2004.9-2010.6 PhD: Tsinghua University, Department of Biomedical Engineering
2000.9-2004.7 Bachelor's: Tsinghua University, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Published over 60 papers in renowned SCI/SSCI journals
Received the Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program
Second Prize in Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Achievements
2020.1-Present - Sun Yat-sen University - Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
2017.12-2019.12 - East China Normal University - Professor
2016.5-2019.12 - East China Normal University - Doctoral Supervisor
2012.7-2017.12 - East China Normal University - Associate Professor
2015.9-Present - NYU Shanghai - Visiting Researcher
Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program
Second Prize in Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Achievements
Research
Cognitive and neural mechanisms of memory Interaction between emotion and memory Interdisciplinary research between neuroscience and artificial intelligence
Towards human-compatible autonomous car: A study of non-verbal Turing test in automated driving with affective transition modelling, Li, Z., Jiang, Q., Wu, Z., Liu, A., Wu, H., Huang, M., Huang, K. and Ku, Y*., 2023
Mnemonic-trained brain tuning to a regular odd-even pattern subserves digit memory in children, Pan, Y., Hao, N., Liu, N., Zhao, Y-J., Cheng, X., Ku, Y.*, Hu, Y.*, 2023
Reward advantage over punishment for incentivizing visual working memory, Sun, Y., Kang, P., Huang, L., Wang, H., & Ku, Y.*, 2023
Decoding emotion from high-frequency steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP), Nie, L., & Ku, Y.*, 2023
Intermittent theta burst stimulation to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex improves working memory of subjects with methamphetamine use disorder, Zhang, Y., Ku, Y., Sun, J., Daskalakis, Z. J., & Yuan, T. F., 2023
Sensory Recruitment Revisited: Ipsilateral V1 Involved in Visual Working Memory, Zhao, Y-J, Kay, K.N., Tian, Y, & Ku, Y*, 2022
Decoding semantics from intermodulation responses in frequency-tagged stereotactic EEG, Chen, J., Meng, X., Liu, Z., Shang, B., Chang, C. & Ku, Y.*, 2022
Mnemonic attention in analogy to perceptual attention: harmony but not uniformity, Han, S, & Ku, Y*, 2022
Intermittent Theta-Burst Stimulation Increases the Working Memory Capacity of Methamphetamine Addicts, Sun, Y, Wang, H* & Ku, Y*, 2022
Music-based casual video game training alleviates symptoms of subthreshold depression, Li, X, Zheng, M, Zhang, Y, Wang, Y, Nie, L, Yuan, Y*, Qian, T* & Ku, Y*, 2022
Atypically larger variability of resource allocation accounts for visual working memory deficits in schizophrenia, Zhao, Y.-J. #, Ma, T. #, Zhang, L., Ran, X., Zhang, R.-Y. *, & Ku, Y. *, 2021
Background white noise and speech facilitate visual working memory, Han, S#, Zhu, R#, & Ku, Y*, 2021
Cognitive enhancement of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's Disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Xie, Y, Li, Y*, Nie, L, Zhang, W, Ke, Z, & Ku, Y*, 2021
Mnemonic attention in analogy to perceptual attention: harmony but not uniformity, Han, S, & Ku, Y*, 2021
Free-recall benefit, inhomogeneity and between-item interference in working memory, Hao, Y.#, Li, X.#, Zhang H. *, & Ku, Y*, 2021
Subliminal affective priming effect: Dissociated processes for intense versus normal facial expressions, Wang, Y., Chen, J., & Ku, Y*, 2021
NeuroRA: A Python Toolbox of Representational Analysis From Multi-Modal Neural Data, Lu, Z, & Ku, Y*, 2020
Quantitative Measurement of Metal Accumulation in Brain of Patients with Wilson' s Disease, Li G, Wu R, Tong R, Bo B, Zhao Y, Gillen KM, Spincemaillle P, Ku Y, Du Y, Wang Y, Wang X, Li J., 2020
