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Meichao Zhang
Psychology CAS
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: English, Chinese
Semantic Cognition
Neural Mechanisms
Cognitive Flexibility
Language
Memory
Neuroscience
Psychology
Cognitive Science
Brain Function
Research
Areas of Focus
- Cognitive neural mechanisms of semantic cognitive flexibility
- Cognitive neural mechanisms of language and memory
Work Experience
- 2020.09-2022.09 Research Assistant: University of York, Department of Psychology
- 2022.11-Present Associate Researcher: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010.09-2014.07 Bachelor: South China Normal University, School of Psychology
- 2014.09-2017.07 Master: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2017.09-2020.09 PhD: University of York, Department of Psychology
Publications
- Perceptual coupling and decoupling of the default mode network during mind-wandering and reading., Zhang, M., Bernhardt, B., Wang, X., Varga, D., Krieger-Redwood, K., Royer, J., ... & Jefferies, E., 2022
- Intrinsic connectivity of left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex predicts individual differences in controlled semantic retrieval., Zhang, M., Nathaniel, U., Savill, N., Smallwood, J., & Jefferies, E., 2022
- Perceptual coupling and decoupling are associated with individual differences in working memory encoding and maintenance., Zhang, M., McNab, F., Smallwood, J., & Jefferies, E., 2022
- Knowing what you need to know in advance: The neural processes underpinning flexible semantic retrieval of thematic and taxonomic relations., Zhang, M., Varga, D., Wang, X., Krieger-Redwood, K., Gouws, A., Smallwood, J., & Jefferies, E., 2021
- Distinct individual differences in default mode network connectivity relate to off-task thought and text memory during reading., Zhang, M., Savill, N., Margulies, D. S., Smallwood, J., & Jefferies, E., 2019
- The impact of variety of episodic contexts on the integration of novel words into semantic network., Zhang, M., Ding, J., Li, X., & Yang, Y., 2019
- Lifting, tasting, and carrying: The interaction of magnitude and valence effects in time perception., Zhang, M., Lu, A., & Hodges, B. H., 2019
- Episodic specificity in acquiring thematic knowledge of novel words from descriptive episodes., Zhang, M., Chen, S., Wang, L., Yang, X., & Yang, Y., 2017
- ERP evidence for the activation of syntactic structure during comprehension of lexical idiom., Zhang, M., Lu, A., & Song, P., 2017
