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Xiaoxue Gao
Psychology and Cognitive Science
East China Normal University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Social Emotions
Cognitive Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Fmri
Tdcs
Gratitude
Guilt
Cooperation
Unfairness Aversion
Help-Seeking
Areas of Focus
- Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Social Emotions
- Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Social Decision-Making
- Individual Differences and Abnormal Mechanisms in Social Emotions and Decisions
Work Experience
- 2021.04 - Present - East China Normal University - Researcher, Zijiang Young Scholar
- 2019.01 - 2021.04 - Peking University - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2013.09 - 2019.01 Ph.D. in Basic Psychology: Peking University
- 2017.09 - 2017.12 Visiting Student: Dartmouth College
- 2009.09 - 2013.07 B.Sc. in Biotechnology: Shandong University
Publications
- The psychological, computational, and neural foundations of indebtedness, Gao, X., Jolly, E., Yu, H., Liu, H., Zhou, X., & Chang, L. J., 2024
- A levels-of-analysis framework for studying social emotions, Yu, H., Gao, X., Shen, B., Hu, Y., & Zhou, X., 2024
- Understanding the cognitive and neuroimaging bases underlying the detrimental impact of sleep deprivation on reciprocity, Yu, W., Chen, J., Kong, Z., Sun, W., Zhou, X., Lu, L., Gao, X., & Sun, H., 2024
- The single-and dual-brain mechanisms underlying the adviser's confidence expression strategy switching during influence management, Xie, E., Liu, M., Li, K., Nastase, S. A., Gao, X. & Li, X., 2023
- Understanding Interpersonal Dysfunction in Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Through Computational Modeling of Two Social Interaction Tasks, Xiao, F., Zhao, J., Fan, L., Ji, X., Fang, S., Zhang, P., Kong, X., Liu, Q., Yu, H., Zhou, X., Gao, X. & Wang, X., 2022
- Neural mechanisms of the mood effects on third-party responses to injustice after unfair experiences, Xie, E., Liu, M., Liu, J., Gao, X., & Li, X., 2022
- Neuroscience of Moral Decision Making, Hu, Y., Gao, X., Yu, H., He, Z., & Zhou, X., 2022
- The mutuality of social emotions: How the victim's reactive attitude influences the transgressor's emotional responses, Gao, X., Yu, H., Peng, L., Gong, X., Xiang, Y., Jiang, C., & Zhou, X., 2021
- Explaining individual differences in advantageous inequity aversion by social-affective trait dimensions and family environment, Yu, H., Lu, C., Gao, X., Shen, B., Crockett, M., & Zhou, X., 2021
- Testosterone reduces generosity through cortical and subcortical mechanisms, Ou, J., Wu, Y., Hu, Y., Gao, X., Li, H., Tobler, P.N., 2021
- Right Temporoparietal Junction Underlies Avoidance of Moral Transgression in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Hu, Y., Pereira, A., Gao, X., Campos, B., Derrington, E., Corgnet, B., Dreher, J.-C., 2020
- Affective evaluation of others' altruistic decisions under risk and ambiguity, Xiong, W., Gao, X., He, Z., Yu, H., Liu, H., & Zhou, X., 2020
- Distinguishing neural correlates of context-dependent advantageous- and disadvantageous-inequity aversion, Gao, X., Yu, H., Saez, I., Blue, P., Zhu, L., Hsu, M., & Zhou, X., 2018
- Decomposing gratitude: representation and integration of cognitive antecedents of gratitude in the brain, Yu, H., Gao, X., Zhou, Y., & Zhou, X., 2018
- The association between well-being and the COMT gene: Dispositional gratitude and forgiveness as mediators, Liu, J., Gong, P., Gao, X., & Zhou, X., 2017
- Identifying new susceptibility genes on dopaminergic and serotonergic pathways for the framing effect in decision-making, Gao, X., Liu, J., Gong, P., Wang, J., Fang, W., Yan, H., Zhou, X., 2017
- Neural substrates and social consequences of interpersonal gratitude: Intention matters, Yu, H., Cai, Q., Shen, B., Gao, X., & Zhou, X., 2017
- COMT Val158Met polymorphism modulates the susceptibility to framing in decision-making: OFC-amygdala functional connectivity as a mediator, Gao, X., Gong, P., Liu, J., Hu, J., Li, Y., Yu, H., Gong, X., Xiang, Y., Jiang, C., & Zhou, X., 2016
- 认知、情绪与社会行为的遗传基础及其神经相关物, 高晓雪, 刘金婷, 龚平原, 周晓林, 2016
Awards
- 2021 - Rising Star Speaker in Social Computing: Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence
- 2019 - Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation: Peking University
- 2019 - Outstanding Graduate: Beijing Municipal Education Commission
- 2018 - Academic Innovation Award: Peking University
