Peer reviewed journal publications

  1. *Wong, Y. S., Siew, S. K. H. & Yu, J. (in press). Resting-state functional connectivity associated with non-judgmental awareness predicted multiple measures of negative affect.
  2. *Lee, Z. L., Siew, S. K. H. & Yu, J. (in press). Intrinsic functional connectivity mediates the effect of personality traits on depressive symptoms. PlosONE
  3. Yu, J. (in press). Age-related decline in thickness and surface area in the cortical surface and hippocampus: lifespan trajectories and decade-by-decade analyses. GeroScience
  4. Cao, L., Han, K., Lin, L., Hing, J., Ooi, V., Huang, Nick., Yu, J., Ng, T. K. S., Feng, L., Mahendran, R., Kua, E. H., & Bao, Z. (in press). Reversal of the Concreteness Effect can be Detected in the Natural Speech of Older Adults with Amnestic, but not Non-amnestic, Mild Cognitive Impairment. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring
  5. *Billaud, C. A. H. & Yu, J. (2024). The hippocampus as a structural and functional network epicentre for distant cortical thinning in neurocognitive aging. Neurobiology of Aging. 139: 82-89
  6. Lim, Z. H., Ng, T. K. S., Bao, Z., Yu, J. & Mahendran, R. (2024). LFC Study: protocol for a longitudinal follow-up cohort study on ageing and mental health in community-dwelling older adults in Singapore. MethodsX. 12:102606
  7. *Wong, Y. S. & Yu, J. (2024). Left superior parietal lobe mediates the link between mind wandering and task switching. Biological Psychology. 185: 108726.
  8. Yu, J. (2023). Age-related decrease in intersubject similarity of cortical morphology and task and resting-state functional connectivity. GeroScience. 46, 697–711
  9. Yu, J., Ng, T. K. S. & Mahendran, R. (2023). Cognitive and physical age-gaps in relation to mild cognitive impairment and behavioral phenotypes. GeroScience. 46, 1129–1140
  10. *Siew, S. K. H. & Yu, J. (2023). Mindfulness-based randomized controlled trials led to brain structural changes: an anatomical likelihood meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 13: 18469
  11. *Siew, S. K. H., Yu, J., Teo, T. L., Chua, K. L., Mahendran, R. & Rawtaer, I. (2023). Technology and Physical Activity for Preventing Cognitive and Physical decline in Older Adults: Protocol of a pilot RCT. 19(2): e0293340
  12. *Siew, S. K. H., Yu, J., Kua, E. H., & Mahendran, R. (2023). Psychosocial profiles within community-dwelling older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A prevalence and latent profile analysis study. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 82: 103503.
  13. Ng, T. K. S., Han, M. F. Y., Loh, P. Y., Kua, E. H., Yu, J., Best, J. R., & Mahendran, R. (2022). Differential associations between simple physical performance tests with global and specific cognitive functions in cognitively normal and mild cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional cohort study of Asian community-dwelling older adults. BMC geriatrics. 22(1), 1-16.
  14. Yu, J. & Fischer, N. L. (2022). Asymmetric generalizability of multimodal brain-behavior associations across age-groups. Human Brain Mapping. 43(18), 5593–5604
  15. Yu, J., Mathi, M. K., Rawtaer, I., Feng, L., Kumar, A. P., Kua, E. H., & Mahendran, R. (2022). Differences between multimodal brain-age and chronological-age are linked to telomere shortening. Neurobiology of Aging. 115, 60-69
  16. Yu, J., & Fischer, N. L. (2022). Age-specificity and generalization of behavior-associated structural and functional networks and their relevance to behavioral domains. Human Brain Mapping. 43(8), 2405-2418
  17. *Siew, S. K. H., *Chia, J. L., Mahendran, R., & Yu, J. (2022). Older Adults’ Perceptions of Government Handling of COVID-19: Predictors of Protective Behaviors from Lockdown to Post-lockdown. 17(2): e0263039
  18. *aSiew, S. K. H., *aHan, M. F. Y., Mahendran, R., & Yu, J. (2022). Regression-based Norms and Validation of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery Among Community-Living Older Adults in Singapore. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 37(2), 457-472.
  19. *Siew, S. K. H., Mahendran, R., & Yu, J. (2021). Directional Effects of Social Isolation and Quality of Life on Anxiety Levels Among Community-dwelling Older Adults During a COVID-19 Lockdown. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 29(12), 1274-1279.
