: the Sydney memory and aging cohort study', Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2023.2181941
    Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Harmonizing Ethno-Regionally Diverse Datasets to Advance the Global Epidemiology of Dementia', Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 39, pp. 177 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2022.07.009
    Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Hormonal factors moderate the associations between vascular risk factors and white matter hyperintensities', Brain Imaging and Behavior, 17, pp. 172 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11682-022-00751-5
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Ageing well in a foreign land: group memberships protect older immigrants' wellbeing through enabling social support and integration', Ageing and Society, 42, pp. 1710 - 1732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20001695
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Associations between social connections and cognition: a global collaborative individual participant data meta-analysis', The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 3, pp. e740 - e753, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(22)00199-4
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Comparison of Computerised and Pencil-and-Paper Neuropsychological Assessments in Older Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Australians', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 28, pp. 1050 - 1063, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617721001314
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Self-Change in Close Relationships: Evidence From Hong Kong Chinese and European Americans', Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48, pp. 1118 - 1133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01461672211026129
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Dialecticism in romantic relationships: An examination in Chinese and American cultural contexts', Personal Relationships, 29, pp. 699 - 726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pere.12446
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Global Consciousness Predicts Behavioral Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence From 35 Cultures', Social Psychological and Personality Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19485506221124392
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Is hospitalization a risk factor for cognitive decline in older age adults?', International Psychogeriatrics, 34, pp. 963 - 980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610220001763
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Long-Term Cognitive Decline After Stroke: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis', Stroke, 53, pp. 1318 - 1327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.035796
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Memory decline in older individuals predicts an objective indicator of oral health: findings from the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', BMC Oral Health, 22, pp. 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-022-02128-y
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Nonpharmacological approaches reduce symptoms of depression in dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Ageing Research Reviews, 79, pp. 101669, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2022.101669
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Performance-Based vs Informant-Reported Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Predicting Dementia', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23, pp. 1342 - 1347.e9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.09.020
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Reliability, Validity, and User-Experience of Remote Unsupervised Computerized Neuropsychological Assessments in Community-Living 55- to 75-Year-Olds', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 90, pp. 1629 - 1645, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-220665
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Surgical Hospitalization Is Not Associated With Cognitive Trajectory Over 6 Years in Healthy Older Australians', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23, pp. 608 - 615, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2022.01.082
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'The Interaction Between Vascular Risk Factors, Cerebral Small Vessel Disease, and Amyloid Burden in Older Adults', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 86, pp. 1617 - 1628, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-210358
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Association of Dilated Perivascular Spaces With Cognitive Decline and Incident Dementia', Neurology, 96, pp. E1501 - E1511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000011537
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Avoidant Attachment as a Panacea against Collective Mortality Concerns: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Individualist and Collectivist Cultures', Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52, pp. 354 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00220221211005075
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Difference in distribution functions: A new diffusion weighted imaging metric for estimating white matter integrity', NeuroImage, 240, pp. 118381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118381
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Does Antihypertensive Use Moderate the Effect of Blood Pressure on Cognitive Decline in Older People?', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 76, pp. 859 - 866, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaa232
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Does blood pressure variability predict cognitive decline better than hypertension itself? A harmonised analysis of 10 studies', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.049424
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Dual impacts of coronavirus anxiety on mental health in 35 societies', Scientific reports, 11, pp. 8925, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87771-1
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Effects of containment and closure policies on controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in East Asia', Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 24, pp. 42 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12459
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Increased reporting of subjective cognitive complaints over time predicts cognitive decline and incident dementia', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 36, pp. 1739 - 1747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.5594
