Dr. Shimin Fu received his Ph. D. in Biophysics from University of Science and Technology of China under the guidance of professor Lin Chen. After that he worked as a research associate at the Department of Psychology, University of Oxford, and the Oxford Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain, where he studied the functional brain imaging of Chinese character and Pinyin reading under the guidance of professor Paul Matthews and professor Susan Iversen.  He then joined professor Raja Parasuraman's Cognitive Science Laboratory at the Catholic University of America as a research fellow. He is currently a research fellow in the ARCH Laboratory, George Mason University.

Research Interest

        Dr. Shimin Fu's major research interest is to investigate the neural mechanisms of visual selective attention using event-related potentials (ERPs) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Specifically, he focuses on  the role of the striate cortex (indexed by the C1 component) and extrastriate cortex (indexed by the P1 component) in visual perception and selective attention. 

        Dr. Shimin Fu's other research topics include: mismatch negativity (MMN) and automatic processing in visual modality; selection negativity (SN) and visual attribute processing; N2pc and focusing visuospatial attention; P1/N1 and orienting/focusing visuospatial attention; behavioral and neuropsychological studies of object-based attention theory; and fMRI studies of Chinese character and Pinyin reading. He is also interested in extending his expertise in ERPs to healthy ageing and genetic studies, as well as other  research topics in implicit learning, context cueing, face processing, and working memory.  

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last update: 2/17/2006