Biography

I am a PhD candidate of cognitive neuroscience at the CARELab (PI: Prof. Xun Liu) of Institute of Psychology, CAS. My research interests focus on the neural and cognitive mechanisms of social learning during interpersonal co-opetition using computational modeling.

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Interests

• Social Learning
• Computational modeling
• Interpersonal Co-opetition
• Artificial Intelligence

Major Project Experiences

Neural and Computational Mechanisms Underlying the Interpersonal Co-opetition (National Natural Science Foundation Project, 2021-2024)

• Conceptualized the trade-off between cooperation for common benefits and competition for individual gain as \textbf{interpersonal co-opetition} and designed a novel experimental paradigm, the “Share Game.”
• Developed a systematic approach to combined with Bayesian network analysis, reinforcement learning, and model-based fMRI approaches to investigate the neural and computational mechanisms.
• Identified the contribution of interaction between asymmetric inequality aversions and action-weighted counterfactual learning to irrational competitive behaviors.

Brain-Inspired Autonomous System (Huawei Central Research Institute)

• Came up with the idea of combining the computational models of human cognition with artificial intelligence for next generation of autonomous system framework.
• The proposal has been tracked as a key direction of Huawei’s Overall Reference Architecture Baseline (2023-2026) and applied into areas of smart city, network traffic forecast, and emergency management.

Crossmodal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and Interaction (NSFC-DFG Transregional Collaborative Research, TRR169)

• Built the computational models of social learning and value-based decision-making and conducted hierarchical Bayesian analysis with R and cmdstanr.
• Collaborated closely with Department of Informatics and Psychology, University of Hamburg, as well as UKE, and participated in bilateral Sino-German workshops and seminars regularly.

Chinese Child Brain Development (Science and Technology Innovation 2030 - Major Project on Brain and Brain-Inspired Research)

• Provided leadership to the collection of structural MRI, DTI, task-based and resting-state fMRI, and the analysis of the developmental trajectory of the brain and cognition in children and adolescents.

Selected Publications

Meng, G. T., Zhong, B. W., Wang, S. J., Li, Q., & Liu, X. (Preprint) Unpacking the Interpersonal Coopetition: A Network Analysis of Competitiveness, Cooperativeness, and Social Comparison Orientationhttps://psyarxiv.com/mzwps

Meng, G. T., Li, Q., Yuan, X. Y., Zheng, Y., Hu, K. S., Dai, B. B., & Liu, X. (2023) The Roles of Risk Perception, Negative Emotions and Perceived Efficacy in the Association Between COVID-19 Infection Cues and Preventive Behaviors: A Moderated Mediation Model. BMC Public Health, 23(109), 14870-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14870-7 [fulltext]

Dai, W. N., Meng, G. T., Zheng, Y., Li, Q., Dai, B. B., & Liu, X. (2021). The Impact of Intolerance of Uncertainty on Negative Emotions in COVID-19: Mediation by Pandemic-Focused Time and Moderation by Perceived Efficacy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), 4189. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084189 [fulltext]

Zhao, J. Z., Meng, G. T., Sun, Y., Xu, Y., Geng, J. Y., & Han, L. (2021). The Relationship between Self-control and Procrastination Based on the Self-regulation Theory Perspective: The Moderated Mediation Model. Current Psychology, 40(10), 5076–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00442-3 [fulltext]

Dai, B. B., Fu, D., Meng, G. T., Liu, B. S., Li, Q., & Liu, X. (2020). The Effects of Governmental and Individual Predictors on COVID ‐19 Protective Behaviors in China: A Path Analysis Model. Public Administration Review, 80(5), 797–804. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13236 [fulltext]

Fu, D., Ouyang, Y., Yang, G. C., Meng, G. T., Wermter, S., Qi, Y., & Liu, X. (Preprint). Developmental Disparities between Stimulus-response and Stimulus-stimulus Conflicts Processing during Childhood, Adolescence, and Early Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5hdxv [fulltext]

Conference

Meng, G. T., & Liu, X. (2023) Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Interpersonal Co-opetition. The Sixteenth Chinese Physiological Psychology Conference in Guangzhou, China (Poster)

Meng, G. T., Li, Q., & Liu, X. (2023) Loss or lose, which is worse: The impact of social comparison on the dynamic trade-off in interpersonal coopetition 2023 Academic Congress of Chinese Association of Social Psychology in Guizhou, China, Aug. (Oral Presentation)

Meng, G. T., Zhong, B. W., Wang, S. J., Li, Q., & Liu, X. (2022) The Interplay between Social Comparison Orientation, Competitiveness, and Cooperativeness: A Network Analysis. 2022 Academic Congress of Chinese Association of Social Psychology in Changsha, China, Dec. (Oral Presentation)

Meng, G. T., Yang, Z., Fu, D., Li, Q., & Liu, X. (2019) The Influence of Pain Empathy on Altruistic Behavior. 22nd National Academic Congress of Psychology in Hangzhou, China, Oct. (Oral Presentation) [abstract]

Skills

• Coding: R & Stan(expert), Python(proficient), MATLAB(proficient), Julia, JavaScript, Git
• Behavioral Experiments: PsychoPy, oTree(Server)
• Neuroimaging Tools: SPM, EEGLAB, FSL, MNE

Accomplishments

• Cognitive Modeling Academy Hamburg, Sep 2021 [certificate]
• Online FSL Course, Sep 2020 [certificate]
• Computational Psychiatry Course Zurich, Sep 2020 [certificate]