Ruiting Zhang

rzhang_psy@yeah.net

Chinese, English

Hunan

Hunan Normal University

Educational Science

• 2015 - Bachelor's Degree in Applied Psychology: Nanjing Normal University
• 2020 - PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 2019 - Joint PhD Research: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

• 2020 - Present - Hunan Normal University - Lecturer in Psychology

Cognitive processing and neural mechanisms of affective forecasting
Performance of affective forecasting in schizotypal traits, autistic traits, depressive states, and anxiety states
Early identification and intervention of mental disorders (using network analysis to study the development and changes of mental disorder pathology)
Mental health status and influencing factors of adolescents (psychological resilience, early childhood experiences, etc.)

• Neural mechanisms of prospection in individuals with schizotypal traits, autistic traits or depressive symptoms, Zhang, R. T., Yang, Z. Y., Huang, J., Wang, Y. M., Zhou, H. Y., Wang, Y., Lui, S. S. Y., Cheung, E. F. C., Chan, R. C. K., 2021
• Subclinical psychopathology and affective forecasting: Role of in-the-moment feelings, Zhang, R. T., Yang, T. X., Chen, S. Y., Cheung, E. F. C., Barkus, E. J., Chan, R. C. K., 2021
• Prospective memory influences social functioning in people with first-episode schizophrenia: A network analysis and longitudinal study, Lui, S. S. Y., Zhang, R. T., Lau, W. Y. S., Liu, A. C. Y, Chui, W. W. H., Wang, Y., Tsang, K. C. M., Yeung, H. K. H., Cheung, E. F. C., Chan, R. C. K., 2021
• Affective forecasting in individuals with social anhedonia: The role of social components in anticipated emotion, prospection and neural activation, Zhang, R.T., Yang, Z.Y., Zhou, H.Y., Wang, Y.M., Wang, Y., Yang, T. X., Cheung, E.F., Martin, E.A., Chan, R. C. K., 2019
• Network analysis of schizotypal personality traits and their association with other subclinical psychiatric features, Zhang, R.T., Zhou, H.Y., Wang, Y.M., Wang, Y., Yang, Z.Y., So, S. H., Chiu, Chui-De., Leung, P. W.L., Cheung, E.F., Chan, R. C. K., 2019
• Network structure of anticipatory pleasure and risk features: Evidence from a large college sample, Zhang, R. T., Wang, Y., Yang, Z. Y., Li, Y., Wang, Y. M., Cheung, E. F. C., Shum, D. H. K., Yang, T. X., Barkus, E. J., Chan, R. C. K., 2019
• Neural correlates of future-oriented coping: Preliminary evidence from a resting-state functional connectivity study, Zhang, R. T., Yang, T. X., Wang, Y., Sui, Y. X., Yao, J. J., Yang, Z. Y., Lui, S.Y.S., Cheung, E.F, Chan, R. C. K., 2018
• Structural neural correlates of multitasking: A voxel‐based morphometry study, Zhang, R. T., Yang, T. X., Wang, Y., Sui, Y. X., Yao, J. J., Zhang, C. Y., Cheung, E.F, Chan, R. C. K., 2016
• Altered activation and functional connectivity in individuals with social anhedonia when envisioning positive future episodes, Yang, Z. Y., Zhang, R. T., Wang, Y. M., Huang, J., Zhou, H. Y., Cheung, E., & Chan, R., 2021
• Functional connectivity of the default mode network is associated with prospection in schizophrenia patients and individuals with social anhedonia, Yang, Z.Y., Zhang, R.T., Li, Y., Wang Y., Wang Y., Wang S., Ongur D., Cheung, E.F, Chan, R. C. K., 2019
• Schizotypal and obsessive-compulsive traits: Co-occurrence rate and relationship with executive function, emotion experience, and emotion expressivity in college students, Shan, H. D., Zhang, R. T., Jiang, S. Y., Wang, Y. M., Liu, Y. F., Cheung, E., & Chan, R., 2020
• Altered brain structural and functional connectivity in schizotypy, Wang, Y. M. , Cai, X. L. , Zhang, R. T. , Zhang, Y. J. , & Chan, R. C. K., 2020
• Validation of the chinese version of the multidimensional schizotypy scale (mss): convergent evidence from exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, Zou, Y. M. , Yang, H. X. , Zhang, R. T. , Lui, S. S. Y. , & Chan, R. C. K., 2020
• Searchlight classification based on amplitude of low frequency fluctuation and functional connectivity in individuals with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, Wang, Y.M., Cai, X.L., Zhang, R.T., Wang, Y., Madsen, K. H., S➢rensen, T. A., . . . Chan, R. C. K., 2019
• Network analysis of executive function, emotion, and social anhedonia, Jiang, S. Y., Shan, H. D., Zhang, R. T., Lui, S., Yang, H. X., Cheung, E., & Chan, R., 2021
• Neural Correlates of Audiovisual Temporal Binding Window in Individuals With Schizotypal and Autistic Traits: Evidence From Resting-State Functional Connectivity, Zhou, H. Y., Wang, Y. M., Zhang, R. T., Cheung, E., Pantelis, C., & Chan, R., 2021
• Social brain network predicts real-world social network in individuals with social anhedonia, Zhang, Y. J., Cai, X. L., Hu, H. X., Zhang, R. T., Wang, Y., Lui, S., Cheung, E., & Chan, R., 2021
• Social brain network correlates with real-life social network in individuals with schizophrenia and social anhedonia, Zhang, Y. J., Pu, C. C., Wang, Y. M., Zhang, R. T., Cai, X. L., Zhou, S. Z., Ma, Y. T., Wang, Y., Cheung, E., Lui, S., Yu, X., & Chan, R., 2021
• Identifying schizo-obsessive comorbidity by tract-based spatial statistics and probabilistic Tractography, Wang, Y.M., Yang, Z.Y., Cai, X.L., Zhou, H.Y., Zhang, R.T., Yang.,H.X.,…Chan, R.C.K., 2019
• Mediation effect of beliefs about pleasure and emotional experience between social anhedonia and prediction of pleasant events, Hu, H.X., Chu, M. Y., Yang, Y., Wang, L. L., Zhang, R. T., Lui, S. S. Y., Cheung, E. F. C., Chan, R. C. K., 2018
• Effect of emotional cues on prospective memory performance in patients with schizophrenia and major depressive disorder, Yang, T., Cui, X., Wang. Y., Huang. J., Lui, S. S. Y., Zhang. R., Cheung, E. F. C., Chan, R. C. K., 2018
• Prospection deficits in schizophrenia: Evidence from clinical and subclnical samples, Yang, Z. Y., Xie, D. J., Zou, Y. M., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Shi, H. S., Zhang, R. T., Li, W.X., Cheung, E. F. C., Kring, A. M., Chan, R. C. K., 2018