Topic: Psychology meets AI: (1) The studies of micro-expression and masked facial expression; (2) Imagery-related LLMs and neuromodulation studies
Speaker: Professor Fu Xiaolan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Assistant Professor Zhao Binglei, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
Date and time: June 6, 9:30–12:00
Venue: Room 103, BME Building
Host: Zhang Han
Abstract:
Professor Fu Xiaolan and her team have constructed four CASME micro-expression databases and a masked facial expression database, utilizing the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) to encode these facial expressions. In this talk, Professor Fu will discuss their progress and present the findings demonstrating that masked and non-masked expressions can be moderately distinguished in the database.
Assistant Professor Zhao Binglei’s research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying visual mental imagery (VMI). VMI is fundamental to our daily lives and is highly correlated with various affective and cognitive abilities, such as empathy and spatial navigation. In this talk, Prof. Zhao will share insights from two recent studies. The first study explores whether large language models (LLMs) can exhibit human-like empathy. The second study discusses an effective approach to modulating spatial navigation abilities.
Biography:
Prof. Fu Xiaolan serves as the Dean of the School of Psychology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and is the Editor-in-Chief of Acta Psychologica Sinica. Her research interests encompass cognitive psychology, emotional psychology, and psychology of lying.
Prof. Zhao Binglei is an Assistant Professor at the School of Psychology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her research focuses on the following areas: (1) neural mechanisms underlying visual mental imagery (VMI), (2) VMI decoding, and (3) neural modulation of VMI.