2004 - Bachelor of Science: Beijing Normal University
2007 - Master of Science: Beijing Normal University
2012 - PhD in Philosophy (Psychology): University of Connecticut
Postdoctoral Research: CNRS, Ecole Normale Superieure Paris (2012-2014)
Postdoctoral Research: National University of Ireland (2014-2015)
2012-2014 - CNRS, Ecole Normale Superieure Paris - Postdoctoral Researcher
2014-2015 - National University of Ireland - Postdoctoral Researcher
2021 - Second Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences Research in Higher Education Institutions, Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education
2020 - Youth Achievement Award, Eighth Higher Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences), Ministry of Education
2020 - Excellent Undergraduate Thesis Supervisor, Shaanxi Normal University
2019 - Advanced Individual in Political Participation, Jiusan Society Shaanxi Provincial Committee
2016 - Junior Scientist, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
2015 - Early Career Investigator Award, International Society of Psychiatric Genetics
2009 - Travel Award, Society for Psychophysiological Research
Research
Developmental Dyslexia Children's Language Development Mathematical Cognition Social Cognition in Children
Seeking the neural representation of statistical properties in print during implicit processing of visual words, Liu, J.*, Fan, T., Chen, Y., & Zhao, J.*, 2023
How Does Family Socioeconomic Status Influence Children’s Reading Ability? Evidence from Meta‑analytic Structural Equation Modeling, Li, J., Peng, P., Ma, X. *, Ding, N. & Zhao, J.*, 2023
Adaptive compensation of arcuate fasciculus lateralization in developmental dyslexia, Zhao, J.*, Zhao, Y., Song, Z., Thiebaut de Schotten, M., Altarelli, I., & Ramus, F., 2023
Phonemic mismatch negativity mediates the association between phoneme awareness and character reading ability in young Chinese children, Fan, T., Zhang, L., Liu, J., Niu, Y., Hong, T., Zhang, W., Shu, H., & Zhao, J.*, 2023
Context and Domain Matter: The Error-Related Negativity in Peer Presence Predicts Fear of Negative Evaluation, not Global Social Anxiety, in Adolescents, Niu, Y., Li, Z., Pettit, J. W., Buzzell, G. A., & Zhao, J.*, 2023
Division of labor between phonology and semantics during reading and spelling in Chinese children with developmental dyslexia, Cheng, C., Tang, J., Liang, X., Wang, Z., Rueckl, J. & Zhao, J.*, 2023
Cumulative genetic score of KIAA0319 affects reading abilities of Chinese children: Moderation by parental education and mediation by rapid automatized naming, Zhao, J. *, Yang, Q., Cheng C., & Wang, Z., 2023
A genome-wide association study identified new variants associated with mathematical abilities in Chinese children, Zhang, L., Wang, Z., Zhu, Z., Yang, Q., Cheng, C., Zhao, S., Liu, C., & Zhao, J.*, 2023
A genome wide association study identifies a new variant associated with word reading fluency in Chinese children, Wang, Z., Zhao, S., Zhang, L., Yang, Q., Cheng, C., Ding, N., Zhu, Z., Shu, H., Liu, C., & Zhao, J.*, 2023
White matter connectivity in uncinate fasciculus accounts for visual attention span in developmental dyslexia, Zhao, J.*, Song, Z., Zhao, Y., Thiebaut de Schotten, M., Altarelli, I., & Ramus, F., 2022
Neural dissociation of visual attention span and phonological deficits in developmental dyslexia: A hub-based white matter network analysis, Liu, T., Thiebaut de Schotten, M., Altarelli, I., Ramus, F., & Zhao, J.*, 2022
Phonological processing, visuospatial skills, and pattern understanding in Chinese developmental dyscalculia, Liu, S., Cheng, C., Wu, P., Zhang, L., Wang, Z., Wei, W., Chen, Y., & Zhao, J.*, 2022
Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia, Doust, C., Fontanillas, P., Eising, E., Gordon, S. D., Wang, Z., Alagöz, G., Molz, B., 23andMe Research Team, Quantitative Trait Working Group of the GenLang Consortium, Pourcain, B. S., Francks, C., Marioni, R. E., Zhao, J. , Paracchini, S., Talcott, J. B., Monaco, A. P., Stein, J. F., Gruen, J. R., Olson, R. K., Willcutt, E. K., DeFries, J. C., Pennington, B. F., Smith, S. D., Wright, M. J., Martin, N. G., Auton, A., Bates, T. C., Fisher, S. E., & Luciano, M., 2022
A genome-wide association study identified one variant associated with static spatial working memory in Chinese population, Zhang, L., Zhu, Z., Yang, Q., & Zhao, J.*, 2022
Reading-related skills associated with acquisition of Chinese as a second/foreign language: A meta-analysis, Chen, X., & Zhao, J.*, 2022
The automatic detection of unexpected emotion and neutral body postures: A visual mismatch negativity study, Ding, X., Chen Y., Liu Y., Zhao, J.*, Liu, J., 2022
A meta-analysis of salivary cortisol responses in the Trier Social Stress Test to evaluate the effects of speech topics, sex, and sample size, Gu, H., Zhao, J., & Liu, C., 2022
Maladaptive compensation of right fusiform gyrus in developmental dyslexia: a hub-based white matter network analysis, Liu, T., Thiebaut de Schotten, M., Altarelli, I., Ramus, F., & Zhao, J.*, 2021
Atypical gaze patterns to facial feature areas in autism spectrum disorders reveal age and culture effects: A meta-analysis of eye-tracking studies, Ma, X., Gu, H., & Zhao, J.*, 2021
Visual attention span and phonological skills in Chinese developmental dyslexia, Cheng, C., Yao, Y., Wang, Z., & Zhao, J.*, 2021
Visual-spatial ability predicts academic achievement through arithmetic and reading abilities, Liu, S., Wei, W., Chen, Y., Hugo, P., & Zhao, J.*, 2021
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia mediates the relation between “specific math anxiety” and arithmetic speed, Tang, J., Su, Y., Yao, Y., Peyre, H., Guez, A., & Zhao, J.*, 2021
Salivary Cortisol Responses in the Trier Social Stress Test: Effects of Speech Topics, Sex, and Immunoassay Methods, Gu, H., Ma, X., Zhao, J., Liu, C., 2021
Influences of the early family environment and long-term vocabulary development on the structure of white matter pathways: A longitudinal investigation, Su, M. Thiebaut de Schotten, M., Zhao, J., Song, S., Zhou, W., Gong, G., McBride, C., Tardif, T., Ramus, F., Shu, H., 2020
White matter network connectivity deficits in developmental dyslexia, Lou, C., Duan, X., Altarelli, I., Sweeney, J., Ramus, F., Zhao, J.*, 2019
Atypical N170 lateralization of face and word recognition in Chinese children with autism spectrum disorder, Ji, Y., Liu, J., Zhu, X. Q., Zhao, J., Wang, J., Du, Y. C. & Bi, H. Y., 2019
Statistical and cooperative learning in reading: an artificial orthography learning study, Zhao, J.*, Li, T., Elliott, M., & Rueckl, J., 2018
Alterations in white matter pathways underlying phonological and morphological processing in Chinese developmental dyslexia, Su, M., Zhao, J., Thiebaut de Schotten, M., Zhou, W., Gong, G., Ramus, F., Shu, H., 2018
Neuroanatomy of developmental dyslexia: pitfalls and promise, Ramus, F., Altarelli, I., Jednoróg, K., Zhao, J., & Scotto di Covella, L., 2018
Keywords
Developmental Dyslexia: DyslexiaReadingChildrenDevelopmentCognitiveNeuralGeneticLanguageEducationInterventionChildren'S Language Development: LanguageSpeechCommunicationLearningDisordersMathematical Cognition: MathematicsCognitionSocial Cognition In Children: SocialBehaviorInteraction
Area of Focus
Personality | Social Psychology | Prosocial Behavior | Development | Adolescent | Values | Moral Concepts | Social Justice | Behavior | Health