Areas of Focus
- Learning Psychology
- Language Cognition
- Category Learning and Problem Solving
Awards
- Second National Education Science Outstanding Achievement First Prize (1999): Ministry of Education
- Third National Education Science Outstanding Achievement First Prize (2006): Ministry of Education
- Fifth Higher Education Scientific Research (Humanities and Social Sciences) Outstanding Achievement First Prize (2009): Ministry of Education
- Seventh Higher Education Scientific Research (Humanities and Social Sciences) Outstanding Achievement First Prize (2015): Ministry of Education
- First Guangdong Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement First Prize (2005): Guangdong Provincial Government
- Sixth Guangdong Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement First Prize (2015): Guangdong Provincial Government
- Second China Youth Science and Technology Award (1990): Central Organization Department, Ministry of Personnel, China Association for Science and Technology
- First Guangdong Province Outstanding Social Scientist (2011): Guangdong Provincial Government
- National Outstanding Science and Technology Worker (2016): China Association for Science and Technology
- China Psychological Society Lifetime Achievement Award (2018): China Psychological Society
- First National University Huang Danian-style Teacher Team (2018): Ministry of Education