General

Yan Huang     

Associate Professor

Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Email: yan.huang@siat.ac.cn

Address:1068 Xueyuan Boulevard, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518055, China

Postcode: 518055


Research Areas

1. Neural mechanism of unconscious perception and attention, including EEG and fMRI on human;

2. Cognitive abnormalities in the early stages of brain diseases, e.g., autism, dyslexia and schizophrenia;

3. Noninvasive cognitive regulation by transcranial magnetic/electrical stimulation.

4. Visual cognition development of children 


Enrollment

Masters and PhDs in Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, Biology and Computing


Education

2005-2011  Ph.D. in Cognitive neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive ScienceInstitute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

2001-2005  B. Ed. in Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China




Experience

2015-present  Associate Professor, Brain Cognition & Brain Disease Institute (BCBDI), Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen

2012-2015   Assistant Professor, State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing


Papers

  1. Liping HuHongsi TangYan Huang*. General deficits of attentional inhibition in high trait anxiety: ERP evidence. Cerebral Cortex, 2023. Feb 7:bhad038. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhad038.
  2. Wenbo Wang, Tiangang Zhou, Lin Chen*Yan Huang*. A subcortical magnocellular pathway is responsible for the fast processing of topological properties of objects: a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation study. Human Brain Mapping44(4), 16171628, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26162
  3. Hongsi Tang, Rujiao Song, Yueyan Hu, Yixin Tian, Zhonghua Lu, Lin Chen, Yan Huang*. Late development of early visual perception: no topology-priority in peripheral vision until age ten. Child Development, 92(5): 1906-1918, 2021.  https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13629
  4. Lin Shen, Dongqiang Liu, Yan Huang*. Hypothesis of subcortical visual pathway impairment in schizophrenia. Medical Hypotheses, 156, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2021.110686 
  5. Muzhi Wang, Yan Huang, Huan Luo, Hang Zhang*. Sustained Visual Priming Effects Can Emerge from Attentional Oscillation and Temporal Expectation. Journal of Neuroscience40(18):3657-3674, 2020.
  6. Yan Huang#*, Lei Li#, Kun Dong, Hongsi Tang, Qingning Yang, Xianglian Jia, Yundan Liao, Wenbo Wang, Zhen Ren, Lin Chen, Liping Wang*. Topological shape changes weaken the innate defensive responses to visual threats in mice. Neuroscience Bulletin, 36(4):427-431, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-019-00454-w
  7. Yi Sun#, Fei Li#, Hao Li, Yunhe Song, Wenbo Wang, Rouxi Zhou, Jian Xiong, Wanbing He, Yuying Peng, Yuhong Liu, Liping Wang*, Yan Huang* & Xiulan Zhang*. Performance of Topological Perception in the Myopic PopulationCurrent Eye Research, 2020. DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2020.175569.
  8. Yi Sun, Wenbin Huang, Fei Li, Hao Li, Liping Wang, Yan Huang*, Xiulan Zhang*. Subcortical visual pathway may be a new way for early diagnosis of glaucoma. Medical Hypotheses, 123, 47-49, 2019. (* corresponding authors) 
  9. Qianli Meng*, Bo Wang,Ding Cui, Ning Liu, Yan Huang*, Lin Chen, Yuanye Ma. Age-related Changes in Local and Global Visual Perception. Journal of Vision, 19(1):10, 2019.
  10. Xianglian Jia, Yueyan Hu, Xing Yang, Taian liu, Yan Huang, Pengfei Wei, Yongmei Hao & Liping Wang. Stress affects the oscillation of blood glucose levels in rodents. Biological Rhythm Research, 2019.
  11. Yan Huang*, Lixia He, Wenbo Wang, Qianli Meng, Tiangang Zhou & Lin Chen*. What determines the object-level visual masking: the bottom-up role of topological change. Journal of Vision, 18(3). doi:10.1167/18.1.3, 2018.  
  12. Qianli Meng#, Yan Huang#, Ding Cui, Lixia He, Lin Chen, Yuanye Ma & Xudong Zhao. The dissociations of visual processing of “hole” and “no-hole” stimuli: an fMRI study. Brain and Behavior, e00979, doi: 10.1002/brb3.979, 2018.
  13. Yan Huang, Lin Chen & Huan Luo. Behavioral oscillation in priming: competing perceptual predictions conveyed in alternating theta-band rhythmsThe Journal of Neuroscience, 35(6):2830-2837, 2015.
  14. Yan Huang, Tiangang Zhou & Lin Chen. The Precedence of Topological Change over Top-Down Attention in Masked Priming. Journal of Vision, 11(12):9, 1-10, 2011.
  15. Yanghua Tian#, Yan Huang#, Ke Zhou, G.W. Humphreys, M. Jane Riddoch, Kai Wang. When connectedness increases hemispatial neglectPloS One, 6(9): e24760, 2011.



