2005 - M.Sc. in Experimental Psychology: University of Bristol
2009 - Ph.D. in Psychology: University of Bristol
2010 - Present - Zhejiang University - Associate Professor
2016: Second Prize for Excellent Teaching at Zhejiang University
2014: Special Prize in the 8th Teaching Skills Competition for Young Teachers in Zhejiang Province
Research
Psychological mechanisms and interventions for substance and behavioral addiction
Attentional biases and daily game craving dynamics: An ecological momentary assessment study, Zhou, Y., Zhou, Y., Zhou, J.*, Shen, M.*, & Zhang, M.*, 2022
The automatic processing of social information in working memory, Zhou, J., Xu, T., Zhao, X., Chen, J., Zhao, Y., Dong, H., & Zhang, M.*, 2021
Implicit and explicit self-identification as a drug user in people who used heroin and methamphetamine, Chen, J., Zhang, M.*, Zhou, J., Li, X., Zhang, F., & Shen, M.*, 2021
Universal patterns in color-emotion associations are further shaped by linguistic and geographic proximity, Jonauskaite, D.*, Abu-Akel, A., Dael, N., ..., Zhang, M., & Mohr, C., 2020
Early detection of the risk of developing psychiatric disorders: A study of 461 Chinese university students under chronic stress, Zhang, M., Bridler, R., Mohr, C., Moragrega, I., Sun, N., Xu, Z., Yang, Z., Possenti, M., Stassen, H. H.*, 2019
The sun is no fun without rain: Physical environments affect how we feel about yellow across 55 countries, Jonauskaite, D., Abdel-Khalek, A. M., Abu-Akel, A., Al-Rasheed, A. S., Antonietti, J. P., Asgeirsson, A. G., …, Zhang, M., & Mohr, C., 2019
A machine learning approach to quantify the specificity of colour-emotion associations and their cultural differences, Jonauskaite, D., Wicker, J., Mohr, C., Dael, N ., Havelka, J., Papadatou-Pastou, M ., Zhang, M ., & Oberfeld, D.*, 2019
Craving-induced effects of different drug cues on persons abstaining from heroin, Yang, T., Zhao, X., Zhang, F., Li, X., Zhu, H.*, Zhang, M.*, & Shen, M., 2019
Infants' understanding of information transmission in the context of communication involving multiple agents, He, J., Jin, X., Li, Z., Zheng, L., Sun, Z., Zhang, M., & Shen, M.*, 2016
Cognitive style modulates conscious but not unconscious thought: Comparing the deliberation-without-attention effect in analytics and wholists, Zhou, J., Zhou, C., Li, J., & Zhang, M.*, 2015
Biased perception of mean emotion in abstinent heroin abusers, Zhang, M., Wang, X., Hu, C., Liao, H., Yang, T., & Shen, M.*, 2015
How to break the configuration of moving objects? Geometric invariance in visual working memory, Sun, Z., Huang, Y., Yu, W., Zhang, M., Shui, R.*, & Gao, T.*, 2015
Attentional bias in competitive situations: Winner does not take all, Sun, Z., Bai, T., Yu, W., Zhou, J., Zhang, M., & Shen, M.*, 2015
The working memory Ponzo illusion: Involuntary integration of visuospatial information stored in visual working memory, Shen, M., Xu, H., Zhang, H., Shui, R., Zhang, M., & Zhou, J.*, 2015
Cue-induced activation of implicit affective associations with heroin use in abstinent heroin abusers, Chen, J., Wang, X., Zhang, M., Zhang, F., & Shen, M.*, 2015
Bias or equality? Unconscious thought equally integrates temporally scattered information, Li, J., Gao, Q., Zhou, J., Li, X., Zhang, M., & Shen, M.*, 2014
Anger and selective attention to reward and punishment in children, He, J., Jin, X., Zhang, M., Huang, X., Shui, R., & Shen, M.*, 2013
Decision-making deficits are still present in heroin abusers after short- to long-term abstinence, Li, X., Zhang, F., Zhou, Y., Zhang, M., Wang, X., & Shen, M.*, 2013
Biased attention towards negative schematic expression in abstinent heroin abusers, Zhou, Y., Zhu, H., Jin, X., Li, X., Zhang, M., Zhang, F., & Shen, M.*, 2012
Behavioural approach tendencies to heroin-related stimuli in abstinent heroin abusers, Zhou, Y., Li, X., Zhang, M., Zhang, F., Zhu, C., & Shen, M.*, 2012
Biased number perception of schematic expressions in abstinent heroin abusers compared to normal controls, Zhang, M., Zhu, H., Li, X., Shui, R., & Shen, M.*, 2012
Wholist-Analytic style and context as variables in metalinguistic performance: An investigation of second language speakers, Zhang, M.*, & Noyes, J. M., 2008
Wholist-Analytic style and context as variables in metalinguistic performance: A follow-up study of adult native speakers, Zhang, M.*, & Noyes, J. M., 2008
Individual differences and academic performances of British and Chinese university students, Zhang, M.*, & Noyes, J. M., 2007
