
Humanities & Social Sciences
Prof. Bolton Ka Hung CHAU
- 2026 / 27 RGC Research Fellow
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
- Regular Member
Biography
Professor Bolton Chau is a cognitive neuroscientist focusing on decision-making, reinforcement learning, and exploratory behavior. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Associate Director of the Mental Health Research Centre at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He adopts a multidisciplinary approach, combining computational modelling, behavioural experiments, brain imaging, and brain stimulation to investigate the mechanisms underlying decision-making in healthy individuals and psychiatric populations. He was conferred the RGC Research Fellow in 2026/27.
Research Areas
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Computational neuroscience
- Decision making
- Reinforcement learning
- Brain imaging
