† contributed equally, * corresponding author

Value-learning and attention

Reward history modulates attention based on feature relationship.

Chen, Y., Chen, S., Zhang, X., Zhang, S., Jia, K., Anderson, B. A., & Gong, M*.

Published: January 15, 2023. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152(7), 1937-1950.[pdf]

Reward differentially interacts with physical salience in feature-based attention.

Gong, M. & Liu, T.*

Published: October 16, 2018. Journal of Vision, 18(11):12, 1-12. [pdf]

Perceptual competition promotes suppression of reward salience in behavioral selection and neural representation.

Chen, Y., Chen, S., Zhang, X., Zhang, S., Jia, K., Anderson, B. A., & Gong, M*.

Published: May 15, 2017. The Journal of Neuroscience,37(26), 6242-6252. [pdf]

Reward association facilitates distractor suppression in human visual search.

Gong, M., Yang, F., & Li, S.

Published: January 12, 2016. European Journal of Neuroscience, 43(7), 942-953. [pdf]

Learned reward association improves visual working memory.

Gong, M., & Li, S.

Published: January 6, 2014. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40(2), 841-856.
(APA Peeps special introduction: https://www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/peeps/issue-21). [pdf]

Goal-driven attention

Dual-format attentional template during preparation in human visual cortex.

Chen, Y., Liu,T., Jia, K*., Theeuwes, J., & Gong, M*.

Published: December 3, 2024. eLife, 13:RP103425. [pdf]

Preparatory attention to visual features primarily relies on non-sensory representation.

Gong, M., Chen, Y., & Liu, T.

Published: December 16, 2022. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 21726-21726. [pdf]

Biased representation of feature-based attention in the human frontoparietal network.

Gong, M. & Liu, T.

Published: September 23, 2020. The Journal of Neuroscience, 40(43), 8386-8395. [pdf]

Continuous and discrete representations of feature-based attentional priority in human frontoparietal network.

Gong, M.& Liu, T.

Published: April 24, 2019. Cognitive Neuroscience, Special Issue in Attentional Control and Executive Function, 11: 1-2, 47-59. [pdf]

Neural determinants of task performance during feature-based attention in human cortex.

Jigo, M.,Gong, M., & Liu, T.

Published: February 19, 2018. eNeuro, 5(1), ENEURO-0375. [pdf]

Perceptual learning and memory

Perceptual learning beyond perception: mnemonic representation in early visual cortex and intraparietal sulcus.

Jia, K.,† Li, Y., †Gong, M., †, Huang, H., Wang, Y., & Li, S.

Published: March 24, 2021. The Journal of Neuroscience, 41(20), 4476-4486. [pdf]

Psychiatric disorders

Distinct patterns of monocular advantage for facial emotions in social anxiety.

Gong, M., Pan, C., Pan, R., Wang, X., Wang, J., Xu, H., Hu, Y., Wang, J., Jia, K., Chen, Q.

Published: May 5, 2024. Journal of Anxiety Disorder, 104, 102871. [pdf]

A prefrontal–habenular circuitry regulates social fear behaviour.

Tian, Y., Zheng, J., Zhu, X., Liu, X., Li, H., Wang, J., Yang, Q., Zeng, L., Shi, Z., Gong, M., Hu, Y., & Xu, H.

Published: July 4, 2024. Brain, awae209. [pdf]

Reward learning modulates the attentional processing of faces in children with and without autism spectrum disorder.

Li, T., Wang, X., Pan, J., Feng, S., Gong, M.,Wu, Y., ... & Yi, L.

Published: May 23, 2017. Autism Research, 10(11), 1797-1807. [pdf]