Know Thyself

If (hu)man is the measure of all things, what is the measure of human?

Meta-Self Lab

School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University

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Welcome to the Meta-Self Lab!

The lab is led by Prof., Dr., Hu Chuan-Peng at the School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China. We are interested in how human beings process self-related information, with a “3M” approach: meta-science, (cognitive) modeling, and (psychological) measurement. We are also trying to apply the “3M” approach to the mental health issues in the real world.

Openness, transparency, and reproducibility are core values in our research. We keep learning new methods and and adopting new practices to make our research as rigorous and robust as possible.

Equality is another core value of our lab. We are dedicated to fostering a culture where everyone involved is respected and every idea is valued.

Research Fields

Metascience

the use of scientific methodology to study science itself

Self-Cognition

A knowledge representation that contains knowledge about us

Modeling

a mathematical model that embodies a set of statistical assumptions concerning the generation of sample data

Team

Chengdong Xu

Jan-21 ~ May-22
RA at Beijing Normal University

Jiahui Wen

Sep-22 ~ Now
Take it easy and keep it going.

Lulu Li

Jan-21 ~ Nov-22
a doctoral student at Nanjing Normal University

Yi Ding

Aug-15 ~ Sep-18
a doctoral student at Tohoku University, study self-evaluation, social cognition

Chuyun Chen

Sep-21 ~ Now
to be an interesting person

Jiachen Liu

Jun-22 ~ Now
The former advertising director, who loves digital,film and design, is now working hard for user research.

Jixing Yin

Jan-16 ~ Dec-22
RA at West China Hospital of Sichuan University

Liuqing Tian

Jun-22 ~ Now
I am curious about new things. Reading books is my favourite activity.

Mingqian Guo

a doctoral student in Germany

Pengpeng Zhu

Sep-22 ~ Now
A screaming puppy when facing difficulties. personality

Qian Yang

Jan-21 ~ Nov-22
a master student at Guizhou Normal University

Shangzhi Lu

Sep-21 ~ Now
a master student at Chinese University of Hongkong

Songshi Bai

Sep-20 ~ Now
A psychology student is on the way.

Xin Yang Wang

Feb-21 ~ Now
Been on the underground, looking for that new sound.

Yikang Liu

Sep-22 ~ Now
I love cats

Yue Hu

Sep-22 ~ Now
Current research: perceptual decision-making

Yuhong Yan

Sep-22 ~ Now
a girl who loves all of my life

Yuqing Cai

Mar-18 ~ Dec-22
a doctoral student at Utrecht University, study visual perception, attention, and pupil measurement; also interested in socio-economic status and open science related research

Weibiao Liu

Jul-22 ~ Now
Grit is my trait！

Jiachen Ma

Sep-21 ~ Now
a curious student, fascinated by how the mind works

Mengzhen Hu

Jun-22 ~ Now
I want to love, want to eat, but also want to become a cloud in the sky in a moment.

–Wang Xiaobo

Shuting Sun

Sep-21 ~ Now
Interested in differences between people and brain plasticity.Love exploring new things.

Siying Qiu

Sep-21 ~ Now
An Idealist，a romanticist，a hermaphrodite in personality

Helen (Zheng Liu)

Oct-20 ~ Jul-22
Laziness is the true mother of coding.

Chenghao Zhou

Nov-20 ~ Dec-22
Now studying cognitive psychology at NYU. Interested in decision making and human interaction.

Hejia Sun

Sep-20 ~ Now
I’m living in a fascinating planet.

Chennan Wu

Sep-19 ~ Now
I’m a 2019 undergraduate student at School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, a time lag effect believer, a stable ISTJ. I approach life with an experiencial mindset.

Lei Yue

Aug-22 ~ Now
I wanted to do something meaningful with my short life.

Nan Wang

Sep-19 ~ Now
to study language, mind, and cognition in its entirety

Yuanrui Zheng

Sep-19 ~ Now
I don’t mind not knowing. It doesn’t scare me. - Richard Feynman

Haoyuan Wang

Sep-17 ~ Now
Just want an easy life

Hu Chuan-Peng

the Principal Investigator of Chuanpeng Lab

Qinglan Liu

Sep-12 ~ Jun-20
Researcher of Beijing Youse Technology Co., Ltd

Publications

Jin, H, Wang, Q, Yang, Y-F, Zhang, H, Gao, M, Jin, S, Chen, S, Xu, T, YuanRui, Z, Chen, J, Xiao, Q, Yang, J, Wang, X, Geng, H, Ge, J, Wang, W-W, Chen, X, Zhang, L, Zuo X-N, Chuan-Peng, Hu

August, 2022 In psyarxiv

Chinese Open Science Network (COSN):Building an Open Science community in a developing country

Open Science is becoming a mainstream scientific ideology in psychology and related fields. However, due to inadequate research infrastructures, limited resources, and a lack of local support amongst various other difficulties, researchers - especially early career researchers (ECRs) in developing countries - are facing significant hurdles in moving Open Science forward.

Hu, C, Di, X, Eickhoff, S. B, Zhang, M, Peng, K, Guo, H, Sui, J

December, 2015 In Neurosci Biobehav Rev

Distinct and common aspects of physical and psychological self-representation in the brain:A meta-analysis of self-bias in facial and self-referential judgements

The neural representation of self is a fundamental question for brain research. Employing activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analyses, we assessed the commonalities and distinctions between different components of the self by focusing on the ‘physical’ self and the ‘psychological’ self – assessed respectively through face processing and self-referential tasks.

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