Publications

• Wang S (2019). Brief Report: Atypical visual exploration in autism spectrum disorder can not be attributed to the amygdala. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 49: 2605-11

• Wang S, Mamelak AN, Rutishauser U (2019). Simultaneous eye tracking and single-neuron recordings in human epilepsy patients. Journal of Visualized Experiments e59117

  • Video - Simultaneous Eye Tracking and Single-Neuron Recordings in Human Epilepsy Patients

• Adolphs R, Wang S (2018). Internal recordings of human brain may offer insight into autism.  Spectrum

• Wang S, Mamelak AN, Adolphs R, Rutishauser U (2018). Encoding of target detection during visual search by single neurons in the human brain. Current Biology 28:2058-2069.e2054

  • WVU Press Release - WVU researcher reveals new cell type in human brain that plays crucial role in visual search
  • Caltech Press Release - There's Waldo!

• Wang S, Falvello V, Porter J, Said CP, Todorov A (2018). Behavioral and neural adaptation in approach behavior. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 30(6):885-897

• Wang S (2018). Face size biases emotion judgment through eye movement. Scientific Reports 8:317

• Sun S, Yu R, Wang S (2017). A neural signature encoding decisions under perceptual ambiguity. eNeuro 4(6):1-14

• Sun S, Zhen S, Fu Z, Wu D-A, Shimojo S, Adolphs R, Yu R, Wang S (2017). Decision ambiguity is mediated by a late positive potential originating from cingulate cortex. NeuroImage 157:400-414

• Wang S, Yu R, Tyszka JM, Zhen S, Kovach C, Sun S, Huang Y, Hurlemann R, Ross IB, Chung JM, Mamelak AN, Adolphs R, Rutishauser U (2017). The human amygdala parametrically encodes the intensity of specific facial emotions and their categorical ambiguity. Nature Communications  8:14821

  • Caltech Press Release - Facial Expressions: How Brains Process Emotion

• Wang S, Adolphs R (2017). Reduced emotion specificity in people with autism spectrum disorder. Neuropsychologia 99:286-295

• Wang S, Adolphs R (2017) Social Saliency. In: Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience of Vision (Zhao, Q., ed), pp 171-193 Singapore: Springer Singapore

• Wang S, Fan S, Chen B, Hakimi S, Paul LK, Zhao Q, Adolphs R (2016). Revealing the world of autism through the lens of a camera. Current Biology 26(20):R909-R910

• Wang S*, Jiang M*, Morin Duchesne X, Laugeson EA, Kennedy DP, Adolphs R, Zhao Q (2015).  Atypical visual saliency in autism spectrum disorder quantified through model-based eye tracking Neuron 88(3):604-616

  • Caltech Press Release - Probing the Mysterious Perceptual World of Autism
  • Preview - New Eye-Tracking Techniques May Revolutionize Mental Health Screening
  • Cover - Neuron, November 4, 2015

• Wang S, Tsuchiya N, New J, Hurlemann R, Adolphs R (2015). Preferential attention to animals and people is independent of the amygdala Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 10(3):371-380

• Wang S*, Xu J*, Jiang M, Zhao Q, Hurlemann R, Adolphs R (2014). Autism spectrum disorder, but not amygdala lesions, impairs social attention in visual search Neuropsychologia 63:259-274

• Wang S, Tudusciuc O, Mamelak AN, Ross IB, Adolphs R, Rutishauser U (2014). Neurons in the human amygdala selective for perceived emotion Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(30):E3110-E3119

  • CSMC Press Release - In Study of Individual Neuron Activity, Key Brain Region Responds to Subjective Perception
  • Caltech Press Release - Sorting Out Emotions

• Xu J, Jiang M, Wang S, Kanhanhalli M, Zhao Q (2014). Predicting Human Gaze Beyond Pixels Journal of Vision 14(1):28, 1-20

• Rutishauser U, Tudusciuc O, Wang S, Mamelak AN, Ross IB, Adolphs R (2013). Single-Neuron Correlates of Atypical Face Processing in Autism Neuron 80(4):887-899

• Liljeholm M, Wang S, Zhang J, O'Doherty JP (2013). Neural Correlates of the Divergence of Instrumental Probability Distributions The Journal of Neuroscience 33(30):12519-12527

• Xu J, Islam MK, Wang S, Yang Z (2013). A 13μW 87dB Dynamic Range Implantable ΔΣ Modulator for Full-Spectrum Neural Recording. The 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

• Wang S, Fukuchi M, Koch C, Tsuchiya N (2012). Spatial Attention Is Attracted in a Sustained Fashion toward Singular Points in the Optic Flow PLoS ONE 7(8):e41040

• Wang S, Krajbich I, Adolphs R, Tsuchiya N (2012). The role of risk aversion in non-conscious decision making Frontiers in Psychology 3:50

• Schirmer A, Teh KS, Wang S, Vijayakumar R, Ching A, Nithianantham D, Escoffier N, Cheok AD (2011). Squeeze me, but don't tease me: Human and mechanical touch enhance visual attention and emotion discrimination Social Neuroscience 6(3):219-230

* Equal contributions