Faculty

024.07 - Tsinghua University, Department of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Tenured Associate Professor

2022.12 - 2024.07 Tsinghua University, Department of Psychology, Associate Professor

2018.04 - 2022.12 Tsinghua University, Department of Psychology, Assistant Professor

2015.09 - 2018.04 Tsinghua University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Postdoc

2011.09 - 2015.06 Tsinghua University, Department of Psychology, Ph.D. in Social Psychology

2013.09 - 2014.09 University of California, Berkely, Joint Ph.D. Program

2008.06 - 2011.09 Peking University, Department of Psychology, Master in Personality and Social Psychology

2004.09 - 2008.06 Peking University, Department of Psychology, B.A. in Applied Psychology

My research group encourages interdisciplinary studies based on cutting-edge technologies. The methodologies employed include, but are not limited to: questionnaires, behavioral experiments, brain imaging (MRI, EEG), brain stimulation (TMS), cognitive modeling, machine learning algorithms, and natural language processing. In recent years, the key research topics have focused on the following:

Self-cognition

The self serves as the central hub of the human psychological world. The brain's self-system operates continuously, monitoring and regulating various processing activities. Information related to the self is typically prioritized for processing, a phenomenon known as the self-prioritization effect. In recent years, I has focused on exploring the psychological and neural mechanisms underlying this phenomenon and has sought to apply the findings to areas such as drug addiction and virtual gaming avatars.

Cultural Thinking

Culture profoundly influences how individuals perceive themselves and the world. Individuals from Eastern cultures exhibit unique differences in self-structure and thinking styles compared to those from Western cultures. I have long been dedicated to studying the psychological and neural mechanisms of cultural thinking, exploring the brain structures and functional bases behind these cultural differences.

Flow

When individuals concentrate on a current task, they often enter a highly immersive state of consciousness known as flow. I am interested in characterizing the psychological components and triggering conditions of the flow experience, as well as examining the accompanying patterns of brain activity.

（#joint first authors，*corresponding author(s)，underlined are supervised graduate students; updated on 2025-07）

Qi, Y., Zou, Y., Peng, K., & Wang, F.* (2024). The avatar-prioritization effect among online gamers: A perspective from self–avatar identity relevance. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 13(1), 71.

Zhang, Y., Wang, F.*, & Sui, J. (2023). Decoding individual differences in self-prioritization from the resting-state functional connectome. Neuroimage, 276, 120205.

Liang, Q., Zhang, B., Fu, S., Sui, J.*, Wang, F.* (2022). The roles of the LpSTS and DLPFC in self‐prioritization: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Human Brain Mapping. 43(4), 1381-1393.

Liang, Q., Wang, Y., Wang, F., Li, Z., Li, D., & Wang F.* (2021). Prioritization of personally relevant stimuli in male abstinent heroin users. Journal Psychiatric Research, 142(4), 132-139.

Wang, F., Peng, K.*, Chechlacz, M., Humphreys, G., & Sui, J.* (2017). The neural basis of independence versus interdependence orientations: A voxel-based morphometric analysis of brain volume. Psychological Science, 4(28), 519-529.

（#joint first authors，*corresponding author(s)，underlined are supervised graduate students; updated on 2025-07）

2025

Li, R., Peng, K., Jiang, L., Li, J., & Wang, F.* (2025). Good for All, Better for Individualists: Autonomy's Impact on Well-Being Across the Globe. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.

Zhou, X., Tan, Z., Wang, D., Wang, F.*, & Peng, K.* (2025). The Immediate and Delayed Belief in Headlines with High-arousal Sentence Starters. Communication Research.

Lin, B., Guo, B., Zhuang, L., Zhang, D., & Wang, F. *(2025). Neural oscillations predict flow experience. Cognitive Neurodynamics, 19(1), 1-10.

2024

Yuan, W., Guo, T., Jiang, T.*, & Wang, F.* (2024). Online Social Pain Reliever: Online Awe-Intervening Approach Promotes Recovery via the Global Sense of Connectedness. Computers in Human Behavior, 158, 108283.

