深圳市海外高层次人才，2008年3月于日本高知大学理学部数学与计算机专业获理学学士学位，2010年3月于日本冈山大学工学部智能系统科学专业获工学硕士学位， 2014年3月于日本京都大学医学部人体健康科学专业获人体健康科学博士学位，师从Motomi Toichi教授。研究领域包括：儿童发育性脑疾病的机制和诊断、干预。担任SCI期刊imaging neuroimage, Cerebral Cortex, Human Brain Mapping, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 审稿人等。已主持国家社科基金项目1项、省市级科研项目3项，以及日本学术振兴会项目2项。在国内外重要期刊以及国际会议上发表SCI/SSCI检索论文40余篇。
学习及工作经历
2004年04月- 2008年03月 日本高知大学理学部数学与计算机专业 获学士学位
2008年04月- 2010年03月 日本冈山大学工学部智能系统科学专业 获硕士学位
2010年04月- 2014年03月 日本京都大学医学部人体健康科学专业 获博士学位
2014年04月-2019年03月 日本京都大学医学院，研究员
2019年04月-2019年11月 日本京都大学医学院，助理教授
2019年12月-至今 深圳大学心理学院 副教授，博士生导师
主要获奖及荣誉
日本心理学会优秀发表奖，2019年
主持和参与的科研项目
深圳市自然科学基金面上项目, 2024年~ 2027年, 主持
广东省自然科学基金面上项目, 2022年~2025年，主持
国家社科基金一般项目, 2021~2026, 主持
深圳市稳定支持面上项目, 2021年~ 2022年, 主持
日本学术振兴会青年项目， 2018年~2020年, 主持
日本学术振兴会外国人特别研究员项, 2015年~2018年, 主持
发表的主要研究论文
1. Peng, Y., Sun, B., Wang, H., Wei, Z., Li, H., & Zhao, S. (2026). Classification of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children Using EEG Power Ratios Obtained During a Naturalistic Mentalizing Task. Biological psychiatry, S0006-3223(26)00094-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2026.02.017
2. Dai, Z., Yang, L., Li, Z., Zhang, X., Lu, J., Wang, W., Wang, Y., Zhao, S., & Wang, B. (2026). Altered Higher-Order Structural and Functional Connectivity Coupling in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 10.1007/s10803-026-07259-7. Advance online publication.
3. Tang, Z., Luo, Q., Huang, Y., & Zhao, S. (2025). Neural responses to social touch with different emotional valences: an fNIRS study. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 20(1), nsaf066.
4. Li, Z., Wang, B., Yang, L., Niu, Y., Luo, Q., & Zhao, S. (2025). Structure-function connectomics reveals aberrant left hemispheric developmental trajectory in autism spectrum disorder. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 35(6), bhaf130.
5. Feng, T., Sun, B., Yang, Y., Wei, Z., & Zhao, S. (2025). Unusual Gaze Direction Detection in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 10.1007/s10803-025-07020-6.
6. Zhang, S., Hu, R., & Zhao, S. (2024). Autistic traits and ARFID-associated eating behaviors in preschoolers: Mediating effects of sensory processing patterns. Appetite, 196, 107237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107237
7. Luo, Q., Li, H., Lin, Y., Hu, R., Li, H., & Zhao, S. (2024). Effects of autistic traits on prosocial tendencies: The chain mediating role of fear of missing out and interpersonal security. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 112, 102328.
8. Zhang, S., Li, H., Li, H., & Zhao, S. (2023). The effect of autistic traits on prosocial behavior: The chain mediating role of received social support and perceived social support. Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 13623613231177776. Advance online publication.
9. Zhao, S., Uono, S., Hu, R. Q., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2023). Self-referential and social saliency information influences memory following attention orienting. Frontiers in psychology, 14, 1092512.
10. Irie, K., Zhao, S., Aruga, R., Matsumoto, A., Ogawa, A., & Liang, N. (2023). Lack of action-sentence compatibility effect in non-clinical individuals with high autistic traits. Frontiers in psychology, 14, 1293405. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1293405
11. Zhang, Z., Gao, C., Zhao, S., Wu, J., Fukuyama, H., & Murai, T. (2021). Salient Properties in Bimanual Haptic Volume Perception: Influence of Object Shape, Finger Pair, and Schizotypal Personality Traits. IEEE transactions on haptics, 14(4), 816–824.
