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Yijia (Charlie) Yan

MRes, BSc

DPhil Student

  • Research Assistant

Biography

Charlie is a DPhil candidate at NDCN, under the supervision of Dr. Ben Seymour and Dr. Laurence Hunt. His current research in cognitive computational neuroscience focuses on the cognitive representation of pain learning in the human brain. He aims to provide a neural architecture of the body-model and world-model basis of exteroceptive pain cognition, as well as interoceptive pain modulation, for understanding the neural mechanism of conceptual pain with neuro-computational modelling. He uses experimental (VR game in Unity), fMRI, EEG, and computational modelling (reinforcement learning) approaches in his research.

Charlie obtained a BSc degree in mathematics and applied mathematics at Fudan University. He then obtained an MRes degree in cognitive neuroscience at UCL, where he focused on the neuro-computational modelling of head direction cells, under the supervision of Prof. Neil Burgess and Dr. Andrej Bicanski. Beyond academia, he once worked as a system engineer at NS Solutions to provide customised IoT solutions with data science approaches for industrial manufacturers.

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Awards

Dean’s List (University College London, 2020)

SLMS Student Conference Fund (University College London, 2019)

Honors Student Award (Fudan University, 2018)

Outstanding Graduates (Fudan University, 2018)

XRS Education Scholarship (XRS Education Scholarship Committee, 2016)