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Prof. YU, Rongjun

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PositionAssociate Professor of SHS, MMIS& PHYS, Executive Director, MRI facilities

OfficeWLB 722,The Wing Lung Bank Building for Business Studies, Shaw Campus

Telephone No.3411 7581 (office)

Fax No.3411 5757 (Fax)

Ph.D., The University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

M.S., Peking University, China

B.S., Nankai University, China

 

Personal website: www.rongjunyu.org

Dr. Yu is currently affiliated with the three departments: MMIS (Business), SPEH (Social Sciences), and Physics (Science). He is the executive director of MRI facilities and a member of System Health Lab, one of the six Interdisciplinary Research Labs at HKBU. His research focuses on understanding the neuropsychological mechanisms underlying reward-based decision making and social cognition, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalogram (EEG), and other neuroscience methods. He has published over 150 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, with over 5500 citations and an H index of 43. He was listed among the world’s top 2% of the most-cited scientists in various disciplines. Dr. Yu accepts PhD students from diverse backgrounds, such as psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and sports science

  • Sports Neuroscience
  • The Cognitive Neuroscience of Ageing
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Neurobiology of Stress and Mental Illness
  • Mobbs D, Yu R, Meyer M, et al. A key role for similarity in vicarious reward. Science 2009; 324(5929): 900. (IF=42)
  • Liu C, Huang Y, Chen L, Yu R*. Lack of evidence for the effect of oxytocin on placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2020; 89(3): 185-7. (IF=25.6)
  • Yang C, Luo L, Vadillo MA, Yu R*, Shanks DR. Testing (quizzing) boosts classroom learning: A systematic and meta-analytic review. Psychological bulletin 2021; 147(4): 399-435. (IF=23)
  • Wang S*, Yu R*, Tyszka JM, et al. The human amygdala parametrically encodes the intensity of specific facial emotions and their categorical ambiguity. Nature Communications 2017; 8. (IF=18)
  • Wang R, Zhen S, Zhou C*, Yu R*. Acute stress promotes brain network integration and reduces state transition variability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022; 119(24): e2204144119. (IF=10)
  • Zhen S, Yu R*. Spontaneous dishonesty does not specifically engage the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022; 119(27): e2201445119. (IF=10)
  • Huang Y, Zhen S, Yu R*. Distinct neural patterns underlying ingroup and outgroup conformity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2019; 116(11): 4758-9. (IF=10)
  • Mobbs D, Yu R, Rowe JB, Eich H, FeldmanHall O, Dalgleish T. Neural activity associated with monitoring the oscillating threat value of a tarantula. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2010; 107(47): 20582-6. (IF=10)
  • Huang Y, Kendrick KM, Yu R*. Conformity to the Opinions of Other People Lasts for No More Than 3 Days. Psychological science 2014; 25(7): 1388-93. (IF=10)
  • Huang Y, Huang X, Ebstein RP, Yu R*. Intranasal oxytocin in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders: A multilevel meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 2021; 122: 18-27. (IF=9)
  • Yaple ZA, Yu R*. Fractionating adaptive learning: A meta-analysis of the reversal learning paradigm. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 2019; 102: 85-94. (IF=9)

External Grants:

  • PI, “A neurocognitive theory of unethical behavior and implications for organizational behavior", Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS) 2022/23, RGC

 

 

Internal Grants:

  • PI, “The neural basis of leadership: a neuromanagement approach”, Tier 2, HKBU
  • PI, “Biomarkers for Cognitive Decline and Successful Aging in Elder Adults", Research Development Fund-Research Network on Healthy Ageing, HKBU
  • PI, “An EEG hyperscanning system”, Equipment Matching Fund, HKBU
  • PI, “Neuropsychological signatures of creativity across domains”, Seed Funding for Major External Grant, HKBU
  • Brain Sciences for Business
  • Organizational Behaviour
  • Honours Project
  • PhD supervision
  • 2022/23, Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS) awardee, UGC, HK.
  • 2015/16, Award for Promising Researcher (APR), NUS, Singapore
  • Organization for Human Brain Mapping
  • Society for Neuroeconomics
  • Society for Neuroscience
  • Organizational Neuroscience (NEU) -- Academy of Management

Professional Services:

  • Associate Editor (2019 – present), Neurobiology of Stress (IF=7)
  • Executive Director (2023 – present), MRI Facilities, HKBU