2023-Present: Postdoc Fellow, Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing
2017-2023: Ph.D., State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University
2011-2015: B.S., Department of Psychology, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Experiences:
Yang Li studied psychology at Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine before obtaining her doctorate degree in cognitive neuroscience at the State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning at Beijing Normal University. During her PhD, Yang investigated the neural mechanisms in ADHD and subthreshold ADHD population, and compared the effectiveness of different working memory training procedures on cognitive deficits, with supervision from Professor Jun Li. Her current work focuses on the development of executive function in children and adolescents. Specifically, her work aims to translate empirical and theoretical work on brain networks related to executive function to support the optimization of intervention plans.
Publications:
1. Li, Y., Chen, X., Zhang, Q.,Xu, W.,Li, J.,...& Li, J. (2022).Effects of working memory span training on top-down attentional asymmetry at both neural and behavioral levels. Cerebral cortex. Advance online publication.
2. Li, Y., Fu, W., Zhang, Q., Chen, X., Li, X.,...& Li, J. (2022). Effects of forward and backward span trainings on working memory: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Psychophysiology, e14154.
3. Zhang, Q., Li, Y., Zhao, W., Chen, X., Li, X., Du, B.,...& Li, J. (2020). ERP evidence for the effect of working memory span training on working memory maintenance: A randomized controlled trial. Neurobiology of learning and memory, 167, 107129.（co-first author）
4. Zhao, W., Zhang, Q., Chen, X., Li, Y., Li, X., Du, B., ...& Li, J. (2021). The VNTR of the AS3MT gene is associated with brain activations during a memory span task and their training-induced plasticity. Psychological medicine, 51(11), 1927–1932 .
5. Zhao, W., Huang, L., Li, Y., Zhang, Q., Chen, X., Fu, W.,...& Li, J. (2020). Evidence for the contribution of COMT gene Val158/108Met polymorphism (rs4680) to working memory training-related prefrontal plasticity. Brain and behavior, 10(2), e01523.
6. Deng, X., Wang, J., Zang, Y., Li, Y., Fu, W., Su, Y.,...& Li, J. (2022). Intermittent theta burst stimulation over the parietal cortex has a significant neural effect on working memory. Human brain mapping, 43(3), 1076–1086.
7. Fu, W., Huang, Z., Li, J., Dong, Q., Li, Y., Li, G.,...& Xie, J. (2022). Reduced sensitivity to delayed time and delayed reward of the post-operative insular glioma patients in delay discounting. NeuroImage. Clinical, 33, 102895.
8. Chen, X., Zhang, Q., Su, Y., Zhao, W., Li, Y., Du, B.,...& Li, J. (2022). Evidence for the contribution of HCN1 gene polymorphism (rs1501357) to working memory at both behavioral and neural levels in schizophrenia patients and healthy controls. Schizophrenia, 8(1), 66.
9. Su, Y., Zhang, Zhao, W., Q., Chen, X., Li, Y.,...& Li, J. (2021). Effects of trans[1]ancestry schizophrenia risk gene polymorphisms on working memory and underlying brain mechanisms. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open.