Fei Xin

E-mail: feixin.fx@gmail.com

Web: https://fayerxin.netlify.com/

Work Experience

Education                                                                       

Research Interests                                                                            

Food Choice; Decision Making; Cognitive Control; Brain Network; Oxytocin;

Major Depressive Disorder

Research Methods

fMRI, Behavior, Graph theory, Independent component analysis, Representational similarity analysis, Functional connectivity, GLM analysis

Preprint Research Publications

1.    Dong, D., Yao, D., Wang, Y., Hong, S.-J., Genon, S., Xin, F., Jung, K., He, H., Chang, X., Duan, M., Bernhardt, B., Margulies, D.S., Sepulcre, J., Eickhoff, S.B., Luo, C. (2020). Altered Sensorimotor-to-Transmodal Hierarchical Organization in Schizophrenia. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.06.980607

2.    Yang, X., Liu, X., Zeng, Y., Wu, R., Zhao, W., Xin, F., Yao, S., Kendrick, K. M., Ebstein, R. P. & Becker, B. (2020). Secondary rewards acquire enhanced incentive motivation via increasing anticipatory activity of the lateral orbitofrontal cortex. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.29.424651

Peer-reviewed Research Publications                                               

1.    Xin, F., Zhou, X., Dong, D., Zhao, Z., Yang, X., Wang, Q., Gu, Y., Kendrick, K. M., Chen, A., Becker, B. (2020). Oxytocin Differentially Modulates Amygdala Responses during Top-Down and Bottom-Up Aversive Anticipation. Advanced Science, 7(16), 2001077. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202001077

2.    Xin, F., Zhou, F., Zhou, X., Ma, X., Geng, Y., Zhao, W., Yao, S., Dong, D., Biswal, B. B., Kendrick, K. M. & Becker, B. (2021). Oxytocin Modulates the Intrinsic Dynamics Between Attention-Related Large-Scale Networks. Cerebral Cortex, 31(3), 1848-1860.  https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhy295

3.    Xin, F., Lei, X. (2015). Competition between frontoparietal control and default networks supports social working memory and empathy. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 10(8), 1144-1152. http://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsu160

4.    Xin, F., Xie, C., Wang, L., Lei, X. (2019). Large-scale brain network interactions supporting externally and internally directed cognition. http://doi.org/10.12074/201712.02153 (Chinese Journal of Biomedical Engineering, in Press)

5.    Xu, X., Dai, J., Chen, Y., Liu, C., Xin, F., Zhou, X., Zhou, F., Stamatakis, E. A., Yao, S., Luo, L., Huang, Y., Wang, J., Zou, Z., Vatansever, D., Kendrick, K. M., Zhou, B. & Becker, B. (2021). Intrinsic connectivity of the prefrontal cortex and striato-limbic system respectively differentiate major depressive from generalized anxiety disorder, Neuropsychopharmacology, 46(4), 791-798. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-020-00868-5

6.    Li, J., Yang, X., Zhou, F., Liu, C., Wei, Z., Xin, F., Daumann, B., Daumann, J., Kendrick, K.M., Becker, B. (2020). Modafinil enhances cognitive, but not emotional conflict processing via enhanced inferior frontal gyrus activation and its communication with the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45(6), 1026-1033. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-020-0625-z

7.    Xu, X., Dai, J., Liu, C., Chen, Y., Xin, F., Zhou, F., Zhou, X., Huang, Y., Wang, J., Zou, Z., Li, J., Ebstein, R. P., Kendrick, K. M., Zhou, B, Becker, B. (2020). Common and Disorder-Specific Neurofunctional Markers of Dysregulated Empathic Reactivity in Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, 89(2), 114-116.  https://doi.org/10.1159/000504180

8.    Han, S., Becker, B., Duan, X., Cui, Q., Xin, F., Zong, X., Hu, M., Yang, M., Li, R., Yu, Y., Liao, W., Chen, X., Chen, H. (2020). Distinct striatum pathways connected to salience network predict symptoms improvement and resilient functioning in schizophrenia following risperidone monotherapy. Schizophr Res, 215, 89-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2019.11.017

