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Overview

Chuansheng Chen is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's recent publications highlight work in areas related to neural synchronization, memory processes, and decision making, with a strong emphasis on brain function and cognitive mechanisms. Notable recent papers include:

  • Self-other overlap and interpersonal neural synchronization serially mediate the effect of behavioral synchronization on prosociality, 2020, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
  • Interpersonal conflict increases interpersonal neural synchronization in romantic couples, 2021, Cerebral Cortex
  • Retrieval practice facilitates memory updating by enhancing and differentiating medial prefrontal cortex representations, 2020, eLife
  • Neural representations of the amount and the delay time of reward in intertemporal decision making, 2021, Human Brain Mapping
  • Hippocampal Representations of Event Structure and Temporal Context during Episodic Temporal Order Memory, 2021, Cerebral Cortex

They have frequently collaborated with several scholars including Gui Xue, Qi Dong, Xiongying Chen, Jun Li, and Chunhui Chen. These frequent coauthors have contributed to a substantial portion of their collaborative research outputs.

Their work is published often in several scientific journals and venues, notably:

  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Current Psychology
  • NeuroImage

In terms of specific thematic research areas, their work covers numerous topics such as:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Chuansheng Chen's focus on cognitive and social psychology is demonstrated by their publications involving neural synchronization in interpersonal contexts and the neural bases of memory updating and decision-making processes. This combination of topics reflects an interdisciplinary approach integrating neural, behavioral, and psychological dimensions.

Best Publications

  • Response Style and Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Rating Scales Among East Asian and North American Students

    Chuansheng Chen;Shin-ying Lee;Harold W. Stevenson

  • Motivation and Mathematics Achievement: A Comparative Study of Asian-American, Caucasian-American, and East Asian High School Students

    Chuansheng Chen;Harold W. Stevenson

  • Beliefs and Achievement: A Study of Black, White, and Hispanic Children

    Harold W. Stevenson;Chuansheng Chen;David H. Uttal

  • Mathematics achievement of Chinese, Japanese, and American children: Ten years later.

    Harold W. Stevenson;Chuansheng Chen;Shin-Ying Lee

  • Perceived family relationships and depressed mood in early and late adolescence : A comparison of European and Asian Americans

    Ellen Greenberger;Chuansheng Chen

  • No Safe Haven II: The Effects of Violence Exposure on Urban Youth

    Mary Schwab-Stone;Chuansheng Chen;Ellen Greenberger;David Silver

  • Item-wording and the dimensionality of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: do they matter?

    Ellen Greenberger;Chuansheng Chen;Julia Dmitrieva;Susan P. Farruggia

  • Homework: a cross-cultural examination.

    Chuansheng Chen;Harold W. Stevenson

  • Self-Entitled College Students: Contributions of Personality, Parenting, and Motivational Factors

    Ellen Greenberger;Jared Lessard;Chuansheng Chen;Susan P. Farruggia

  • Mathematics achievement of children in China and the United States.

    Harold W. Stevenson;Shin-ying Lee;Chuansheng Chen;Max Lummis

  • Greater Neural Pattern Similarity Across Repetitions Is Associated with Better Memory

    Gui Xue;Qi Dong;Chuansheng Chen;Zhonglin Lu

  • Population Migration and the Variation of Dopamine D4 Receptor (DRD4) Allele Frequencies Around the Globe

    Chuansheng Chen;Michael L. Burton;Ellen Greenberger;Julia Dmitrieva

  • The nature of adolescents' relationships with their "very important" nonparental adults.

    Margaret R. Beam;Chuansheng Chen;Ellen Greenberger

  • Psychological maladjustment and academic achievement: a cross-cultural study of Japanese, Chinese, and American high school students.

    David S. Crystal;Chuansheng Chen;Andrew J. Fuligni;Harold W. Stevenson

  • Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder children with a 7-repeat allele of the dopamine receptor D4 gene have extreme behavior but normal performance on critical neuropsychological tests of attention.

    James Swanson;James Swanson;Jaap Oosterlaan;Michael Andrew Murias;Sabrina Schuck

  • Leader emergence through interpersonal neural synchronization

    Jing Jiang;Chuansheng Chen;Bohan Dai;Guang Shi;Guang Shi

  • Family, peer, and individual correlates of depressive symptomatology among U.S. and Chinese adolescents.

    Ellen Greenberger;Chuansheng Chen;Steven R. Tally;Qi Dong

  • Modification of multi-walled carbon nanotubes with fatty acid and their tribological properties as lubricant additive

    C.S. Chen;X.H. Chen;L.S. Xu;Z. Yang

  • Neural bases of asymmetric language switching in second-language learners: an ER-fMRI study

    Yapeng Wang;Gui Xue;Chuansheng Chen;Feng Xue

  • The Role of "Very Important" Nonparental Adults in Adolescent Development.

    Ellen Greenberger;Chuansheng Chen;Margaret R. Beam

Frequent Co-Authors

Qi Dong
Qi Dong Beijing Normal University
Gui Xue
Gui Xue Beijing Normal University
Qinghua He
Qinghua He Southwest University
Ellen Greenberger
Ellen Greenberger University of California, Irvine
Robert K. Moyzis
Robert K. Moyzis University of California, Irvine
Zhong-Lin Lu
Zhong-Lin Lu New York University Shanghai
Harold W. Stevenson
Harold W. Stevenson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yu-Tao Xiang
Yu-Tao Xiang University of Macau
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Elizabeth F. Loftus University of California, Irvine
Jutta Heckhausen
Jutta Heckhausen University of California, Irvine

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