Dr. Yan Wu, professor

Department of Psychology, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.

lewuyan@126.com

Research Interests

Social Decision Making; Social Interaction; Social Cognitive neuroscience; Moral cognition; Prosocial behavior.

Educational Background

Ph. D. Learning Science. Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2010 Dissertation: Modulation of Loss Aversion on Inequity Aversion in Economic Decision Making Advisor: Dr. Xiaolin Zhou

M. S. Developmental Psychology. Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China, 2007 Thesis: Visual Spatial Attention in Children with Learning Disabilities

Advisor: Guangyuan Sui

B. S. English Teaching. Henan Education Institute, Zhengzhou, China, 2004

Faculty Positions Held

Hangzhou Normal University, 2010-.

Oversea Experiences

Visiting Scholar, University of Chicago, Jean Decety, 2014-2015.

Research Projects

PI, “Needs Satisfaction and Social Decision Making: fMRI Explorations”, funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 220,000RMB, 1/2012~12/2014.

PI, “The Neural Basis of Social Decision Making: fMRI Explorations”, funded by the social science foundation of Zhejiang province, 20,000RMB, 6/2013~12/2015.

PI, “Neural Responses to unfair divisions in Major Depression”, funded by the Open Foundation of Center for Cognitive and Brain Disorders, Hangzhou Normal University, 60,000RMB, 10/2012~12/2014.

Publications

1. Wu Yan, Yu Hongbo, Shen Bo, Yu Rongjun, Zhou Zhiheng, Zhang Guoping, Zhou Xiaolin*. (2014). Neural basis of increased costly norm enforcement under adversity. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. doi: 10.1093/scan/nst187.

2. Wu Yan*, Zang Yu-Feng, Yuan Bin-Ke, & Tian Xuehong. (2015). Neural correlates of decision making after unfair treatment. [Original Research]. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00123  

3. Yan Wu*, Dexuan Zhang, Bill Elieson, Xiaolin Zhou. (2012).Brain potentials in outcome evaluation: When social comparison takes effect. International Journal of Psychophysiology,85:145-152.

4. Xiaolin Zhou*, Yan Wu. (2011). Sharing losses and sharing gains: Increased demand for fairness under adversity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47(3): 582–588.

5. Wu Yan*, Li Ling, Yuan Bin-Ke, & Tian Xuehong. (2016). Individual differences in resting-state functional connectivity predict procrastination. Personality and Individual Differences, 95:62-67.doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.02.016.

6. Wu Yan*, Zhang Mengyuan, Zhang Chi and Tian Xuehong. (2015), Fairness-related behaviour modulation by friendship is moderated by American primes in Chinese participants. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. doi:10.1111/ajsp.12111.

7. Wu Y*, Tian X. Regional homogeneity of intrinsic brain activity correlates with justice sensitivity[J]. Personality & Individual Differences, 2017, 117:111-116.

Courses Taught

Personality [undergraduate level].

History of Psychology [undergraduate level].

Introduction to Psychology [undergraduate level].