Holistic integration in the processing of Chinese characters as revealed by EEG frequency tagging, Cai Y, Mao Y, Ku Y*, Chen J*, 2020
“Transient” or “Persisitent” coding for working memory, Ku Y *, Yuan T *, 2020
Encoding strategy mediates the effect of electrical stimulation over posterior parietal cortex on visual short-term memory, Wang S, Itthipuripat S* & Ku Y*, 2020
Neural Correlates Underlying the Precision of Visual Working Memory, Zhao Y, Kuai S, Zanto TP, & Ku Y*, 2020
Electrical stimulation over human posterior parietal cortex selectively enhances the capacity of visual short-term memory, Wang S#, Itthipuripat S#, & Ku Y*, 2019
3D texture analyses within the substantia nigra of Parkinson‘s disease patients on quantitative susceptibility maps and R2* maps, Li G, Zhai G, Zhao X, An H, Spincemaille P, Gillen K, Ku Y, Wang Y, Huang D, Li J, 2019
Mnemonic vulnerability induced by post-activation time-dependent new-learning, Shen F, Chen X, Li J, Cao W, Ku Y, Wu J, et al., 2019
Age-Related Differences in the Late Positive Potential during Emotion Regulation between Adolescents and Adults, Deng, X, Sang, B*, Ku Y*, & Sai, L, 2019
Effects of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation on Stimulant Craving in Users of Cocaine, Amphetamine, or Methamphetamine: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Ma T, Sun Y, Ku Y*, 2019
The Causal Role of the Prefrontal Cortex and Somatosensory Cortex in Tactile Working Memory, Zhao D, Zhou Y, Bodner M, Ku Y*, 2018
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex bridges bilateral primary somatosensory cortices during cross-modal working memory, Zhao D, Ku Y*, 2018
Neural Correlates of Feedback Processing in Visuo-Tactile Crossmodal Paired-Associate Learning, Gui P #, Li J #, Ku Y #, Li L, Li, X, Zhou X, Bodner M, Lenz FA, Dong XW, Wang L, Zhou YD, 2018
Selective attention on representations in working memory: cognitive and neural mechanisms, Ku Y*, 2018
Hypnotic and non-hypnotic suggestion to ignore pre-cues decreases space-valence congruency effects in highly hypnotizable individuals, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Ku Y*, 2018
Analysis of influencing factors of visual working memory in young adult patients with schizophrenia, Zhang, L, Ran, X, Li, T, Ku, Y, Liu, L, Huang, T, & Yan, W, 2018
Neural correlates of visuo-tactile crossmodal paired-associate learning and memory in humans, Gui P#, Ku Y#, Li L, Li X, Bodner M, Lenz FA, Wang L, Zhou YD, 2017
Neural correlates of serial order effect in verbal divergent thinking, Wang M, Hao N*, Ku Y*, Grabner RH, & Fink A, 2017
ERPs and oscillations during encoding predict retrieval of digit memory in superior mnemonists, Pan Y, Li X, Chen X, Ku Y, Dong Y, Dou Z, He L, Hu Y, Li W, Zhou X, 2017
Memory skills mediating superior memory in a world-class memorist, Ericsson KA, Cheng XJ, Pan YF, Ku Y, Ge Y, Hu Y*, 2017
Switching off perceptual learning: Anodal tDCS to left DLPFC eliminates perceptual learning in humans, Civile C, Verbruggen F, McLaren R, Zhao D, Ku Y, McLaren IPL, 2016
Reflection enhances creativity: Beneficial effects of idea evaluation on idea generation, Hao N, Ku Y #, Liu M, Hu Y, Bodner M, Grabner RH, Fink A, 2016
Neural correlates of heat-evoked pain memory in humans, Wang L, Gui P, Li L, Ku Y, Bodner M, Fan G, Zhou Y-D, and Dong X, 2016
Cooperative processing in primary somatosensory cortex and posterior parietal cortex during tactile uni-modal working memory, Ku Y *, Zhao D, Bodner M, and Zhou Y-D
Area of Focus
Language | Psychology | Artificial Intelligence | Children | Reading | Media | Neural Mechanisms | Cognitive Functions | Eye Movement | Brain Imaging
