Cognitive and Neural Processes Underlying Face Recognition and Spatial Navigation
One primary function of human perception, cognition, and action is to effecitvely interact with the environment. My research aims to understand two fundamental aspects of these human-environment interactions: (a) how do we perceive, recognize, and interact with faces (i.e., interacting with our soical environment), and (b) how do we perceive, represent, and navigate in spaces (i.e., interacting with our physical environment).
The ulitmate goal of my research is to understand the cognitive and neural mechasnisms underlying the dynamic human-environment interactions (i.e., face recognition and spatial navigaiton), and more importantly, to imporve the way we interact with the dynamic physical and social environments (i.e., improve face- and space-related cognitive and social ability).
Other-Race Effect (ORE) in Face Memory
Holistic Processing of Faces and Non-Face Objects
Naturalistic Face Recognition: Dynamic Faces
Cue Interaction in Human Navigation
Neural Mechanisms Supporting Recognition and Navigation
2007
2001
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Ph.D. (Cognitive Psychology) Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China BA (Education) School of Education, Henan University, China
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2012–
2009–2012
2007– 2009
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Research Scientist Department of Human Cognition, Perception, and Action Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany Postdoctoral Research Associate Department Cognitive, Linguistic, & Psychological Sciences Brown University, USA Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Psychology The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Association for Psychological Science; Psychonomic Society; Vision Sciences Society;
Spatial Network (SILC)
Grant proposal reviewer
Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
Ad hoc reviewer
Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics; Behavioral Brain Research; British Journal of Psychology; Cognition; Cognitive Psychology; Experimental Brain Research; Frontiers in Psychology (Review editor for Frontiers in Cognitive Science); Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience; Journal of Cognitive Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition; Journal of Vision; Perception; PLoS ONE; Psychonomic Bulletin & Review; Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology; Vision Research; Visual Cognition;
Acta Psychologica Sinica (in Chinese); Advance in Psychological Science (in Chinese).
Face Perception and Recognition
Spatial Cognition and Navigation
Peer-reviewed articles
Conference proceeding
Working Manuscripts