Areas of Focus
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Learning and Memory
- Brain Plasticity and Cognitive Enhancement
Work Experience
- 2019-2021 - Zhejiang University - Distinguished Associate Researcher
- 2022-present - Zhejiang University - Distinguished Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2012 - Bachelor of Science and Management: Anhui University
- 2019 - PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience: Beijing Normal University
- 2016-2018 - Research Specialist: University of Wisconsin - Madison
Publications
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation over the Posterior Parietal Cortex Increases Non-target Retrieval during Visual Working Memory, Ye. S., Wu. M., Xue G., Cai, Y., 2024
- The Nature of Visual Short-Term Memory Training Transfer: Evidence from A Systematical Transfer Test, Qi, X., Fu, J., Gu, Y., Xue, G., & Cai, Y., 2024
- Reactivating and Reorganizing Activity-Silent Working Memory: Two Distinct Mechanisms Underlying Pinging the Brain, Yang, C., He, X. Cai, Y., 2023
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation for the treatment of major depressive disorder: from basic mechanisms toward clinical applications, Pan, R., Ye, S., Zhong, Y., Chen, Q., & Cai, Y., 2023
- Context Binding in Visual Working Memory Is Reflected in Bilateral Event-Related Potentials, But Not in Contralateral Delay Activity, Cai, Y., Fulvio, J. M., Samaha, J., & Postle, B. R., 2022
- The neural mechanism underlying visual working memory training and its limited transfer effect, Cai, Y., Yang, C., Wang S., & Xue G, 2022
- The Role of Location-Context Binding in Nonspatial Visual Working Memory, Cai, Y., Fulvio, J.M., Yu, Q., Sheldon, A.D., & Postle, B.R., 2020
- Tracking stimulus representation across a 2-back visual working memory task, Wan, Q., Cai, Y., Samaha, J., & Postle, B. R., 2020
- Overlapping and Distinct Contributions of Stimulus Location and of Spatial Context to Nonspatial Visual Short-Term Memory, Cai, Y., Urgolites, Z., Wood, J., Chen, C., Li, S., Chen, A., & Xue, G., 2019
- Distinct neural substrates for visual short-term memory of actions, Cai, Y., Urgolites, Z., Wood, J., Chen, C., Li, S., Chen, A., & Xue, G., 2018
- Dissociated roles of the parietal and frontal cortices in the scope and control of attention during visual working memory, Li, S., Cai, Y., Liu, J., Li, D., Feng, Z., Chen, C., & Xue, G., 2017
- The Role of the Frontal and Parietal Cortex in Proactive and Reactive Inhibitory Control: A Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study, Cai, Y., Li, S., Liu, J., Li, D., Feng, Z., Wang, Q., . . . Xue, G., 2016
- Socioeconomic inequalities in physical, psychological, and cognitive multimorbidity in middle-aged and older adults in 33 countries: a cross-sectional study, Ni, Y., Zhou, Y., Kivimäki, M., Cai, Y., Carrillo-Larco, R. M., Xu, X., Dai, X., & Xu, X., 2023
- A cognitive neurogenetic approach to uncovering the structure of executive functions, Feng, J., Zhang, L., Chen, C. Sheng, J., Ye, Z., Feng,K., Liu, J., Cai, Y., ... & Xue, G., 2022
- Partitioning heritability analyses unveil the genetic architecture of human brain multidimensional functional connectivity patterns, Feng, J., Chen, C., Cai, Y., Ye, Z., Feng, K., Liu, J., ... & Xue, G., 2020
- Delay-period activity in frontal, parietal, and occipital cortex tracks noise and biases in visual working memory, Yu, Q., Panichello, M. F., Cai, Y., Postle, B. R., & Buschman, T. J., 2020
- Spaced Learning Enhances Episodic Memory by Increasing Neural Pattern Similarity Across Repetitions, Feng, K., Zhao, X., Liu, J., Cai, Y, Ye Z.F., Chen C.S., Xue, G., 2019
- Dissociated neural substrates underlying impulsive choice and impulsive action, Wang, Q., Chen, C., Cai, Y., Li, S., Zhao, X., Zheng, L., . . . Xue, G., 2016
- Differential Neural Correlates Underlie Judgment of Learning and Subsequent Memory Performance, Yang, H., Cai, Y., Liu, Q., Zhao, X., Wang, Q., Chen, C., & Xue, G., 2015