主讲人：Xiaoqing Hu, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, Department of Psychology.

时间：2015年6月5日（星期五），13：30-16：30

地点：心理学实验中心3S-234

主办：半岛平台理学院心理学系

讲座内容摘要：

Can we gain access to someone’s' sleep to rewrite their memories and beliefs? Recent research from cognitive neuroscience suggests this is no longer a fantasy, and I will present research on sleep and off-line memory processing to answer this intriguing question.

Although it is widely acknowledged that sleep can stabilize and strengthen recent learning and memories, until recently researchers start to directly manipulate off-line memory processing during sleep. I will first summarize recent evidence suggesting that during sleep, people can either (i) boost desirable memories and (ii) get over painful memories. I will also present new findings that during sleep, people can even weaken their long-lasting attitudes and beliefs, such as implicit racial biases and gender stereotypes. Implications and future directions are discussed.

主讲人简介：

Dr. Xiaoqing Hu is currently a post-doc researcher at the Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2014, from Department of Psychology, NorthwesternUniversity, with an emphasis on Brain Behavior and Cognition. His research interests include social cognition, sleep, learning & memory, morality. His research is funded by the APA Dissertation Research Award, the Kellogg School of Management, and the Graduate Research Grant from NorthwesternUniversity. He has published over 20 peer-review research papers in Science, Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience, Cognitive Affective Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychophysiology, Brain Research, etc.