Dr. Yuan Leong

Biography

Yuan Chang Leong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. He received his A.B. in Psychology from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University. Following his doctoral studies, he completed postdoctoral training at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, before joining the University of Chicago. His research lab specializes in investigating the neural computational mechanisms that underlie how goals, beliefs, and emotions influence human cognition. Dr. Leong explores various questions related to cognitive processing at multiple levels, including perception, attention, memory, decision-making, and socio-affective reasoning. His work integrates a variety of methodologies such as functional brain imaging techniques (notably fMRI and fNIRS), naturalistic task paradigms, computational cognitive models, and machine learning methods, alongside the application of natural language processing tools.

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