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Mu Yan
Psychology CAS
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Cognition
Neuroscience
Culture
Social Behavior
Norms
Interpersonal Interaction
Self
Group Dynamics
Cultural Adaptation
Neural Mechanisms
Areas of Focus
- Cognitive neural mechanisms of norms and cultural differences
- Psychological and multi-brain neural mechanisms of cooperation
- Cognitive neural mechanisms of self-related processing
- Psychological and cognitive neural mechanisms in cultural adaptation
- Cognitive neural mechanisms of group behavior and cultural differences
Work Experience
- 2011-2013 - Peking University - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2013-2019 - University of Maryland, College Park - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2019-present - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2001-2005 Bachelor: Beijing University of Technology - Biomedical Engineering
- 2005-2011 Doctorate: Peking University - Basic Psychology
Publications
- Neural mechanisms underlying interpersonal coordination: A review of hyperscanning research., Mu, Y., Cerritos, C., & Khan, F., 2018
- The neural mechanisms underlying social norms: Norm detection, punishment and compliance., Mu, Y., & Gelfand, M. J., 2023
- The role of gamma interbrain synchrony in social coordination when humans face territorial threats., Mu, Y., Han, S., & Gelfand, M. J., 2017
- Oxytocin enhances inter-brain synchrony during social coordination in male adults., Mu, Y., Guo, C.Y., & Han, S., 2016
- Reply to Jacquet et al.: Culture and the neurobiology of norm violation detection., Mu, Y., Kitayama, S., Han, S., & Gelfand, M. J., 2016
- How culture gets embrained: Cultural differences in event-related potentials of social norm violations., Mu, Y., Kitayama, S., Han, S., & Gelfand, M. J., 2015
- A Conclusion, Yet an Opening to Enriching the Normative Approach of Culture., Chiu, C.Y., Gelfand, M.J., Harrington, J.R., Leung, A.K.Y., Liu, Z., Morris, M.W., Mu, Y., Shteynberg, G., Tam, K.P., Wan, C., & Zou, X., 2015
- Neural oscillations dissociate self-related attentional orienting versus evaluation., Mu, Y., & Han, S., 2013
- Neural oscillations involved in self-referential processing., Mu, Y., & Han, S., 2010
- Event-related theta and alpha oscillations mediate empathy for pain., Mu, Y., Fan, Y., Mao, L., & Han, S., 2008
