Hi, I’m Haocheng Zhu! I’m currently a Ph.D student at UCLA, USA. My research interest includes human perception, computational modeling for cognition and cross-modal integration. I’m doing psychophysics and neuroimaging studies at Muiltisensory Processing Lab with Dr. Ladan Shams.

Educations

• 2024.8-present, Ph.D in Computational Cognition, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
• 2020.9-2024.6, B.S in Psychology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Publications

Published

• Zhu, H., Tang, X., Chen, T., Yang, J., Wang, A., & Zhang, M. (2023). Audiovisual illusion training improves multisensory temporal integration. Consciousness and Cognition. link
• Zhu, H., Beierholm, U., & Shams, L. (2024). The overlooked role of unisensory precision in multisensory research. Current Biology. link
• Zhu, H., Beierholm, U., & Shams, L. (2024). BCI Toolbox: an open source package in python for Bayesian causal inference model. PLoS Computational Biology. link

Submitted

• Wang, A., Zhang, J., Liu, G., Zhu, H., & Tang, X. (submitted). No transfer of auditory dominance to visual dominance among children and young adults: evidence from Bayesian causal inference.

In Preparation

• Zhu, H., Beierholm, U., & Shams, L. (in prep). Analyzing multisensory integration do’s and don’ts.
• Zhu, H., Zhang, Y, & Shams, L. (in prep). Multidimensional Bayesian causal inference modulates multisensory perception.
• Parong, J., Kamal, K., Zhu, H., Hang, L., Moreland, M., Shams, L., Seitz, A., & Green, C., S. (in prep). Bayesian Causal Inference in the Memory Suggestibility Effect.
• Zhu, H., Wang, A., Shams, L. (in prep). Bayesian causal inference behind multisensory depth perception.
• Quintero, S. I., Kamal, K., Zhu, H., & Shams, L. (in prep). Audiovisual temporal numerosity training alters multisensory integration and unisensory processing.
• Wang, A., Qian, Q., Zhu, H., Shen, L., & Chen, Q. (in prep). Neural dynamics in multisensory temporal integration: a f-MRI study

Talks & Posts

• 6th Chinese Vision Science Society Conference, poster, Wenzhou, China, 2023
• Chinese Computational & Cognitive Neuroscience Conference, poster, HongKong, 2024
• International Multisensory Research Forum, poster, Reno, USA, 2024
• UCLA Cognitive Forum, talk, USA, 2024
• The Future of Neuroscience, poster, Los Angeles, USA, 2024

Honors and Rewards

• UCLA Dean Scholar Fellowship, 2024, 14,500$
• UCLA Departmental Fellowship, 2024, 25,000$