2003-007 B.S in Physics,Peking University
2007-012 Ph.D in Psychology, Beijing Normal University
2012-013 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham
2013-016 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge
Since 2016 Assistant professor, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

My research is seeking to understand the brain plasticity mechanisms that enable us to translate visual experience into perceptual decisions and adaptive behaviors. Specifically, I employ behavioral approaches combined with computational modelling, brain imaging techniques (e.g., functional MRI, resting, MRS, etc) to investigate: (1) Perceptual learning: in particular, how high-level cognitive functions (e.g., attention, decision making) are involved during learning; (2) Statistical learning: how people extract the regularities through exposure to the environment抯 statistics and exploit them to predict novel events; (3) The mechanisms of neural inhibition in human learning.

Wang, R., Shen, Y., Tino, P., Welchman A. E. & Kourtzi Z. (In press). Learning predictive statistics: strategies and brain mechanisms. Journal of Neuroscience
Wang, R. #, Shen, Y. #, Tino, P., Welchman A. E. & Kourtzi Z. (Accepted). Learning predictive statistics from temporal sequences: dynamics and strategies. Journal of Vision
Wang, R.#, Wang, J.#, Zhang, J.Y.#, Xie, X.Y.#, Yang, Y.X., Luo, S.H., Yu, C. & Li, W. (2016). Perceptual learning at a conceptual level. Journal of Neuroscience, 36(7): 2238-2246
Wang, R.#, Zhang, J.Y.#, Klein, S. A., Levi, D. M. & Yu, C. (2014). Vernier perceptual learning transfers to completely untrained retinal locations after double training: A "piggybacking" effect. Journal of Vision, 14(13):12, 1-10
Wang, R.#, Cong, L.J.#, & Yu, C. (2013). The classical TDT perceptual learning is mostly temporal learning. Journal of Vision, 13(5):9, 1-9
Wang, R., Zhang, J.Y., Klein, S. A., Levi, D. M. & Yu, C. (2012). Task relevancy and demand modulate double-training enabled transfer of perceptual learning. Vision Research, 61, 33-38
Xiao, L.Q. #, Zhang, J.Y. #, Wang, R., Klein, S. A., Levi, D. M. & Yu, C. (2008). Complete transfer of perceptual learning across retinal locations enabled by double training. Current Biology, 18, 1922-1926.
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