Patents

1. Yueyan Hu, Yan Huang, Hongsi Tang, Liping Hu, Liping Wang, A method for detecting the visual spatial attention, PCT/CN2019/125390

2. Liping Hu, Yan Huang, Hongsi Tang, Yueyan Hu, Liping Wang, A method for determining turning point, China, CN201911306390.4

3. Yueyan Hu, Yan Huang, Hongsi Tang, Liping Hu, Liping Wang, A method for detecting the visual spatial attention, China, CN201911285087.0

4. Hongsi Tang, Yan Huang, Yueyan Hu, Liping Hu, Liping Wang, Chenglong Yu, Wenzi Ye, A system for talent assessment, China, CN201911307288.6

5. Li Lei, Yan Huang, Ziyi Lin, Qingning Yang, An equipment for detecting global perception and a method for testing the cognition behavior of animal, China, CN201911277533.3

6. Li Lei, Yan Huang, Ziyi Lin, Shuqin Ji, An equipment for detecting behavior, China, CN201911308082.5

7. Chenglong Yu, Yan Huang, A system for data analysis based on colud, China, CN201910831260.6

8. Yan Huang, Yueyan Hu, Hongsi Tang, Liping Wang, A method for improving the ability of multiple identity tracking, China, CN201910833530.7

9. Yan Huang, Hongsi Tang, Yueyan Hu, Liping Wang, A system for assessing cognitive ability, China, CN201811549247.3

10. Yan Huang, Hongsi Tang, Liping Wang, Method, System for visual function detection, China, CN201811654943.0

11. Yan Huang, Kun Dong, Yueyan Hu, Liping Wang, A method for multiple brain areas regulation by transcranial magnetic stimulation, China, CN201811625440.0

12. Yueyan Hu, Yan Huang, Hongsi Tang, Wengui Zhao, Liping Wang, A method for enhancing the ability of multiple object tracking based on Virtual Reality, China, CN201811619296.X

13. Liping Hu, Yan Huang, Hongsi Tang, Liping Wang, Method, equipment and storage media for collecting the inhibition ability of attention, China, CN201811642905.3

14. Liping Hu, Yan Huang, Hongsi Tang, Liping Wang, A method for assessing anxiety level, China, CN201811654876.2

15. Peilei Shen, Lanping Jiang, Ziyi lin, Yan Huang, Liping Wang, Lei Li, A light stimulate equipment for biological tissue, China, CN201811276638.2

16. Yan Huang, Yinhe Sheng, Yueyan Hu, Wengui Zhao, Hongsi Tang, Liping Hu, Lei Li, Liping Hu, A regulation method based on transcranial magnetic stimulation, China, CN201810872879.7

17. Yan Huang, Yueyan Hu, Hongsi Tang, Liping Wang, A method for improving the ability of multiple object tracking, 2017.11.25, China, CN 201711331164.2

18. Yan Huang, Liping Hu, Yueyan Hu, Hongsi Tang, Liping Wang, A method for assessing the ability of multiple object tracking, 2017.11.25, China, CN 201711331164.2

19. Yan Huang, Hongsi Tang, Kang Huang, Lei Li, Liping Wang, Huihui Zhou, A system for detecting the function of the subcortical magnocellular pathway. 2016.12.29, China, ZL 201611247237.5 (Authorized)

20. Lei Li, Yan Huang, Liping Wang, An equipment for collecting gut microbiota under anesthesia among non-human primates. 2016.12.14, China, ZL201620248623.5 (Authorized)

21. Xianglian Jia, Yan Huang, Liping Wang, A behavioural detecting equipment for face recognition in mice. 2016.12.05, China, ZL20161103077.7(Authorized)

22. Lei Li, Yan Huang, Liping Wang, Quentin Montardy, An equipment for collecting gut microbiota of non-human primates at a natural state, 2016.03.29, China, 201610187062.7


Collaboration

Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University;

Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen;

Shenzhen University;

Shenzhen University General Hospital

Team Members

1. Yan Huang – Principal Investigator

2. Liping Hu – Assistant research fellow

3. Lin Shen – Graduate student

4. Huikang Zhang – Graduate student

5. Jianhui Liang – Graduate student