  20. Yu, J., & Mahendran, R. (2021). COVID-19 lockdown has altered the dynamics between affective symptoms and social isolation among older adults: results from a longitudinal network analysis. Scientific Reports. 11: 14739
  21. Yu, J., Rawtaer, I., Feng, L., Kua, E. H., & Mahendran, R. (2021). The functional and structural connectomes associated with geriatric depression and anxiety symptoms in mild cognitive impairment: cross-syndrome overlap and generalization. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 110: 110329
  22. *aLim, X.Y., *aYap, A. C., Mahendran, R., & Yu, J. (2021). The interplay between anxiety, fear, protective behaviors, compassion, and resilience among older adults during a COVID-19 lockdown: a structural equation modelling study. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 27(1),79-88.
  23. *Han, M. F. Y., Mahendran, R., & Yu, J. (2021). Associations between fear of COVID-19, affective symptoms and risk perception among community-dwelling older adults during a COVID-19 lockdown. Frontiers in Psychology: Psychopathology. 12: 638831
  24. Yu, J., Rawtaer, I., Feng, L., Fam, J., Kumar, A. P., Cheah, I. K-M., Honer, W., Su, W., Lee, Y. K., Tan, E. C., Kua, E. H., & Mahendran, R. (2021). Mindfulness intervention for mild cognitive impairment led to attention-related improvements and neuroplastic changes: results from a 9-month randomized control trial. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 135, 203-211.
  25. Yu, J., Rawtaer, I., Goh, L. G., Kumar, A. P., Feng, L., Kua, E. H., & Mahendran, R. (2021). The art of remediating age-related cognitive decline: art therapy enhances cognition and increases cortical thickness in mild cognitive impairment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 27(1),79-88.
  26. Yu, J., Rawtaer, I., Fam, J., Feng, L., Kua, E. H., & Mahendran, R. (2020). The individualized prediction of cognitive test scores in mild cognitive impairment using structural and functional connectivity features. Neuroimage. 223: 117310.
  27. Yu, J., Mathi, M. K., Rawtaer, I., Feng, L., Kumar, A. P., Kua, E. H., & Mahendran, R. (2020). Telomere length associated functional and structural connectomes and their relationship with cognition in mild cognitive impairment. Cortex. 132, 29-40.
  28. Lee, R. Z. Y., Yu, J., Rawtaer, I., Allen, P. F., Bao, Z., Feng, L., Feng, Q., Lee, J. K., Lim, C. T., Ling, L. H., Thang, L. L., Naing, T., Wang, D. Y., Yap, K. Z., Kua, E. H., Mahendran, R. (2020). CHI study: protocol for an observational cohort study on ageing and mental health in community-dwelling older adults. BMJ Open. 10(5): e035003.
  29. Yu, J., Lam, C. L. M., Man, I. S. C., Shao, R., & Lee, T. M. C. (2020). Multi-session anodal prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation does not improve executive functions among older adults. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 26(4),372-381
  30. Yu, J., Feng, Q., Yu, J., Zeng, Y., & Feng L. (2020). Late-life cognitive trajectories and their associated lifestyle factors. Journal of Alzheimer’s disease. 73(4), 1555-1563.
  31. Yu, J., & Lee, T. M. C. (2020). Verbal memory and hippocampal volume predict subsequent fornix microstructure in those at risk for Alzheimer’s Disease. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 14,2311-2322
  32. Yu, J., Collinson, S. L., Liew, T. M., Ng, T-P., Mahendran, R., Kua, E. H., & Feng, L. (2020). Super-cognition among the elderly: cognitive profiles and associated lifestyle factors. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult. 27(6),497-503.
  33. aYu, J., aTao, Q., Zhang, R., Chan, C. C. H., & Lee, T. M. C. (2019). Can fMRI discern between deception and false memory? A meta-analytic comparison between deception and false memory studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.104, 43-55.
  34. Yu, J., & Lee, T. M. C. (2019). The longitudinal decline of white matter microstructural integrity in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia and its association with executive function. Neurobiology of Aging. 76, 62-70.
  35. Yu, J., Yap, P., & Liu, T. M. (2019). The optimal short version of the Zarit Burden Interview for dementia caregivers: diagnostic utility and externally validated cutoffs. Aging & Mental Health. 23, 706-710.
  36. Leung, C. J., Cheng, L., Yu, J., Yiend, J., & Lee, T. M. C. (2018). Six-month longitudinal associations between cognitive functioning and distress among the community-based elderly in Hong Kong: A cross-lagged panel analysis. Psychiatry Research. 265, 77-81.
