List of Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Wu, Y., & Li, S. (2024). Complexity matters: Normalization to prototypical viewpoint induces memory distortion along the vertical axis of scenes. Journal of Neuroscience, 44 (27) e1175232024. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1175-23.2024

Wen, W., Guo, S., Huang, H., & Li, S. (2023). Causal investigation of mid-frontal theta activity in memory guided visual search. Cognitive Neuroscience, 14(3), 115-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2023.2227787

Huang, Z., Niu, Z., & Li, S. (2023). Reactivation-induced memory integration prevents proactive interference in perceptual learning. Journal of vision, 23(5), 1. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.23.5.1

Huang, Z., & Li, S. (2023). Learned low priority of attention after training to suppress color singleton distractor. Attention, perception & psychophysics, 85(3), 814–824. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-022-02571-7

Huang, H., Zhang, Y., & Li, S. (2022) Simple contextual cueing prevents retroactive interference in short-term perceptual training of orientation detection tasks. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 84(8), 2540–2551. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-022-02520-4

Zhang, Q., Huang, Z., Li, L., & Li, S. (2022) Visual search training benefits from the integrative effect of enhanced covert attention and optimized overt eye movements. Journal of Vision, 22(8):7. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.22.8.7

Wen, W., Huang, Z., Hou, Y., & Li, S. (2022) Tracking neural markers of template formation and implementation in attentional inhibition under different distractor consistency. Journal of Neuroscience, 42 (24) 4927-4936. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1705-21.2022

Huang, Z., & Li, S. (2022). Reactivation of learned reward association reduces retroactive interference from new reward learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48(2), 213–225. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000987

Jia, K.†, Li, Y.†, Gong, M.†, Huang, H., Wang, Y., & Li, S. (2021). Perceptual learning beyond perception: Mnemonic representation in early visual cortex and intraparietal sulcus. Journal of Neuroscience, 41(20), 4476–4486. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2780-20.2021 (†co-first authors)

Wen, W., Zhang, Y., & Li, S. (2021). Gaze dynamics of feature-based distractor inhibition under prior-knowledge and expectations. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 83(6), 2430–2440. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-021-02308-y

Teng, T., Li, S.*, & Zhang, H.* (2021). The virtual loss function in the summary perception of motion and its limited adjustability. Journal of Vision, 21(5), 2. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.21.5.2 (*co-corresponding authors)

Cao, C., Wen, W., Liu, B., Ma, P., Li, S., Xu, G., & Song, J. (2020). Theta oscillations in prolactinomas: Neurocognitive deficits in executive controls. NeuroImage: Clinical, 28, 102455–102455.

Zhang, Q., & Li, S. (2020). The roles of spatial frequency in category-level visual search of real-world scenes. Psych Journal, 9(1), 44–55.

Li, Y., Wang, Y., & Li, S. (2019). Recurrent processing of contour integration in the human visual cortex as revealed by fMRI-guided TMS. Cerebral Cortex, 29(1): 17–26.

Jia, K., Xue, X., Lee, J.H., Fang, F., Zhang, J., & Li, S. (2018). Visual perceptual learning modulates decision network in the human brain: the evidence from psychophysics, modeling, and functional magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Vision. 18, 9.

Pirrone, A., Wen, W., & Li, S. (2018). Single-trial dynamics explain magnitude sensitive decision making. BMC neuroscience, 19(1), 54.

Pirrone, A., Wen, W., Li, S. Baker, D., & Milne, E. (2018). Autistic traits in the neurotypical population do not predict increased response conservativeness in perceptual decision making. Perception. 47, 1081-1096.

Wang, Q., Hu, Y., Shi, D., Zhang, Y., Zou, X., Li, S., Fang, F., Yi, L. (2018). Children with autism spectrum disorder prefer looking at repetitive movements in a preferential looking paradigm. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3546-5

Wen, W., Hou, Y., & Li, S. (2018) Memory guidance in distractor suppression is governed by the availability of cognitive control. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 80, 1157–1168.

Wang, L., Li, S., Zhou, X., & Theeuwes, J. (2018). Stimuli that signal the availability of reward break into attentional focus. Vision research, 144, 20-28.

Li, T., Wang, X., Pan,J., Feng, S., Gong, M., Wu, Y., Li, G., Li, S.*, & Yi, L.* (2017) Reward learning modulates the attentional processing of faces in children with and without autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, DOI: 10.1002/aur.1823 (*co-corresponding authors)

Gong, M.†, Jia, K.†, & Li, S. (2017). Perceptual competition promotes suppression of reward salience in behavioral selection and neural representation. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(26): 6242-6252. (†co-first authors)

Jia, K., & Li, S. (2017). Motion direction discrimination training reduces perceived motion repulsion. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 79:878–887.

Gong, M., Yang, F., & Li, S. (2016). Reward association facilitates distractor suppression in human visual search. European Journal of Neuroscience, 43:942-953.

