Yunzhe Liu
2016 - 2020 Ph.D. Computational Neuroscience, University College London
2013 - 2016 M.S. Cognitive Neuroscience, Beijing Normal University
2021 - present Principal Investigator, Chinese Institute for Brain Research & Beijing Normal University
2020 - 2021 Postdoc, University of Oxford
How can we learn so much from so little? How can we make flexible decisions in novel context with little experience? This ability of efficient learning and inference is at the core of human intelligence. We study the neural and computational basis of its underlying cognitive process, through an integrative and cross-species approach. We combine non-invasive neuroimaging technique (fMRI, M/EEG) and invasive electrophysiology recording in both human and animals, coupled with carefully crafted cognitive tasks that enabling precise characterisation of behaviour.
2021 Early Career Investigator Award in Neuroimaging Techniques, UCL, UK
2020 Early Career Neuroscience Prize, UCL, UK
2020 Jon Driver Prize, UCL, UK
2019 Governmental award for outstanding PhD students abroad, China
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (# co-first; * corresponding author)
For full publications, please see: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=JTvHJzUAAAAJ
For accompanying code and model, please see: https://github.com/YunzheLiu
1. Liu, Y.*, Nour, M., Schuck, N., Behrens, T. E., Dolan, R. J. (2022) Decoding cognition from spontaneous neural activity. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 1-11
2. Liu, Y.*, Dolan, R. J., Higgins, C., Penagos, H., Woolrich, M., ￓlafsdttir, H. F., Barry, C., Kurth-Nelson, Z., Behrens, T. E. (2021) Temporally delayed linear modelling (TDLM) measures replay in both animals and humans. eLife, 10: e66917.
3. Liu, Y.*, Mattar, M., Behrens, T. E., Daw, N., Dolan, R.J. (2021) Experience replay is associated with efficient nonlocal learning. Science, 372(6544).
4. Nour, M. #, Liu, Y. #, Arumuham, A., Kurth-Nelson, Z., Dolan, R. (2021) Impaired neural replay of inferred relational structure in schizophrenia. Cell
5. Wise, T. #, Liu, Y. #, Chowdhury, F., & Dolan, R. J. (2021). Model-based aversive learning in humans is supported by preferential task state reactivation. Science Advances, eabf9616.
6. Higgins, C. #, Liu, Y.#, Vidaurre, D, Kurth-Nelson, Z., Dolan, R. J., Behrens, T. E., Woolrich, M (2021) Replay bursts coincide with activation of the default mode and parietal alpha network. Neuron, 109(5), 882-893.
7. Wimmer, G. E. #, Liu, Y. #, Vehar, N., Behrens, T. E., Dolan, R. J. (2020) Episodic memory retrieval success is associated with rapid replay of episode content. Nature Neuroscience, 1-9.
8. Liu, Y.*, Dolan, R. J., Kurth-Nelson, Z., Behrens, T. E. (2019) Human replay spontaneously reorganises experience. Cell, 178(3), 640-652.
9. Liu, Y., Lin, W., Li, W., Wang, X., Pan, X., Yan, X., Rutledge, R. Ma, Y. (2019) Oxytocin modulates social value representations in the amygdala. Nature Neuroscience, 22(4), 633.
10. Liu, Y., Lin, W., Liu, C., Wu, J., Luo, Y., Bayley, P., Qin, S. (2016) Memory consolidation reconfigures neural pathways involved in the suppression of emotional memories. Nature Communications, 7, 13375.
