1997.9-2003.7, State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. of Cognitive Neuroscience of Biophysics, Doctoral Supervisor: Academician Lin Chen.
1992.9-1997.7, Capital University of Medical Sciences, B.A., Biomedical Engineering.
2014.7-date, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Professor.
2010.7-date, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Doctoral Supervisor.
2010.7-2011.1, Laboratory of research on aging and development, University of California, San Diego, Visiting Scholar.
2006.7-2014.6, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Associate Professor.
2003.7-2006.6, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Lecturer.
Prof. Yan Song uses EEG/ERP neuroimaging techniques to investigate the neural mechanism of attention deficit and working memory deficit in children with ADHD, and uses the simultaneous recording of EEG and fNIRS to investigate the neural basis of attention and working memory development, and uses the transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) to increase attention and visual working memory capacity in the normal populations and patients with certain neurological disorders.
1) Yuanjun Kong, , Xuye Yuan, , Li Sun, Chen Dang, Yiyang Wang, Jipeng Huang, Jialiang Guo, Ole Jensen, Yan Song*. Altered processing of auditory distractions under competing inputs in children With ADHD. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, in press, 2026.
2) Dongwei Li, Xiangsheng Luo, Chen Dang, Yuanjun Kong, Yiwen Li,, Yu Zhu, Jing Huang,, Yufeng Wang, Jialiang Guo, Li Sun*, Yan Song*. Impaired sensory–motor integration in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during visual search. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 67(1):17-26, 2026.
3) Yiyang Wang, Han Yang, Weizhen Yin, Xuye Yuan, Siyue Shang, Yiwen, Li, Shitao Huang, Bingkun Li, Danping Hong, Zhihang Zhu, Manqi Zhou, Chanjuan Yang, Yanling Zhou; Yan Song, Cai-Ping Dang, Dongwei Li. Dual deficits in auditory selective attention in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: insights from multivariate pattern analysis of EEG. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, in press, 2026.
4) Jialiang Guo, Yuanjun Kong, Bingkun Li, Xiangsheng Luo, Chen Dang , Jipeng Huang, Xuye Yuan, Li Sun*, Yan Song*. Distinct theta oscillation coherence patterns during visual selective attention in children with and without attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 76: 101636, 2025.
5) Yuanjun Kong, Xuye Yuan, Yiqing Hu, Bingkun Li, Dongwei Li, Jialiang Guo, Meirong Sun, Yan Song*. Development of the relationship between visual selective attention and auditory change detection. NeuroImage, 306: 121020, 2025.
6) Yiwen Li, Chaoqun Wang, Weiyu Hu, Qinfen Zhang, Haitian Mei, Shiyan Ji, Dongwei Li, Yiyang Wang, Yuanjun Kong, Yan Song*, Xuan Dong*. Intersubject neural similarity reveals the development trajectory of recognition memory in children. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 73: 101553, 2025.
7) Hongyu Liu , Yulu Sun, Zimo Wang, Jialiang Guo, Yan Song*, Xiangzhi Meng*. Atypical visual selective attention in children with dyslexia: evidence from N2pc and PD. NeuroImage, 315: 121281, 2025.
8) Han Yang, Jialian Guo, Weizhen Yin, Yangyang Deng, Tong Fu. Shitao Huang, Jipeng Huang, Danping Hong, Zhihang Zhu, Chanjan Yang, Yanling Zhou, Yan Song*, Cai-Ping, Dang*. Association between auditory mismatch negativity and visual working memory in school-age children with attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder. Psychological Medicine, 8: 1-11, 2025.
9) YuanjunKong, Chenguang Zhao, Dongwei Li, BingkunLi, YiqingHu, Hongyu Liu, Alexandra Woolgar, Jialiang Guo*, Yan Song*. Auditory change detection and visual selective attention: association between MMN and N2pc. Cerebral Cortex, 34: bhae175, 2024.
10) Xiangsheng Luo, Chen Dang, Jialiang Guo, Dongwei Li, Encong Wang, Yu Zhu, Lu Liu, Yufeng Wang, Yan Song*, Li Sun*. Overactivated contextual visual perception and response to a single dose of methylphenidate in children with ADHD. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 274(1): 35-44, 2024.
11) Chen Dang, Xiangsheng Luo, Yu Zhu, Bingkun Li, Yuan Feng, Chenyang Xu, Simin Kang, Gaohan Yin, Stuart J. Johnstone, Yufeng Wang, Yan Song*, Li Sun*. Automatic sensory change processing in adults with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder: a visual mismatch negativity study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 274(7): 1651-1660, 2024.
12) Chenguang Zhao, Yuanjun Kong, Dongwei Li, Jing Huang, Lujiao Kong, Xiaoli Li, Ole Jensen, Yan Song*. Suppression of distracting inputs by visual-spatial cues is driven by anticipatory alpha activity, PLoS Biology, 21(3): e3002014, 2023.
13) Dongwei Li, Yiqing Hu, Mengdi Qi, Chenguang Zhao, Ole Jensen, Jing Huang, Yan Song*. Prioritizing flexible working memory representations through retrospective attentional strengthening. NeuroImage, 269: 119902, 2023.
14) Dongwei Li, Xiangsheng Luo, Jialiang Guo, Yuanjun Kong, Yiqing Hu, Yanbo Chen, Yu Zhu, Yufeng Wang, Li Sun*, Yan Song*. Information-based multivariate decoding reveals imprecise neural encoding in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during visual selective attention. Human Brain Mapping, 44: 937-947, 2023.
15) Jialiang Guo, Xiangsheng Luo, Yuanjun Kong, Bingkun Li, Bailu Si, Ole Jensen, Li Sun, Yan Song*. The effects of first-dose methylphenidate on the neural signatures of visual selective attention in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Biological Psychology, 177: 108481, 2023.
