Areas of Focus
- Selective Attention
- Attentional Capture
- Cognitive Control
Work Experience
- 2018-2019 - Queens College, City University of New York - Visiting Scholar
- 2020-present - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005-2009 Bachelor's Degree in Psychology: Northeast Normal University
- 2009-2012 Master's Degree in Basic Psychology: Northeast Normal University, Supervisor: Ming Zhang
- 2012-2016 Ph.D. in Social Psychology: Tsinghua University, Supervisor: Shimin Fu
- 2018-2019 Visiting Scholar: Jin Fan Lab, Queens College, City University of New York
- 2020-present Postdoctoral Researcher: Liu Xun Research Group, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publications
- The Mechanism of Category-Based Attentional Control Set in Attentional Capture, Xia Wu, Junzhe Wang, Yun Wang, Ying Chen, Haibo Yang, 2022
- Attentional Bias to Emotional Facial Expressions in Undergraduates with Suicidal Ideation: An ERP Study, Lin, L., Liu, Y., Mo, J., Wang, C., Liu, T., Xu, Z., ... & Wu, X., 2022
- The Influence of Uncertainty and Expected Effectiveness on Motion Direction Perception Decision, Yuean Pan, Yunpeng Jiang, Maojie Guo, Xia Wu, 2022
- The Effect of Aging on Top-Down Attentional Processing in Different Search Contexts, Xia Wu, Xiping Zhong, Yunpeng Jiang, 2022
- The Influence of Teachers' Language Forms on Children's Language Comprehension, Huan Zhang, Tianran Zuo, Wei Jiang, Lingru Pei, Xia Wu, 2022
- The Influence of Cognitive Control Subcomponents and Objective Risk on Trust Behavior, Ying Chen, Xia Wu, Xinjian Wang, 2022
- The Lateralization of Attentional Functions in Action Video Game Players, Xia Wu, Yanyan Zhang, Maojie Guo, Yunpeng Jiang, Xinxin Wang, 2021
- The Influence of Action Video Games on Attentional Functions Across Visual and Auditory Modalities, Xia Wu, Yunpeng Jiang, Yunpeng Jiang, Guang Chen, Xiaobai Bai, 2021
- The Influence of Parent-Child Communication Quality on Attention Bias to Emotional Stimuli in High School Students, Jie Wu, Furong Wei, Jiaqi Li, Xia Wu, 2021
- Category-Based Attentional Capture Can Be Influenced by Color- and Shape-Dimensions Independently in the Conjunction Search Task, Xia Wu, Xinxin Wang, Rami Saab, Yunpeng Jiang, 2020
- The Influence of Time Task Demand on Attentional Capture by Irrelevant Emotional Faces, Xia Wu, Jingzhou Xu, Ying Chen, 2020
- The Functional Anatomy of Cognitive Control: A Domain-General Brain Network for Uncertainty Processing, Ting Wu, Chen Chen, Andrea Spagna, Xia Wu, Mackie Mackie, Russell-Giller, ... Fan Jin, 2020
- Differences in Behavioral Inhibitory Control in Response to Angry and Happy Emotions Among College Students with and Without Suicidal Ideation: An ERP Study, Lin, L., Wang, C., Mo, J., Liu, Y., & Wu, X., 2020
- The Role of Feature and Category Attentional Control Sets in Attentional Capture, Xia Wu, 2018
- Time Course of Influence on the Allocation of Attentional Resources Caused by Unconscious Fearful Faces, Yunpeng Jiang, Xia Wu, Rami Saab, Yanyan Xiao, Xiaobai Gao, 2018
- The Different Roles of Category- and Feature-Specific Attentional Control Settings on Attentional Enhancement and Inhibition, Xia Wu, Shimin Fu, 2017
- A Category-Specific Top-Down Attentional Set Can Affect the Neural Responses Outside the Current Focus of Attention, Yunpeng Jiang, Xia Wu, Xiaobai Gao, 2017
- Prioritization to Visual Objects: Roles of Sensory Uncertainty, Ting Luo, Xia Wu, Hong Wang, Shimin Fu, 2017
- Target Enhancement and Distractor Inhibition Affect Transitory Surround Suppression in Dual Tasks Using Multiple RSVP Streams, Xia Wu, Peter Greenwood, Shimin Fu, 2016
- Feature- and Category-Specific Attentional Control Settings Are Differently Affected by Attentional Engagement in Contingent Attentional Capture, Xia Wu, Xun Liu, Shimin Fu, 2016
- The Mechanism of Lag-1 Sparing in Attentional Blink, Xia Wu, Ming Zhang, 2011
Awards
- Tianjin 131 Third Level Talent
- Tianjin University Young Reserve Talent
- First Prize in Young Teacher Teaching Competition at Tianjin Normal University, Top Ten Young Teaching Experts
- Third Prize in Tianjin Young Teacher Teaching Competition