Bin Wang

bin.a.wang@scnu.edu.cn

English, Chinese, German

Guangdong

South China Normal University

Psychology

• 2013.10 – 2018.02 PhD: University of Cologne, Cognitive Psychology
• 2010.09 – 2013.07 Master's: South China Normal University, Developmental and Educational Psychology
• 2006.09 – 2010.07 Bachelor's: Jining Medical University, Applied Psychology

• 2023.12 – Present - South China Normal University - Associate Professor
• 2018.02 – 2023.06 - Ruhr University Bochum/Ruhr University Bochum Hospital - Postdoctoral Researcher
• 2014.03 – 2017.10 - University of Cologne, Biology Department, Research Training Group (RTG) - PhD Researcher
• 2013.10 – 2017.10 - Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3) - PhD Researcher

• 2016: National Outstanding Self-financed International Student Scholarship
• 2013: Excellent Graduate of South China Normal University, School of Psychology
• 2013: Excellent Graduate Student of South China Normal University
• 2013: Huazang Scholarship for Graduate Students, South China Normal University
• 2012: National Scholarship for Graduate Students

Neural computational mechanisms behind adaptive behavior in learning and decision-making
Interaction mechanisms between cognitive flexibility and other psychological processes such as memory and attention
Impact of stress response on cognitive and decision-making flexibility and its neural mechanisms
Neuropathological mechanisms behind behavioral flexibility deficits in mental disorders (e.g., autism, schizophrenia, OCD) and intervention targets

• Human orbitofrontal cortex signals decision outcomes to sensory cortex during flexible tactile learning, Wang, B.A., Veismann, M., Banerjee, A.#, Pleger, B.#, 2023
• Analogous cognitive strategies for tactile learning in the rodent and human brain, Banerjee, A.*#, Wang, B.A.*#, Teutsch, J., Helmchen, F., Pleger, B., 2023
• Modulation of prefrontal couplings by prior belief-related responses in ventromedial prefrontal cortex, Wang, B.A.#, Drammis S., Hummos A., Halassa M.M., Pleger B., 2023
• Thalamic regulation of frontal interactions in human cognitive flexibility, Hummos, A.*, Wang, B.A.*, Drammis, S.*, Halassa, M.M.#, Pleger, B., 2022
• Progressive gray matter hypertrophy with severity stages of insomnia disorder and its relevance for mood symptoms, Li, S.*, Wang, B.A.*, Li, C., Feng, Y., Li, M., Wang, T., Nie, L., Li, C., Wen, H., Lin, C., Ma, X., Fang, J., Jiang, G.#, 2021
• Confidence in decision-making during probabilistic tactile learning related to distinct thalamo-prefrontal pathways, Wang, B.A., Pleger, B.#, 2020
• Modulations of insular projections by prior belief mediate the precision of prediction error during tactile learning, Wang, B.A.#, Schlaffke, L., Pleger, B.#, 2020
• Freely chosen and instructed actions are terminated by different neural mechanisms revealed by kinematics-informed EEG, Viswanathan, S.*#, Wang, B.A.*, Abdollahi, R., Daun, S., Grefkes, C., Fink, G.R., 2019
• Frequency-specific modulation of connectivity in the ipsilateral sensorimotor motor cortex by different forms of movement initiation, Wang, B.A., Viswanathan, S., Abdollahi, R., Rosjat, N., Popovych, S., Daun, S., Grefkes, C., Fink, G.R.#, 2017
• Cognitive enhancement of healthy young adults with hyperbaric oxygen: A preliminary resting-state fMRI study, Yu, R.*, Wang, B.*, Li, S., Wang, J., Zhou, F., Chu, S., He, X., Wen, X., Ni, X., Liu, L., Xie, Q., Huang, R.#, 2015
• Brain anatomical networks in world class gymnasts: A DTI tractography study, Wang, B., Fan, Y., Lu, M., Li, S., Song, Z., Peng, X., Zhang, R., Lin, Q., He, Y., Wang, J.#, Huang, R.#, 2013