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Shuqiao Yao is affiliated with Central South University in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics in Yao's work include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Neural dynamics and brain function

Yao's recent papers demonstrate a focus on major depressive disorder using neuroimaging and psychometric methods. Notable publications include:

  • Altered resting-state dynamic functional brain networks in major depressive disorder: Findings from the REST-meta-MDD consortium, 2020, NeuroImage Clinical
  • Biotypes of major depressive disorder: Neuroimaging evidence from resting-state default mode network patterns, 2020, NeuroImage Clinical
  • The DIRECT consortium and the REST-meta-MDD project: towards neuroimaging biomarkers of major depressive disorder, 2022, Psychoradiology
  • Reduced nucleus accumbens functional connectivity in reward network and default mode network in patients with recurrent major depressive disorder, 2022, Translational Psychiatry
  • Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the 10-Item Ruminative Response Scale Among Undergraduates and Depressive Patients, 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yao include:

  • Xiang Wang
  • Shulin Fang
  • Jiayue He
  • Cheng Chang
  • Daifeng Dong

The scientific work of Yao appears regularly in specific journals with multiple publications, such as:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • NeuroImage Clinical

The concentration in clinical and cognitive aspects of psychology, supported by neuroimaging approaches, characterizes the interdisciplinary nature of Yao's research portfolio. The integration of brain connectivity studies with mental health conditions reflects ongoing efforts to identify biomarkers and deepen understanding of psychiatric disorders.

Best Publications

  • Evidence of a dissociation pattern in resting-state default mode network connectivity in first-episode, treatment-naive major depression patients.

    Xueling Zhu;Xiang Wang;Jin Xiao;Jian Liao

  • The cultural shaping of depression: Somatic symptoms in China, psychological symptoms in North America?

    Andrew G. Ryder;Jian Yang;Xiongzhao Zhu;Shuqiao Yao

  • Dose–response association of screen time-based sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents and depression: a meta-analysis of observational studies

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  • Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) among undergraduates and depressive patients.

    Jiayue He;Xue Zhong;Yidian Gao;Ge Xiong

  • Measuring adolescent psychopathology: psychometric properties of the self-report strengths and difficulties questionnaire in a sample of Chinese adolescents.

    Shuqiao Yao;Chenchen Zhang;Xiongzhao Zhu;Xiao Jing

  • Abnormal Hippocampal BDNF and miR-16 Expression Is Associated with Depression-Like Behaviors Induced by Stress during Early Life

    Mei Bai;Xiongzhao Zhu;Yi Zhang;Sheng Zhang

  • Psychometric properties of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Chinese version

    Xiongzhao Zhu;Randy P. Auerbach;Shuqiao Yao;John R. Z. Abela

  • Amygdala hyperactivation and prefrontal hypoactivation in subjects with cognitive vulnerability to depression.

    Mingtian Zhong;Xiang Wang;Jing Xiao;Jinyao Yi

  • Cross-cultural validation of a Chinese translation of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale

    Xiongzhao Zhu;Jinyao Yi;Shuqiao Yao;Andrew G. Ryder

  • Altered white matter integrity in first-episode, treatment-naive young adults with major depressive disorder: A tract-based spatial statistics study

    Xueling Zhu;Xiang Wang;Jing Xiao;Mingtian Zhong

  • Functional alterations of fronto-limbic circuit and default mode network systems in first-episode, drug-naïve patients with major depressive disorder: A meta-analysis of resting-state fMRI data.

    Xue Zhong;Weidan Pu;Shuqiao Yao

  • Cross-cultural personality assessment in psychiatric populations: The NEO-PI—R in the People's Republic of China.

    Jian Yang;Robert R. McCrae;Paul T. Costa Jr.;Xiaoyang Dai

  • Psychometric properties of the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10) in Chinese undergraduates and depressive patients.

    Chang Cheng;Daifeng Dong;Jiayue He;Xue Zhong

  • Factor Structure of the CES‐D and Measurement Invariance Across Gender in Mainland Chinese Adolescents

    Mengcheng Wang;Cherie Armour;Yan Wu;Fen Ren

  • An examination of the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, 11th version in a sample of Chinese adolescents.

    Shuqiao Yao;Huiqin Yang;Xiongzhao Zhu;Randy P Auerbach

  • Mapping anhedonia-specific dysfunction in a transdiagnostic approach: an ALE meta-analysis

    Bei Zhang;Pan Lin;Huqing Shi;Dost Öngür

  • INSECURE ATTACHMENT AS A PREDICTOR OF DEPRESSIVE AND ANXIOUS SYMPTOMOLOGY

    Yi Jinyao M.D.;Zhu Xiongzhao M.D.;Randy P. Auerbach;K B A Casey Gardiner

  • The Cross-Cultural Generalizability of Axis-II Constructs: An Evaluation of Two Personality Disorder Assessment Instruments in the People's Republic of China

    Jian Yang;Robert R. McCrae;Paul T. Costa;Shuqiao Yao

  • First-episode medication-naive major depressive disorder is associated with altered resting brain function in the affective network.

    Xiaocui Zhang;Xiaocui Zhang;Xueling Zhu;Xiang Wang;Xiongzhao Zhu

  • Altered resting-state dynamic functional brain networks in major depressive disorder: Findings from the REST-meta-MDD consortium

    Yicheng Long;Hengyi Cao;Chaogan Yan;Xiao Chen

  • Gray matter volume abnormalities in individuals with cognitive vulnerability to depression: A voxel-based morphometry study

    Xiaocui Zhang;Shuqiao Yao;Xiongzhao Zhu;Xiang Wang

  • The MATRICS consensus cognitive battery (MCCB): co-norming and standardization in Spain.

    R. Rodriguez-Jimenez;A. Bagney;C. Garcia-Navarro;A.I. Aparicio

Frequent Co-Authors

Randy P. Auerbach
Randy P. Auerbach Columbia University
Andrew G. Ryder
Andrew G. Ryder Concordia University
Jiang Qiu
Jiang Qiu Southwest University
Yonggui Yuan
Yonggui Yuan Southeast University
R. Michael Bagby
R. Michael Bagby University of Toronto
Xiao Chen
Xiao Chen Zhejiang University
Benjamin L. Hankin
Benjamin L. Hankin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Christian A. Webb
Christian A. Webb Harvard University
Constance Hammen
Constance Hammen University of California, Los Angeles
Mark G. Haviland
Mark G. Haviland Loma Linda University

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