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Tianxiao Yang
Psychology CAS
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: English, Chinese
Working Memory
Prospective Memory
Cognitive Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Lifespan Development
Memory Facilitation
Neuropsychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Memory Strategies
Memory Disorders
Areas of Focus
- Cognitive and neural mechanisms of working memory and prospective memory
- Lifespan development of working memory and prospective memory
- Facilitating factors of working memory and prospective memory
Work Experience
- 2012.07-2015.06 - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2015.07-2018.09 - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
- 2018.09-present - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008.09-2012.07 PhD in Psychology: University of York
Publications
- Comparing motor imagery and verbal rehearsal strategies in children's ability to follow spoken instructions., Yang, T.-X., Allen, R. J., Waterman, A. H., Zhang, S. Y., Su, X.-M., & Chan, R. C. K., 2023
- Emotional stop cues facilitate inhibitory control in schizophrenia., Zheng, Q., Yang, T., & Ye, Z., 2020
- Forward and backward recall of serial actions: Exploring the temporal dynamics of working memory for instruction., Yang, T., Jia, L., Zheng, Q., Allen, R. J., & Ye, Z., 2019
- Event-, time- and activity-based prospective memory in children with ADHD., Yang, T.-X., Wang, Y.-Y., Wang, Y., Qian, Y., Cheung, E. F. C., & Chan, R. C. K., 2019
- 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., & Chan, R. C. K., 2018
- The development of multitasking in children aged 7-12 years: Evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal data., Yang, T.-X., Xie, W., Chen, C.-S., Altgassen, M., Wang, Y., Cheung, E. F. C., & Chan, R. C. K., 2017
- Impaired memory for instructions in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is improved by action at presentation and recall., Yang, T., Allen, R. J., Holmes, J., & Chan, R. C. K., 2017
- Following instructions in patients with schizophrenia: the benefits of actions at encoding and recall., Lui, S., Yang, T., Ng, C., Wong, T., Wong, J., Ettinger, U., & Chan, R. C. K., 2017
- Examining the role of working memory resources in following spoken instructions., Yang, T., Allen, R. J., & Gathercole, S. E., 2016
- The influence of input and output modality on following instructions in working memory., Yang, T., Allen, R. J., Yu, Q., & Chan, R. C. K., 2015
- The nature of prospective memory deficit in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorders., Yang, T., Peng, Z., Wang, Y., Geng, F., Miao, G.-d., Cheung, E. F. C., & Chan, R. C. K., 2015
- Neural correlates of prospective memory in individuals with schizotypal personality features., Wang, Y., Yang, T., Su, L., Chao, Y., Wang, Y., Huang, J., & Chan, R., 2014
- Benefit of enactment over oral repetition of verbal instruction does not require additional working memory during encoding., Yang, T., Gathercole, S. E., & Allen, R. J., 2014
- Impact of the aging process on event-, time-, and activity-based prospective memory., Yang, T., Wang, Y., Lin, H., Zheng, L., & Chan, R. C. K., 2013
- Executive functioning in healthy elderly Chinese people., Lin, H., Chan, R. C. K., Zheng, L., Yang, T., & Ya, W., 2007
- The development of prospective memory in typically developing children., Yang, T., Chan, R. C. K., & Shum, D., 2011
Awards
- 2015-2017 National Natural Science Foundation: Research on cognitive and neural mechanisms of emotional cues facilitating prospective memory (31400873)
- 2013-2015 China Postdoctoral Science Foundation: Influence of emotional cues on prospective memory and its brain mechanisms (2013M530760)
