Areas of Focus
- Principles and Neural Mechanisms of Memory Organization
- Cognitive Neural Mechanisms of Spatial Navigation
Work Experience
- 2024.03 ~ Present - East China Normal University, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science - Zijiang Young Scholar
- 2018.08 ~ 2024.02 - Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Neuroscience Department - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2017.06 ~ 2018.06 - Macquarie University, Department of Cognitive Science - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2013.11 ~ 2018.04 PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience: Macquarie University
- 2011.03 ~ 2013.06 Visiting Scholar: Beijing Normal University, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning
- 2010.09 ~ 2013.04 Master's in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics: Beijing Foreign Studies University
- 2006.09 ~ 2010.06 Bachelor's in English: Southwest University
Publications
- Individual differences in spatial navigation: A multi-scale perspective, Zhang, F.X., Chen, M.X., Pu, Y.*, Kong, X.-Z*, 2023
- Event boundaries affect temporal organization of memory by resetting temporal context, Pu, Y.*, Kong, X.-Z*, Ranganath, C., Melloni, L*, 2022
- Scanning reproducible brain-wide associations: sample size is all you need?, Kong, X. Z., Zhang, C., Liu, Y., & Pu, Y*, 2022
- Theta oscillations support the interface between language and memory, Pu, Y.*, Cheyne, D., Sun. Y., & Johnson, B.W., 2020
- Gender differences in navigation performance are associated with differential theta and high-gamma activities in the hippocampus, Pu, Y.*, Cornwell, B.R., Cheyne, D., & Johnson, B.W*, 2020
- High-gamma activity in the human hippocampus and parahippocampus during inter-trial rest periods of a virtual navigation task, Pu, Y.*, Cornwell, B.R., Cheyne, D., & Johnson, B.W*, 2018
- Non-invasive investigation of human hippocampal rhythms using magnetoencephalography: A review, Pu, Y.*, Cheyne, D., Cornwell, B.R., & Johnson, B.W*, 2018
- The functional role of human right hippocampal/parahippocampal theta rhythm in environmental encoding during virtual spatial navigation, Pu, Y.*, Cornwell, B.R., Cheyne, D., & Johnson, B.W., 2017