  37. Yu, J., Lim, H-Y., Abdullah, F. N. M., Chan, H-M., Mahendran, R., Ho, R., Kua, E. H., Power, M. J., & Feng, L. (2018). Directional associations between memory impairment and depression: data from a longitudinal sample and meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine. 48(10), 1664-1672.
  38. Liu, T. M., Yu, J., Mahendran, R., Ng, T-P., Kua, E. H., & Feng, L. (2018). Neuropsychiatric and Cognitive Subtypes among Community-Dwelling Older Persons and the Association with DSM-5 Mild Neurocognitive Disorder: Latent Class Analysis. Journal of Alzheimer’s disease. 62(2), 675-686.
  39. Yu, J., & Lee, T. M. C. (2018). Profiles of cognitive impairments in an elderly Chinese community sample: A latent class analysis. Neuropsychology. 32(1), 102-109.
  40. Yu, J., Lam, C. L. M., & Lee, T. M. C. (2017). White matter microstructural abnormalities in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A meta-analysis of whole-brain and ROI-based studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 83, 405-416.
  41. Yu, J., Abdullah, F. N. M, Mahendran, R., Kua, E. H., & Feng, L. (2017). Self-reported sleep problems among the elderly: A latent class analysis. Psychiatry Research. 258, 415-420.
  42. Yu, J., & Lee, T. M. C. (2017). Cognitive Flexibility and Changes in Hopelessness Across Time: A Moderation Hypothesis. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult. 24(5), 404-409.
  43. Lam, C. L. M., Yu, J., & Lee, T. M. C. (2017). Perceived Loneliness and General Cognitive Status in Community-dwelling Older Adults: The Moderating Influence of Depression. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition. 24(5), 471-480.
  44. Yu, J., Mahendran, R., Rawtaer, I., Kua, E. H., & Feng, L. (2017). Poor sleep quality is observed in Mild Cognitive Impairment and is largely unrelated to depression and anxiety. Aging & Mental Health. 21(8), 823-828.
  45. Yu, J., Rawtaer, I., Mahendran, R., Kua, E. H., & Feng, L. (2017). Degree, but not direction of grip strength asymmetries, is related to depression and anxiety in an elderly population. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition. 22(3), 268-278.
  46. Yu, J., Kam, C. M., & Lee, T. M. C. (2016). Better working memory and motor inhibition in children who delayed gratification. Frontiers in Psychology: Developmental Psychology. 7(1098), 1-7.
  47. Yu, J., Rawtaer, I., Mahendran, R., Collinson, S. L., Kua, E. H., & Feng, L. (2016). Depressive symptoms moderate the relationship between sleep quality and cognitive functions in the elderly. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 38(10), 1168-1176.
  48. Yu, J., Lam, C. L. M., & Lee, T. M. C. (2016). Perceived loneliness among older adults with mild cognitive impairment. International Psychogeriatrics, 28(10), 1681-1685.
  49. Yu, J., Bernardo, A & Zaroff, C. (2016). The Chinese version of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire: Factor structure replication and invariance across sex. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 8(3), 226-237.
  50. Yu, J., Rawtaer, I., Mahendran, R., Fam, J., Jiang, M., Feng, L., & Kua, E. H. (2016). Sleep Correlates of Depression and Anxiety in an Asian Elderly Population. Psychogeriatrics, 16(3), 191-195.
  51. Yu, J., Ng, H. J., Nandakumar, M., & Griva, K. (2016). The Management of Food Cravings and Thirst in Hemodialysis Patients: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Health Psychology, 21(2), 217-227.
  52. Yu, J., Tam, H.M.K., & Lee, T.M.C. (2015). Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation in Hong Kong: A review of practice and research. Behavioural Neurology, 2015, 1-8.
  53. Yu, J., Zaroff, C., & Bernardo, A. (2015). The use of digit ratios and dextrality to detect atypical neurodevelopment in schizotypy. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 17, 104-105.
  54. Rawtaer, I., Mahendran, R., Yu, J., Fam, J., Feng, L., & Kua, E. H. (2015). Psychosocial Interventions with Art, Music, Taichi and Mindfulness for Subsyndromal Depression and Anxiety in Older Adults: A Naturalistic Study in Singapore. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 7(3), 240-250.
  55. Yu, J., Zaroff, C., & Bernardo, A. (2015). The hypervigilant misperception of Duchenne smiles in schizotypy. Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches, 7(4), 348-358.

