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Wang Ya
Associate professor
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Mailing Address:  16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Email:  wangya@psych.ac.cn
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Resume:
2011 －　　　　　　　 Associate professor, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2008 － 2011　　　　　Assistant professor, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2005.09 － 2008.07　　Doctoral student in School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
2003.09 － 2005.07　　Master student in Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
1999.09 － 2003.07　　Undergraduate in Department of Psychology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
Research Interests:
Neuropsychology
Cognitive mechanisms of schizophrenia; early screening and intervention of schizotypal personality and schizophrenia; neuropsychological mechanisms of subclinical symptoms; neural mechanisms of prospective memory.
Community service:
Member of Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Member of International Early Psychosis Association (IEPS)
Achievements:
2009 International Congress on Schizophrenia Research Young Investigator Award
2011 Lujiaxi Young Scholar Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Selected Publications:
●  Wang, Y., Chan, R.C.K., Deng, YY. (2006). Examination of postconcussion-like symptoms in healthy university students: Relationships to subjective and objective neuropsychological function performance. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology,21, 339-347.
● Wang, Y., Chan, R.C.K.,  Yu, X., Shi, C., Cui, J., Deng, Y. (2008). Prospective memory deficits in subjects with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A comparison study with schizophrenic subjects, psychometrically defined schizotypal subjects, and healthy controls. Schizophrenia Research, 106, 70-80.
● Wang, Y., Chan, R. C. K., Hong, X., Ma, Z., Yang, T., Guo, L., Yu, X., Li, Z., Yuan, Y., Gong, Q., & Shum, D. (2008). Prospective memory in schizophrenia: Further clarification of nature of impairment. Schizophrenia Research, 105, 114-124.
● Wang, Y., Cui, J., Chan, R.C.K., Deng, Y., Shi, H., Hong, X., Li, Z., Yu, X., Gong, Q., Shum, D. (2009). Meta-analysis of prospective memory in schizophrenia: Nature, extent, and correlates. Schizophrenia Research, 114, 64-70.
● Wang, Y., Chan, R. C. K., Cui, J., Deng, Y., Huang, J., Li, H., Yan, C., Xu, T., Ma, Z., Hong, X., Li, Z., Shi, H., Shum, D. (2010). Prospective memory in non-psychotic first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research,179,285-290.
● Wang, Y., Chan, R.C.K., Qing, Y-H., Yang, T-X., Yu, X., Li, Z-J., Hong, X-H., Cui, J-F., Deng, Y-Y., Gong, Q-Y., Shum, D. (2010). Do patients with schizophrenia and healthy elderly people show similar patterns of prospective memory performance? Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology,25,648-655.
● Wang, Y., Chan, R.C.K., Cui, J-F., Yang, T-X., Deng, Y-Y., Gong, Q-Y., Shum, D. (2011). Stability of prospective memory deficits in individuals with schizotypal personality traits. Psychiatry Research,189,156-157.
● Wang, Y.*, Chan, R.C.K., Cui, J-F., Shum, D. (2011). Event-related Potential Evidence of Similarities and Differences between Prospective Memory and Vigilance, ISCCS2011. Published by IEEE CPS.
● Wang, Y., Li, X-B., Huang, J., Cao, X-Y., Cui, J-F., Zhao, Q., Wang, Y-N., Shum, D.H.K., Chan, R.C.K. (2012).Relationship between prospective memory and vigilance: Evidence from ERP. Chinese Science Bulletin, 57(31),4057-4063.
● Wang, Y., Cao, X-Y., Cui, J-F., Shum, D.H.K., Chan, R.C.K. (2013). The relationship between prospective memory and working memory: Evidence from event-related potential data. PsyCh Journal,
● Chan, R.C.K., Wang, Y., Ma, Z., Hong, X.., Yuan, Y., Yu, X., Li, Z., Shum, D., Gong, Q. (2008). Objective measures of prospective memory do not correlate with subjective complaints in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 103, 229-239.
● Chan, R.C.K., Wang, Y., Huang, J., Shi, Y., Wang, Y.N., Hong, X., Ma, Z., Li, Z., Lai, M.K., Kring, A.M. (2010). Anticipatory and consummatory components of the experience of pleasure in schizophrenia: Cross-cultural validation and extension. Psychiatry Research, 175,181-183.
● Chan,R. C. K, Xu, T., Heinrichs, R. W., Yu, Y., Wangy, Y. (2010). Neurological soft signs in schizophrenia: A meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 36 (6): 1089-1104.
Grants:

Young Investigator Funding of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
National Science Foundation of China 
Funding of Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences