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Ya Wang
Psychology
Capital Normal University
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Prospective Memory
Cognitive Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Mental Time Travel
Cognitive Deficits
Emotional Deficits
Mental Disorders
Early Identification
Intervention
Neuropsychology
Areas of Focus
- Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Prospective Memory
- Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Mental Time Travel
- Cognitive and Emotional Deficits in Mental Disorders
- Early Identification and Intervention of Mental Disorders
Work Experience
- 2008.07—2011.03 Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
- 2011.04—2023.07 Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor
- 2023.08—Present School of Psychology, Capital Normal University - Associate Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1999.09—2003.06 Bachelor: Northeast Normal University
- 2003.09—2005.06 Master: Sun Yat-sen University
- 2005.09—2008.06 PhD: Sun Yat-sen University
Publications
- Personal goal-related mental time travel and its association with resting-state functional connectivity in individuals with high schizotypal traits, Ye, J-Y., Qin, X-J., Cui, J-F., Liu, J-L., Shi, H-S., Yang, T-X., Wang, Y.*, Chan, R.C.K., 2023
- Comparison of trait and state mind wandering among schizotypal, subclinically depressed, and control individuals, Wang, Y.*, Chen, T., Cui, J-F., Liu, J-L., Li, T-H.*, Du, T-J.*, 2024
- The future-oriented repetitive thought (FoRT) scale: Validation in Chinese samples and application in the schizophrenia spectrum, Liu, J-L., Chen, T., Cui, J-F., Lai, W-H., Zhang, Q., Ye, J-Y., Yang, T-X., Wang, Y.*, Chan, R.C.K., 2024
- Further clarification of cognitive processes of prospective memory in schizophrenia by comparing eye-tracking and ecologically-valid measurements, Li, H., Wang, Q., Hou, W-P., Chen, D-Y., Ding, Y-S., Zhang, Z-F., Hou, W-W., Sha, S., Yang, N-B., Bo, Q-J., Wang, Y., Zhou, F-C., Wang, C-Y., 2024
- Individuals with high level of autistic traits exhibit impaired cognitive but not affective theory of mind and empathy, Le, B-L., Huang, Y-H., Wang, L-L., Hu, H-X., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Huang, J., Lui, S.S.Y., Chan, R.C.K., 2024
- Relationship between theta/beta ratio and mind wandering in schizotypy, Zhang, Q.#, Jia, L-X.#, Cui, J-F., Ye, J-Y., Liu, J-L., Lai, W-H., Shi, H-S., Yang, T-X., Wang, Y.*, Chan, R.C.K., 2024
- Associations between intraindividual reaction time variability and prospective memory performance in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls, Liu, J-L., Chen, T., Cui, J-F., Shi, H-S., Gan, M-Y., Wang, Y.*, 2023
- Combining experience sampling with temporal network analysis to understand inertia of negative emotion in dysphoria, Chen, T., Wang, P-C., Wang, Y., Irish, M., 2023
- The deficient cue monitoring and the facilitating effect of prosocial intention on prospective memory in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, Chen, D-Y., Wang, Q., Yang, N-B., Qin, X-J., Li, H., Hou, W-P., Ding, Y-S., Hou, W-W., Wang, Y.*, Zhou, F-C.*, Wang, C-Y., 2023
- Relationships between childhood trauma and dimensional schizotypy: A network analysis and replication, Huang, Y-H., Hu, H-X., Wang, L-L., Zhang, Y-J., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, Y-Y., Chan, R.C.K., 2023
- Preparation facilitates response inhibition based on stop signal task, Jia, L-X., Li, S-C., Cui, J-F., Liu, J-L., Guo, X-X., Wang, Y.*, 2023
- Mental Time Travel in Psychiatric Disorders, Wang, Y.*, Ye, J-Y., Lui, S.S.Y., Chan, R.C.K., 2023
- Mental time travel for self and others in individuals with high level schizotypy, Ye, J-Y., Qin, X-J., Cui, J-F., Jia, L-X., Shi, H-S., Yang, T-X., Lui, S.S.Y., Wang, Y.*, Chan, R.C.K., 2023
- 心智游移的眼动追踪研究进展, 章琴，王亚, 2023
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of scientists, Wang, Y.*, Wang, H.*, 2023
- Neural correlates of schizotypal traits: findings from connectome-based predictive modelling, Chen, T., Huang, J., Cui, J-F., Li, Z., Irish, M., Wang, Y.*, Chan, R.C.K.*, 2023
- Proactive and reactive response inhibition of individuals with high schizotypy viewing different facial expressions: An ERP study using an emotional stop-signal task, Jia, L-X., Zheng, Q., Cui, J-F., Shi, H-S., Ye, J-Y., Yang, T-X.*, Wang, Y.*, Chan, R.C.K., 2023
- Balanced time perspective and its relationship with clinical and cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia, Chen, T., Qin, X-J., Cui, J-F., Gan, M-Y., Tan, S-P., Wang, Y.*, Irish, M., 2023
- Proactive and reactive cognitive control for emotional conflict in individuals with high schizotypy: An ERP study, Jia, L-X., Ye, J-Y., Cui, J-F., Shi, H-S., Yang, T-X., Wang, Y.*, 2023
- Altered neural mechanism of social reward anticipation in individuals with schizophrenia and social anhedonia, Zhang, Y-J., Hu, H-X., Wang, L-L., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Huang, J., Wang, Y., Lui, S.S.Y., Hui, L., Chan, R.C.K., 2023
- Neural correlates of mental time travel in individuals with high level of schizotypy, Ye, J-Y., Qin, X-J., Cui, J-F., Shi, H-S., Liu, J-L., Huang, J., Wang, Y., Yang, T-X., Lui, S.S.Y., Wang, Y.*, Chan, R.C.K., 2022
- Prospective memory performance and its improvement in individuals with high schizotypal traits: Evidence from eye-tracking studies, Qin, X-J., Liu, J-L., Cui, J-F., Shi, H-S., Ye, J-Y., Yang, T-X., Wang, Y.*, 2022
- Functional coupling between the fronto-parietal network and default mode network is associated with balanced time perspective, Chen, T., Huang, J., Cui, J-F., Li, Z., Wang, Y.*, Irish, M., Chan, R.C.K., 2022
- The different relationship pattern between mind wandering and daily prospective memory failure in individuals with high and low schizotypal traits, Chen, T., Liu, J., Cui, J-F., Yang, C-L., Qin, X-J., Xu, H.*, Wang, Y.*, Irish, M., 2022
- Validity and normative data of the Chinese Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ) across adolescence, adults and elderly people, Yang, T-X., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Su, X-M., Ni, K., Lui, S.S.Y., Chan, R.C.K., 2022
- The neural substrates of sex differences in balanced time perspective: A unique role for the precuneus, Chen, T., Li, Z., Cui, J-F., Huang, J., Irish, M., Wang, Y.*, Chan, R.C.K., 2022
- The relationship between schizotypal traits and satisfaction with life among Chinese young adults: The mediating effect of trait anxiety and mind wandering, Zhang, Q., Jia, L-X., Cui, J-F., Ye, J-Y., Shi, H-S., Wang, Y.*, Chan, R.C.K., 2022
- Structural network alterations and their association with neurological soft signs in schizophrenia: Evidence from clinical patients and unaffected siblings, Kong, L., Lui, S.S.Y., Wang, Y., Hung, K.S.Y., Ho, K.K.H., Wang, Y., Huang, J., Mak, H.K.F., Sham, P.C., Cheung, E.F.C., Chan, R.C.K., 2022
- A Meta-Analysis of Mental Time Travel in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Ye, J-Y., Qin, X-J., Cui, J-F., Ren, Q., Jia, L-X., Wang, Y.*, Pantelis, C., Chan, R.C.K., 2021
- A meta-analysis of the effects of episodic future thinking on delay discounting, Ye, J-Y., Ding, Q-Y., Cui, J-F., Liu, Z., Jia, L-X., Qin, X-J., Xu, H.*, Wang, Y.*, 2022
- Prospective memory influences social functioning in people with first-episode schizophrenia: A network analysis and longitudinal study, Lui SSY, Zhang RT, Lau WYS, Liu ACY, Chui WWH, Wang Y, Tsang KCM, Yeung HKH, Cheung EFC, Chan RCK, 2022
- Altered brain structural and functional connectivity in schizotypy, Wang, Y-M., Cai, X-L., Zhang, R
Awards
- 2017: Beijing Science and Technology Award, Second Prize
- 2013: Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research Fellowship
- 2011: Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2011: Lu Jiaxi Young Talent Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2009: International Congress on Schizophrenia Research Young Investigator Award