Book chapters

  1. Yu, J., Lam, C. L. M., & Lee, T. M. C. (2022). Mild Cognitive Impairment. In G.J Boyle (Ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Clinical Neuropsychology. Sage Publishing.
  2. Yu, J., & Lee, T. M. C. (2020). Social Isolation. In D. Gu & M. E. Dupre (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer Nature.

Conference posters/oral presentations

  1. *Billaud, C. A. H. & Yu, J. (2024). The hippocampus as a structural and functional network epicentre for distant cortical thinning in neurocognitive aging. Poster presentation at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting 2024, Seoul, South Korea.
  2. *Siew, S. K. H. & Yu, J. (2024). The psychological and cognitive factors associated with engagement and efficacy of mindfulness practice in the classroom. Poster presentation at the 2024 Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., USA
  3. *Tan, F. M. & Yu, J. (2024). Sports Participation & Childhood Neurocognitive Development: An ABCD Study Analysis. Datablitz presentation at the Australasia Society for Social & Affective Neuroscience 2024 conference, Melbourne, Australia — winner of Best Datablitz Presentation
  4. *Lim, Y. H. X., & Yu, J. (2024). Functional connectomes linking paediatric anxiety with behavioural phenotypes. Oral presentation at the Australasia Society for Social & Affective Neuroscience 2024 conference, Melbourne, Australia
  5. *Khoo, A., & Yu, J. (2024). The role of resting-state functional connectivity in mediating the relationshipbetween the behavioral activation system and depressive personality disorder. Oral presentation at the Australasia Society for Social & Affective Neuroscience 2024 conference, Melbourne, Australia
  6. *Arumugam, Y. & Yu, J. (2023). Brain Connectivity Network Mediating Cocaine Use and Impulsivity. Poster presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society 2023 Meeting, Taiwan, Taipei
  7. *Siew, S. K. H., & Yu, J. (2023). Mindfulness-based randomized controlled trials led to brain structural changes: an anatomical likelihood meta-analysis. Oral poster presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society 2023 Meeting, Taiwan, Taipei
  8. *Cheong, G. & Yu, J. (2023). Exploring Associations Between Cortical Thickness-Based Brain Age-Gaps and Psychosocial Factors in Older Adults. Poster presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society 2023 Meeting, Taiwan, Taipei
  9. Yu, J. (2023). Cognitive and physical age-gaps in relation to mild cognitive impairment and behavioral phenotypes. Oral presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society 2023 Meeting, Taiwan, Taipei
  10. *Lee, Z. L., & Yu, J. (2023). Intrinsic functional connectivity mediates the effect of personality traits on depressive symptoms. Oral poster presentation at the Australasia Society for Social & Affective Neuroscience 2023 conference, Adelaide, Australia
  11. *Chan, C. S. Y., * & Yu, J. (2022). Investigating the Relationship of Brain Age Gaps & Psychiatric Symptoms. Oral poster presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society 2022 Meeting, Barcelona, Spain.
  12. *Dan, Y. R., *Siew, S. K. H., & Yu, J. (2022). Intrinsic functional connectivity brain networks mediate effect of age on sociability. Oral poster presentation at the Australasia Society for Social & Affective Neuroscience 2022 conference, Sydney, Australia
  13. *Siew, S. K. H., & Yu, J. (2022). Visual cortex and subcortical structures as mediators of the relationship between emotion recognition and intelligence. Oral poster presentation at the Australasia Society for Social & Affective Neuroscience 2022 conference, Sydney, Australia
  14. Yu, J., Rawtaer, I., Fam, J., Feng, L., Kua, E. H., & Mahendran, R. (2020). Structural and functional connectomes of neurocognition in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Oral poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience, Singapore chapter: Annual Symposium 2020
  15. Yu, J., & Mahendran, R. (2020). COVID-19 lockdown has altered the dynamics among affective symptoms and social isolation among older adults: results from a longitudinal network analysis. Oral poster presentation at the Society of Behavioural Health, Singapore: Virtual Scientific Meeting 2020
  16. *aLim, X.Y., *aYap, A. C., Mahendran, R., & Yu, J. (2020). The interplay between anxiety, fear, protective behaviors, compassion, and resilience among older adults during a COVID-19 lockdown: a structural equation modelling study. E-poster presentation at the Society of Behavioural Health, Singapore: Virtual Scientific Meeting 2020
