Lin Fang

Lin Fang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at Northern Michigan University, co-director of the Cognitive x Affective Behavior & Integrative Neuroscience (CABIN) Lab, and holds a Ph.D. from Ghent University (Belgium). Her research integrates behavioral measurement, eye-tracking, EEG/ERP, and neuroimaging to investigate cognitive and affective vulnerabilities to depression/anxiety, interactions between cognitive control and emotion regulation, and user experience (UX) research. She frequently collaborates with Joshua M Carlson and other experts in psychology and neuroscience.

Her recent work in 2025-2024 emphasizes climate change attention, neural correlates of climate anxiety, and pro-environmentalism. Earlier studies (2022-2023) explore attentional bias variability, neuroplasticity, and the relationship between gray matter structure and anxiety-related cognitive processes. Her methodologies span multimodal neuroscience (fMRI, EEG) and experimental psychology (dot-probe task, eye-tracking).

The CABIN Lab, where she co-leads, actively shares updates via Facebook and Instagram pages. Her personal interests include playing Animal Crossing, Euchre, crocheting, and listening to podcasts.