Prof. Pengfei Xu

Distinguished Professor
Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University
Email: pxu@bnu.edu.cn

Dr. Xu obtained his PhD degrees in Cognitive Neuroscience (Beijing Normal University) and Neuropsychiatry (University of Groningen). He is the Director of the Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Group and Deputy Director of the Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology. His research focuses on neurocognitive mechanisms of decision-making in emotional disorders, integrating neuroimaging, intracranial recording, computational modeling, and cognitive approaches.

Guangzhi Deng

Computational neural mechanisms of emotion and decision-making

Publication:
Deng, G., Ai, H., Qin, L., Xu, J., Feng, C., & Xu, P. (2023). Dissociated modulations of intranasal vasopressin on prosocial learning between reward-seeking and punishment-avoidance. Psychological Medicine, 53(12), 5415-5427.

Software:
Cognitive training system based on reward learning (Reg. No. 2021SR1796335)
Cognitive training system based on punishment learning (Reg. No. 2021SR1796334)

Yuxuan Zhang

Computational mechanisms of decision-making

Publications:
1. Zhang, Y., et al. (2022). Microstructural deficits of the thalamus in major depressive disorder. Brain Communications.
2. Zhang, Y., et al. (2025). Frontostriatal connectivity dynamically modulates adaptation to environmental volatility. NeuroImage.

Zeming Zhang

Cross-diagnostic classification and affective computing

Publication:
Niu, W., Yu, H., Li, J., Zhang, Z., et al. (2025). Predicting adolescent suicide risk using integrated data from adolescents, parents and siblings. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Binru Bai

Adolescent affective disorders and etiological treatment research

Publication:
Bai, B., et al. (2025). Augmentative efficacy of second-generation anti-psychotics to antidepressants in treatment-resistant depression. BMC Psychiatry.

Meimei Chu

Neurocognitive mechanisms and interventions of adolescent emotional disorders

Publication:
Yang, M., Chu, M., et al. (2025). Disaster Exposure and Insomnia Severity During 7·20 Flood in Henan. PsyCh Journal.

Jun Wang

Master Student

Chen Tang

Master Student — Decision and emotion-related computational neuroscience

Zhiyi Dai

Master Student

Fangqi Shu

Master Student

Xiaocheng Zhou

Research Assistant
State/Emotion-Dependent Direct Electrical Stimulation (DES); TMS, sEEG-Based DES