Areas of Focus
- Basic Cognition
- Social Cognition
Work Experience
- 2016-present: Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2019-2020: Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Canada
- 2016-2020: Teaching Supervisor, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2014-2016: Deputy Director, Experimental Teaching Center for Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2012-2015: Deputy Head, Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2012-2013: Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA
- 2011-2015: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2006-2010: Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2003-2005: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1998-2003: Ph.D. in Basic Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1994-1998: B.Sc. in Applied Psychology, Beijing Normal University
Publications
- Social identity threat attenuates own-race bias in face recognition under the “Asian-Caucasian” context, Gong, Y., Zhao, X., Ma, Q., & Zhou, G., 2024
- Association of idiosyncratic eye-movement patterns with holistic processing of faces as measured by the composite face effect and the face inversion effect, Zhong, N., Hsiao, J., Zhou, G., & Hayward, W., 2024
- Spirit behind appearance: Facial motion increases facial attractiveness through perceived vitality, Zheng, R., Yang, B., & Zhou, G., 2023
- Does eye gaze uniquely trigger spatial orienting to socially relevant information? A behavioral and ERP study, Yuan, Y., Liu, J., Wu, Z., Zhou, G., Sommer, W., & Yue, Z., 2022
- Misaligned dynamic faces are processed holistically, Zhou, Y., Lin, J., & Zhou, G., 2022
- Trait/financial information of potential male mates eliminates Mate-Choice Copying by women: Trade-off between social information and personal information in mate selection, Liu, X., Zhang, C., Wang, X., Feng, X., Pan, J., & Zhou, G., 2021
- The constancy of the holistic processing of unfamiliar faces: Evidence from the study-test consistency effect and the within-person motion and viewpoint invariance, Zhou, Y., Liu, X., Feng, X., & Zhou, G., 2021
- Chinese aesthetic mask: Three Forehead and Five Eyes——Holistic processing and facial attractiveness, Lin, J., & Zhou, G., 2021
- Normality mediates the effect of symmetry on facial attractiveness, Zheng, R., Ren, D., Xie, C., Pan, J., & Zhou, G., 2021
- Self-construal priming affects holistic face processing and race categorization, but not face recognition, Liu, X., Liang, X., Feng, C., & Zhou, G., 2019
- Attentional modulation of hierarchical ensemble coding for the identities of moving faces, Chen, B., & Zhou, G., 2018
- Ensemble perception of facial attractiveness, Luo, A. X., & Zhou, G., 2018
- The interactive effect of facial appearance and behavior statement on trust belief and trust behavior, Li, T., Liu, X., Pan, J., & Zhou, G., 2017
- Own-race faces capture attention faster than other race faces: Evidence from response time and the N2pc, Zhou, G., Cheng, Z., Yue, Z., Tredoux, C., He, J., & Wang, L., 2015
- Effect of divided attention and social categorization on the Own-Race Bias in face recognition, Zhou, G., Pu, X., Young, S. G., & Tse, C-S., 2015
- Dynamic orientation cues decrease the viewpoint cost of mental rotation, Zhou, G., Cheng, Z., Li, S., & Hayward, W. G., 2013
- Smaller holistic processing of faces associated with face drawing experience, Zhou, G., Cheng, Z., Zhang, X., & Wong, A. C-N., 2012
- Inconsistent individual personality description eliminates the Other-Race Effect, Zhang, L., Zhou, G., Pu, X., Hayward, W. G., 2011
- Interactive processing among parts, configuration and orientation of complex objects, Li, S., & Zhou, G., 2011
- Processes underlying the cross-race effect: Holistic, featural, and relational processing of own- and other-race faces, Mondloch, C. J., Elms, N., Maurer, D., Rhodes, G., Hayward, W. G., Tanaka, J., & Zhou, G., 2010
- Specificity of face processing without awareness, Zhou, G., Zhang, L., Liu, J., Yang, J., & Qu, Z., 2010
- Repetition blindness for rotated objects, Hayward, W. G., Zhou, G., Man, W. F., & Harris, I. M., 2010
- Spatial updating during locomotion does not eliminate viewpoint-dependent visual object processing, Zhao, M., Zhou, G., Mou, W., Hayward, W. G., & Charles, B. O., 2007
- Dissociating viewpoint costs in mental rotation and object recognition, Hayward, W. G., Zhou, G., Gauthier, I., & Harris, I. M., 2006
- Cultural difference in the application of the diagnosticity principle to schematic faces, Zhou, G., Fu, X, Hayward, W. G., Locke, V., & Peillicano, E., 2005
- Cultural considerations and applicability of western usability guidelines in the design of Chinese e-commerce websites, Tham, M. P., Zhou, G., & Fu, X., 2000
Awards
- 2022: Supervisor of Excellent Master's Thesis by Ruoying Zheng, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2022: Elsevier China Golden Open Access High Download Paper Scholar
- 2019: Provincial Teaching Achievement Award (Third Place)
- 2017: University Teaching Achievement Award (Third Place)
- 2014: Supervisor of Excellent Master's Thesis by Zhijie Cheng, Guangdong Province
- 2013: Third Prize, Guangdong Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award (First Place)
- 2022: Excellent Annual Assessment, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2021: Excellent Annual Assessment, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2015: Excellent Annual Assessment for Middle-level Leaders, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2014: Excellent Annual Assessment for Middle-level Leaders, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2013: Excellent Annual Assessment for Middle-level Leaders, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2010: Excellent Annual Assessment, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2008: Excellent Annual Assessment, Sun Yat-sen University