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Zhou Yuan
professor
Tel:  86-10-64841536
Fax:  86-10-64841536
Mailing Address:  16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Email:  zhouyuan@psych.ac.cn
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Education

1996-2001   M.B. in Clinical medicine, Wuhan University Faculty of Medical Sciences, Wuhan, China

2001-2004   M.M. in Psychiatry and Mental health, Wuhan University Faculty of Medical Sciences, Wuhan,
China

2004-2007   Ph.D. in Pattern Recognition and Intelligence System, Institute of Automation, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Dissertation: “Dysconnection Hypothesis of
Schizophrenia with Resting-State fMRI”. Supervisor: Tianzi Jiang

Academic appointments

7/2007-9/2009        Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China

10/2009-3/2011       Assistant Professor, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China

3/2011-7/2019        Associate Professor, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China

12/2015–12/2016 Visiting scholar, the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College
London, London, UK

1/2017-7/2019        Youth Distinguished Research Professor, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, China

8/2019-present       Professor, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Research Interests:

1. Functional neuroimaging of patients with psychiatric disorders, especially interested in brain networks during rest and during social cognition tasks in these patients.

2. Psychological mechanism and biological basis behind social decision-making behaviors

Community service:

 

Committee members

Professional board of Psychology of Decision making in Chinese Psychological Society (2014-present)

Beijing Brainnetomme and Brain-inspired Intelligence Society (2019-present)

Major Depressive Disorders Branch in Beijing Medical Association (2021-present)

Members of Editor boards

Acta Psychologica Sinica (ISSN 0439-755X) (2017-present)

Scientific Reports (2019-present)

Journal of Neuroscience and Mental Health (2022-present)

 

Achievements:

6/2008   Travel award at 14th Annual Meeting of the Organization of Human Brain Mapping, Melbourne, 
Australia

12/2011  Membership of Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences

12/2012  Membership of Beijing Nova Program supported by Beijing Metropolis (No. Z121107002512064)

Selected Publications:

1. Jin, Y., Gao, Q., Wang, Y., Xiao, L., Wu, M. S., & Zhou, Y. (2022). The perception-behavior dissociation in the ultimatum game in unmedicated patients with major depressive disorders. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000747

2. Gao, J., Yang, X., Chen, X., Liu, R., Wang, P., Meng, F., . . . Zhou, Y*. (2021). Resting-state functional connectivity of the amygdala subregions in unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder before and after cognitive-behavioural therapy. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience.

3. Liu, R., Wang, Y., Chen, X., Zhang, Z., Xiao, L., & Zhou, Y*. (2021). Anhedonia correlates with functional connectivity of the nucleus accumbens subregions in patients with major depressive disorder. Neuroimage-Clinical, 30, 10.

4. Zhang, S., Cui, J., Zhang, Z., Wang, Y., Liu, R., Chen, X., . . . Zhou, Y.* &Wang, G*. (2021). Functional connectivity of amygdala subregions predicts vulnerability to depression following the covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders.

5. Zhang, Z., Bo, Q., Li, F., Zhao, L., Wang, Y., Liu, R., . . . Wang, C.*, Zhou, Y.* (2021). Increased alff and functional connectivity of the right striatum in bipolar disorder patients. Progress in NeuroPsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 111, 8.

6. Cui, J., Wang, Y., Liu, R., Chen, X., Zhang, Z., Feng, Y., . . . Zhou, Y.* , &Wang, G*. (2021). Effects of escitalopram therapy on resting-state functional connectivity of subsystems of the default mode network in unmedicated patients with major depressive disorder. Translational Psychiatry, 11(1), 634.

7. Wang, X., Cui, S., Wu, M. S., Wang, Y., Gao, Q., & Zhou, Y.* (2020). Victim sensitivity and its neural correlates among patients with major depressive disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 622.

8. He, Y., Wu, S., Chen, C., Fan, L., Li, K., Wang, G., . . . Zhou, Y.* (2020). Organized resting-state functional dysconnectivity of the prefrontal cortex in patients with schizophrenia. Neuroscience, 446, 14-27.

