State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University

Faculty

Current Faculty

Dajun Xing Ph.D.visual perception; neural oscillation; computational model dajun_xing#bnu.edu.cn

Educational Experience

2005　Ph.D in System Neuroscience, Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA

2000　MS in Neuroscience, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

1997　BS in Biophysics and physiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Professional Experience

2013-present　Professor, State Key Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, P.R. China

2013-present　Principal Investigator, IDG/Mcgovern institute for brain research, Beijing Normal University

2010-2013　Adjunct assistant professor, Department of Psychology, Hunter college at city university of New York, New York, NY, USA

2005-2011　Research scientist, Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA

2011-2013　Research assistant professor, Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA

Research Description

Dr. Dajun Xing’s research interests focus on neural mechanisms of visual perception and brain oscillations by using electrophysiological, anatomical and computational approaches. In particular, his work aims to understand how visual system processes visual information (such as brightness, color, motion) for perception, what is the relationship between brain oscillations and visual perception (and other cognitive functions), how oscillations are generated in the brain, and what oscillations can tell us about the brain. By answering the questions about perception and oscillations, his ultimate goal is to understand the information processing in the most complex nonlinear dynamic system, brain.

Publications

1.Huang, J.; Wang, T.; Dai, W.; Li, Y.; Yang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Wu, Y.; Zhou, T.; Xing, D*. Neuronal representation of visual working memory content in the primate primary visual cortex, Science Advances, (2024), 10 (24).

2.Wang, T.; Dai, W.; Wu, Y.; Li, Y.; Yang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Zhou, T.; Sun, X.; Wang, G.; Li, L.; Dou, F.; Xing, D*. Nonuniform and pathway-specific laminar processing of spatial frequencies in the primary visual cortex of primates, Nature Communications, (2024), 15, 4005.

3.Zhang, Y.; Wang, T.; Dai, W.; Li, Y.; Yang, Y.; Wu, Y.; Huang, J.; Zhou, T.; Xing, D.*. Pupillary Responses Reflect Dynamic Changes in Multiple Cognitive Factors During Associative Learning in Primates, Journal of Neuroscience, (2024), 44 (18).

4.Wu, Y.; Zhao, M.; Deng, H.; Wang, T.; Xin, Y.; Dai, W.; Huang, J.; Zhou, T.; Sun, X.; Liu, N.*; Xing, D.*. The neural origin for asymmetric coding of surface color in the primate visual cortex, Nature Communications, (2024), 15, 516.

5.Li, Y.; Dai, W.; Wang, T.; Wu, Y.; Dou, F.; Xing, D.*. Visual surround suppression at the neural and perceptual levels, Cognitive Neurodynamics, (2023).

6.Dai, W.; Wang, T.; Li, Y.; Yang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Kang, J.; Wu, Y.; Yu, H.; Xing, D.*. Dynamic Recruitment of the Feedforward and Recurrent Mechanism for Black–White Asymmetry in the Primary Visual Cortex, Journal of Neuroscience, (2023), 43 (31) 5668-5684.

7.Wu, Y.; Wang, T.; Zhou, T.; Li, Y.; Yang, Y.; Dai, W.; Zhang, Y.; Han, C.; Xing, D.*. V1-bypassing suppression leads to direction-specific microsaccade modulation in visual coding and perception, Nature Communications, (2022), 13, 6366.

8.Li, Y.; Wang, T.; Yang, Y.; Dai, W.; Wu, Y.; Li, L.; Han, C.; Zhong, L.; Li, L.; Wang, G.; Dou, F.; Xing, D.*. Cascaded normalizations for spatial integration in the primary visual cortex of primates, Cell Reports, (2022), 40, 111221.

9.Yang, Y.; Wang, T.; Li, Y.; Dai, W.; Yang, G.; Han, C.; Wu, Y. and Xing, D.*. Coding strategy for surface luminance switches in the primary visual cortex of the awake monkey, Nature Communications, (2022), 13,286.

10.Han, C.; Wang, T.; Yang, Y.; Wu, Y.; Li, Y.; Dai, W.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, B.; Yang, G.; Cao, Z.; Kang, J.; Wang, G.; Li, L.; Yu, H.; Yeh, C. and Xing, D.*. Multiple gamma rhythms carry distinct spatial frequency information in primary visual cortex, PLoS Biol., (2021), 19 (12).

11.Han, C.; Shapley, R.; and Xing, D.*. Gamma rhythms in the visual cortex: Functions and mechanisms, Cognitive Neurodynamics, (2021).

12.Han, C.; Wang, T.; Wu, Y.; Li, Y.; Yang, Y.; Li, L.; Wang, Y.; Xing, D.*. The Generation and Modulation of Distinct Gamma Oscillations with Local, Horizontal, and Feedback Connections in the Primary Visual Cortex: A Model Study on Large-Scale Networks, Neural Plasticity, (2021).

13.Wang, B.; Han, C.; Wang, T.; Dai, W.; Li, Y.; Yang, Y.; Yang, G.; Zhong, L.; Zhang, Y.; Wu, Y.; Wang, G.; Yu, H.; Xing, D.*. Superimposed gratings induce diverse response patterns of gamma oscillations in primary visual cortex, Scientific Reports, (2021), 11(4941).

14.Wang, T.; Li, Y.; Yang, G.; Dai, W.; Yang, Y.; Han, C.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; and Xing, D.*. Laminar Subnetworks of Response Suppression in Macaque Primary Visual Cortex, Journal of Neuroscience, (2020), 40(39):7436–7450.

15.Xing, D.*; Ouni, A.; Chen, S.; Sahmoud, H.; Gordon, J.; Shapley, R.. Brightness-color interactions in human early visual cortex, Journal of Neuroscience, (2015), 2.4, 35(5): 2226~2232.

16.Xing, D.*; Yeh, C.; Gordon, J.; Shapley, R.; Cortical brightness adaptation when darkness and brightness produce different dynamical states in the visual cortex, PNAS, (2014), 111(3): 1210~1215.

17.Jia, X.*; Xing, D. *; Kohn, A.*. No consistent relationship between gamma power and peak frequency in macaque primary visual cortex, Journal of Neuroscience, (2013), 33 (1): 17~25.

18.Shapley, R.M.; Xing, D.*, Local circuit inhibition in the cerebral cortex as the source of gain control and untuned suppression, Neural Networks, (2013), 37: 172~181.

19.Xing, D.*; Shen, Y.; Burns, S.; Yeh, C.-I.; Shapley, R.; Li, W.*; Stochastic Generation of Gamma-Band Activity in Primary Visual Cortex of Awake and Anesthetized Monkeys, Journal of Neuroscience, (2012).10.3, 32(40): 13873~13881.

20.Xing, D.*; Yeh, C.-I.; Burns, S.; Shapley, R.M.; Laminar analysis of visually evoked activity in the primary visual cortex, PNAS, (2012), 109(34): 13871~13876.