About Me

last update: Apr 2026 Hi, I am Qingqing Yang, a PhD student in Psychology, focused on Cogitive Neuroscience at the Ohio State University from 2024, working with Prof. Hsin-Hung Li and Prof. Julie Golomb. Here are my past education and experience:

• [2017-2021] B.S. in Psychology from Zhejiang University
• [2021-2023] M.A. in Psychology from New York University in 2023
• [2023-2024] Assistant research scientist at NYU with Dr. Clayton Curtis and Dr. Cate Hartley

Research Interests

• Cognition: visual perception, memory and decision-making
• Neural Imaging: fMRI, TMS, EEG

I question the neural mechanisms of the goal-directed behaviors in human visual system. Specifically, I study how our brain turns what we see into memory, and how this process is shaped by task goals and motivation.

News

• [Aug 2025] Our paper got accepted at NeurIPS 2025! After learning stimulus–reward associations, higher-value stimuli is maintained with greater stability in working memory (WM). We showed that instead of minimizing the error, the optimal goal of WM is to maximize reward. Big thanks to Hsin’s supports!

• [May 2025] I attended VSS 2025 to present a poster showing working memory precision is modulated by reward.