12. Zhao, S., Wang, G., Yan, T., Xiang, J., Yu, X., Li, H., & Wang, B. (2021). Sex Differences in Anatomical Rich-Club and Structural-Functional Coupling in the Human Brain Network. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 31(4), 1987–1997. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaa335
13. Irie, K., Zhao, S., Okamoto, K., & Liang, N. (2021). Examining the Effect of Adverbs and Onomatopoeia on Physical Movement. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 723602. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723602
14. Irie, K., Matsumoto, A., Zhao, S., Kato, T., & Liang, N. (2021). Neural Basis and Motor Imagery Intervention Methodology Based on Neuroimaging Studies in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorders: A Review. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 15, 620599. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.620599
15. Wang, B., Wang, G., Wang, X., Cao, R., Xiang, J., Yan, T., Li, H., Yoshimura, S., Toichi, M., & Zhao, S. (2021). Rich-Club Analysis in Adults With ADHD Connectomes Reveals an Abnormal Structural Core Network. Journal of attention disorders, 25(8), 1068–1079.
16. Wang, B., Hao, Y., Zhan, Q., Zhao, S., Li, D., Imtiaz, S., Xiang, J., Wu, J., Fukuyama, H., & Yan, T. (2020). Dynamic reconfiguration of functional brain networks supporting response inhibition in a stop-signal task. Brain imaging and behavior, 14(6), 2500–2511. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-019-00203-7
17. Kasuya-Ueba, Y., Zhao, S., & Toichi, M. (2020). The Effect of Music Intervention on Attention in Children: Experimental Evidence. Frontiers in neuroscience, 14, 757. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.00757
18. Kawakami, S., Uono, S., Otsuka, S., Yoshimura, S., Zhao, S., & Toichi, M. (2020). Atypical Multisensory Integration and the Temporal Binding Window in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 50(11), 3944–3956. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04452-0
19. Zhao, S., Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2018). A functional but atypical self: Influence of self-relevant processing on the gaze cueing effect in autism spectrum disorder. Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 11(11), 1522–1531.
20. Zhao, S., Uono, S., Li, C., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2018). The Influence of Self-Referential Processing on Attentional Orienting in Frontoparietal Networks. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 12, 199. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00199
21. Wang, B., Li, T., Zhou, M., Zhao, S., Niu, Y., Wang, X., Yan, T., Cao, R., Xiang, J., & Li, D. (2018). The Abnormality of Topological Asymmetry in Hemispheric Brain Anatomical Networks in Bipolar Disorder. Frontiers in neuroscience, 12, 618. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00618
22. Kawakami, S., Uono, S., Otsuka, S., Zhao, S., & Toichi, M. (2020). Everything has Its Time: Narrow Temporal Windows are Associated with High Levels of Autistic Traits Via Weaknesses in Multisensory Integration. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 50(5), 1561–1571.
2020年以前
1.Zhao, S., Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., Kubota, Y., & Toichi, M. (2017). Atypical Gaze Cueing Pattern in a Complex Environment in Individuals with ASD. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 47(7), 1978–1986. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3116-2
2.Zhao, S., Li, C., Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2017). Human cortical activity evoked by contextual processing in attentional orienting. Scientific reports, 7(1), 2962.
3.Otsuka, S., Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., Zhao, S., & Toichi, M. (2017). Emotion Perception Mediates the Predictive Relationship Between Verbal Ability and Functional Outcome in High-Functioning Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 47(4), 1166–1182.
4.Yan, T., Zhao, S., Uono, S., Bi, X., Tian, A., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2016). Target object moderation of attentional orienting by gazes or arrows. Attention, perception & psychophysics, 78(8), 2373–2382. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-016-1182-8
5.Zhao, S., Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2015). Self make-up: the influence of self-referential processing on attention orienting. Scientific reports, 5, 14169. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep14169
6.Zhao, S., Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2015). Is impaired joint attention present in non-clinical individuals with high autistic traits?. Molecular autism, 6, 67.
7.Zhao, S., Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2014). Attention orienting by eye gaze and arrows reveals flexibility to environmental changes. Acta psychologica, 150, 100–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.05.003
8.Zhao, S., Uono, S., Yoshimura, S., & Toichi, M. (2013). Can gaze-cueing be helpful for detecting sound in autism spectrum disorder? Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7(10),1250-1256.
教学工作
主讲心理学院本科生“认知心理学”，“心理学”；研究生“心理学研究方法与统计”等课程
(招聘博士后1-2位、生物医学工程和计算机方向博士优先，欢迎志趣相投者联系)