Zhang, Y., & Wang, F.* (2024). Developments and trends in flow research over 40 years: A bibliometric analysis. Collabra: Psychology, 10(1).

Hang, Y., Unenbat, B., Tang, S., Wang, F., Lin, B., & Zhang, D. (2024). Exploring the Neural Correlates of Flow Experience with Multifaceted Tasks and a Single-Channel Prefrontal EEG Recording. Sensors.

Qi, Y., Zou, Y., Peng, K., & Wang, F.* (2024). The avatar-prioritization effect among online gamers: A perspective from self–avatar identity relevance. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 13(1), 71.

2023

Zhang, Y., Wang, F.*, & Sui, J. (2023). Decoding individual differences in self-prioritization from the resting-state functional connectome. Neuroimage, 276, 120205.

Liu, H., Wang, F., & Zhang, D.* (2023). Inspiring Real-Time Evaluation and Optimization of Human–Robot Interaction with Psychological Findings from Human–Human Interaction. Applied Sciences, 13(2), 676.

Shui, X., Chen, Y., Hu, X., Wang, F., & Zhang, D. (2023). Personality in Daily Life: Multi-Situational Physiological Signals Reflect Big-Five Personality Traits, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.

2022

胡宸豪, 宫宸, 彭凯平, & 王非*. (2022). 典型春秋自然景观的疗愈性与到访偏好.景观设计,8(4), 10-15.

胡宸豪*, 宫宸, 彭凯平, & 王非. (2022). 促进公众心理健康的城市“微疗愈”绿色空间研究.时代建筑,9(5), 38-45.

Liang, Q., Zhang, B., Fu, S., Sui, J.*, Wang, F.* (2022). The roles of the LpSTS and DLPFC in self‐prioritization: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Human Brain Mapping, 43(4), 1381-1393.

Hu, C., Zhu, K., Huang, K., Yu, Bo., Jiang, W., Peng, K., Wang, F.* (2022). Using natural intervention to promote subjective well-being of essential workers during public-health crises: A study during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Environmental Psychology, 79(4), 101745.

Zhang, Y., Liang, Q., Wang, F.* (2022). Influence of competition-outcome feedback in video games on players' flow experience. Current Psychology.

Wang, F.*, Chen, D., Sui, J.* (2022). Trait dialectical thinking is associated with the strength of functional coupling between the dACC and the default mode network. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

Hu, X., Wang, F., & Zhang, D.* (2022). Similar brains blend emotion in similar ways: Neural representations of individual difference in emotion profiles. Neuroimage, 247, 118819.

2021

Liang, Q., Wang, Y., Wang, F., Li, Z., Li, D., & Wang F.* (2021). Prioritization of personally relevant stimuli in male abstinent heroin users. Journal Psychiatric Research, 142(4), 132-139.

Shui, X., Zhang, M., Li, Z., Hu, X., Wang, F., & Zhang, D.* (2021). A dataset of daily ambulatory psychological and physiological recording for emotion research. Scientific Data, 8(1), 1-12.

Huang, K.#, Chen, D.#, Wang, F.*, & Yang, L.* (2021). Prediction of dispositional dialectical thinking from resting-state electroencephalography. Brain and Behavior, 11(3).

Liu, H., Zhao, C., Wang, F.*, & Zhang, D.* (2021). Inter-brain amplitude correlation differentiates cooperation from competition in a motion-sensing sports game. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 16(6), 552-564.

2020

Li, W., Hu, X., Long, X., Tang, L., Chen, J., Wang, F.*, & Zhang, D.* (2020). EEG responses to emotional videos can quantitatively predict big-five personality traits. Neurocomputing, 415, 368-381.

Li, W., Wu, C., Hu, X., Chen, J., Fu, S., Wang, F.*, & Zhang, D.* (2020). Quantitative personality predictions from a brief EEG recording. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing.

