Areas of Focus
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Perceptual Learning and Memory
- Attention and Consciousness
- Cognitive Aging
- Brain Plasticity
- Brain Function Research Methods (ERP and MEG)
Work Experience
- 2003-2006 - Sun Yat-sen University - Lecturer, Master's Supervisor, Laboratory Director/Assistant Department Head
- 2006-2010 - Sun Yat-sen University - Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Deputy Department Head
- 2009-2010 - University of California, San Diego - Visiting Scholar
- 2011-2018 - Sun Yat-sen University - Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
- 2018-Present - South China Normal University - Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1993-1997 Bachelor's Degree in Biology: University of Science and Technology of China
- 1997-2003 Ph.D. in Biophysics: University of Science and Technology of China
- 2011 Selected for the Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Support Program
- 2016 Selected for the Guangdong Special Support Program
- 2018 Recruited as a Leading Talent at South China Normal University
Publications
- Attentional capture by a color singleton is stronger at spatially relevant than irrelevant locations: Evidence from an ERP study, Su Y, Huang W, Yang N, Yan K, Ding Y*, Qu Z*, 2020
- Onset time of inhibition of return is a promising index for assessing cognitive functions in older adults, Li T, Wang L, Huang W, Zhen Y, Zhong C, Qu Z*, Ding Y*, 2020
- Perceptual learning induces active suppression of physically nonsalient shapes, Hu L, Ding Y*, Qu Z*, 2019
- Anticipatory alpha oscillation predicts attentional selection and hemodynamic response, Zhao C, Guo J, Li D, Tao Y, Ding Y, Liu H, Song Y, 2019
- Automatic detection of orientation contrast occurs at early but not earliest stages of visual cortical processing in humans, Zhen Y, Li D, Ding R, Huang Z, Qu Z*, Ding Y*, 2018
- Attentional selection and suppression in children and adults, Sun M, Wang E, Huang J, Zhao C, Guo J, Li D, Sun L, Du B, Ding Y, Song Y, 2018
- Identifying and removing overlaps from adjacent components is important in investigations of C1 modulation by attention, Qu Z, Ding Y*, 2018
- A sensory evoked response or precise anticipatory modulation? Mechanisms underlying the reported C1 modulation by spatial attention, Ding Y*, 2018
- Revisiting the earliest electrophysiological correlate of familiar face recognition, Huang W, Wu X, Hu L, Wang L, Ding Y, Qu Z, 2017
- Perceptual learning induces persistent attentional capture by non-salient shapes, Qu Z, Hillyard SA, Ding Y*, 2017
- Attentional Selection and Suppression in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Wang E, Sun L, Sun M, Huang J, Tao Y, Zhao X, Wu Z, Ding Y, Newman DP, Bellgrove MA, Wang Y, Song Y, 2016
- Predicting N2pc from anticipatory HbO activity during sustained visuospatial attention: A concurrent fNIRS–ERP study, Huang J, Wang F, Ding Y, Niu H, Tian F, Liu H, Song Y, 2015
- Brain mechanisms underlying behavioral specificity and generalization of short-term texture discrimination learning, Qu Z, Wang Y, Zhen Y, Hu L, Song Y, Ding Y*, 2014
- Short-Term Perceptual Learning in Visual Conjunction Search, Su Y, Lai Y, Huang W, Tan W, Qu Z, Ding Y, 2014
- Earliest Stages of Visual Cortical Processing Are Not Modified by Attentional Load, Ding Y, Martinez A, Qu Z, Hillyard SA, 2014
- Comparison of perceptual learning of real and virtual line orientations: an event-related potential study, Wang F, Zhong X, Huang J, Ding Y, Song Y, 2013
- The N2pc is increased by perceptual learning but is unnecessary for the transfer of learning, An A, Sun M, Wang Y, Wang F, Ding Y, Song Y, 2012
- ERP evidence for distinct mechanisms of fast and slow visual perceptual learning, Qu Z, Song Y, Ding Y*, 2010
- Task difficulty modulates electrophysiological correlates of perceptual learning, Wang Y, Song Y, Qu Z, Ding Y*, 2010
- The effect of short-term training on cardinal and oblique orientation discrimination: An ERP study, Song Y*, Kang J, Ma X, Yang B, Guan Y, Ding Y*, 2010
- A Regulation Role of Prefrontal Cortex in The Fist-Edge-Palm Task: Evidence from Functional Connectivity Analysis, Rao H, Di X, Chan RC, Ding Y, Ye B, Gao D, 2008
- An event-related potential study on perceptual learning in grating orientation discrimination, Song Y, Peng D, Lu C, Liu C, Li X, Liu P, Qu Z, Ding Y, 2007
- Neural correlates of short-term perceptual learning in orientation discrimination indexed by event-related potentials, Song Y*, Peng D, Li X, Zhang Y, Kang J, Qu Z, Ding Y*, 2007
- Asymmetry between the upper and lower visual fields: An event-related potential study, Qu Z, Song Y, Ding Y*, 2006
- Neural substrates of visual perceptual learning of simple and complex stimuli, Song Y*, Ding Y*, Fan S, Qu Z, Xu L, Lu C, Peng D, 2005
- Specificity and generalization of visual perceptual learning in humans: an event-related potential study, Ding Y*, Song Y, Fan S, Qu Z, Chen L, 2003
- Neural correlates of visual perceptual learning in humans indexed by event-related potentials, Ding Y*, Song Y, Fan S, Chen L, 2003
- An event-related potentials study on visual perceptual learning under short-term and long-term training conditions, Song Y, Ding Y, Fan S, Chen L, 2002
- Neural mechanisms of perceptual grouping in humans as revealed by high density event related potentials, Han S, Ding Y, Song Y, 2002
- Neural substrates for visual perceptual grouping in humans, Han S, Song Y, Ding Y, Yund W, Woods DL, 2001
Awards
- 2011: Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Support Program
- 2016: Guangdong Special Support Program
- 2018: Leading Talent at South China Normal University