CURRICULUM VITAE
Xu Li
Address: Key laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior 
Ministry of Education
School of Psychology, Central China Normal University
Wuhan, 430079, P.R. China
Email: xuli@mail.ccnu.edu.cn
Mobile: +86-18672329960
Professional experience
Lecturer 07/2016–present
Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior,
Ministry of Education
School of Psychology, Central China Normal University
Education
Doctor of Philosophy 09/2013–06/2016
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Supervisor: Raymond Chan
Master of Philosophy 09/2010–06/2013
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Supervisor: Tian-yong Chen
Bachelor of Psychology 09/2006–06/2010
School of Education, Henan University
Research Interests
● Working memory
● Emotional processing in MDD patients
● Emotion regulation (dysfunction)
● Neural mechanism of working memory training in older adults
Teaching Experience
September 2016– present
Developmental Psychology, Introduction to Psychology, biological psychology
Grant
● Central China Normal University grant titled “the neural plastic effect of Working memory training on reducing anhedonia in depressed individuals” PI, ¥60,000 (2016-2017)
● National Natural Science Foundation of China grant title “the remediation effect of Working memory bias in depressed individuals: behavioral and neural evidence” PI, ¥40,000 (2018-2020)
Publications
● Li, X., Xiao, Y.-h., Zhao, Q., Leung, A.W.W., Cheung, E.F.C., Chan, R.C.K.*, 2015. The neuroplastic effect of working memory training in healthy volunteers and patients with schizophrenia: Implications for cognitive rehabilitation. Neuropsychologia, 75, 149-162.
● Zhang, Q.#, Li, X. #, Parker, G. J., Hong, X.-h., Wang, Y., Lui, S. S. Y., . . . Chan, R. C. K.* (2016). Theory of mind correlates with clinical insight but not cognitive insight in patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 237(2016), 188–195. (co-first authors)
● Li, X., Xiao, Y.-H., Zou, L.-Q., Li, H.-H., Yang, Z.-Y., Shi, H.-S., . . . Chan, R. C. K.* (2016). The effects of working memory training on enhancing hedonic processing to affective rewards in individuals with high social anhedonia. Psychiatry Research, 245, 482-490.
● Li X., Du X.，Chen T.-Y.*, 2014. Main approaches to promote cognitive well-being of the elderly: A review. Chinese Mental Health Journal, 28(2), 125-132. (in Chinese)
● Li X., Chen T.-Y.*, 2011. Everyday Cognition of the Elderly. Advances in Psychological Science, 19(11), 1658-1666. (in Chinese)
Conference Papers and Presentations
● Li, X., Shi, H. S., Wang, Y., & Chan, R. C*. (2015). Does working memory training improve hedonic capacity? Pilot data from individuals with social anhedonia. The 15th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 41, S52-S53.
● Li, X., Xiao, Y.-h., Zhao, Q., Leung, A.W.W., Cheung, E.F.C., Chan, R.C.K.*. (2015). Meta-analysis of the neuroplastic effect of working memory training in healthy volunteers and patients with schizophrenia: Implications for cognitive rehabilitation, the Fourth Joint Sino-German Fall School of the International Research Training Group, Nohfelden-Bosen, Germany. (Oral presentation)
