Xu Yan’s lecturer

Personal profile

Xu Yan, postdoctoral fellow.

Contact information

Correspondence address: School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University

Research interests and directions

Worked on children's cognition and social development, especially research on the executive functions of ADHD children, emotional regulation of normal children and ADHD children, parental education and children's behavioral problems. Good at behavioral level cognitive experimental design, questionnaire survey and statistical analysis.

Research interests:

Adolescent social work

Psychological state and development of special groups in adolescent development

Educational background

Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong

Master of Psychology, Peking University

Bachelor of Economics, School of Business Administration, Hebei University

Academic Achievements

Xu Yan, Zhang Yaxu, Zhou Xiaolin. (2003). Cognitive neuroscience research on face processing: Review and prospects. Advances in Psychological Science, 11(1), 35-43.

Xu Yan, Zhou Xiaolin, Wang Yufeng. (2003). Research progress on the etiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Chinese Behavioral Medical Sciences, 12(1):107-109.

Xu Yan, Zhou Xiaolin, Wang Yufeng. (2004). Effects of distracting stimulation on attention maintenance in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Chinese Journal of Pediatrics, 42(1):44-47. Xu Yan, Zhou Xiaolin, Wang Yufeng. (2006). Implicit attentional orientation in children with two subtypes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Acta Psychologica Sinica, 38(05): 709-717.

Conference report: Parenting, emotional regulation and behavior of preschool children. The 10th National Congress of Psychology, group report article. Shanghai, October 2005, 22-27. (Parenting practice, preschoolers’ emotion regulation and behavior. Paper presented at the 10th Chinese Conference of Psychology. Shanghai, 22-27, October 2005.) The contribution of fathers and mothers to preschoolers’ emotion regulation. ISSBD Annual Meeting Report, Melbourne, Australia, July 2006. (Paternal and maternal contributions to preschooler’s emotion regulation. Poster presented at the 19th Biennial Meeting, International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, 2nd July to 6th July 2006.) Attention network deficits in children with two subtypes of ADHD. ISSBD Annual Meeting Report, Melbourne, Australia, July 2006. (Attention network deficits on two subtypes of Attention-Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) Children, Poster presented at the 19th Biennial Meeting, International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, 2nd July to 6th July 2006.)

Horizontal research topic:

The 2007 cross-sectional topic "Creation Health Survey" of the Administrative Management Research Center of Sun Yat-sen University (funding of 80,000 yuan).

Interests and hobbies

Travel, movies, cat raising, photography, graphic design and web design