Calendar 2002–03

106 Part 3• ResearchUnits andUniversity Extensions Centre for Cognition and Brain Studies Tel.:2609 6578 Fax.:2603 5019 E-mail :ccbs@psy.cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.psy.cuhk.edu.hk The Centre for Cognition and Brain Studies was established in 1998 under the Departmentof Psychology.Its main function isto promote and organize research and related activities to contribute to the understanding of the following topics: • how people acquire, store, and use knowledge; • howvarioussorts of cognitive capacities, e.g.perception,memory, and language comprehension arise from brain functions; • how to apply the related findings to daily life situations. Centre for Comparative and Public History Tel.: 2609 7117 Fax.:2603 5685 E-mail :history@cuhk.edu.hk The Centre for Comparative and Public History was established in 2002 by the Department of History to facilitatefurther development of two areas of excellence, namely comparative history and public history. The centre organizes a series of lectures, seminars, and conferences in these two areas in ad dition to th e 20 -plu s co urses of fered by the dep artment in comparative and public history. The centre also housesresearch projects in these two areasdeveloped by members or affiliated members of the department. In 2001–2, thecentre was involved in the organization of a teacher training programme for integrated humanities funded by the Curriculum Development Institute of the Education Department of the HKSAR. Centre for Developmental Psychology Tel.:2609 6576 Fax.:2603 5019 E-mail: cdp@psy.cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.psy.cuhk.edu.hk The Centre for Developmental Psychology was established by the Department of Psychology in 2001 to facilitate basic and applied research on both the social and cognitive development of infants, children, and adolescents. The centre will house a state-of-the-art infant laboratory as well as a separate corner for testing and observing children and adolescents. Activities of the centre include: • conducting basicbehavioural, cognitive, and neuropsychological research on infants, children, and adolescents; • applying the findings of developmental research to educational problems and family systems; • assessing a wide range of cognitive, social, and behavioural skills in infancy, childhood, and adolescence; and