Areas of Focus
- Semantic knowledge representation, semantic processing, and conceptual combination
- Metaphor understanding
- Affective computing and social cognition
Work Experience
- 2010.2 - Present: Associate Researcher, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science
- 2009.2 - 2010.4: Visiting Scholar, Rutgers University, Center for Cognitive Science
- 2005.7 - 2010.2: Assistant Researcher, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000-2005 Doctorate: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1996-2000 Bachelor of Science: Department of Psychology, Central China Normal University
Publications
- The role of head orientation in social attention shifts, Shang Lu, Ye Liu*, Xiaolan Fu, 2013
- The social attention shifts triggered by supraliminal and subliminal gaze-head direction cues, S. Lu, Y. Liu*, & X. Fu, 2012
- 2D-line-drawing-based 3D object recognition, Y. J. Liu*, Q. Fu, Y. Liu, & X. Fu, 2012
- Naturally-formed objects categorized as artifacts: Effect of objects' functional depictions, Y. H. Sun, Z. Wang, Y. Liu, & X. L. Fu*, 2010
- The interaction between cognition and emotion, Y. Liu, Q. F. Fu, & X. L. Fu*, 2009
- Language Selection in Naming Task: Role of Language Similarity Effect——Evidence from Tibetan-Mandarin Bilinguals, Z. Cui, J. J. Zhang*, & Y. Liu, 2009
- The interaction between Chinese university students’ computer use and their attitudes toward computer in learning and innovation, Y. Liu & X. L. Fu*, 2009
- The role of trait anxiety in the interaction between eye gaze and facial expressions, J. C. Shang, X. L. Fu*, Y. Liu, & C. M. Luo, 2009
- Dominance modulates the effects of eye gaze on the perception of threatening facial expressions, J. C. Shang, Y. Liu*, & X. L. Fu, 2008
- A Computational Study on PAD based Emotional State Model, L. M. Tao, Y. Liu, X. L. Fu, & L. H. Cai, 2008
- How Does Distraction Task Influence the Interaction of Working Memory and Long-Term Memory?, Y. Liu & X. L. Fu*, 2007
- Category-specific effect on interpretation of conceptual combination, Y. Liu & X. Fu, 2004