Lua Li Fun
Lua Li Fun
PhD in Psychology Student
Biography
Lua Li Fun graduated with an Honours Degree in Psychology from University of Reading Malaysia and is currently a PhD student in the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences at the same institution. Her PhD research focuses on women’s body image in the context of social media, particularly how exposure to different body ideals may influence body image perceptions.
UoRM Programmes Taught/Supervised
PY1IPR workshop
PY2RMP workshop
Highest Qualification & Awarding Body
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Psychology, University of Reading Malaysia
Speciality Areas
Social Psychology
Research Interests
Social psychology, specifically examining how appearance-related content on social media and sociocultural appearance ideals influence women’s body image and perceptions.
Lua, L. F., Kong, X. N., Lee, J. K. W., & Sidhu, S. K. (2026). The Sound of Fear: How Horror Soundtracks Shape Threat Perception of Emotional Faces. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218261447279