Liu, Q. L., Wang, F., Yan, W., Peng, K., Sui, J., & Hu, C.* (2020). Questionnaire Data From the Revision of a Chinese Version of Free Will and Determinism Plus Scale. Journal of Open Psychology Data.

2019

Huang, J., Wang, F., Sui, J., & Wan, X.* (2019). Functional and structural basis of the color-flavor incongruency effect in visual search. Neuropsychologia, 127, 66-74.

Hu, X., Chen, J., Wang, F., & Zhang, D.* (2019). Ten challenges for EEG-based affective computing. Brain Science Advances, 5(1), 1-20.

2018

Ding, Y., Hu, X., Li, J., Ye, J., Wang, F.*, & Zhang, D.* (2018). What makes a champion: the behavioral and neural correlates of expertise in the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.

Liu, G., Zeng, G., Wang, F., Rotshtein, P., Peng, K.*, & Sui, J.* (2018). Praising others differently: neuroanatomical correlates to individual differences in trait gratitude and elevation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 13(12), 1225-1234.

2017 and before

Wang, F., Peng, K.*, Chechlacz, M., Humphreys, G., & Sui, J.* (2017). The neural basis of independence versus interdependence orientations: A voxel-based morphometric analysis of brain volume. Psychological Science, 4(28), 519-529.

Wang, F., Sun, J., Sun, P., Weidler, B. J., & Abrams, R. A. (2017). Influence of simple action on subsequent manual and ocular responses. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 79(2), 389-395.

Liu, M. T., Wang, F.*, & Peng, K.* (2017). The ‘Depressive’ Attributional Style Is Not That Depressive for Buddhists. Frontiers in Psychology, 8.

Yu, Z.*, & Wang, F. (2017). Income inequality and happiness: An inverted U-shaped curve. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 2052.

Hu, X., Yu, J., Song, M., Yu, C., Wang, F., Sun, P., ... & Zhang, D.* (2017). EEG correlates of ten positive emotions. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 26.

Wang, F.#, Li, G.#, Chen, J., Duan, Y., & Zhang, D. (2016). Novel semi-dry electrodes for brain-computer interface applications. Journal of Neural Engineering, 13(4), 046021.

Wang, F., Peng, K., Bai, Y., Li, R., Zhu, Y., Sun, P., . . . Sui, J. (2016). The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex modulates dialectical self-thinking. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 152.

胡传鹏, 王非, 宋梦迪, 隋洁*, & 彭凯平*. (2016). 心理学研究中的可重复性问题: 从危机到契机. 心理科学进展, 24(9), 1504-1518.

Yu, Z.*, & Wang, F. (2016). Socio-economic development and emotion-health connection revisited: a multilevel modeling analysis using data from 162 counties in China. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 1-7.

Song, X., Zhang, X.*, Melloy, R., Wang, F., Zhan, H., & Wang, L. (2016). From self‐disclosure to prosocial behaviour: Feedback as a moderator. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 19(2), 90-100.

Wang, F.*, & Wang, D. (2012). Chinese college students' general and relationship-specific representations of adult attachment: Variable-centred and person-centred analysis. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 15(4), 314-320.

Hou, Y.*, Gao, G., Wang, F., Li, T., & Yu, Z. (2011). Organizational Commitment and Creativity: the Influence of Thinking Styles. Annals of Economics & Finance, 12(2).

（#共同第一作者，*通讯作者，下划线为指导研究生）

Zhang, Y., Wang, F.*, & Sui, J. (2023). Decoding individual differences in self-prioritization from the resting-state functional connectome. Neuroimage, 276, 120205.

Qi, Y., Zou, Y., Peng, K., & Wang, F.* (2023). The avatar-prioritization effect among online gamers: A perspective from self–avatar identity relevance. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition,

Liang, Q., Zhang, B., Fu, S., Sui, J.*, Wang, F.* (2022). The roles of the LpSTS and DLPFC in self‐prioritization: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Human Brain Mapping. 43(4), 1381-1393.

