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Zhang Wei
Psychology
South China Normal University
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Neuroaesthetics
Learning
Cognition
Behavioral Experiments
Cognitive Neuroscience
Fmri
Erp
Aesthetic Processing
Development
Psychological Mechanisms
Areas of Focus
- Neuroaesthetics
- Learning Cognition
Work Experience
- 2016-2018 - South China University of Technology - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2018-Present - South China Normal University - Associate Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005-2009 Bachelor's Degree: Guangzhou University, Psychology
- 2009-2012 Master's Degree: Guangzhou University, Psychology
- 2013-2016 Doctoral Degree: South China Normal University, Psychology
Publications
- Keeping morality “on the straight” and never “on the bend”: Metaphorical representations of moral concepts in straightness and curvature, Zhu, X., Huang, Y., Liu, W., Yu, Z., Duan, Y., He, X., & Zhang, W., 2023
- Morality is supreme: The roles of morality, fairness and group identity in the ultimatum paradigm, Liu, W., Wang, H., Zhu, H., Zhu, X., He, X., & Zhang, W., 2022
- The influence of physical burden on the esthetic preference for green natural environment, Liu, S., Wang, H., Liu, W., Lai, S., Zhao, X., He, X., & Zhang, W., 2022
- The role of understanding on architectural beauty: Evidence from the impact of semantic description on the aesthetic evaluation of architecture, Liu, S., Zhang, W., He, X., Tang, X., Lai, S., & Dai, Z., 2022
- Positive referential meaning and color metaphor bring beauty: Evidence on aesthetic appraisal of ancient Chinese character from Han, Bai, and Yi ethnic groups, Zhang, W., Tao, Y., Lai, S., Zhao, X., Lai, S., & He, X., 2022
- Neural correlates of appreciating natural landscape and landscape garden: Evidence from an fMRI study, Zhang, W., He, X., Liu, S., Li, T., Li, J., Tang, X., & Lai, S., 2019
- Attentional bias to beauty with evolutionary benefits: Evidence from aesthetic appraisal of landscape architecture, Zhang, W., Tang, X., He, X., & Lai, S., 2018
- Evolutionary effect on the embodied beauty of landscape architectures, Zhang, W., Tang, X., He, X., & Chen, G., 2018
- The embodiment of beauty: Evidence from viewing Chinese concrete words and pictographs, Zhang, W., He, X., Zhao, X., Lai, S., Lai, S., & Situ, S., 2018
- Neural substrates of embodied natural beauty and social endowed beauty: An fMRI study, Zhang, W., He, X., Lai, S., Wan, J., Lai, S., Zhao, X., & Li, D., 2017
- Neural correlates for aesthetic appraisal of pictograph and its referent: An fMRI study, Zhang, W., Lai, S., He, X., Zhao, X., & Lai, S., 2016
Awards
- Guangdong Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award (2019): Logarithmic to linear shifts in Chinese children’s representations of numerical and non-numerical order
