Weidong TAO ( English Name: Justin Tao), Ph.D
Contact Information
Mail Address: School of Teacher Education, Huzhou Normal University.
NO 759 Second Ring Road, Wuxing Zhejiang, China.
Email:neweidongtao@gmail.com
Education
2008-2009 McMaster University (Visiting Ph.D students)
2006-2009 Southwest University (Ph.D- Cognitive Psychology)
2004-2006 Southwest University (M.A-Cognitive Psychology)
2000-2002 Hefei Normal University, (B.A-Education Management)
Work experiences
2017-Present Professor， Huzhou Normal University
2016-2017 Professor, Lingnan Normal University
2011-2015 Associate Professor, Lingnan Normal University
2009-2011 Assistant Professor, Zhanjiang Normal University
1998-2000 Teacher JinJi Junior high School, Wuwei, AnHui
Research Skills
Event-related potential(Brain Products or EGI)
Eye-tracking machine (Eyelink II or 2000)
Eprime, Experimental building, Matlab, Visual Basic
SPSS, Amos
Computer Skills include proficiency in Microsoft office, Adobe Photoshop, Poser
Funds
1.Foundation for Distinguished Young Talents in Higher Education of Guangdong (WYM10106) （15000 Yuan, completed）
2.National Foundation of China (31000460)（180000 Yuan, completed）
3.Guangdong Foundation philosophy and social science #GD13CXL02 (50000 Yuan, In progress)
4.Foundation of Doctor Project in Zhanjiang Normal University#ZL1203. (40000 Yuan, In progress)
Interesting Research Area
The neural mechanism of expertise recognition
Amusia
Mental or imagery processing
Courses
Cognitive Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Experimental Psychology
General Psychology
Educational Psychology
Publications
1. TAO Wei-Dong,SUN Hong-Jin,YAN Jing-Jiang et al.（2008）The Dissociation of Egocentric and Allocentric Mental Rotation through an In-Rotation Effect. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 40(1): 14-24.（In Chinese）
2 TAO Wei-Dong,HUANG Xi-Ting,ZHANG Hui et al.(2009). Observer’s Hand Orientation Influences Mental Rotation of A Hand Stimulus. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 41(01): 10-25. （In Chinese）
3Tao WD, Liu Q, Huang X T, et al.(2009). Effect of degree and direction of rotation in egocentric mental rotation of hand: an event-related potential study. Neuroreport. 20（1）：180-185.
4 TAO Wei-Dong,SUN Hong-Jin,ZHANG Xu-Dong et al.（2011） The Neural-mechanisms of the Formation of Inversion Effect in Non-face Object Recognition. Advances in Psychological Science, 19(8): 1104-1114. （In Chinese）
5Tao WD, Sun Hongjin. (2013). Configural processing in body posture recognition: an eye-tracking study. NeuroReport , 24(16):903-910.
6.TAO Weidong, Zeng Weixi, Sun Hongjin. (2014). Behavioral and electrophysiological measures of the body inversion effect: The contribution of the limb configurations. NeuroReport, 25(11):1-8