Liang, Q., Wang, Y., Wang, F., Li, Z., Li, D., & Wang F.* (2021). Prioritization of personally relevant stimuli in male abstinent heroin users. Journal Psychiatric Research, 142(4), 132-139.

Wang, F., Peng, K.*, Chechlacz, M., Humphreys, G., & Sui, J.* (2017). The neural basis of independence versus interdependence orientations: A voxel-based morphometric analysis of brain volume. Psychological Science, 4(28), 519-529.

完整论文列表（#共同第一作者，*通讯作者，下划线为指导研究生，更新时间：2024-05; ResearchGate）

2024年

Yuan, W., Guo, T., Jiang, T.*, & Wang, F.* (2024). Online Social Pain Reliever: Online Awe-Intervening Approach Promotes Recovery via the Global Sense of Connectedness. Computers in Human Behavior.

Zhang, Y., & Wang, F.* (2024). Developments and trends in flow research over 40 years: A bibliometric analysis. Collabra: Psychology, 10(1).

Hang, Y., Unenbat, B., Tang, S., Wang, F., Lin, B., & Zhang, D. (2024). Exploring the Neural Correlates of Flow Experience with Multifaceted Tasks and a Single-Channel Prefrontal EEG Recording. Sensors.

2023年

Zhang, Y., Wang, F.*, & Sui, J. (2023). Decoding individual differences in self-prioritization from the resting-state functional connectome. Neuroimage, 276, 120205.

Qi, Y., Zou, Y., Peng, K., & Wang, F.* (2023). The avatar-prioritization effect among online gamers: A perspective from self–avatar identity relevance. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition,

Liu, H., Wang, F., & Zhang, D.* (2023). Inspiring Real-Time Evaluation and Optimization of Human–Robot Interaction with Psychological Findings from Human–Human Interaction. Applied Sciences, 13(2), 676.

Shui, X., Chen, Y., Hu, X., Wang, F., & Zhang, D. (2023). Personality in Daily Life: Multi-Situational Physiological Signals Reflect Big-Five Personality Traits, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.

2022年

胡宸豪, 宫宸, 彭凯平, & 王非*. (2022). 典型春秋自然景观的疗愈性与到访偏好.景观设计,8(4), 10-15.

胡宸豪*, 宫宸, 彭凯平, & 王非. (2022). 促进公众心理健康的城市“微疗愈”绿色空间研究.时代建筑,9(5), 38-45.

Liang, Q., Zhang, B., Fu, S., Sui, J.*, Wang, F.* (2022). The roles of the LpSTS and DLPFC in self‐prioritization: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Human Brain Mapping. 43(4), 1381-1393.

Hu, C., Zhu, K., Huang, K., Yu, Bo., Jiang, W., Peng, K., Wang, F.* (2022). Using natural intervention to promote subjective well-being of essential workers during public-health crises: A study during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Environmental Psychology, 79(4), 101745.

Zhang, Y., Liang, Q., Wang, F.* (2022). Influence of competition-outcome feedback in video games on players' flow experience. Current Psychology.

Wang, F.*, Chen, D., Sui, J.* (2022). Trait dialectical thinking is associated with the strength of functional coupling between the dACC and the default mode network. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

Hu, X., Wang, F., & Zhang, D.* (2022). Similar brains blend emotion in similar ways: Neural representations of individual difference in emotion profiles. Neuroimage, 247, 118819.

2021年

Liang, Q., Wang, Y., Wang, F., Li, Z., Li, D., & Wang F.* (2021). Prioritization of personally relevant stimuli in male abstinent heroin users. Journal Psychiatric Research, 142(4), 132-139.

Shui, X., Zhang, M., Li, Z., Hu, X., Wang, F., & Zhang, D.* (2021). A dataset of daily ambulatory psychological and physiological recording for emotion research. Scientific Data, 8(1), 1-12.

Huang, K.#, Chen, D.#, Wang, F.*, & Yang, L.* (2021). Prediction of dispositional dialectical thinking from resting-state electroencephalography. Brain and Behavior, 11(3).