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Longitudinal examination and validation of the latent dementia phenotype factor in 10 harmonized cohort studies', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.055944
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'When the final whistle blows: Social identity pathways support mental health and life satisfaction after retirement from competitive sport', Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 57, pp. 102049 - 102049, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102049
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Development of the Computer and Technology Attitude Questionnaire (CaTAQ) to inform performance on computerised cognitive testing in older adults in the CogSCAN Study', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.045676
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Is It Cultural Context or Cultural Value? Unpackaging Cultural Influences on Stigma Toward Mental Illness and Barrier to Help-Seeking', Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11, pp. 1022 - 1031, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550619897482
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Longitudinal evidence for the effects of social group engagement on the cognitive and mental health of chinese retirees', Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 75, pp. 2142 - 2151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz134
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Patterns of change in subjective cognitive complaints are associated with cognitive decline and dementia risk: Findings from the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.040685
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Predictors of acceptability and emotional response to computerized neuropsychological assessments in older adults: The CogSCAN Study', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.044730
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Friendships that money can buy: Financial security protects health in retirement by enabling social connectedness', BMC Geriatrics, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1281-1
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'The Importance of Social Groups for Retirement Adjustment: Evidence, Application, and Policy Implications of the Social Identity Model of Identity Change', Social Issues and Policy Review, 13, pp. 93 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sipr.12049
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Adjusting to life in retirement: the protective role of new group memberships and identification as a retiree', European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 27, pp. 822 - 839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2018.1538127
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Multiple social groups support adjustment to retirement across cultures', Social Science and Medicine, 208, pp. 200 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.049
    Journal articles | 2017
    2017, 'Media Violence and Other Aggression Risk Factors in Seven Nations', Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, pp. 986 - 998, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167217703064
    Journal articles | 2017
    2017, 'Open- and closed-mindedness in cross-cultural adaptation: The roles of mindfulness and need for cognitive closure', International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 59, pp. 31 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2017.05.001
    Journal articles | 2016
    2016, 'Conceptualizing psychological processes in response to globalization: Components, antecedents, and consequences of global orientations', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110, pp. 302 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0039647
    Journal articles | 2016
    2016, 'Do people's world views matter? The why and how', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110, pp. 743 - 765, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000061
    Journal articles | 2016
    2016, 'What Do You Want in a Marriage? Examining Marriage Ideals in Taiwan and the United States', Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, pp. 703 - 722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167216637842
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'Consequences of cultural fluency', Social Cognition, 33, pp. 308 - 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/soco.2015.33.4.308
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'Cutting Gordian Knots: Reducing Prejudice Through Attachment Security', Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, pp. 1560 - 1574, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167215601829
    Journal articles | 2014
    2014, 'Long-Term Relations Among Prosocial-Media Use, Empathy, and Prosocial Behavior', Psychological Science, 25, pp. 358 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797613503854
    Journal articles | 2014
    2014, 'Protocol of the Australasian Malignant Pleural Effusion (AMPLE) trial: a multicentre randomised study comparing indwelling pleural catheter versus talc pleurodesis', BMJ OPEN, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006757
    Journal articles | 2014
    2014, 'The conscientiousness paradox: Cultural mindset shapes competence perception', European Journal of Personality, 28, pp. 425 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.1923
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'The Role of Dialectical Self and Bicultural Identity Integration in Psychological Adjustment', Journal of Personality, 81, pp. 61 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00791.x
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Developing and Evaluating the Social Axioms Survey in Eleven Countries: Its Relationship With the Five-Factor Model of Personality', Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43, pp. 833 - 857, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022111416361
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'Worldviews and individual vulnerability to suicide: The role of social axioms', European Journal of Personality, 24, pp. 602 - 622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.762
  • Conference Abstracts | 2021
    2021, 'Longitudinal Change in Heritability of Verbal Episodic Memory: Preliminary Findings from the Older Australian Twins Study (OATS)', in BEHAVIOR GENETICS, SPRINGER, Vol. 51, pp. 719 - 719, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000709342700091&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Preprints | 2021
    2021, The relationship between alcohol use and dementia in adults aged over 60 years: A combined analysis of prospective, individual-participant data from 15 international studies, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7835k

My Research Supervision

Honours, PhD