9.    Zhou, F., Geng, Y., Xin, F., Li, J., Feng, P., Liu, C., Zhao, W., Feng, T., Guastella, A. J., Ebstein, R. P., Kendrick, K. M., Becker, B. (2019). Human extinction learning is accelerated by an angiotensin antagonist via ventromedial prefrontal cortex and its connections with basolateral amygdala. Biological Psychiatry, 86(12), 910-920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.07.007                                              

10.  Zhou, X., Zimmermann, K., Xin, F., Zhao, W., Derckx, R. T., Sassmannshausen, A., Scheele, D., Hurlemann, R., Weber, B., Kendrick, K. M., Becker, B. (2019). Cue reactivity in the ventral striatum characterizes heavy cannabis use, whereas reactivity in the dorsal striatum mediates dependent use. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4(8), 751-762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.04.006

11.  Dong, D., Duan, M., Wang, Y., Zhang, X., Jia, X., Li, Y., Xin, F., Yao, D. & Luo, C. (2019). Reconfiguration of Dynamic Functional Connectivity in Sensory and Perceptual System in Schizophrenia. Cerebral Cortex, 29(8), 3577-3589. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhy232

12.  Zhou, F., Zimmermann, K., Xin, F., Scheele, D., Dau, W., Banger, M., Weber, B., Hurlemann, R., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B. (2018). Shifted balance of dorsal versus ventral striatal communication with frontal reward and regulatory regions in cannabis-dependent males. Hum Brain Mapp, 39(12), 5062-5073. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.24345     

13.  Zhao, W., Ma, X., Le, J., Ling, A., Xin, F., Kou, J., Zhang, Y., Luo, R., Becker, B., Kendrick, K. M*. (2018). Oxytocin biases men to be more or less tolerant of others' dislike dependent upon their relationship status. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 88, 167-172. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.12.010

14.  Yang, T., Xin, F., Lei, X. (2015). Gender Differences in the Human Brain Structure and Function: Evidence from Neuroimaging Studies. Advances in Psychological Science, 23(4), 571-581. http://doi.org/10.3724/sp.j.1042.2015.00571 (in Chinese)                                                                                             

Published Abstracts and Presentations                                                   

1.    Xin, F., Zhou, X., Dong, D., Gu, Y., Kendrick, K. M., Chen, A., Becker, B. (2019). Successful emotion regulation during encoding abolishes the memory-advantage for negative information whereas Oxytocin generally improves social-emotional memory. Poster presented at The 1st International Conference on the Progress in Social and Affective Neuroscience, PiSAN. May 23-24, 2019, Chengdu (China).

2.    Xin, F., Zhou, F., Zhou, X., Ma, X., Geng, Y., Zhao, W., Yao, S., Dong, D., Biswal, B. B., Kendrick, K. M., Becker, B. (2018). Oxytocin Sex-dependently Increased Intrinsic Cooperation between Default and Salience Network. Oral and Poster presented at OHBM Annual Meeting, June 17-21, 2018, Singapore.

3.    Xin, F., Lei, X. (2013). Default Mode Network Competed with the Frontoparietal Control Network Supporting Social Working Memory and Empathy. Poster presented at The 2nd Across-strait Symposium for Brain Function and NeuroImaging. May 11-12, 2013, Chengdu (China).

Professional Activities                                             

1.    Gave a talk entitled “Large-Scale Brain Networks” at School of Education, Henan University.

                                                                          Apr.29. 2019                                                                                 

2.    Attended the 5th National Conference on Emotion and Health Psychology and gave a talk entitled “Oxytocin Modulates the Intrinsic Dynamics Between Attention-Related Large-Scale Networks”, Xinyang (China).                                                  Apr.26. - Apr.28. 2019

3.    Gave lectures and practical hands-on sessions in neuroimaging teaching course entitled “Basic and advanced fMRI designs and analyses” held at the Clinical Hospital of the Chengdu Brain Science Institute at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu.

                                                                            Jul. 2018                                                                                    

4.    Attended 2018 OHBM (Organization for Human Brain Mapping) Annual Meeting and gave an oral presentation entitled “Oxytocin Sex-dependently Increased Intrinsic Cooperation between Default and Salience Network”, Singapore.                           Jun.17. - Jun.21.2018         

Professional Service                                                                     

Reviewer for Journals

Brain Connectivity;

Cerebral Cortex;