Liu, H., Zhao, C., Wang, F.*, & Zhang, D.* (2021). Inter-brain amplitude correlation differentiates cooperation from competition in a motion-sensing sports game. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 16(6), 552-564.

2020年

Li, W., Hu, X., Long, X., Tang, L., Chen, J., Wang, F.*, & Zhang, D.* (2020). EEG responses to emotional videos can quantitatively predict big-five personality traits. Neurocomputing, 415, 368-381.

Li, W., Wu, C., Hu, X., Chen, J., Fu, S., Wang, F.*, & Zhang, D.* (2020). Quantitative personality predictions from a brief EEG recording. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing.

Liu, Q. L., Wang, F., Yan, W., Peng, K., Sui, J., & Hu, C.* (2020). Questionnaire Data From the Revision of a Chinese Version of Free Will and Determinism Plus Scale. Journal of Open Psychology Data.

2019年

Huang, J., Wang, F., Sui, J., & Wan, X.* (2019). Functional and structural basis of the color-flavor incongruency effect in visual search. Neuropsychologia, 127, 66-74.

Hu, X., Chen, J., Wang, F., & Zhang, D.* (2019). Ten challenges for EEG-based affective computing. Brain Science Advances, 5(1), 1-20.

2018年

Ding, Y., Hu, X., Li, J., Ye, J., Wang, F.*, & Zhang, D.* (2018). What makes a champion: the behavioral and neural correlates of expertise in the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.

Liu, G., Zeng, G., Wang, F., Rotshtein, P., Peng, K.*, & Sui, J.* (2018). Praising others differently: neuroanatomical correlates to individual differences in trait gratitude and elevation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 13(12), 1225-1234.

2017年及以前

Wang, F., Peng, K.*, Chechlacz, M., Humphreys, G., & Sui, J.* (2017). The neural basis of independence versus interdependence orientations: A voxel-based morphometric analysis of brain volume. Psychological Science, 4(28), 519-529.

Wang, F., Sun, J., Sun, P., Weidler, B. J., & Abrams, R. A. (2017). Influence of simple action on subsequent manual and ocular responses. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 79(2), 389-395.

Liu, M. T., Wang, F.*, & Peng, K.* (2017). The ‘Depressive’ Attributional Style Is Not That Depressive for Buddhists. Frontiers in Psychology, 8.

Yu, Z.*, & Wang, F. (2017). Income inequality and happiness: An inverted U-shaped curve. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 2052.

Hu, X., Yu, J., Song, M., Yu, C., Wang, F., Sun, P., ... & Zhang, D.* (2017). EEG correlates of ten positive emotions. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 26.

Wang, F.#, Li, G.#, Chen, J., Duan, Y., & Zhang, D. (2016). Novel semi-dry electrodes for brain-computer interface applications. Journal of Neural Engineering, 13(4), 046021.

Wang, F., Peng, K., Bai, Y., Li, R., Zhu, Y., Sun, P., . . . Sui, J. (2016). The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex modulates dialectical self-thinking. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 152.

胡传鹏, 王非, 宋梦迪, 隋洁*, & 彭凯平*. (2016). 心理学研究中的可重复性问题: 从危机到契机. 心理科学进展, 24(9), 1504-1518.

Yu, Z.*, & Wang, F. (2016). Socio-economic development and emotion-health connection revisited: a multilevel modeling analysis using data from 162 counties in China. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 1-7.

Song, X., Zhang, X.*, Melloy, R., Wang, F., Zhan, H., & Wang, L. (2016). From self‐disclosure to prosocial behaviour: Feedback as a moderator. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 19(2), 90-100.

Wang, F.*, & Wang, D. (2012). Chinese college students' general and relationship-specific representations of adult attachment: Variable-centred and person-centred analysis. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 15(4), 314-320.

Hou, Y.*, Gao, G., Wang, F., Li, T., & Yu, Z. (2011). Organizational Commitment and Creativity: the Influence of Thinking Styles. Annals of Economics & Finance, 12(2).