Xingjie Chen | Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

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PhD, 2021,University of Massachusetts, Amherst

MS, 2018, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

MS, 2015, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

BS, 2012, Central China Normal University

xingjiechen@umass.edu

Advisor:

Youngbin Kwak PhD

Research Area(s):

Developmental Science

Dissertation:

Representation of Reward and Risk in the Brain’s Motor System: Studies in Adolescents and Adults

Masters Thesis:

The Effects of Reward and Risk Level Associated with Speeded Actions: Evidence from Behavior and Electroencephalography

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Research

I'm interested in how motivation affects human behaviors especially at the decision-making process observed under EEG and fMRI. I'm also interested in cross-cultural differences during the process.

Publications

Chen, X-J, Geagea, A., Park, J., Kwak, y. (2020). Cultural Modulation of Early Attentional Responses to Positive Self-Information An ERP Investigation. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 158, 34-44.

Chen, X-J., Ba, L., & Kwak, Y. (2020). Neurocognitive Underpinnings of Cross-Cultural Differences in Risky Decision Making. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 6(15), 671-680.

Chen, X-J., McCarthy, M., & Kwak, Y. (2019). Contribution of sensorimotor beta oscillations during value-based action selection. Behavioral Brain Research, 368, 111907.

Kwak, Y., Chen, X-J., McDonald, K., & Boutin, B. (2019). Money for me and money for friend: An ERP study of social reward processing in adolescents and adults. Social Neuroscience, 1-15.

Chen, X.-J., & Kwak, Y. (2017). What Makes You Go Faster?: The Effect of Reward on Speeded Action under Risk. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 1057.

Liu, L.-L., Chen, X-J., Cui, J.-F., Wang, J., Zhang, Y.-B., Neumann, D. L., . . . Chan, R. C. K. (2016). Age differences in delay discounting in Chinese adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 90, 205-209. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.11.006

Chen, X-J., Wang, Y., Yang, T-X., Zou, L-Q., Huang, J., Li, F-H., . . . Chan, R. C. K. (2016). Neural Correlates of Prospective Memory Impairments in Schizophrenia. Neuropsychology, 30(2), 169-180. doi: 10.1037/neu0000225

Chen, X-J., Liu, L. L., Cui, J-F., Wang, Y., Shum, D. H., & Chan, R. C. K. (2015). Chinese and Australians showed difference in mental time travel in emotion and content but not specificity. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 879. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00879

Chen, X-J., Wang, Y., Liu, L-L., Cui, J-F., Gan, M-Y., Shum, D. H., & Chan, R. C. K. (2015). The effect of implementation intention on prospective memory: a systematic and meta-analytic review. Psychiatry Research, 226(1), 14-22. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.01.011

Wang, Y., Chen, X-J., Cui, J-F., & Liu, L-L. (2015). Testing the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory in the Chinese context. Psych Journal, 4(3), 166-175. doi: 10.1002/pchj.103

Cui, J-F., Wang, Y., Shi, H-S., Liu, L-L., Chen, X-J., & Chen, Y. H. (2015). Effects of working memory load on uncertain decision-making: evidence from the Iowa Gambling Task. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 162. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00162

Chen, X-J., Wang, Y., Liu, L-L., Shi, H-S., Wang, J., Cui, J-F., . . . Chan, R. C. K. (2014). The effect and mechanisms of implementation intention on prospective memory in individuals with and without schizotypal personality features. Memory, 22(4), 349-359. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2013.792841

Curriculum Vitae

xingjiechen_03092021.pdf

Biography

I‘m a graduate student in developmental science. I earned my B.S. in Psychology at Central China Normal University (2012) and M.S. in Cognitive Neuroscience at Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015).

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