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  1. Azer, L., Xie, W., Park, HB., & Zhang, W. (2023). Detrimental Effects of Effortful Physical Exertion on Cognitive Control in Younger and Older Adults. Psychology and Aging. Advanced online version.

  2. Xie, W., Chapeton, J.I., Bhasin, S., Zawora, C., Wittig, J.H., Inati, S.K., Zhang, W., & Zaghloul, K.A. (2023). The medial temporal lobe supports the quality of visual short-term memory representation. Nature Human Behaviour. Advanced online version. PDF; Data; Code

  3. Xie, W. et al. (2023). The Entorhinal-DG/CA3 Pathway in the Medial Temporal Lobe Retains Visual Working Memory of a Simple Surface Feature. eLife, 12, e83365. PDF; Data/Code

  4. Xie, W., & Zhang, W. (2023). Pupillary evidence reveals the influence of conceptual association on brightness perception. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. Advanced online version.  PDF; Data/Code

  5. Xie, W., & Zhang, W. (2023). Effortfulness of Visual Working Memory: Gauged by Physical Exertion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. PDF; Data/Code

  6. Xie, W., Wittig, J., & Zaghloul., K. A. (2023). What do I need to consider for multivariate analysis of iEEG data? Chapter to be published in: Axmacher N (Ed.) Intracranial EEG for Cognitive Neuroscience. Springer. PDF.

  7. Xie, W., Ye, C., & Zhang, W. (2023). Negative Emotion Reduces Visual Working Memory Recall Variability: A Meta-analytical Review. Emotion. Advance online publication.

  8. Guo, L., Ye, C., Long, F., Liu, X., & Xie, W. (in press). The Effect of Negative Emotional States on Short-term Memory Representations. Chinese Journal of Applied Psychology. [In Chinese]. PDF; Data/Code

  9. Yang, F. N.#, Xie, W.#, & Wang, Z. (2022). Effects of sleep duration on neurocognitive development in early adolescents in the USA: a propensity score matched, longitudinal, observational study. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 6(10), P705-712. #co-first author PDF; Data/Code

  10. Xie, W. & Zhang, W. (2022). Pre-existing long-term memory facilitates the formation of visual short-term memory. In T. F. Brady & W. A. Bainbridge (Eds.). Visual Memory (pp. 84–104). New York, NY: Routledge.

  11. Xie, W., Lu Sing, J. L., Martinez-Flores, A., & Zhang, W. (2022). Induced negative arousal modulates the speed of visual working memory consolidation. Emotion, 22(1), 179-197.

  12. Xie, W., & Zaghloul, K. A. (2021). Visual and Semantic Contributions to Visual Short-Term Memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 25(4), 270–271.

  13. Xie, W., & Zhang, W. (2021). Reply to Marot et al.: The struggle to comply with social-distancing is multifaceted, as are the ways of mitigating it. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(8), e2024921118.

  14. Xie, W., Campbell, S., & Zhang, W. (2020). Working memory capacity predicts individual differences in social distancing compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(30), 17667–17674.

  15. Xie, W., Bainbridge, W. A., Inati, S., Baker, C. I., & Zaghloul, K. A. (2020). Memorability of words in arbitrary verbal associations modulates memory retrieval in the anterior temporal lobe. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(9), 937-948

  16. Xie, W., Park, H. B., Zaghloul, K. A., & Zhang, W. (2020). Correlated individual differences in the estimated precision of working memory and long-term memory: Commentary on the study by Biderman, Luria, Teodorescu, Hajaj, and Goshen-Gottstein (2019). Psychological Science, 31(3), 345-348.

  17. Xie, W., Berry, A., Lustig, C., Deldin, P., & Zhang, W. (2019). Poor sleep quality and compromised visual working memory capacity. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 25(6), 583-594. 

  18. Xie, W., Cappiello, M., Meng, M., Rosenthal, R., & Zhang, W. (2018). ADRA2B deletion variant and enhanced cognitive processing of emotional stimuli: A meta-analytical review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 92, 402-216.

  19. Xie, W., & Zhang, W. (2018). Mood-dependent retrieval in visual long-term memory: Dissociable effects on retrieval probability and mnemonic precision. Cognition and Emotion, 32(4), 674-690.

  20. Xie, W., Li, H., Zou, Y., Sun, X., & Shi, C. (2018). A suicidal mind tends to maintain less negative information in visual working memory. Psychiatry Research, 262, 549-557. 

  21. Xie, W., Cappiello, M., Park, H. B., Deldin, P., Chan., R. C. K., & Zhang, W. (2018). Schizotypy is associated with reduced mnemonic precision in visual working memory. Schizophrenia Research, 193, 91-97. 

  22. Xie, W. & Zhang, W. (2018). Familiarity speeds up visual short-term memory consolidation: Electrophysiological evidence from contralateral delay activities. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30(1), 1-13.

