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Youcai Yang is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Yale School of Medicine, primarily affiliated with the Child Study Center. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2018) and serves as an Associate Professor at East China Normal University. His research focuses on neurological and behavioral mechanisms of anxiety and affective disorders in children and adolescents, with an emphasis on cognitive control deficits and exercise-based interventions to prevent and treat these conditions.
Yang employs advanced neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, fNIRS, EEG) and eye-tracking to study neural activation patterns, emotion regulation, and attentional biases in youth populations. His work bridges developmental psychology, clinical psychiatry, and intervention science, exploring how structured physical activity modulates brain connectivity and cognitive function in anxiety-related disorders.
He has contributed to longitudinal studies and school-based interventions, publishing extensively on biomarkers for early anxiety risk detection and therapeutic strategies combining cognitive training with exercise programs. His research has implications for educational policy and pediatric mental health frameworks.
