Griffith University

Professor, School of Psychology

Contact details for Professor David Shum

Research expertise

• Professor Shum is a neuropsychologist who specialises in the study of the effects of brain injury in children and adults
• In particular, he is interested in the effects of brain injury on cognitive processes such as attention, memory, and executive function
• He has developed innovative neuropsychological tests to assess visual memory and executive function
• He has also conducted studies that evaluated the effectiveness of various neuropsychological rehabilitation techniques

Current teaching areas

• Professor Shum has experience in teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate subjects
• His main areas of teaching include biological psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychological assessment, and neuropsychology

Publications

• Zhou. F. C., Xiang, Y. T., Wang, C. Y., Zhou, J. J., He, F., Huang, J., Zhou, Y., Shum, D., Chiu, H. F. K., Man, D., Chan, R. C. K., & Ungvari, G. (accepted for publication, Dec 2011). Characteristics and clinical correlates of prospective memory performance in first-episode schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research.
  
• O’Gorman, J. G., & Shum, D. H. K. (accepted for publication, Nov 2011). Australian Remote Memory Battery, 10 years on. Australian Psychologist.
  
• Mumford, N., Duckworth, J., Thomas, P. R., Shum, D., Williams, G., & Wilson, P. H. (accepted for publication, Sep 2011). Upper-limb virtual rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury: A within-group evaluation of the Elements system. Brain Injury.
  
• Ford, R., Driscoll, T., Shum, D., & Maccaulay, K. (2012). Executive and theory-of-mind contributions to event-based prospective memory in children: Exploring the self-projection hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 111, 468-489.
  
• Li, H. Chan, R. C. K., Gong, Q., Liu, Y., Liu, S., Shum, D., & Ma, Z., (2012). Facial emotion processing in patients with schizophrenia and their non-psychotic siblings: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Schizophrenia Research, 134, 143-150.
  
• Bramble, M., Moyle, W., & Shum, D. (2011). A quasi-experimental design trial exploring the effect of a partnership intervention on family and staff well-being in long-term dementia care. Aging and Mental Health, 15, 995-1007.
• Ford, R., Neulinger, K., O’Callaghan, M., Gray, P., Mohay, H., & Shum, D. (2011). Executive function in 7- to 9-year-old children born extremely preterm or with extremely low birth weight: Effects of biomedical history, age at assessment, and socioeconomic status. Archive of Clinical Neuropsychology, 26, 632-644.
  
• Kerr, K., Oram, J., Tinson, H., & Shum, D. (2011). The correlates of aggression in people with acquired brain injury: A preliminary retrospective study. Brain Injury, 25, 729-741.
  
• Lui, S. S. Y., Wang, Y., Liu, A. C. Y., Chui, W., W. H., Gong, Q. Y., Shum, D., Cheung, E. F. C., & Chan, R. C. K. (2011). Prospective memory in patients with first-onset schizophrenia and their nonpsychotic siblings. Neuropsychologia, 49, 2217-2224.
  
• Murfield, J., Cooke, M., Moyle, W., Shum, D., & Harrison, S. (2011). Conducting randomized controlled trials with older people with dementia in long-term care: Challenges and lessons learned. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 17, 52-59.
• Man, D. W. K., Fleming, J., & Shum, D. (2011). Development of the Brief Assessment of Prospective Memory (BAPM) for Use with Traumatic Brain Injury Populations. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 21, 884-898.
  
• Ogilvie, J. M., Steward, A., L., Chan, R. C., & Shum, D. H. K. (2011). Neuropsychological measures of executive function and antisocial behavior: A Meta-Analysis. Criminology, 49, 1063-1107.
  
• Ownsworth, T., Chambers, S., Hawkes, A., Walker, D. G., & Shum, D. (2011). Making sense of brain tumour: A qualitative investigation of personal and social processes of adjustment. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 21, 117-137.
• Shum, D., Fleming, J., Gill, H., Gullo, M., Strong, J. (2011). A randomised controlled trial of prospective memory rehabilitation in adults with traumatic brain injury. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 43, 216-233. DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0647.
• Shum, D., Levin, H., & Chan, R. C. K. (2011). Prospective memory in patients with closed head injury. Neuropsychologia. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.02.006.
• Stapelberg, N. J. C., Neumann, D. L., Shum, D. H. K., McConnell, H., & Hamilton-Craig, I. (2011). A topographical map of the casual network of mechanisms underlying the relationship between major depressive disorder and coronary heart disease. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45, 351-369.
  
• Sun, J., Buys, N., Stewart, D., & Shum, D. (2011). Mediating effects of coping, personal belief, and social support on the relationship among stress, depression, and smoking in university students. Health Education, 111, 133-146.
• Sun, J., Buys, N., Stewart, D., Shum, D., & Farquhar, L. (2011). Smoking in Australian university students and its association with socio-demographic factors, stress, health status, coping strategies, and attitude. Health Education, 111, 117-132.
• Wang, Y., Chan, R. C. K., Cui, J. F., Yang, T. X., Deng Y. Y., Gong, Q. Y., Shum, D. (2011). Stability of prospective memory deficits in individuals with schizotypal personality traits, Psychiatry Research. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2011.01.002.
• Yang, B. R., Chan, R. C. K., Gracia, N., Cao, X. Y., Zou, X. B., Jing, J., Mi, J. N., & Shum, D. (2011). Cool and hot executive functions in medication naive ADHD children. Psychological Medicine, 41, 2593-2602.
  
• Yang, T. X., Chan, R. C. K., & Shum, D. (2011). The development of prospective memory in typically developing children. Neuropsychology.