Qun Yang

Education/training

09/2005-07/2010: Ph.D., Developmental and Educational Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

09/2001-07/2005: B.A., Mental Health Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China

Experience

08/2012-09/2012: Attending Summer courses in University of California, Los Angeles

10/2007-10/2008: Visiting student at Dept. of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, Brown University, U.S.A

Grants

Philosophical and Social Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (grant no. 20NDJC170YB), 2012-2014, ￥30000

National Natural Science foundation of China,(grant no.31500907), 2016-2019, ￥237000

National Natural Science foundation of China,(grant no.31440046), 2015-2016, ￥150000

Philosophical and Social Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (grant no. 12JCJY19YB), 2012-2014, ￥15000

Research Interests

At present, my primary research interest focuses on studying how people make moral and legal decision making using behavioral and neural science techniques （ERP and fMRI）. I am also interested in moral functions of individuals with psychopathic traits.

Publications

Journals

2019

[23] Yang Q*#, Zhu B#, Zhang Q, Wang Y, Hu R, Liu S. Sun D. (2019). Effects of male defendants’ attractiveness and trustworthiness on simulated judicial decisions in two different swindles.  Frontiers in Psychology. Accepted.

[22] Yang, Q.,* Shao, R., Zhang, Q., Li,C., Li,H.J., & Lee,T.M.C (2019). When morality opposes the law: An fMRI investigation into punishment judgments for crimes with good intentions. Neuropsychologia. 127，195-203

2018

[21] Xie, Q., Yang, Q., *& Tian, X. H. (2018). The Integration and Separation Effect of Moral Judgment: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials (In Chinese). Psychological Exploration. 38（2）：178-184.

[20] Wang Y C, Zhou L L, & Yang Q.* (2018). The Timing Features of the Three-Domain Disgust Emotions: A Perspective from the Individual Differences of Aggression (In Chinese). Psychological Sciences. 41（2）：264-271.

[19] Zhang, Q., Chen, L. L., & Yang, Q.* (2018). The effects of facial features on judicial decision making (In Chinese). Advances in Psychological Science. 26 (4): 698–709.

2017

[18] Yang, Q., * Luo, C. H., & Zhang, Y.* (2017). Individual differences in the early recognition of moral information in lexical processing: An event-related potential study. Scientific Reports. 7: 1475 DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-01623-5.

2016

[17] Yang, Q., Li, Y., Sun, D.L., & Lee, T.M.C.(2016). The effects of stress on risky and social decision making (In Chinese). Advances in Psychological Sciences. 24(6):974-984.

[16] Wang, S., Chen, W., Li, Y., Wang, Z.M., Li, A., & Yang Q.* (2016). The Influence of Professional Background, Subjective Impression and Emotions on Criminal Judgment. (In Chinese). Psychological Sciences. 39(2),441-447.

2014

[15] Yang, Q.*, Li, A., Xiao, X., Zhang, Y., & Tian, X.*. (2014). Dissociation between morality and disgust: An event-related potential study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 94 (1): 84-91. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.07.008

[14] Yang, Q., & Gong, D. (2014). A Study on the phenomenon of the spatial metaphor and its mechanism in positive and negative words related to morality and emotion(In Chinese). Journal of Hangzhou Normal University (Natural Science Edition) .4.

[13] Li, W., Yang, Q., Zeng, J., & Zhang, Q. (2014). Basic Principles of Law and the Sentencing Decisions of Ordinary Citizens (In Chinese). Journal of Hangzhou Normal University (Natural Science Edition) ,13(3):22-25.

2013

[12] Yang, Q., Yan, L., Luo, J., Li, A., Zhang, Y., Tian, X., & Zhang, D. (2013) .Temporal Dynamics of Disgust and Morality: An Event-Related Potential Study. PLoS ONE 8:e65094 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065094

2012

[11] Jia, L., Dickter, C. L., Luo, J., Xiao, X., Yang, Q., Lei, M., Qiu, J., & Zhang, Q. (2012). Different brain mechanisms between stereotype activation and application: Evidence from an ERP study (In Chinese). International Journal of Psychology, 47(1): 58-66

2011

[10] Tian. X. H., Yang.Q.*(corresponding author), Zhang, D. X., & Zhang, Y (2011). A Theory on the Mechanism Underlying Moral Intuitions (In Chinese). Advances in Psychological Science, 19 (10): 1426–1433.

[9] Luo, J. L., Yang, Q., & Zhang, Q. L. (2011). Neural correlates of belief-laden reasoning during the processing of premises: an ERP study. Neuropsychobiology, 63:112–118.

2010

[8] Yang, Q., Zhang, F. H., & Zhang, Q.L.(2010). The Relationship between Conditional Reasoning and Wason’s Selection Task: How Perspectives Affect These Two Tasks Simultaneously (in Chinese). Psychological Exploration，30(118):39-44.

[7] Zhang,Y., Liu,Q Yang, Q., & Zhang,Q.L. (2010). Electrophysiological correlates of early processing of visual word recognition: N2 as an index of visual category feature processing. Neuroscience Letter. 473: 32-36.

2009

[6] Liu, Q., Wu, Ying., Yang, Q. , Camposc, J-L., Zhang, Q., & Sun, H-J. (2009). Neural correlates of size illusions: an event-related potential study. Neuroreport, 20(8): 809-814.

[5] Yang, Q., Qiu, J., & Zhang, Q. L. (2009). A Review of Cognitive and Brain Mechanism of Deductive Reasoning (in Chinese). Psychological Science, 32(3): 646-648

[4] Yang, Q., Zhang, F. H., & Zhang, Q. L.(2009). The logic of Conditional Reasoning in Wason’s Selection Task(in Chinese). Psychological Exploration, 29 (4):30-35

[3] Zhang, F. H., Qiu, J., Yang, Q., & Zhang, Q. L.(2009). An Event-related Potential Study on Neural Basis of Transitive Inference(in Chinese). Psychological Behavior and Education, 4:68-74

2008

[2] Zhang, F. H., Yang, Q., Zhang, Q. L., & Tang, Y. L.(2008). A Research on the Binary Effect of Conditional Reasoning (in Chinese). Psychological Science. 31 (6) :1461 - 1465

2007

[1] Yang, Q., Qiu, J., & Zhang, Q. L. (2007). A Review of Perspective Effects in the Wason’s Four-card Selection Task (in Chinese). Psychological Exploration, 27(1): 30-33

Book Chapters

[1] Yang, Q. (2016). Judicial decision making. In Yue, G.A. Li A. & Yang, Q(Eds.). Forensic Psychology. (in Chinese). Shanghai: East China Normal University press. pp. 108-129.

[2] Yang, Q. (2007). Inductive Reasoning. In Zhang, Q.L., & Qiu, J.(Eds.).Thinking Psychology. (in Chinese). Chongqing: Southwest Normal University press. pp. 113-132.

Teaching Experience

2018/2019 Spring Criminal Psychology (undergradute students majoring in psychology), major instructor, Hangzhou Normal University.

2016/2017/2018 Spring Behavioral Statistics (Graduate student), major instructor, Hangzhou Normal University.

2012/2013/2014/2015/2016/2017/2018 Fall Introduction to Psychology (undergradute students majoring in psychology), major instructor, Hangzhou Normal University.

2013/2014/2015 Fall Forensic Psychology (graduate students), major instructor, Hangzhou Normal University.