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Prof. Dr. Qiang Wang

Ruhr University Bochum
Faculty of Psychology

Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
Department of Neuropsychology
Universitätsstr. 150
D-44801 Bochum

Office: IB 6/175
Email: wangqiang113@gmail.com


Curriculum Vitae


Since 2022: Full Professor for Psychology
Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, China

2019-2021: Assistant Professor
Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, China

2016-2019: Postdocoral Researcher
Faculty of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore

2016: Doctorate
Beijing Normal University, China

2009: Master's degree
Anhui Normal University, China

2005: Bachelor's degree
Anhui Normal University, China

  • Wang J, Liu C, Li X, Gao Y, Jin W, Wang P, Chen X, Wang Q (2025) Neural and computational mechanisms of loss aversion in smartphone addiction. Cereb Cortex 4;35(6):bhaf150. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaf150
     
  • Liu C, Wang J, Li H, Shangguan Q, Jin W, Zhu W, Wang P, Chen X, Wang Q (2025) Loss aversion and evidence accumulation in short-video addiction: A behavioral and neuroimaging investigation. Neuroimage 313:121250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121250
     
  • Gao Y, Hu Y, Wang J, Liu C, Im H, Jin W, Zhu W, Ge W, Zhao G, Yao Q, Wang P, Zhang M, Niu X, He Q, Wang Q (2025) Neuroanatomical and functional substrates of the short video addiction and its association with brain transcriptomic and cellular architecture. Neuroimage 307:121029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121029
     
  • Li Z, Jiang K, Zhu Y, Du H, Im H, Zhu Y, Feng L, Zhu W, Zhao G, Jia X, Hu Y, Zhu H, Yao Q, Wang H, Wang Q (2024) Happy people are always similar: The evidence from brain morphological and functional inter-subject correlations. Neuroimage 297:120690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120690
     
  • Jiang K, Zhao G, Feng Q, Guan S, Im H, Zhang B, Wang P, Jia X, Zhu H, Zhu Y, Wang H, Wang Q (2024) The computational and neural substrates of individual differences in impulsivity under loss framework. Hum Brain Mapp 45(11):e26808. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26808
     
  • Wu J, Ji Y, Cai C, Pu X, Wang Q, Yan G, Wang Q, Wang X (2024) Online transcranial magnetic stimulation reveals dynamic interactions between language control and processing in bilingual language production. Cereb Cortex 34(11):bhae452. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhae452
     
  • Zhao G, Wu R, Wang H, Chen J, Li S, Wang Q, Sun HJ (2024) Reward History and Statistical Learning Independently Impact Attention Search: An ERP Study. Brain Sci 14(9):874. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14090874
     
  • Deng K, Jin W, Jiang K, Li Z, Im H, Chen S, Du H, Guan S, Ge W, Wei C, Zhang B, Wang P, Zhao G, Chen C, Liu L, Wang Q (2023) Reactivity of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, but not the amygdala, to negative emotion faces predicts greed personality trait. Behav Brain Funct 19(1):21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12993-023-00223-w
     
  • Wang P, Chen S, Deng K, Zhang B, Im H, Feng J, Liu L, Yang Q, Zhao G, He Q, Chen C, Wang H, Wang Q (2023) Distributed attribute representation in the superior parietal lobe during probabilistic decision-making. Hum Brain Mapp 44(17):5693-5711. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26470
     
  • Wei S, Jin W, Zhu W, Chen S, Feng J, Wang P, Im H, Deng K, Zhang B, Zhang M, Yang S, Peng M, Wang Q (2023) Greed personality trait links to negative psychopathology and underlying neural substrates. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 18(1):nsac046. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsac046