Areas of Focus
- Sequential processing mechanisms in social decision-making
- Conflict resolution mechanisms in social decision-making
- Integration mechanisms in social decision-making
Work Experience
- 2023.09 - Present - East China Normal University - Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor, Zijiang Young Scholar
- 2017.09 ~ 2023.08 - University of Zurich - Postdoctoral Researcher, Zurich Center for Neuroeconomics
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011.09 ~ 2017.07 Ph.D. in Basic Psychology: Peking University
- 2007.09 ~ 2011.07 Bachelor's in Applied Psychology: Sun Yat-sen University
Publications
- A unified neural account of contextual and individual differences in altruism, Hu, J.*, Konovalov, A., Ruff, C.*, 2023
- Neurocomputational evidence that conflicting prosocial motives guide distributive justice, Li, Y.#, Hu, J.*#, Ruff, C., Zhou, X.*, 2022
- Computational and neurobiological substrates of cost-benefit integration in altruistic helping decision, Hu, J., Hu, Y., Li, Y., & Zhou, X.*, 2021
- Whose promises are worth more? How social status affects trust in promises, Blue, P.R., Hu, J., Peng, L., Yu, H., Liu, H., Zhou X.*, 2019
- Neurocomputational approaches to social behavior, Konovalov, A.#, Hu, J.#,& Ruff, C. C.#*, 2018
- Higher Status Honesty Is Worth More: The Effect of Social Status on Honesty Evaluation, Blue, P.R., Hu, J., Zhou X.*, 2018
- How do self-interest and other-need interact in the brain to determine altruistic behavior?, Hu, J., Li, Y., Yin, Y., Blue, P. R., Yu, H., & Zhou, X.*, 2017
- Social status modulates the neural response to unfairness, Hu, J., Blue, P. R., Yu, H., Gong, X., Xiang, Y., Jiang, C., Zhou, X.*, 2016
- When Do Low Status Individuals Accept Less? The Interaction between Self- and Other-Status during Resource Distribution, Blue, P.R.#, Hu, J.#, Wang, X., van Dijk, E., Zhou, X. *, 2016
- Investigating the genetic basis of social conformity: The role of the dopamine receptor 3 (DRD3) gene, Zhao, C., Liu, J., Gong, P., Hu, J., Zhou, X.*, 2016
- Low social status decreases the neural salience of unfairness, Hu, J., Cao, Y., Blue P. R., Zhou, X.*, 2014
- COMT Val158Met polymorphism influences 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., Yang, X., Jiang, C., Zhou, X.*, 2016
- Reward breaks through center-surround inhibition via anterior insula, Wang, L., Yu, H., Hu, J., Theeuwes, J., Gong, X., Xiang, Y., Jiang, C., Zhou, X.*, 2015
- The voice of conscience: Neural bases of interpersonal guilt and compensation, Yu, H., Hu, J., Hu, L., & Zhou, X.*, 2014
- Brain activity in fairness consideration during asset distribution: Does the initial ownership play a role?, Wu, Y., Hu, J., van Dijk, E., Leliveld, M. C., & Zhou, X.*, 2012
- The neural basis of the effects of social contexts on fairness perception and fairness-related behaviors, Zhou, X.*, Hu, J., Peng, L., 2015
Awards
- 2023: Shanghai BYL Plan Young Talent
- 2017: Outstanding Graduate of Beijing
- 2017: Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Peking University
- 2017: Outstanding Graduate of Peking University