My work centers on cognitive control, with a particular emphasis on cognitive flexibility and stability. My research explores the intricate trade-off mechanism between these aspects of cognition and seeks to understand how they interact in dynamic environments. To investigate these phenomena, I employ behavioral modeling techniques alongside brain imaging methods, such as fMRI and EEG, to uncover the underlying neural mechanisms and the various factors that influence these psychological processes. By integrating these approaches, I seek to identify the neural networks and pathways responsible for cognitive control and adaptability, examining how they are modulated by elements such as working memory, mental effort, individual differences, etc. My work aims at contributing to a deeper understanding of cognitive control processes and their manifestations on human behavior.
EDUCATION
Sep. 2012- Jun. 2015 Master's Degree in Basic Psychology, Department of Psychology, Southwest University, China
Sep. 2015 - Jun. 2018 Department of Psychology, Southwest University, Ph.D. degree, majoring in Basic Psychology.
ACEDEMIC POSITIONS
July 2018-Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Master's Degree Supervisor, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, China
HONORS & AWARDS
Provincial Excellent Doctoral Dissertation, 2019
Provincial Natural Science Second Prize (Second Completer), 2022
GRANTS
Research on the neural mechanism of conflict adaptation under the framework of attention-guided binding hypothesis (2018~ 2021, National Natural Science Foundation of China, participation)
Mechanisms of reward regulating the trade-off between cognitive flexibility and cognitive stability (2020~ 2022, NSF Youth Program, Chair)
Trade-off between cognitive flexibility and cognitive stability: the influential role of reward (2020~ 2023, Shenzhen Natural Science Foundation of China Basic Research Top Project, Chair)
Psychological and Brain Mechanisms of the Interaction between Exogenous and Endogenous Controls in Cognitive Flexibility (2022~2024, Shenzhen Outstanding Scientific and Technological Innovative Talents Cultivation Program, Chair)
The influence of social subordination on effective altruistic behavior and its cognitive-neural mechanism (2024~ 2027, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) top-level project, participant)
PUBLICATIONS
[1]. Qiao L, Zhang L, Chen A*. Brain connectivity modulation by Bayesian surprise in relation to control demand drives cognitive flexibility via control engagement. Cerebral Cortex, 2023, 33(5): 1985-2000.
[2]. Qiao, L,Zhang, L, Chen, A*., & Egner, T. Dynamic trial-by-trial recoding of task-set representations in the frontoparietal cortex mediates behavioral flexibility.Journal of Neuroscience, 2017, 37(45): 11037-11050.
[3]. Qiao, L#, Xu, M#, Luo, X, Zhang, L, Li, H, & Chen, A*. Flexible Adjustment of the Effective Connectivity between the Fronto-Parietal and Visual Regions Supports Cognitive Flexibility.NeuroImage, 2020: 117158.
[4]. Qiao, L,Zhang, L, Li, H, & Chen, A. (2022). Control transition between cued and voluntary choice tasks: Effects on cognitive flexibility. Current Psychology, 1-11.
[5]. Qiao, L#, Luo, X#, Zhang, L, Chen, A, Li, H, & Qiu, J*. (2020). Spontaneous brain state oscillation is associated with self-reported anxiety in a non-clinical sample.Scientific Reports,10(1), 1-11.
[6]. Qiao L,Xu L, Che X, Zhang L, Li YD, Xue G, Li H, Chen A*. The Motivation-Based Promotion of Proactive Control: The Role of Salience Network.Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2018, 12: 328.
[7]. Qiao, L, Wei, DT, Li, WF, Chen, QL , Che, XW , Li, BB , Li, YD, Qiu, J*, Zhang, QL*, Liu, YJ. Rumination mediates the relationship between structural variations in ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and sensitivity to negative life events.Neuroscience, 2013, 255: 255-264.
[8]. Xu, MS#,Qiao, L#, Qi, SQ , Li, ZA, Diao, LT , Fan, LX , Zhang, LJ, Yang, D*. Social exclusion weakens storage capacity and attentional filtering ability in visual working memory.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 2017, 13(1): 92-101.
[9]. Luo X#,Qiao L#, Che X*. Self-compassion modulates heart rate variability and negative affect to experimentally induced stress.Mindfulness, 2018, 9(5): 1522-1528.
[10]. Zhang L#,Qiao L#, Xu M, Che, X, Diao, L, Yuan, S,Du, X, & Yang, D*. (2019). Role of personal relative deprivation in promoting working memory capacity for neutral social information: Facial expressions and body motions.Personality and Individual Differences,150, 109464.
[11]. Zhang, L#,Qiao, L#, Xu, M, Fan, L, & Yang, D.. (2021). Personal relative deprivation impairs ability to filter out threat-related distractors from visual working memory.International Journal of Psychophysiology, 162(2).
[12]. Li, YD#,Qiao, L#, Sun, JZ, Wei, DT, Li, WF, Qiu, J, Zhang, QL*, Shi, HY*. Gender-specific neuroanatomical basis of behavioral inhibition/approach systems (BIS/BAS) in a large sample of young adults: a voxel-based morphometric investigation.Behavioural Brain Research, 2014, 274: 400-408.
[13]. Zhao, HC#,Qiao, L#, Fan, DQ#, Zhang, SY, Turel, O, Li, YH, Li, J, Xue, G, Chen, AT, He, QH*. Modulation of brain activity with noninvasive transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): clinical applications and safety concerns.Frontiers in psychology, 2017, 8: 685.
[14]. Zhang L#,Qiao L#, Che X, Xu MS, Chen QL, Yang WJ, Qiu J*, Yang D*. Volumetric evidence of the mediating role of mental imagery in episodic memory effect on divergent thinking.Current Psychology, 2019: 1-11.
[15]. Qiao L, Zhang L, Chen A*. Control dilemma: Evidence of the stability–flexibility trade-off. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2023, 191: 29-41.
[16]. Zhang, L, Xu, M, Du, X, Yang, Q, &Qiao, L*.Scarcity mindset impairs distractor suppression but not target enhancement in selective attention: Evidence from ERPs. Neuropsychologia, 2023: 191, 108739.
[17]. Zhang, L,Qiao, L*, Xu, M, Fan, L, Du, X, & Yang, D. Personal relative deprivation impairs the ability to inhibit impulsive responses: an exploratory ERP study. Cognitive Processing, 2023: 1-10.
[18]. Zhuang, Q#,Qiao, L#, Xu, L, Yao, S, Chen, S, Zheng, X, ... & Becker, B. The right inferior frontal gyrus as pivotal node and effective regulator of the basal ganglia-thalamocortical response inhibition circuit. Psychoradiology, 2023, 3: kkad016.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lectured in “Experimental Psychology 1”, “Experimental Psychology 2”, and “Experimental Programming in Psychology” for undergraduate students and “Cognitive Processes” and “Advances in Cognitive Neuroscience” for graduate students in the School of Psychology.