Li, Y., & Li, S. (2015). Contour integration, attentional cuing, and conscious awareness: An investigation on the processing of collinear and orthogonal contours. Journal of Vision, 15(16):10, 1–16.

Chen, N., Bi, T., Zhou, T., Li, S., Liu, Z., & Fang, F. (2015). Sharpened cortical tuning and enhanced cortico-cortical communication contribute to the long-term neural mechanisms of visual motion perceptual learning. Neuroimage, 115, 17-29.

Xue, X., Zhou, X., & Li, S. (2015). Unconscious reward facilitates motion perceptual learning. Visual Cognition, 23(1-2), 161-178.

Yang, F., Wu, Q., & Li, S. (2014). Learning-induced uncertainty reduction in perceptual decisions is task-dependent. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 282.

Wuyun, G., Shu, M., Cao, Z., Huang, W., Zou, X., Li, S., Zhang, X., Luo, H., & Wu, Y. (2014). Neural representations of the self and the mother for Chinese individuals. PloS ONE, 9(3), e91556.

Gong, M., & Li, S. (2014). Learned reward association improves visual working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40(2): 841-856.

Mu, T., & Li, S. (2013). The neural signature of spatial frequency-based information integration in scene perception. Experimental Brain Research, 227(3), 367-377.

Li, S., & Yang, F. (2012). Task‐dependent uncertainty modulation of perceptual decisions in the human brain. European Journal of Neuroscience, 36(12), 3732-3739.

Li, S.†, Mayhew, S. D.†, & Kourtzi, Z. (2012). Learning shapes spatiotemporal brain patterns for flexible categorical decisions. Cerebral Cortex, 22(10), 2322-2335.(†co-first authors)

Mayhew, S. D.†, Li, S.†, & Kourtzi, Z. (2012). Learning acts on distinct processes for visual form perception in the human brain. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(3), 775-786.(†co-first authors)

Li, S. (2011). Multivariate pattern analysis in functional brain imaging. Acta Physiologica Sinica, 63(5), 472-476.

Peterson, M. F., Das, K., Sy, J. L., Li, S., Giesbrecht, B., Kourtzi, Z., & Eckstein, M. P. (2010). Ideal observer analysis for task normalization of pattern classifier performance applied to EEG and fMRI data. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 27(12), 2670-2683.

Chen, D.†, Li, S.†, Kourtzi, Z., & Wu, S. (2010). Behavior-constrained support vector machines for fMRI data analysis. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 21(10), 1680-1685.(†co-first authors)

Mayhew, S. D., Li, S., Storrar, J. K., Tsvetanov, K. A., & Kourtzi, Z. (2010). Learning shapes the representation of visual categories in the aging human brain. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22(12), 2899-2912.

Duncan, K. K., Hadjipapas, A., Li, S., Kourtzi, Z., Bagshaw, A., & Barnes, G. (2010). Identifying spatially overlapping local cortical networks with MEG. Human Brain Mapping, 31(7), 1003-1016.

Li, S., Mayhew, S. D., & Kourtzi, Z. (2009). Learning shapes the representation of behavioral choice in the human brain. Neuron, 62(3), 441-452.

Preston, T. J., Li, S., Kourtzi, Z., & Welchman, A. E. (2008). Multivoxel pattern selectivity for perceptually relevant binocular disparities in the human brain. Journal of Neuroscience, 28(44), 11315-11327.

Ostwald, D., Lam, J. M., Li, S., & Kourtzi, Z. (2008). Neural coding of global form in the human visual cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology, 99(5), 2456-2469.

Li, S., Ostwald, D., Giese, M., & Kourtzi, Z. (2007). Flexible coding for categorical decisions in the human brain. Journal of Neuroscience, 27(45), 12321-12330.

Li, S., & Wu, S. (2007). Robustness of neural codes and its implication on natural image processing. Cognitive Neurodynamics, 1(3), 261-272.

Williams, P., Li, S., Feng, J., & Wu, S. (2007). A geometrical method to improve performance of the support vector machine. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 18(3), 942-947.

Li, S., & Wu, S. (2005). On the variability of cortical neural responses: a statistical interpretation. Neurocomputing, 65, 409-414.

Book Chapters and Conference Papers

Pirrone,A., Zhang,Q., Li,S. (2016) Dissociable effects of cue validity on bias formation and reversal. Papafragou, A., Grodner, D., Mirman, D., & Trueswell, J.C. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society..

Das,K., Li,S., Giesbrecht,B., Kourtzi,K., Eckstein,MP. (2010) Predicting perceptual performance from neural activity. In Advances in Understanding Human Performance: Neuroergonomics, Human Factors Design, and Special Populations. T. Marek, W. Karwowski, V. Rice Eds. CRC Press.

Williams,P., Li,S., Feng, J. and Wu,S. (2005) Scaling the kernel function to improve performance of the support vector machine. Advances in Neural Networks - ISNN 2005, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3496: pp. 831-836.