Mintao Zhao

Dr. Mintao Zhao is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of East Anglia's School of Psychology. His research focuses on face perception/recognition and spatial cognition/navigation, employing methods like virtual reality, eye-tracking, and fMRI. He holds a PhD from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and completed postdoctoral work at the University of Hong Kong, Brown University, and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics.

Education: BSc from Henan University, PhD from Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Postdoctoral training included face processing and spatial navigation research.

Key research areas include how humans interact with physical/social environments, with projects funded by the British Academy and Royal Society. Teaching modules include Cognitive Neuroscience, Environmental Psychology, and Brain and Cognition courses.

He supervises students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and his work explores holistic face processing, spatial memory, and neural mechanisms of person/space perception. Collaborations span global institutions, reflecting his multidisciplinary approach.