  23. Xie, W. & Zhang, W. (2017). Familiarity speeds up visual short-term memory consolidation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43(6), 1207-1221.

  24. Xie, W. & Zhang, W. (2017). Familiarity increases the number of retained Pokémon in visual short-term memory. Memory and Cognition, 45(4), 677–689.

  25. Xie, W. & Zhang, W. (2017). Dissociations of the number and precision of visual short-term memory representations in change detection. Memory and Cognition, 45(8), 1423-1437. 

  26. Xie, W. & Zhang, W. (2017). Discrete item-based and continuous configural representations in visual short-term memory. Visual Cognition, 25(1-3), 21-33.

  27. Xie, W. & Zhang, W. (2017). Negative emotion enhances mnemonic precision and subjective feelings of remembering in visual long-term memory. Cognition, 166, 73-83.

  28. Xie, W., Li, H., Ying, X., Zhu, S., Fu, R., Zou, Y., & Cui, Y. (2017). Affective bias in visual working memory is associated with capacity. Cognition and Emotion, 31(7), 1345-1360

  29. Yang, T., Xie, W., Chen, C., Altgassen, M., Wang, Y., Cheung, E. F. C., & Chan, R. C. K. (2017). The development of multitasking in children aged 7 to 12: Evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal data. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 161, 63–80.  

  30. ​Xie, W. & Zhang, W. (2016). The "El Greco Fallacy" and pupillometry: Pupillary evidence for top-down effects on perception (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39, e236.

  31. Xie, W. & Zhang, W. (2016). Negative emotion boosts quality of visual working memory representation. Emotion, 16(5), 760-774

  32. Xie, W. & Zhang, W. (2016). The influence of emotion on face processing. Cognition and Emotion, 30(2), 245-257.

  33. Cappiello, M., Xie, W., David, A., Bikson, M., & Zhang, W. (2016). Transcranial direct current stimulation over anterior temporal lobe modulates pattern separation. Neuroreport, 27(11), 826–832. 

  34. Chan, R. C. K., Xie, W., Geng, F., Wang, Y., Liu, S. S. Y., Wang, C., … Rosenthal, R. (2016). Clinical utility and lifespan profiling of neurological soft signs in schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 42(3), 560-570.

  35. Chan, R. C. K., Li, Z., Li, K., Zeng, Y., Xie, W., Yan, C., … Jin, Z. (2016). Distinct processing of social and monetary rewards in late adolescents with trait anhedonia. Neuropsychology, 30(3), 274-280.

  36. Li, H., Xie, W., & Li, Y. (2015). Neural circuits of orbitofrontal cortex involved in suicidal attempts among major depression patients. Advances in Psychological Sciences, 23(7), 1187–1195. [In Chinese]

  37. Li, Z., Yan, C., Xie, W., Li, K., Zeng, Y., Jin, Z., … Chan, R. C. K. (2015). Anticipatory pleasure predicts effective connectivity in the mesolimbic system. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9, 217. ​

  38. Li, H., Xie, W., Luo, X., Fu, R., Shi, C., Ying, X., … Wang, X. (2014). Clarifying the role of psychological pain in the risks of suicidal ideation and suicidal acts among patients with major depressive episodes. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 44(1), 78-88.

  39. Xie, W., Li, H., Luo, X., Fu, R., Ying, X., Wang, N., … Wang, X. (2014). Anhedonia and pain avoidance in the suicidal mind: Behavioral evidence for motivational manifestations of suicidal ideation in patients with major depressive disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 70(7), 681-692.

  40. Xie, W., Yan, C., Ying, X., Zhu, S., Shi, H., Wang, Y., … Chan, R. C. K. (2014). Domain-specific hedonic deficits towards social affective but not monetary incentives in social anhedonia. Scientific Reports, 4, 4056.

  41. Xie, W., & Zhang, W. (2014). Contributions of cognitive factors in conceptual metaphors. Metaphor and Symbol, 29(3), 171-184

  42. Ho, D. Y. F., Xie, W., Peng, S., & Cheng, T. K. (2013). Social Darwinism, status ranking, and creativity in Confucian-heritage education: Dialectics between education and knowledge economies. KEDI Journal of Educational Policy, 10(1), 125-145

  43. Cheng, T. K., Ho, D. Y. F, Xie, W., Wong, H. Y., & Cheng-Lai, A. (2013). Alienation, despair and hope as predictors of health, coping and nonengagement among nonengaged youth: Manifestations of spiritual emptiness. Asia Pacific Journal of Counseling and Psychotherapy, 4(1), 18-30.

  44. Ho, D. Y. F., Xie, W., Liang, X. & Zeng, L. (2012). Filial piety and traditional Chinese values: A study of high and mass cultures. PsyCh Journal, 1, 40–55.​