Xinqi Zhou(Stephen)


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ORCID: 0000-0002-5032-9141

Email: xinqizhou.uestc@outlook.com

Address: School of Life Science and Technology, 

                University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 

                Chengdu, China

                                                                    

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I am interested in using behavioral, psychological, MRI measurements, and real-time fMRI neurofeedback to investigate underlying mechanisms of ealy life stress, addiction, and habit formation, etc.


EDUCATION

Sep 2017 – Present

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Social Cognitive and Affective neuroscience

Chengdu, China

Sep 2014 – Jun 2017

Southwest University

Master, Basic Psychology, Cognitive neuroscience

Chongqing, China

Sep 2009 – Jun 2013

Taiyuan University of Science and Technology

Bachelor, Applied Psychology

Taiyuan, China


PUBLICATIONS

Zhou, X., Meng, Y., Schmitt, H. S., Montag, C., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B*. (2020). Cognitive flexibility mediates the association between early life stress and habitual behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 167, 110231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110231

Zhou, X., Wu, R., Liu, C., Kou, J., Chen, Y., Pontes, H. M., Yao, D., Kendrick, K. M., Becker, B*., & Montag, C*. (2020). Higher levels of (Internet) Gaming Disorder symptoms according to the WHO and APA frameworks associate with lower striatal volume. J Behav Addict, 9(3), 598-605. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2020.00066    

Zhou, X., Zimmermann, K., Xin, F., Zhao, W., Derckx, R. T., Sassmannshausen, A., Scheele, D., Hurlemann, R., Weber, B., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B*. (2019). Cue Reactivity in the Ventral Striatum Characterizes Heavy Cannabis Use, Whereas Reactivity in the Dorsal Striatum Mediates Dependent Use. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging, 4(8), 751-762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.04.006  

Zhou, X., & Lei, X*. (2018). Wandering Minds with Wandering Brain Networks. Neurosci Bull, 34(6), 1017-1028. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-018-0278-7     

Zhou, X., Wu, T., Yu, J., & Lei, X*. (2017). Sleep Deprivation Makes the Young Brain Resemble the Elderly Brain: A Large-Scale Brain Networks Study. Brain Connect, 7(1), 58-68. https://doi.org/10.1089/brain.2016.0452   

Klugah-Brown, B., Zhou, X., Pradhan, B. K., Zweerings, J., Mathiak, K., Biswal, B*., & Becker, B*. (2021). Common neurofunctional dysregulations characterize obsessive-compulsive, substance use, and gaming disorders-An activation likelihood meta-analysis of functional imaging studies. Addict Biol, e12997. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.12997

Zhao, Z., Yao, S., Zweerings, J., Zhou, X., Zhou, F., Kendrick, K. M., Chen, H., Mathiak, K*., & Becker, B*. (2021). Putamen volume predicts real-time fMRI neurofeedback learning success across paradigms and neurofeedback target regions. Hum Brain Mapp. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25336      

Zhuang, Q., Zhu, S., Yang, X., Zhou, X., Xu, X., Chen, Z., Lan, C., Zhao, W., Becker, B., Yao, S*., & Kendrick, K. M*. (2021). Oxytocin-induced facilitation of learning in a probabilistic task is associated with reduced feedback- and error-related negativity potentials. J Psychopharmacol, 35(1), 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881120972347

Bielczyk, N. Z*#., Ando, A#., Badhwar, A#., Caldinelli, C#., Gao, M#., Haugg, A#., Hernandez, L. M#., Ito, K. L#., Kessler, D#., Lurie, D#., Makary, M. M#., Nikolaidis, A#., Veldsman, M#., ... .,  Zhou, X., Student, O., & Postdoc Special Interest, G. (2020). Effective Self-Management for Early Career Researchers in the Natural and Life Sciences. Neuron, 106(2), 212-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.03.015 

Chi, X., Becker, B., Yu, Q., Willeit, P., Jiao, C., Huang, L., Hossain, M. M., Grabovac, I., Yeung, A., Lin, J., Veronese, N., Wang, J., Zhou, X., Doig, S. R., Liu, X., Carvalho, A. F., Yang, L., Xiao, T., Zou, L*., Fusar-Poli, P., & Solmi, M. (2020). Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Mental Health Outcomes Among Chinese College Students During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic. Front Psychiatry, 11, 803. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00803       

Xin, F., Zhou, X., Dong, D., Zhao, Z., Yang, X., Wang, Q., Gu, Y., Kendrick, K. M., Chen, A*., & Becker, B*. (2020). Oxytocin Differentially Modulates Amygdala Responses during Top-Down and Bottom-Up Aversive Anticipation. Adv Sci (Weinh), 7(16), 2001077. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202001077      

Xu, X#., Dai, J#., Chen, Y., Liu, C., Xin, F., Zhou, X., Zhou, F., Stamatakis, E. A., Yao, S., Luo, L., Huang, Y., Wang, J., Zou, Z., Vatansever, D., Kendrick, K. M., Zhou, B*., & Becker, B*. (2020). Intrinsic connectivity of the prefrontal cortex and striato-limbic system respectively differentiate major depressive from generalized anxiety disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-020-00868-5     

Xu, X., Dai, J., Liu, C., Chen, Y., Xin, F., Zhou, F., Zhou, X., Huang, Y., Wang, J., Zou, Z., Li, J., Ebstein, R. P., Kendrick, K. M., Zhou, B*., & Becker, B*. (2020). Common and Disorder-Specific Neurofunctional Markers of Dysregulated Empathic Reactivity in Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Psychother Psychosom, 89(2), 114-116. https://doi.org/10.1159/000504180      

Zhao, W#., Zimmermann, K#., Zhou, X., Zhou, F., Fu, M., Dernbach, C., Scheele, D., Weber, B., Eckstein, M., Hurlemann, R., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B*. (2020). Impaired cognitive performance under psychosocial stress in cannabis-dependent men is associated with attenuated precuneus activity. J Psychiatry Neurosci, 45(2), 88-97. https://doi.org/10.1503/jpn.190039       

Xu, X., Liu, C., Zhou, X., Chen, Y., Gao, Z., Zhou, F., Kou, J., Becker, B*., & Kendrick, K. M*. (2019). Oxytocin Facilitates Self-Serving Rather Than Altruistic Tendencies in Competitive Social Interactions Via Orbitofrontal Cortex. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 22(8), 501-512. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyz028  

Xin, F., Zhou, F., Zhou, X., Ma, X., Geng, Y., Zhao, W., Yao, S., Dong, D., Biswal, B. B., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B*. (2018). Oxytocin Modulates the Intrinsic Dynamics Between Attention-Related Large-Scale Networks. Cereb Cortex. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhy295   

 

 

CONFERENCES

Xinqi Zhou, Fei Xin, Congcong Liu, Lei Xu, Xiaoxiao Zheng, Jialin Li, Meina Fu, Keshuang Li, Ayline Maier, Dirk Scheele, Rene  Hurlemann, Simon Eickhoff, Keith Kendrick, Benjamin Becker. Early Life Stress Alters Intrinsic Amygdala-prefrontal Connectivity – Cross-cultural Validation. 25th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM2019) June 9-13, 2019, Rome, Italy

Xinqi Zhou, Hong Yuan, Jing Yu, Xu Lei. The new balance of within- vs. between-system connectivity after sleep deprivation. 22nd Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM2016) June 26-30, 2016, Geneva, Switzerland