博士 现为中国科学技术大学生命科学院认知神经心理学实验室PI，博导。并担任Frontier in Psychiatry (IF=2.8), Frontier in Human Neuroscience (IF=2.8, GAE)编委和多个国际顶级杂志审稿工作。目前为中国管理科学与工程学会神经管理与神经工程研究会副理事长，中国心理学会情绪与健康心理专业委员会委员，中国神经科学学会认知神经生物学分会委员，中国心理学会网络行为专业委员会委员， 中国药物滥用防治协会专家委员会委员 中国医师协会精神科医师分会计算精神医学专业委员会委员，安徽戒毒康复研究协会副会长，安徽省社会心理学会副会长（社会认知研究专业委员会主任），安徽省心理健康教育研究会常务副会长。相关的研究工作以第一作者或通讯作者发表于包括Nature Human Behaviour, Brain, Advanced Science, Biological Psychiatry, Neuroimage, Human Brain Mapping等国际高水平杂志上。
2000年毕业于中国科学技术大学生命科学学院（第二专业:计算机软件） 获理学学士学位 2005年毕业于中国科学技术大学生命科学学院 获理学博士学位 2005至2010年，在美国健康卫生研究院药物滥用研究所（NIDA），从事博士后研究工作。
研究方向：
1.采用神经影像手段（脑电、磁共振）研究认知障碍的神经机制：如药物依赖及网络游戏成瘾等
2.采用神经影像手段（脑电、磁共振）研究高级认知功能的神经机制：如情绪、决策、爱情等
3.探索认知心理治疗、神经信号实时反馈及经颅电刺激技术在成瘾及其他精神或神经类疾病治疗中的应用
近期代表性论文
1. Ji-An Li, Daoyi Dong, Zhengde Wei, Ying Liu, Yu Pan, Franco Nori, Xiaochu Zhang*. Quantum Reinforcement Learning during Human Decision Making. Nature Human Behaviour (影响因子（2018）=10.480). 2020, 4：294-307.
2. Li-Zhuang Yang, Wei Zhang, Wenjuan Wang, Zhiyu Yang, Hongzhi Wang, Zhi-De Deng, Chuanfu Li, Bensheng Qiu, Da-Ren Zhang, Roi Cohen Kadosh, Hai Li*, Xiaochu Zhang*. Neural and Psychological predictors of cognitive enhancement and impairment from neurostimulation. Advanced Science (影响因子(2017)=15.804, cover story) 2020, 7: 1902863.
3. Junjie Bu, Kymberly Young, Wei Hong, Ru Ma, Hongwen Song, Ying Wang, Wei Zhang, Michelle Hampson, Talma Hendler, Xiaochu Zhang*. Effect of de-activation of activity patterns related to smoking cue reactivity on nicotine addiction. Brain (影响因子(2018)=11.814) 2019, 142: 1827-1841
4. Xiaoming Li#, Lijun Chen#, Ru Ma, Haibao Wang*, Li Wan, Ying Wang, Junjie Bu, Wei Hong, Wanwan Lv, Sabine Vollstadt-Klein, Yihong Yang, Xiaochu Zhang*. The top-down regulation from the prefrontal cortex to insula via hypnotic aversion suggestions reduces smoking craving. Human Brain Mapping (影响因子(2017)=4.921) 2019, 40 1718-1728
5.Rujing Zha, Junjie Bu, Zhengde Wei, Long Han, Pengyu Zhang, Jiecheng Ren, Ying Wang, Lizhuang Yang, Sabine Vollstadt-Klein, Xiaochu Zhang*. Transforming brain signals related to value evaluation and self-control into behavioral choices. Human Brain Mapping (影响因子(2017)=4.921) 2019, 40: 1049-1061.
6. Zhengde Wei#, Long Han#, Xiuying Zhong, Ying Liu, Rujing Zha, Ying Wang, Li-Zhuang Yang, Junjie Bu, Hongwen Song, Wenjuan Wang, Yifeng Zhou, Ping Gao, Xiaochu Zhang*. Chronic nicotine exposure impairs uncertainty modulation on reinforcement learning in anterior cingulate cortex and serotonin system. Neuroimage (影响因子(2017)=5.426) 2018, 169: 323-333.
7. Ying Wang, Ning Ma, Xiaosong He, Nan Li, Zhengde Wei, Lizhuang Yang, Rujing Zha, Long Han, Xiaoming Li, Ying Liu*, Daren Zhang, Xiaochu Zhang*. Neural substrates of updating the prediction through prediction error during decision making. Neuroimage (影响因子(2017)=5.426) 2017, 157:1-12.
8.Yamikani Ndasauka#, Juan Hou#, Ying Wang, Lizhuang Yang, Zhiyu Yang, Zi Ye, Yaru Hao, Andreas J. Fallgatter, Yan Kong, Xiaochu Zhang*. Excessive use of Twitter among college students in the UK: Validation of the Microblog Excessive Use Scale and relationship to social interaction and loneliness. Computers in Human Behavior (影响因子(2016)=3.435) 2016, 44(B): 963-971.
9.Hongwen Song#, Zhiling Zou*#, Juan Kou, Yang Liu, LiZhuang Yang, Anna zilverstand, Federicod’Oleire Uquillas, Xiaochu Zhang*. Love-related changes in the brain: A resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (影响因子(2015)=3.634) 2015, 9:71.
10. Xiaochu Zhang, Elliot Stein, and Elliot Hong*. Smoking and Schizophrenia Independently and Additively Reduce White Matter Integrity Between Striatum and Frontal Cortex. Biological Psychiatry（影响因子(2010)=8. 674） 2010, 68: 674-677.
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