9. Zheng, D., Chen, J., Wang, X., Zhou, Y. *, 2019. Genetic contribution to the phenotypic correlation between trait impulsivity and resting-state functional connectivity of the amygdala and its subregions. Neuroimage 201, 115997.

10. Wang, Y., Zheng, D., Chen, J., Rao, L.L., Li, S., Zhou, Y.*, 2019. Born for fairness: evidence of genetic contribution to a neural basis of fairness intuition. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 14, 539-548.

11. Zhou, Y. *, Friston, K. J., Zeidman, P., Chen, J., Li, S., & Razi, A*. (2018). The Hierarchical Organization of the Default, Dorsal Attention and Salience Networks in Adolescents and Young Adults. Cereb Cortex, 28(2), 726-737.

12. Zhou, Y. 1,*, Zeidman, P., Wu, S., Razi, A., Chen, C., Yang, L., . . . Friston, K. J. (2018). Altered intrinsic and extrinsic connectivity in schizophrenia. Neuroimage Clin, 17, 704-716.

13. Nielsen, J.D., Madsen, K.H., Wang, Z., Liu, Z.N., Friston, K.J., Zhou, Y*. (2017) Working Memory Modulation of Frontoparietal Network Connectivity in First-Episode Schizophrenia. Cereb Cortex, 27(7), 3832-3841.

14. Yang, L., Li, P., Mao, H., Wang, H., Shu, C., Bliksted, V., & Zhou, Y*. (2017). Theory of mind deficits partly mediate impaired social decision-making in schizophrenia. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1), 168.

15. Wu, S., Wang, H., Chen, C., Zou, J., Huang, H., Li, P., Zhao, Y., Xu, Q., Zhang, L., Wang, H., Pandit, S., Dahal, S., Chen, J., Zhou, Y*., Jiang, T., Wang, G. (2017) Task Performance Modulates Functional Connectivity Involving the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Patients with Schizophrenia. Front Psychol, 8:56.

16. Cui, Y. 1, Liu, B. 1, Zhou, Y.1, Fan, L., Li, J., Zhang, Y., ...Li, S., & Jiang, T. (2016). Genetic Effects on Fine-Grained Human Cortical Regionalization. Cerebral Cortex, 26(9): 3732~3743

17. Chen, C., Wang, H.L., Wu, S.H., Huang, H., Zou, J.L., Chen, J., Jiang, T.Z., Zhou, Y.*, & Wang, G.H.* (2015). Abnormal Degree Centrality of Bilateral Putamen and Left Superior Frontal Gyrus in Schizophrenia with Auditory Hallucinations: A Resting?state Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Chinese Medical Journal, 128(23): 3178-3184.

18. Wang, Y., Yang, L.Q., Li, S., & Zhou, Y*. (2015) Game theory paradigm: a new tool for investigating social dysfunction in major depressive disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 6:128.

19. Zhou, Y., Fan, L.Z., Qiu, C.X., & Jiang, T. (2015) Prefrontal cortex and the dysconnectivity hypothesis of schizophrenia. Neuroscience Bulletin. 31(2), 207-219

20. Zhou, Y., Wang, Z., Zuo, X.N., Zhang, H., Wang, Y., Jiang, T., & Liu, Z. (2014). Hyper-coupling between working memory task-evoked activations and amplitude of spontaneous fluctuations in first-episode schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 159 (1): 80-89.

21. Zhou, Y., Wang, Y., Rao, L.L., Yang, L.Q. & Li S. (2014) Money talks: neural substrate of modulation of fairness by monetary incentives. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 8:150.

22. Zhou Y., Wang Y., Rao L.L., Liang Z.Y., Chen X.P., Zheng D., Tan C., Tian Z.Q., Wang C.H., Bai Y.Q., Chen S.G., & Li S. (2014). Disrupted resting-state functional architecture of the brain after 45-day simulated microgravity. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 2014, 8:200.

23. Zhou, Y., Li, S., Dunn, J., Li, H., Qin, W., Zhu, M., Rao, L.L., Song, M., Yu, C., & Jiang, T. (2014). The neural correlates of risk propensity in males and females using resting-state fMRI. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 8, 2.

24. Wang, Y., Zhou, Y*., Li, S., Wang, P., Wu, G.W., & Liu, Z.N. (2014). Impaired social decision making in patients with major depressive disorder. BMC Psychiatry 14, 18.

