Wangzhaoxin

Investigate mechanisms of human brain  function with approaches of fMRI‚ ERP‚ eyetracking‚ and behavioral test.

Currently focus on these fields:

1‚ Effects of addiction on emotion processing.

2‚ Neural correlates of empathy. 

Investigate mechanisms of human brain  function with approaches of fMRI‚ ERP‚ eyetracking‚ and behavioral test.

Currently focus on these fields:

1‚ Effects of addiction on neural network of emotion processing.

2‚ Neural network of empathy. 

3, The effects of music training on cognition and underlying neural mechanisms

Introduction to Psychology

Experimental Psychology 

Cognitive neuroscience

Wu J., Sze Chai Kwok, Huimin Wang^*, and ZhaoxinWang* (2024). Effects of post-learning nap in the recognition memory for faces in habitual nappers. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2024.107957

Peng Y.,  Xu, J.W. & Wang, Z.X. (2024). Discordant Wada and fMRI language lateralization: a case report. Journal of International Medical Research. Accepted

Peng, Yu, Zhaoxin Wang*  (2024). Differential cortical and subcortical activations during different stages of muscle control: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Brain Sciences. 14(4), 404. doi:10.3390/brainsci14040404

Pei, Yilai, Zhaoxin Wang* and Tatia M.C. Lee (2024). P3b correlates of inspection time. IBRO Neuroscience Reports. 16: 428-435. doi:10.1016/j.ibneur.2024.03.002

Pan, Xin and Zhaoxin Wang* (2023). Cortical and subcortical contributions to non-motor inhibitory control: an fMRI study. Cerebral Cortex. 33(21): 10909-10917. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhad336

Pei, Y., Zhiyuan Xu, Yibo He, Xinxin Liu, Yuxuan Bai, Sze Chai Kwok, Xiaonuo Li* and Zhaoxin Wang* (2023). Effects of musical expertise on line section and line extension. Frontiers in Psychology.14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1190098

Fengtao Shen, Xingxia Chen, Jianqi Li, Weicong Cao, Yixuan Ku, Jue Wu, Yue Cui, Zhaoxin Wang*, Huimin Wang*, and SzeChai Kwok* (2019). Mnemonic vulnerability induced by post-activation time-dependent new-learning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2019.107047

Weng, X., Lin, Q., Ma, Y., Peng, Y., Hu, Y., Shen, K., Wang, H.*, & Wang, Z.* (2019). Effects of hunger on visual perception in binocular rivalry. Frontiers in Psychology. (SSCI, impact factor=2.1). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00418

Delin Sun, Robin Shao, Zhao-xin Wang and Tatia M.C. Lee*. (2018). Perceived Gaze Direction Modulates Neural Processing of Prosocial Decision Making. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,(SCI, impact factor = 3.2). doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00052

Shen, F.#, Hu, Y.#, Fan, M., Wang, H. & Wang, Z*. (2017). Racial bias in neural response for pain is modulated by minimal group. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,(SCI, impact factor = 3.2). doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00661

Hu, Y., Cui, Z., Fan, M., & Wang, Z*. (2017). Effects of acute alcohol intoxication on empathic neural responses for pain. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12(640). (SCI, impact factor = 3.2). doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00640

Yin, L., Fan, M., Lin, L., Sun, D., & Wang, Z*. (2017). Attractiveness modulates neural processing of infant faces differently in males and females. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11(551). (SCI, impact factor = 3.2).doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00551

Lijun Yu, Xiaonuo Li, Hua Yu, Zhuoya Cui, Wenchen Liao, Sha Li, Yu Peng, Zhao-Xin Wang*. Musicians have larger memory spans for Mandarin tones but not segments. Psychology of Music, 2016 44(5):1058-1067. (SSCI, impact factor = 2.1). doi.org/10.1177/0305735615608695

Sun, D. L., Lee, T. M. C., Wang, Z. X., & Chan, C. C. H. (2016). Unfolding the Spatial and Temporal Neural Processing of Making Dishonest Choices. Plos One, 11(4). (SCI, impact factor = 2.8)

Sun D, Chan CC, Hu Y, Wang Z*, Lee TM*. Neural correlates of outcome processing post dishonest choice: An fMRI and ERP study. Neuropsychologia. 2015 68:148-57. (SCI, impact factor = 3.3)

