Autobiographical memory and episodic future thinking 

• Gist-based compensation for age-related episodic decline in emotional autobiographical memory: a natural language analysis of life’s highs and lows. Master thesis project led by Liam Hart.
• Virtual Reality Strengthens Affective and Self-reflective Qualities of Mental Time Travel. Poster to be presented at the 2026 SAS annual conference, Pittsburgh, PA by Pillarisetty, S., & Liao, H.-W.
• Agency and Communion in Narratives of Older Adults With and Without Mild Cognitive Impairment. Poster to be presented by Pei, X., Tso, E., Ambellu, G., Kim, D., Liao, H.W., & Mroz, E. L. at the Gerontological Society of America 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Enhancing self-functioning in college students: Mental time travel through VR. Poster presentation by Pillarisetty, S., & Liao, H.-W at the 2025 APS Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
• Recalling youth in virtual reality in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Poster presentation by Kim, D., & Liao, H.-W. at the 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Seattle, WA.

Engagement with life and successful aging

• Expecting longevity improves young people’s attitudes toward the old. Poster to be presented by Kim, S. & Liao, H.-W. at the 2024 SPSP in San Diego, CA.
• Effects of social engagement on well-being and cognitive functioning in older Hispanics. Poster  presented by Liao, H.-W. & Kang, H. at 2023 GSA in Tampa, FL.
• Relationships of social and cognitive activity to well-being and cognitive functioning over time. Paper presented by Liao, H.-W., Chu, L., & Carstensen, L. L. at 2023 GSA in Tampa, FL.

See also Published Research.