25. Rao, L.L., Zheng, Y., Zhou, Y.*, & Li, S*. (2014). Probing the Neural Basis of Superstition. Brain topography 27:766-770.

26. Jiang, T., Zhou, Y., Liu, B., Liu, Y., & Song, M. (2013). Brainnetome-wide association studies in schizophrenia: The advances and future. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 37:2818-2835

27. Liu, H. 1, Kaneko, Y. 1, Ouyang, X., Li, L., Hao, Y., Chen, E.Y., Jiang, T., Zhou, Y1., & Liu, Z. (2012). Schizophrenic patients and their unaffected siblings share increased resting-state connectivity in the task-negative network but not its anticorrelated task-positive network. Schizophrenia bulletin 38, 285-294.

28. Rao, L.L., Li, S., Jiang, T., & Zhou, Y.* (2012). Is payoff necessarily weighted by probability when making a risky choice? Evidence from functional connectivity analysis. PLoS ONE 7, e41048.

29. Rao, L.L. 1, Zhou, Y. 1, Xu, L., Liang, Z.Y., Jiang, T., & Li, S. (2011). Are risky choices actually guided by a compensatory process? New insights from FMRI. PLoS ONE 6, e14756.

30. Yu, C. 1, Zhou, Y. 1, Liu, Y. 1, Jiang, T., Dong, H., Zhang, Y., & Walter, M. (2011). Functional segregation of the human cingulate cortex is confirmed by functional connectivity based neuroanatomical parcellation. NeuroImage 54, 2571-2581.

31. Zhang, Y. 1, Zhou, Y. 1, Yu, C. 1, Lin, L., Li, C., & Jiang, T. (2010). Reduced cortical folding in mental retardation. American Journal of Neuroradiology 31, 1063-1067.

32. Zhou, Y., Wang, K., Liu, Y., Song, M., Song, S.W., & Jiang, T. (2010). Spontaneous brain activity observed with functional magnetic resonance imaging as a potential biomarker in neuropsychiatric disorders. Cogn Neurodyn 4, 275-294.

33. Zhou, Y., Yu, C., Zheng, H., Liu, Y., Song, M., Qin, W., Li, K., & Jiang, T. (2010). Increased neural resources recruitment in the intrinsic organization in major depression. Journal of affective disorders 121, 220-230.

34. Zhang, Y. 1, Yu, C. 1, Zhou, Y. 1, Li, K., Li, C., & Jiang, T. (2009). Decreased gyrification in major depressive disorder. Neuroreport 20, 378-380.

35. Zhou, Y., Shu, N., Liu, Y., Song, M., Hao, Y., Liu, H., Yu, C., Liu, Z., & Jiang, T. (2008). Altered resting-state functional connectivity and anatomical connectivity of hippocampus in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 100, 120-132.

36. Zhou, Y., Liang, M., Jiang, T., Tian, L., Liu, Y., Liu, Z., Liu, H., & Kuang, F. (2007). Functional dysconnectivity of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in first-episode schizophrenia using resting-state fMRI. Neuroscience letters 417, 297-302.

37. Zhou, Y., Liang, M., Tian, L., Wang, K., Hao, Y., Liu, H., Liu, Z., & Jiang, T. (2007). Functional disintegration in paranoid schizophrenia using resting-state fMRI. Schizophr Res 97, 194-205.

For more information, please see also https://publons.com/researcher/2063560/yuan-zhou/publications/

Grants:

(Selected)
Brain networks underlying social decision-making behavior in patients with major depressive disorder and its association with genetic polymorphisms of 5-HT pathway
(National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81771473, 1/2018-12/2021, RMB 540,000 for direct research funding) Principle investigator

Theory of mind based on game theory in schizophrenia and its association with brain network
 (National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81371476, 1/2014-12/2017, RMB 700,000) Principle investigator

Social decision-making behavior of patients with major depressive disorder and their neural basis
(Beijing Nova Program, No. Z121107002512064, 12/2012-12/2015, RMB 280,000) Principle investigator

Default mode network of first-episode schizophrenia
(National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 30900487, 1/2010-12/2012, RMB 200,000) Principle investigator