I am a second year graduate student in the department of Psychology. Before enrolling at USC, I received a Bachelor degree in 2004 and a Master degree in 2007, both in Biomedical Engineering from Southeast University in Nanjing, China.

   In the Image Understanding Lab, I am generally interested in the neural mechanism underlying object and face recognition in human visual system. I use both behavioral and fMRI techniques to study these questions. Specifically, my current project investigates how the identity of faces is represented in the face processing neural network in the ventral visual pathway.

Publications

Xu, X., Yue, X., Lescroart, M.D., Kim, J.G. & Biederman, I. (2009). Adaptation in the Fusiform Face Area (FFA): Image or Person? Vision Research, 49, 2800-2807. [PDF]

Xu, X., Yue, X., Lescroart, M.D., Kim, J.G. & Biederman, I. (2009) Adaptation in the Fusiform Face Area (FFA): Image or Person? Presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of Vision Science Society (VSS), Naples, FL. [Poster]

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