I was trained in physics and did computational neuroscience research before joining the Computation and Decision-Making Lab, where I study the cognitive science problems in epistemology, such as the rational basis of intellectual virtues and vices. I'm also exploring the possibility of social transformations with a better appreciation of agency.

Research interests

• Social epistemology
  Bayesian modeling of trust and vulnerability, humility and curiosity, (illusion of) understanding in social learning
• Computational cognition
  How to establish a common language for neuroscientists, cognitive scientists and AI researchers to study intelligence.
• Neural data science
  Developing machine learning methods for data analysis based on our understanding of cognitive processes.

Publications

Xie Y*, Hu P*, Li J, Chen J, Song W, Wang XJ, Yang T, Dehaene S, Tang S, Min B & Wang L
Geometry of sequence working memory in macaque prefrontal cortex (2022) Science Code&Data

Chen J*, Zhang C*, Hu P*, Min B & Wang L
Flexible control of sequence working memory in macaque frontal cortex (2024) Neuron

Hu P & Ho M
Common sense reasoning about source credibility (2024) CogSci/CCN Abstract

* Equal contribution

Biography

2013 - 2017   B.S. in Physics, Fudan University
2017 - 2019   Doctoral Program, Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science, NYU Shanghai
2019 - 2023   Research Assistant, Institute of Neuroscience, CAS
2023 - 2024   Doctoral Program, Department of Computer Science, Stevens
2024 - .........   Doctoral Program, Department of Psychology, New York University