Hi there 👋. Nice to meet you :D

I am currently a master student in social psychology at Renmin University of China.

My research interest lies in the intersection of social psychology, neuroscience and AI.

📖 Education

2022.09 - present, Master student, Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, China
2024.01 - 2024.06, Exchange student, Department of Psychology, University of Turku, Finland
2018.09 - 2022.06, B.Sc, Department of Psychology, School of Science, Renmin University of China, China

🔬 Lab

2024.02 - 2024.06, Human Emotion Systems Laboratory, Turku PET Center, Turku, Finland
2019.09 - Present, Emotion and Culture Lab, Renmin University of China, China

🔥 News

2025.03: ✨ Our work hit the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) 2025 conference!
2024.08: 🎉 Won the excellent Work of the 4th Social Computing Innovation Competition! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o
2024.06: ⛄ Ended my first exchange life in Finland for half a year! What a wonderful and unforgettable journey!
2024.03: 🎉 A paper was finally accepted by Acta Psychologica after being rejected 11 times! 😵
2023.03: 🎉 My first paper modified from my undergraduate thesis was accepted by Computers & Education! 🥳
2022.06: 🎓 I got the Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Psychology 🍻

📝 Publications

Acta Psychologica 2024

Childhood environmental unpredictability and hoarding: Mediating roles of attachment and security

Hang Ma¹, Yuhang Wu¹, Xiaojun Lv, Xiaofan Yang, Ping Hu

Project

We embrace a multi-level theoretical integration, incorporating life history theory, psychosocial acceleration theory, attachment theory, cognitive-behavioral models, and compensation theory, to explore the key roles of childhood environmental unpredictability, attachment, and sense of security in the development of hoarding. 🔥

Brain Sciences 2023

The Neural Mechanisms of Group Membership Effect on Emotional Mimicry: A Multimodal Study Combining Electromyography and Electroencephalography

Beibei Kuang, Shenli Peng, Yuhang Wu, Ying ChenXiao, Ping Hu

Project

We explored whether and how group membership modulated emotional mimicry using a multimodal method combining facial electromyography (fEMG) and electroencephalography (EEG). 🔥

Computers & Education 2023

A cross-group comparison study of the effect of interaction on satisfaction in online learning: The parallel mediating role of academic emotions and self-regulated learning

Yuhang Wu, Xiaohui Xu , Jinyang Xue, Ping Hu

Project

Based on the cognitive-affective theory of learning with media (CATLM) framework, this study aimed to explore the mechanisms by which interaction in online education affects satisfaction by comparing differences in models across high school and college student groups. 🔥

Xue, J., Xu, X., Wu, Y., & Hu, P. (2023). Student perceptions of the community of inquiry framework and satisfaction: Examining the role of academic emotion and self-regulation in a structural model. Frontiers in Education, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1046737

🏆 Honors and Awards

National Scholarship (Top 1%), 2023
The First-Class Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Renmin University of China, 2023 and 2022
The Third-Class Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Renmin University of China, 2019 and 2020

💬 Conferences and Seminars

2024.08, Excellent Work of the 4th Social Computing Innovation Competition, CAAI 9th National Conference on Big Data and Social Computing
2021.05, Excellent Oral Presentation at the Doctoral Forum of Beijing University’s School of Psychology and Cognitive Science
2020.12, Second Prize in the 4th Academic Speech Competition in School of Science, Renmin University of China (Topic: “Brain-Computer Interfaces and Our Future”) video