Research Interests
Neural Mechanisms of Language Processing and Disorder, with a focus on aging. As the human-unique competency, understanding whether and how language declines provides opportunities to explore both domain-specific and domain-general principle of cognitive decline in advanced elderly and disorder population.
Research Projects in Recent Years
1.National Science Foundation of China（31571156）: Compensatory mechanism in cognitive control aging (2016-2019).
2.Award grant from 333 Project of Jiangsu Province: Language disorder in native Chinese Alzheimer's disease population (2017-2019).
3.National Science Foundation of China （31100811）: Neural mechanism of semantic integration during sentence comprehension (2012-2014).
Selected Publications
1.Zhu, Z.*, Hou, X., Yang, Y*. (accepted) Reduced Syntactic Processing Efficiency in Older Adults During Sentence Comprehension. Frontiers in Psychology. (*co-correspondence)
2.Zhu, Z., Duan, Y., Wang, S. (2017) The Baseline Fluid Intelligence Modulated the Transfer Effect from Working Memory to Fluid Intelligence. Acta Psychologica Sinica 49(8): 1022-1030. (* correspondence, in Chinese)
3.Huang, S., Zhu, Z. *, Zhang, W*., Chen, Y., Zhen, S. (2017). Trait Impulsivity Components Correlate Differently with Proactive and Reactive Control. PLoS ONE. 12(4): e0176102. (*co-correspondence)
4.Xu, N., Hou, X., Zhao, B., Zhu, Z.*, & Yang, Y*. (2017). Age-related Temporal-spatial Dynamic ERP Changes During Sentence Comprehension. Neuroscience Letters 645,74-79. (*co-correspondence)
5.Liu, Q.#, Zhu, Z.#, Teipel S., Yang, J., Xing, Y., Tang, Y., Jia, J. (2017). White Matter Damage in the Cholinergic System Contributes to Cognitive Impairment in Subcortical Vascular Cognitive Impairment, no Dementia. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 9: 47. (#co-first author)
6.Tang, Y.#, Zhu, Z.#, Liu, Q., Li, F., Yang, J., Li, F., Xing, Y., Jia, J. (2016). The Efficacy of Cognitive Training in Patients with VAsCular Cognitive Impairment, No dEmentia (the Cog-VACCINE study): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. Trials. 17(1):392. (#co-first author)
7.Zhu, Z., Johnson, N.F., Kim, C., Gold, B.T. (2015) Reduced Frontal Cortex Efficiency is Associated with Lower White Matter Integrity in Aging. Cerebral Cortex. 25 (1): 138-146.
8.Zhao, J., Liang, W.-K., Juan, C.-H., Wang, L., Wang, S., Zhu, Z*. (2015). Dissociated Stimulus and Response Conflict Effect in the Stroop Task: Evidence from Evoked Brain Potentials and Brain Oscillations. Biological Psychology. 104: 130-138. (*correspondence)
9.Zhu, Z., Gold, B.T. Chang, C.-F., Wang, S., Juan, C.-H. (2015). Left Middle Temporal and Inferior Frontal Regions Contribute to Speed of Lexical Decision: A TMS study. Brain and Cognition. 93:11-17.
10.Zhu, Z.*, Johnson, N.F., Kim, C., Gold, B.T. (2014). Age-related Increases in Right Frontal Activation During Task Switching are Mediated by Reaction Time and White Matter Microstructure. Neuroscience. 278:51-61. (*correspondence)
11.Zhu, Z., Feng, G., Zhang, J.X., Li, G., Li, H., Wang, S. (2013). The Role of Left Prefrontal Cortex in Sentence-level Semantic Integration. NeuroImage, 76, 325-331.
12.Zhu, Z., Fan, Y., Feng, G., Huang, R., Wang, S. (2013) Large Scale Brain Functional Networks Support Sentence Comprehension: Evidence from both Explicit and Implicit Language Tasks. PLoS ONE, 8(11): e80214.
13.Zhu, Z., Hagoort, P., Zhang, J.X., Feng, G., Bastiaansen, M., Chen, H.-C., Wang, S. (2012) The Anterior Left inferior Frontal Gyrus Contributes to Semantic Unification. NeuroImage, 60, 2230–2237.
14.Zhu, Z., Zhang, J. X., Wang, S., Xiao, Z., Huang, J., & Chen, H.-C. (2009). Involvement of Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus in Sentence-level Semantic Integration. NeuroImage, 47(2), 756-763.
Awards
The Outstanding Achievement Award,Philosophy and Social Sciences, Jiangsu province, 2016
The Outstanding Achievement Award,Philosophy and Social Sciences (2008-2009), Guangdong province, 2011
Contact Information
Email: zhuzude@163.com
Address:Jiangsu Normal University,#57, Heping Rd.,Xuzhou, China, 221009