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Qing Yu
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanghai
Language: English, Chinese
Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain Imaging
Neural Representations
Visual Working Memory
Neuroimaging
Visual Cognition
Neural Dynamics
Mnemonic Representations
Parietal Cortex
Frontal Cortex
Areas of Focus
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Brain Imaging
Work Experience
- 2020-09~Present - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology - Researcher
- 2019-02~2020-07 - University of Wisconsin-Madison - Research Scientist
- 2016-10~2019-01 - University of Wisconsin-Madison - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2011-09~2016-06 - Dartmouth College - Ph.D. Student
- 2007-09~2011-07 - Peking University - Bachelor of Science Student
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011-09--2016-06 Ph.D.: Dartmouth College
- 2007-09--2011-07 Bachelor of Science: Peking University
Publications
- Distinct neural signatures underlying information maintenance and manipulation in working memory, Cerebral Cortex, 2024
- Neural representations in visual and parietal cortex differentiate between imagined, perceived, and illusory experiences, The Journal of Neuroscience, 2023
- Spatiotemporal dynamics of self-generated imagery reveal a reverse cortical hierarchy from cue-induced imagery, Cell Reports, 2023
- The Neural Codes Underlying Internally Generated Representations in Visual Working Memory, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2021
- Neuroimaging and the localization of function in visual cognition, Visual Cognition, 2020
- Delay-period activity in frontal, parietal, and occipital cortex tracks noise and biases in visual working memory, PLOS Biology, 2020
- Different states of priority recruit different neural representations in visual working memory, PLOS Biology, 2020
- The Role of Location-Context Binding in Nonspatial Visual Working Memory, ENEURO, 2020
- Neural Correlates of the Conscious Perception of Visual Location Lie Outside Visual Cortex, Current Biology, 2019
- Temporal-Order-Based Attentional Priority Modulates Mnemonic Representations in Parietal and Frontal Cortices, Cerebral Cortex, 2019
- Overlapping and distinct contributions of stimulus location and of spatial context to nonspatial visual short-term memory, Journal of Neurophysiology, 2019
- Parietal-Occipital Interactions Underlying Control- and Representation-Related Processes in Working Memory for Nonspatial Visual Features, Journal of Neuroscience, 2018
- Separating the present and the future, ELIFE, 2018
- Occipital, parietal, and frontal cortices selectively maintain task-relevant features of multi-feature objects in visual working memory, Neuroimage, 2017
- Spatial summation revealed in the earliest visual evoked component C1 and the effect of attention on its linearity, Journal of Neurophysiology, 2016
- Modulating foveal representation can influence visual discrimination in the periphery, Journal of Vision, 2016
