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Yi Wang
Psychology CAS
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Social Cognition
Brain Imaging
Psychiatric Disorders
Risk Populations
Schizotypal Traits
Social Anhedonia
Functional Connectivity
Neuroimaging
Cognitive Neuroscience
Mental Health
Areas of Focus
- Brain imaging mechanisms of social cognition
- Social cognition in psychiatric disorders and at-risk populations
- Schizotypal traits and social anhedonia
Work Experience
- 2018-present - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2016-2017 - University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry - Visiting Scholar
- 2013-2018 - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010-2013 PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2006-2009 Master's in Medical Psychology: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2001-2005 Bachelor's in Psychology: East China Normal University
Publications
- Negative Schizotypy and Altered Functional Connectivity During Facial Emotion Processing, Wang, Y., Li, Z., Liu, W., Wei, X., Jiang, X., Lui, S. S. Y., So, S. H.W., Cheung, E. F. C., Debbane, M., & Chan, R. C. K., 2018
- Altered corticostriatal functional connectivity in individuals with high social anhedonia, Wang, Y., Liu, W. H., Li, Z., Wei, X. H., Jiang, X. Q., Geng, F. L., Zou, L. Q., Lui, S. S. Y., Cheung, E. F. C., Pantelis, C., & Chan, R. C. K., 2016
- Association of schizotypy with striatocortical functional connectivity and its asymmetry in healthy adults, Wang, Y., Ettinger, U., Meindl, T., & Chan, R. C. K., 2018
- Dimensional schizotypy and social cognition: An fMRI imaging study, Wang, Y., Liu, W., Li, Z., Wei, X., Jiang, X., Neumann, D. L., Shum, D. H. K., Cheung, E. F. C., & Chan, R. C. K., 2015
- Classification of social anhedonia using temporal and spatial network features from a social cognition fMRI task, Krohne, L. G., Wang, Y., Hinrich, J. L., Moerup, M., Chan, R. C. K., & Madsen, K. H., 2019
- Neurobiological Changes of Schizotypy: Evidence from Both Volume-Based Morphometric Analysis and Resting-State Functional Connectivity, Wang, Y., Yan, C., Yin, D., Fan, M., Cheung, E. F. C., Pantelis, C., & Chan, R. C. K., 2015
- Trajectories of schizotypy and their emotional and social functioning: An 18-month follow-up study, Wang, Y., Shi, H., Liu, W., Xie, D., Geng, F., Yan, C., Wang, Y., Xiao, Y., So, S. H. W., Chiu, C. D., Leung, P. W. L., Cheung, E. F. C., Gooding, D. C., & Chan, R. C. K., 2018
- Theory of mind impairment and its clinical correlates in patients with schizophrenia, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, Wang, Y. Y., Wang, Y., Zou, Y., Ni, K., Tian, X., Sun, H., Lui, S. S. Y., Cheung, E. F. C., Suckling, J., & Chan, R. C. K., 2018
- Cognitive and affective components of empathy and their relationship with personality dimensions in a Chinese sample, Neumann, D. L., Chan, R. C. K., Wang, Y., & Boyle, G. J., 2016
- Validation and extension of the Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy in the Chinese setting, Liang, Y., Yang, H., Ma, Y., Lui, S. S. Y., Cheung, E. F. C., Wang, Y., & Chan, R. C. K., 2019
- Emotional Experiences Predict the Conversion of Individuals with Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome to Psychosis: A 6-Month Follow up Study, Chen, F. Z., Wang, Y., Sun, X. R., Yao, Y. H., Zhang, N., Qiao, H. F., Zhang, L., Li, Z. J., Lin, H., Lu, Z., Li, J., Chan, R. C. K., & Zhao, X. D., 2016
- Clustering of Schizotypal Features in Unaffected First-Degree Relatives of Schizophrenia Patients, Lui, S. S. Y., Hung, K. S. Y., Wang, Y., Ho, K. K. Y., Yeung, H. K. H., Wang, Y., Huang, J., Gooding, D. C., Cheung, E. F. C., & Chan, R. C. K., 2018
- A trend toward smaller optical angles and medial-ocular distance in schizophrenia spectrum, but not in bipolar and major depressive disorders, Wang, Y., Deng, Y., Li, Z., Li, X., Zhang, C., Jin, Z., Fan, M., Compton, M. T., Cheung, E. F. C., Lim, K. O., & Chan, R. C. K., 2016
- The role of hedonics in the Human Affectome, Becker, S., Brascher, A.-K., Bannister, S., Bensafi, M., Calma-Birling, D., Chan, R. C. K., Eerola, T., Ellingsen, D.-M., Ferdenzi, C., Hanson, J. L., Joffily, M., Lidhar, N. K., Lowe, L. J., Martin, L. J., Musser, E. D., Noll-Hussong, M., Olino, T. M., Pintos Lobo, R., & Wang, Y., 2019
- Predict Disease Progression with Reaction Rate Equation Modeling of Multimodal MRI and PET, Su, L., Huang, Y., Wang, Y., Rowe, J., & O’Brien, J., 2018
- Anticipatory and Consummatory Anhedonia in Individuals with Schizotypal Traits, Chan, R. C. K., Yan, C., Wang, Y., Yin, Q. F., Lui, S. S. Y., & Cheung, E. F. C., 2014
- Chapter 10 - Measures of Empathy: Self-Report, Behavioral, and Neuroscientific Approaches, Neumann, D. L., Chan, R. C. K., Boyle, G. J., Wang, Y., & Westbury R. H., 2015
- 基于脑结构的精神分裂症机器学习分类, 郑泓，蒲城城，王毅*，陈楚侨, 2019
- 双相障碍的社会认知研究进展, 马燕桃,邵蕾,李志营,于欣,陈楚侨,王毅*, 2017
- 关注精神分裂症的社会认知研究, 陈楚侨*,王毅, 2015
Awards
- 2017: Wiley-IPCAS Prize, Excellence in Psychological Science
- 2017: Young Investigator Award, the 16th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (ICOSR) conference, San Diego, US
- 2014: Young Investigator Travel Award, the 4th Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) conference, Florence, Italy