Li-Jun Yin, Yu-Ting Lou, Ming-Xia Fan, Zhao-Xin Wang*, Yi Hu*. Neural evidence for the use of digit-image mnemonic in a superior memorist: An fMRI study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015 9:109 (SCI, impact factor = 3.2)

Weidong Gu, Wei Jiang, Jingwei He, Binsong Liu, Zhaoxin Wang*. Blockade of brachial plexus abolishes brain activations by electroacupuncture stimulation of acupuncture point (LI4): an fMRI study. Acupuncture in Medicine, 2015 33:457–464. (SCI, impact factor = 1.5)

Xiao-Song He^#, Zhao-Xin Wang^#, You-Zhi Zhu, Nan Wang, Xiaoping Hu, Da-Ren Zhang, De-Fa Zhu, and Jiang-Ning Zhou. Hyperactivation of working memory-related brain circuits in newly diagnosed middle-aged type 2 diabetics. Acta diabetologica. 2014 52:133-42 (SCI, impact factor = 3.7) * Contributed equally

Zhao-Xin Wang, John X Zhang, Qiu-Lin Wu; Ning Liu, Xiao-Ping Hu, Raymond C Chan, Zhuang-Wei Xiao. Alterations in the processing of non-drug related affective stimuli in abstinent heroin addicts. Neuroimage 49: 971-976 2010 (SCI, impact factor = 5.7)

Zhao-Xin Wang, Zhuang-Wei Xiao, Da-Ren Zhang, Chun-Yu Liang, John X. Zhang. Verbal working memory deficits in abstinent heroin abusers. Acta Neuropsychiatrica 20:265-268 2008 (SCI, Impact factor = 1.2)

Suiping Wang, Zude Zhu, John X. Zhang, Zhaoxin Wang, Zhuangwei Xiao, Huadong Xiang, and Hsuan-Chih Chen. Broca’s area plays a role in syntactic processing in Chinese sentence reading. Neuropsychologia 46(5):1371-1378 2008 (SCI, Impact factor = 3.6)

Leung KK, Lee TMC, Xiao ZW, Wang ZX, Zhang JXX, Yip PSF, Li LSW. Neural activities for negative priming with affective stimuli: An fMRI study. Neuroscience Letters 433(3):194-198 2008 (SCI, Impact factor = 2.1)

Zhuang-wei Xiao, Chu-yu Cao, Zhao-xin Wang, Jun-xiong Li, Hai-yong Liao and Xue-xin Zhang. Changes of dopamine transporter function in striatum during acute morphine addiction and its abstinence in rhesus monkey Chinese Medical Journal 2006 119(21) :1802-1807

De-Fa Zhu^#, Zhao-Xin Wang^#, Da-Ren Zhang, Zhong-Lin Pan, Sheng He, Xiao-Ping Hu, Xiang-Chuan Chen and Jiang-Ning Zhou. fMRI revealed neural substrate for reversible working memory dysfunction in subclinical hypothyroidism. Brain 2006 129: 2923-2930

Zhi-hao Li, Xi-wen Sun, Zhao-xin Wang, Xiao-chu Zhang, Da-ren Zhang, Sheng He and Xiaoping Hu. Behavioral and functional MRI study of attention shift in human verbal working memory. Neuroimage 21(1):181-191 2004

Da-ren Zhang, Xiao-chu Zhang, Xi-wen Sun, Zhi-hao Li, Zhao-xin Wang, Sheng He and Xiao-ping Hu. Cross-modal temporal order memory for auditory digits and visual location: an fMRI studyHuman Brain Mapping22(4): 280-289 2004

Da-ren Zhang, Zhi-hao Li, Xiang-chuan Chen, Zhao-xin Wang, Xiao-chu Zhang, Xiao-mei Meng, Sheng He and Xiao-ping Hu. Functional comparison of primacy, middle and recency retrieval in human auditory short-term memory: an event-related fMRI studyCognitive Brain Research 16(1):91-98 2003

Xiao-ping Liu, Zhao-xin Wang, Xiang-chuan Chen and Da-ren Zhang. Subsystems in Visual Working Memory Acta Psychologica Sinica 35(5):598-6032003

# Contributed equally, * Corresponding author