2006.10 - 2010.10　Radboud University Nijmegen, Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience


2005.05 - 2006.10　Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Research Assistant


2003.09 - 2006.07　Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Science, M.Sc. in Psychology


1999.09 - 2003.07　Southwest University, B.S. in Psychology

2014.07 - present　State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Professor


2014.02 - 2017.12　Stanford University, Instructor


2010.11 - 2014.09　Stanford University, Postdoc

Dr. Qin founded the iCognitive and Affective Neuroscience (iCAN) Lab. The iCAN’s primary research of interest is to understand how the brain supports learning and memory, and interactions with emotion, and how these processes develop as the brain matures from childhood through adolescence into adulthood. The overarching goal is to optimize learning, memory and emotional wellbeing in education, and to foster brain-inspired prevention and early intervention of emotional disturbance or disorders.

1. Zhuang, L., Wang, J., Xiong, B., Bian, C., Hao, L., Bayley, P. J., & Qin, S.* (2021). Rapid neural reorganization during retrieval practice predicts subsequent long-term retention and false memory. Nature Human Behaviour, 1-12.

2. Xiong, B., Chen, C., Tian, Y., Zhang, S., Liu, C., Evans, T. M., ... & Qin, S*. (2021). Brain preparedness: The proactive role of the cortisol awakening response in hippocampal-prefrontal functional interactions. Progress in Neurobiology, 205, 102127.

3. Tian, T., Young, C. B., Zhu, Y., Xu, J., He, Y., Chen, M., ... & Qin, S.* (2021). Socioeconomic Disparities Affect Children’s Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuitry via Stress Hormone Response. Biological psychiatry.

4. Jiang, N., Xu, J., Li, X.*, Wang, Y., Zhuang, L., & Qin, S.* (2021). Negative parenting affects adolescent internalizing symptoms through alterations in amygdala-prefrontal circuitry: a longitudinal twin study. Biological Psychiatry, 89(6), 560-569.

5. Wang, J.#*, Chen, B.#, Sha, M., Gu, Y., Wu, H., Forcato, C., & Qin, S. * (2021). Positive and neutral updating reconsolidate aversive episodic memories via different routes. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 184, 107500.

6. Xu, J., Hao, L., Chen, M., He, Y., Jiang, M., Tian, T., ... & Qin, S.* (2021). Developmental Sex Differences in Negative Emotion Decision-Making Dynamics: Computational Evidence and Amygdala-Prefrontal Pathways. Cerebral Cortex.

7. Hao, L., Li, L., Chen, M., Xu, J., Jiang, M., Wang, Y., ... & Qin, S.* (2021). Mapping Domain-and Age-Specific Functional Brain Activity for Children’s Cognitive and Affective Development. Neuroscience Bulletin, 37(6), 763-776.

8. Zeng, Y., Tao, F., Cui, Z., Wu, L., Xu, J., Dong, W., ... & Qin, S.* (2021). Dynamic integration and segregation of amygdala subregional functional circuits linking to physiological arousal. NeuroImage, 118224.

9. Zhen, Z., Wang, H., Zhu, R., Zhang, S., Jin, T., Qin, S.*, & Liu, C.* (2021). Acute psychosocial stress increases third-party helping but not punishing behavior. Stress, 24(4), 430-441.

10. Yang, Z., Wu, J., Xu, L., Deng, Z., Tang, Y., Gao, J., Hu, Y., Zhang, Y., Qin, S*., Li C., & Wang, J.* (2020). Individualized psychiatric imaging based on inter-subject neural synchronization in movie watching. NeuroImage, 216, 116227.

11. Wang, H., Zhen, Z., Liu, C.*, & Qin, S.* (2020). Punishing or helping: The influence of acute stress onthird-party decision-making. Chinese Science Bulletin, 65(19), 1975-1984.

12. Zhang, S., Bian, C., Mai, X., Qin, S.*, & Liu, C.* (2020). Regulation of overnight sleep onnegative emotion memory with moral-violation. Chinese Science Bulletin.

13. Liu, Y., Lin, W., Liu, C., Luo, Y., Wu, J.*, Bayley, P. J., & Qin, S.* (2016). Memory consolidation reconfigures neural pathways involved in the suppression of emotional memories. Nature communications, 7(1), 1-12.

14. Qin, S.*, Cho, S., Chen, T., Rosenberg-Lee, M., Geary, D. C., & Menon, V.* (2014). Hippocampal-neocortical functional reorganization underlies children's cognitive development. Nature neuroscience, 17(9), 1263-1269.

15. Qin, S.*, Young, C. B., Duan, X., Chen, T., Supekar, K., & Menon, V. (2014). Amygdala subregional structure and intrinsic functional connectivity predicts individual differences in anxiety during early childhood. Biological psychiatry, 75(11), 892-900.

16. Qin, S.*, Young, C. B., Supekar, K., Uddin, L. Q., & Menon, V.* (2012). Immature integration and segregation of emotion-related brain circuitry in young children. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(20), 7941-7946.

17. Qin, S.*, Hermans, E. J., Van Marle, H. J., & Fernández, G. (2012). Understanding low reliability of memories for neutral information encoded under stress: alterations in memory-related activation in the hippocampus and midbrain. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(12), 4032-4041.

18. Hermans, E. J.*, Van Marle, H. J.#, Ossewaarde, L. #, Henckens, M. J. #, Qin, S. #, Van Kesteren, M. T., ... & Fernández, G. (2011). Stress-related noradrenergic activity prompts large-scale neural network reconfiguration. Science, 334(6059), 1151-1153.

19. Qin, S.*, van Marle, H. J., Hermans, E. J., & Fernández, G. (2011). Subjective sense of memory strength and the objective amount of information accurately remembered are related to distinct neural correlates at encoding. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(24), 8920-8927.