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Zhang Kan
professor
Tel:  86-10-64837096
Fax:  86-10-64872070
Mailing Address:  16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Email:  zhangk@psych.ac.cn
Website:  http://enginpsych.psych.ac.cn
Resume:

working for the institute of psychology, CAS since 1982.

Research Interests:
Dr. Kan Zhang is the principle investigator (PI) of EPHF Lab. His research focused on attention and human performance, mental workload, situation awareness, driving and various issues in HCI. His group also concerned about professional and technical personnel selection (such as pilot, astronaut) system and psychological assistance.
Community service:
Vice President, International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), 2008-2012
Academician, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, 2006-
Director, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2006-2010, 1994-1997
Chief Editor, Advances in Psychological Science, 2006-2012, 1994-1997
Deputy-Chair, China National Committee of ICSU (International Council for Science),2004-
Editor, International Journal of Psychology, 2004-
Executive Committee member, International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), 2004-2008
President, Chinese Psychological Society, 2001-2009
Executive Committee member, International Ergonomics Association (IEA), 1998-
Executive Committee member, International Association of Applied Psychology(IAAP) , 1998–2006
President, Chinese Ergonomics Society, 1998-2004
Achievements:
2010: China's Military Medical And Psychological Selection System and Standard, National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology, The First Prize
2010: Prize for The Outstanding Contribution, IAAP awarded
2001: A Pilot Psychological Selection Evaluation System, Military Progress Prize In Science And Technology, The Second Prize
1999: Human Adaptive Produce in The Learning, S&T Achievements Granted with CAS’ Natural Science Awards, The Second Prize
1999: Research of the Method and Evaluation Standard of Psychological Talks in Astronaut Selection, Military Progress Prize In Science And Technology, The Second Prize
1994: Special Government Allowance, The State Council awarded
Selected Publications:

Journal Publications:
Wu, J.H, Duan, H.X , Zhang, K.(2012).The effects of visual imagery on face identification: an ERP study. Front Hum Neurosci, 6(305): .
Carciofo, R., Du, F, Zhang, K.. (2012).Age-related chronotype differences in Chinese, and reliability assessment of a reduced version of the Chinese Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 10(4): 310-318.
Li, J., Zhang, K. (2012). Coincident orientation of objects andviewpoint-dependence in scene recohntion, PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS, 114(1):301-309.
Ge, Y.,Wu, J. H.,Sun, X.H.,Zhang, K.. (2011). Enhanced mismatch negativity in adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), International Journal of Psychophysiology, 79(2),231-235.
Wang, L.,Zhang, K.,He, S.,Jiang, Y.. (2010). Searching for life motion signals: Visual search asymmetry in local but not global biological motion processing, Psychological Science, 21(8),1083-1089.
Wu, J. H.,Ge, Y., Shi, Z., Duan, X., Wang, L., Zhang, K.. (2010). Response inhibition in adolescent earthquake survivors with and without posttraumatic stress disorder: A combined behavioral and ERP study. Neuroscience Letters, 486(3): 117-121.
Wang, Z.,Zhang, K.,Klein, R. M.. (2010). Inhibition of return in static but not necessarily in dynamic search, Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 72(1),76-85.
Wang, Y.,Zhang, K.. (2010).Decomposing the spatiotemporal signature in dynamic 3D object recognition. Journal of Vision, 10(10).
Rao, L. L.,Han, R.,Ren, X.-P.,Bai, X.-W. ,Zheng, R., Liu, H., Wang, Z.-J., Li, J.-Z., Zhang, K., & Li, S.. (2010). Disadvantage and prosocial behavior: the effects of the Wenchuan earthquake, Evolution and Human Behavior, 32(1): 63-69.
Yang, J. Z.,Rantanen, E.M.,Zhang, K.. (2010). The Impact of Time Efficacy on Air Traffic Controller Situation Awareness and Mental Workload, The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 20(1): 74-91.
Li, S.,Rao, L. L.,Bai, X.-W. ,Zheng, R.,Ren, X.-P., Li, J-Z., Wang, Z-J., Liu, H., & Zhang, K.. (2010). Progression of the Psychological Typhoon Eye and Variations Since the Wenchuan Earthquake, PLoS ONE, 5(3): e9727.
Li, J.,Zhang, K. (2009). Regional differences in spatial frame of reference systems for people in different areas of China. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 108(2): 587-596.

Conference Presentations:
Li, J.,Zhang, K,Sun, X.. (2009). Effect of demographic variables on driving safety. Proceedings of International Conference on Transportation Engineering, 2, 966-971.
Wang, Y.,Xue, L.,Li, J.,Zhang, K.,Sun, X. H.. (2009). A cognitive tool to predict individual accident proneness of vehicle drivers. Proceedings of International Conference on Transportation Engineering, 2: 1238-1243.
Yang, f.,Zhang, K,Sun, X.. (2009). Behavior Analysis of Traffic Accidents with High Fidelity Driving Simulator, International Conference on Transportation Engineering, 4: 3231-3235.
Lu, X.L.,Sun, X. H.,Zhang, K. (2009). Executive control influenced by the time course of alerting effect. Proceedings of International Conference on Transportation Engineering,4: 3578-3583.
Xu, X. G.,Ge, Y.,Sun, X. H.,Zhang, K. (2009). Influences of On-Road Driving Fatigue, Mental Workload on Drivers’ Performance. Proceedings of International Conference on Transportation Engineering, 2: 1523-1529.
Xu, X. G.,Sun, X. H.,Zhang, K. (2009). Spatial Categorization and Computation - Empirical Evidence from Artificial Label. International Conference on Natural Computation, 2: 93-98.
Lin, H.,Zhang, K.. (2009). Why not See: Inhibition on Distractors. International Conference on Natural Computation, 5: 261-265.
Yan Ge, Xianggang Xu, Jing Li,Xiuling Lu, and Kan Zhang. (2007). The effect of secondary task on driving performance, physiological indices and mental workload: A study based on simulated driving. ICTE 2007 conference proceedings.
Ning Liu, Kan Zhang, Xianghong Sun. (2007). The measurement of driver's mental workload: a simulation-based study. ICTE 2007 conference proceedings.
Xueqin Hao, Zhiguo Wang, Fan Yang, Ying Wang, Yanru Guo, and Kan Zhang. (2007). The Effect of Experience and Gender of Drivers’ on Situation Awareness and Mental Workload. ICTE 2007 conference proceedings.
Xueqin Hao, Zhiguo Wang, Fan Yang, Ying Wang, Yanru Guo, and Kan Zhang. (2007). The Effect of Traffic on Situation Awareness and Mental Workload: Simulator-based Study. HCII2007 conference proceedings.

Books:
Zhang, K
. et al. (Translators). Introduction to human factors engineering.  (Author: C. D. Wickens). Shanghai: East China Normal University Press.

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