  17. *Siew, S. K. H., Mahendran, R., & Yu, J. (2020). Directional Effects of Social Isolation and Quality of Life on Anxiety Among Community-dwelling Older Adults During a COVID-19 Lockdown. Oral poster presentation at the Society of Behavioural Health, Singapore: Virtual Scientific Meeting 2020
  18. Peh, A., Han, M., Hansra, G., Lim, H., Yu, J., Mahendran, R. (2020). Gait Control and Cognition in Community living Elderly in Singapore. E-poster presentation at the Society of Behavioural Health, Singapore: Virtual Scientific Meeting 2020
  19. Yu, J., & Lee, T. M. C. (2018). Verbal Memory and Hippocampal Volume Predict Subsequent Fornix Microstructural Integrity in Alzheimer’s Disease. Oral presentation at the 16th Asian Oceanian Congress of Neurology, Seoul, South Korea.
  20. Yu, J., & Lee, T. M. C. (2018). Psychological resilience and fluid thinking: significant associations at the behavioral and neural levels. Oral presentation at the 2018 Singapore Conference on Applied Psychology, Singapore.
  21. Yu, J., & Lee, T. M. C. (2017). Profiles of cognitive impairments in an elderly Chinese community sample: A latent class analysis. Poster presented at the 17th Alzheimer’s Australia Biennial National Dementia Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
  22. Yu, J., Lam, C. L. M., & Lee, T. M. C. (2016). Loneliness and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI): a case-control study. Poster presented at the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress 2016, London, United Kingdom.
  23. *Lau W. K., Yu, J., & Keuper, K. (2016). Schizotypy is associated with metacognition but not emotion perception. Poster presented at the Hong Kong Psychological Society Annual Conference 2016, Hong Kong.
  24. Mahendran R., Yu, J., Lim, A, H., Tan, J. Y. S., Ang, E. N. K., & Kua, E. H. (2014). Emotional work, mental resilience and psychological distress among female medical-oncology nurses. Poster presented at the 48th Malaysia-Singapore Congress of Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  25. Yu, J., Zaroff, C., & Bernardo, A. (2014). Beware of the Smiling Poker Face: The Hypervigilant Detection of Fake Smiles in Schizotypy. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA, USA
  26. Yu, J., Zaroff, C., & Davis, J. M. (2013). Neuropsychological and Depression Norms in an elderly population in Macao. Poster presentation at the 16th International Psychogeriatrics Association Congress, Seoul, Korea.
  27. Yu, J., & Chan, M. F. (2013). Therapeutic Properties of Musical Consonance. Poster presentation at the 1st CogSci Conference, Singapore.
  28. Yu, J., Mahendran, R., Chua, J., Leong, T., Chow, Y. L., Ang, E. N. K., Lim, S. E., & Kua, E. H. (2012). The relationship between emotional exhaustion and emotional work in oncology nurses. Oral presentation at the 13th Congress of ASEAN Federation of Psychiatry & Mental Health, Singapore
  29. Yu, J., & Griva, K. (2012). The Management of Food Cravings and Thirst in Hemodialysis Patients. Poster presentation at the 13th Congress of ASEAN Federation of Psychiatry & Mental Health, Singapore
  30. Chua, J., Yu, J., Leong, T., Chow, Y. L., Ang, E, N, K., Lim, S. E., & Kua, E. H (2012). Emotional and Psychosocial Wellbeing amongst Oncology Nurses. Poster presentation at the 13th Congress of ASEAN Federation of Psychiatry & Mental Health, Singapore.

Invited Lectures/Seminars

  1. Yu, J. (2023, December 6). Mindfulness & Cognition: What does neuroscience tell us? Invited seminar at the Living with Dementia webinar, Yeo Boon Khim Mind Science Centre.
  2. Yu, J. (2023, June 9). The multimodal-verse of brain aging’. Invited seminar at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.
  3. Yu, J. (2023, April 27). Cognitive and physical age-gaps in relation to mild cognitive impairment and behavioral phenotypes. Invited seminar at the NUS Psychiatry Symposium 2023
  4. Yu, J. (2021, January 15). Predicting individual behavior from brain connectomes. Invited seminar at NTU psychology, for the Nanyang Assistant Professorship candidature.
  5. Yu, J. & Mahendran, R. (2021, May 18). COVID-19 on older adults: Mental health consequences and preventative behaviors. Invited speaker for the 3rd Chee Tsee Kuan Lecture, at the 7th Annual General Meeting of the College of Psychiatrists (Singapore).

 

 

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Last updated: 5th July 2024