Areas of Focus
- Brain network mechanisms of emotion in addiction
- Brain network mechanisms of empathy
- Effects of music on cognition and its brain mechanisms
Work Experience
- 2006-2008 - Shantou University - Postdoctoral Researcher (Prof. Zhuangwei Xiao/Prof. Xuexin Zhang)
- 2008-Present - East China Normal University - Associate Researcher
- 2016-2017 - University of Hong Kong - Postdoctoral Researcher (Prof. Tatia Lee)
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1999 - Bachelor's Degree (Biology): University of Science and Technology of China
- 2006 - Ph.D. (Biophysics and Neurobiology): University of Science and Technology of China
Publications
- Effects of post-learning nap in the recognition memory for faces in habitual nappers, Wu J., Sze Chai Kwok, Huimin Wang*, and Zhaoxin Wang*, 2024
- Discordant Wada and fMRI language lateralization: a case report, Peng Y., Xu, J.W. & Wang, Z.X*, 2024
- Differential cortical and subcortical activations during different stages of muscle control: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study, Peng, Yu and Zhaoxin Wang*, 2024
- P3b correlates of inspection time, Pei, Y.; Zhaoxin Wang* and Tatia M.C. Lee, 2024
- Cortical and subcortical contributions to non-motor inhibitory control: an fMRI study, Pan, Xin and Zhaoxin Wang*, 2023
- Effects of musical expertise on line section and line extension, Pei, Y., Zhiyuan Xu, Yibo He, Xinxin Liu, Yuxuan Bai, Sze Chai Kwok, Xiaonuo Li* and Zhaoxin Wang*, 2023
- Mnemonic vulnerability induced by post-activation time-dependent new-learning, Fengtao Shen, Xingxia Chen, Jianqi Li, Weicong Cao, Yixuan Ku, Jue Wu, Yue Cui, Zhaoxin Wang*, Huimin Wang*, and SzeChai Kwok*, 2019
- Effects of hunger on visual perception in binocular rivalry, Weng, X., Lin, Q., Ma, Y., Peng, Y., Hu, Y., Shen, K., Wang, H.*, & Wang, Z.*, 2019
- Perceived Gaze Direction Modulates Neural Processing of Prosocial Decision Making, Delin Sun, Robin Shao, Zhao-xin Wang and Tatia M.C. Lee*, 2018
- Racial bias in neural response for pain is modulated by minimal group, Shen, F., Hu, Y., Fan, M., Wang, H. & Wang, Z*, 2017
- Effects of acute alcohol intoxication on empathic neural responses for pain, Hu, Y., Cui, Z., Fan, M., & Wang, Z*, 2017
- Attractiveness modulates neural processing of infant faces differently in males and females, Yin, L., Fan, M., Lin, L., Sun, D., & Wang, Z*, 2017
- Musicians have larger memory spans for Mandarin tones but not segments, Lijun Yu, Xiaonuo Li, Hua Yu, Zhuoya Cui, Wenchen Liao, Sha Li, Yu Peng, Zhao-Xin Wang*, 2016
- Unfolding the Spatial and Temporal Neural Processing of Making Dishonest Choices, Sun, D. L., Lee, T. M. C., Wang, Z. X., & Chan, C. C. H., 2016
- Neural correlates of outcome processing post dishonest choice: An fMRI and ERP study, Sun D, Chan CC, Hu Y, Wang Z*, Lee TM*, 2015
- Neural evidence for the use of digit-image mnemonic in a superior memorist: An fMRI study, Li-Jun Yin, Yu-Ting Lou, Ming-Xia Fan, Zhao-Xin Wang*, Yi Hu*, 2015
- Blockade of brachial plexus abolishes brain activations by electroacupuncture stimulation of acupuncture point (LI4): an fMRI study, Weidong Gu, Wei Jiang, Jingwei He, Binsong Liu, Zhaoxin Wang*, 2015
- Hyperactivation of working memory-related brain circuits in newly diagnosed middle-aged type 2 diabetics, Xiao-Song He, Zhao-Xin Wang, You-Zhi Zhu, Nan Wang, Xiaoping Hu, Da-Ren Zhang, De-Fa Zhu, and Jiang-Ning Zhou, 2014
- Alterations in the processing of non-drug related affective stimuli in abstinent heroin addicts, Zhao-Xin Wang, John X Zhang, Qiu-Lin Wu, Ning Liu, Xiao-Ping Hu, Raymond C Chan, Zhuang-Wei Xiao, 2010
- Verbal working memory deficits in abstinent heroin abusers, Zhao-Xin Wang, Zhuang-Wei Xiao, Da-Ren Zhang, Chun-Yu Liang, John X. Zhang, 2008
- Broca’s area plays a role in syntactic processing in Chinese sentence reading, Suiping Wang, Zude Zhu, John X. Zhang, Zhaoxin Wang, Zhuangwei Xiao, Huadong Xiang, and Hsuan-Chih Chen, 2008
- Neural activities for negative priming with affective stimuli: An fMRI study, Leung KK, Lee TMC, Xiao ZW, Wang ZX, Zhang JXX, Yip PSF, Li LSW, 2008
- Changes of dopamine transporter function in striatum during acute morphine addiction and its abstinence in rhesus monkey, Zhuang-wei Xiao, Chu-yu Cao, Zhao-xin Wang, Jun-xiong Li, Hai-yong Liao and Xue-xin Zhang, 2006
- fMRI revealed neural substrate for reversible working memory dysfunction in subclinical hypothyroidism, De-Fa Zhu, Zhao-Xin Wang, Da-Ren Zhang, Zhong-Lin Pan, Sheng He, Xiao-Ping Hu, Xiang-Chuan Chen and Jiang-Ning Zhou, 2006
- Behavioral and functional MRI study of attention shift in human verbal working memory, Zhi-hao Li, Xi-wen Sun, Zhao-xin Wang, Xiao-chu Zhang, Da-ren Zhang, Sheng He and Xiaoping Hu, 2004
- Cross-modal temporal order memory for auditory digits and visual location: an fMRI study, Da-ren Zhang, Xiao-chu Zhang, Xi-wen Sun, Zhi-hao Li, Zhao-xin Wang, Sheng He and Xiao-ping Hu, 2004
- Functional comparison of primacy, middle and recency retrieval in human auditory short-term memory: an event-related fMRI study, Da-ren Zhang, Zhi-hao Li, Xiang-chuan Chen, Zhao-xin Wang, Xiao-chu Zhang, Xiao-mei Meng, Sheng He and Xiao-ping Hu, 2003
- Subsystems in Visual Working Memory, Xiao-ping Liu, Zhao-xin Wang, Xiang-chuan Chen and Da-ren Zhang, 2003