Education：

2017.09--2022.10, PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, Beijing Normal University  
2014.09--2017.06, MSc in Psychology, Renmin University of China
2010.09--2014.06, BSc in Psychology, Shandong Normal University

Research projects：

Participation

2019-2021 Research on the Cognitive Neural Mechanisms of Group Moral Decision-making Under Multi-Person Interaction, National Nature Science Foundation of China

2019-2022 Research on the Brain Mechanisms and Development of Morality-Related Social Emotions, National Nature Science Foundation of China

2023-2026 Research on the Psychological and Brain Mechanisms of Gratitude Reward Assessment during Helping Interactions, National Nature Science Foundation of China

Publications：

Articles

Xu, Z.#, Zhu, R.#, Zhang, S., Zhang, S., Liang, Z., Mai, X., & Liu, C. (2022). Mortality salience enhances neural activities related to guilt and shame when recalling the past. Cerebral Cortex. 1-18.

Chen, X.#, Xu, Z.#, Li, T., Wang, L., Li, P., Xu, H., Feng, C., & Liu. C. (2021). Multivariate morphological brain signatures enable individualized prediction of dispositional need for closure. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 1-6.

Zhu, R.#, Xu, Z.#, Tang, H., Wang, H., Zhang, S., Zhang, Z., ... & Liu, C. (2020). The dark side of gratitude: Gratitude could lead to moral violation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 91, 104048.

Hu, X.#, Xu, Z.#, Li, Y., & Mai, X. (2018). The impact of trust decision-making on outcome processing: Evidence from brain potentials and neural oscillations. Neuropsychologia, 119, 136-144.

Zhu, R., Xu, Z., Su, S., Feng, C., Luo, Y., Tang, H., Zhang, S., Wu, X., Mai, X., & Liu, C. (2021). From gratitude to injustice: Neural mechanisms of gratitude-induced injustice. NeuroImage, 118730.

Zhu, R., Xu, Z., Tang, H., Liu, J., Wang, H., An, Y., Mai, X., Liu, C. (2018). The effect of shame on anger at others: Awareness of the emotion-causing events matters. Cognition and Emotion, 33(4), 696-708.

Hu, X., Xu, Z., & Mai, X. (2017). Social value orientation modulates the processing of outcome evaluation involving others. Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience (11), 1730-1739.

Zhu, R., Wu, H., Xu, Z., Tang, H., Shen, X., Mai, X., Liu, C.  (2017). Early distinction between shame and guilt processing in an interpersonal context. Social Neuroscience.14(1).

Zhu, R., Liu, C., Li, T., Xu, Z., & Feng, C. (2019). Intranasal oxytocin reduces reactive aggression in men but not in women: a computational approach. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 108.

Mai, X., Zhang, W., Hu, X., Zhen, Z., Xu, Z., Jing, Z., & Liu C. (2016). Using tDCS to explore the role of the right temporo-parietal junction in theory of mind and cognitive empathy. Frontiers in Psychology, 7(85).

Honors & Awards：

2018 1st class scholarship from Beijing Normal University

2015 Outstanding Graduate Student from Renmin University of China

2015 1st class scholarship from Renmin University of China