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Lastest update: July 2026
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Publications
Yang Q, Li HH (2025).
Efficient Allocation of Working Memory Resource for Utility Maximization in Humans and Recurrent Neural Networks.
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). html
Efficient Allocation of Working Memory Resource for Utility Maximization in Humans and Recurrent Neural Networks.
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). html
Han HW*, Dhar R*, Yang Q*, et al (2024).
Investigating the role of modality and training objective on representational alignment between transformers and the brain.
NeurIPS 2024 Unireps Workshop. html
Investigating the role of modality and training objective on representational alignment between transformers and the brain.
NeurIPS 2024 Unireps Workshop. html
Zhu P*, Yang Q*, et al (2023).
Working-Memory-Guided Attention Competes with Exogenous Attention but Not with Endogenous Attention.
Behavioral Sciences. html
Working-Memory-Guided Attention Competes with Exogenous Attention but Not with Endogenous Attention.
Behavioral Sciences. html
Conference Presentations, Workshops & Abstracts
Yang Q*, Han HW*, Song B, et al (2026).
Hierarchical Representational Transformations of Working Memory in Brains and Machines.
Spotlight poster (top 10%) presented at CCN.
Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society (VSS) Annual Meeting as an Abstract.
Hierarchical Representational Transformations of Working Memory in Brains and Machines.
Spotlight poster (top 10%) presented at CCN.
Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society (VSS) Annual Meeting as an Abstract.
Han HW, Yang Q, Mohsenzadeh Y (2026).
Concept Manifold Geometry Explains Asymmetry in Model–Brain Bidirectional Predictivity.
Talk and Spotlight poster (top 10%) presented at CCN.
Concept Manifold Geometry Explains Asymmetry in Model–Brain Bidirectional Predictivity.
Talk and Spotlight poster (top 10%) presented at CCN.
Yang Q, Li HH (2025).
Reward Shapes Resource Allocation in Working Memory.
Poster presented at VSS as an Abstract. html
Reward Shapes Resource Allocation in Working Memory.
Poster presented at VSS as an Abstract. html
Goldway N, Harhen N, Yang Q, et al (2025).
Correspondence between reinforcement learning phenotypes and transdiagnostic clinical symptomatology across development.
Poster presented at CCN as Extended abstracts. html
Correspondence between reinforcement learning phenotypes and transdiagnostic clinical symptomatology across development.
Poster presented at CCN as Extended abstracts. html
Yang Q, Curtis C (2022).
Effects of Interrupting Parietal Cortex Neural Activity on Working Memory Prioritization.
Talk presented at the 5th Neuromatch Conference.
Effects of Interrupting Parietal Cortex Neural Activity on Working Memory Prioritization.
Talk presented at the 5th Neuromatch Conference.