16) Jialiang Guo, Xiangsheng Luo, Yuanjun Kong, Bingkun Li, Bailu Si, Li Sun, Yan Song*. Abnormal reactivity of brain oscillations to visual search target in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 8(5): 522-530, 2023.
17) Xuye Yuan, Dongwei Li, Yiqing Hu, Mengdi Qi, Yuanjun Kong, Chenguang Zhao, Jing Huang*, Yan Song*. Neural and behavioral evidence supporting the relationship between habitual exercise and working memory precision in healthy young adults. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17: 1146465, 2023.
18) Chenguang Zhao, Dongwei Li, Yuanjun Kong, Hongyu Liu, Yiqing Hu, Haijing Niu, Ole Jensen, Xiaoli Li, Hanli Liu, Yan Song*. Transcranial photobiomodulation enhances visual working memory capacity in humans. Science Advances, 8(48): eabq3211-eabq3211, 2022.
19) Chenguang Zhao, Dongwei Li, Jialiang Guo, Bingkun Li, Yuanjun Kong, Yiqing Hu, Boqi Du, Yulong Ding, Xiaoli Li, Hanli Liu, Yan Song*. The neurovascular couplings between electrophysiological and hemodynamic activities in anticipatory selective attention. Cerebral Cortex, 32(22): 4953-4968, 2022.
20) Dongwei Li, Xianfeng Zhang, Yuanjun Kong, Weizhen Yin, Kai Jiang, Xinxin Guo, Xiaodi Dong, Lin Fu, Gaofeng Zhao, Huimin Gao, Jun Li, Jinguo Zhai, Zhonghua Su, Yan Song*, Min Chen. Lack of neural load modulation explains attention and working memory deficits in first-episode schizophrenia. Clinical Neurophysiology, 136: 206-218, 2022.
21) Bingkun Li, Jialiang Guo, Chenguang Zhao, Xiangsheng Luo, Yuanjun Kong, Yanbo Chen, Hongyu Liu, Li Sun*, Yan Song*. Lack of an association between anticipatory alpha oscillations and attentional selection in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Clinical Neurophysiology, 138: 25-37, 2022.
22) Xiujie Yang, Jia Zhang, Yaping Lv, Fang Wang, Guosheng Ding, Manli Zhang, Xiangzhi Meng*, Yan Song*. Failure of resting-state frontal–occipital connectivity in linking visual perception with reading fluency in Chinese children with developmental dyslexia. NeuroImage, 233: 117911, 2021.
23) Xiangsheng Luo, Jialiang Guo, Dongwei Li, Lu Liu, Yanbo Chen, Yu Zhu, Stuart J. Johnstone, Yufeng Wang, Yan Song*, Li Sun*. Atypical developmental trajectories of early perception among school-age children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during a visual search task. Child Development, 92(6): e1186-e1197, 2021.
24) Dongwei Li, Chenguang Zhao, Jialiang Guo, Yuanjun Kong, Hao Li, Boqi Du, Yulong Ding, Yan Song*. Visual working memory guides spatial attention: evidence from alpha oscillations and sustained potentials. Neuropsychologia, 151: 107719, 2021.
25) Jialiang Guo, Xiangsheng Luo, Bingkun Li, Qinyuan Chang, Li Sun*, Yan Song*. Abnormal modulation of theta oscillations in children with attention-deficit/ T hyperactivity disorder. NeuroImage: Clinical, 27: 102314, 2020.
26) Chenguang Zhao, Jialiang Guo, Dongwei Li, Ye Tao, Yulong Ding, Hanli Liu, Yan Song*. Anticipatory alpha oscillation predicts attentional selection and hemodynamic response. Human Brain Mapping, 40(12): 3606-3619, 2019.
27) Jialiang Guo, Xiangsheng Luo, Encong Wang, Bingkun Li, Qinyuan Chang, Li Sun*, Yan Song*. Abnormal alpha modulation in response to human eye gaze predicts inattention severity in children with ADHD. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 38: 100671, 2019.
28) Xiangsheng Luo, Jialiang Guo, Lu Liu, Xixi Zhao, Dongwei Li, Hui Li, Qihua Zhao, Yanfei Wang, Qiujin Qian, Yufeng Wang, Yan Song*, Li Sun*. The neural correlations of spatial attention and working memory deficits in adults with ADHD. NeuroImage: Clinical, 22: 101728, 2019.
29) Meirong Sun, Encong Wang, Jing Huang, Chenguang Zhao, Jialiang Guo, Dongwei Li, Li Sun, Boqi Du, Yulong Ding, Yan Song*. Attentional selection and suppression in children and adults. Developmental Science, e12684, 2018.
30) Encong Wang, Meirong Sun, Ye Tao, Xiaoyi Gao, Jialiang Guo, Chenguang Zhao, Hui Li, Qiujin Qian, Zhanliang Wu, Yufeng Wang, Li Sun*, Yan Song*. Attentional selection predicts rapid automatized naming ability in Chinese-speaking children with ADHD. Scientific Reports, 7: 939, 2017.
31) Encong Wang, Li Sun, Meirong Sun, Jing Hang, Ye Tao, Xixi Zhao, Zhanliang Wu, Yulong Ding, Daniel P. Newman, Mark A. Bellgrove, Yufeng Wang, Yan Song*. Attentional selection and suppression in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 1: 372-380, 2016.
32) Fang Wang, Jing Huang, Yaping Lv, Xiaoli Ma, Bin Yang, Encong Wang, Boqi Du, Wu Li, Yan Song*. Predicting perceptual learning from higher-order cortical processing. NeuroImage, 124: 682-692, 2016.
