Publications
Franco-Martínez, A., Rey-Sáez, R., Adrián-Ventura, J., Amerio, P., Baciero, A., Bennis, A., Bergström, F., Cleeremans, A., Contu, L., Dell'Acqua, R., Deng, X., Dolu, F. N., Gambarota, F., Gao, Y., et al. Replicating the unconscious working memory effect: A multisite preregistered study. Neuroscience of Consciousness (accepted).
Gao, Y., Xue, K., Odegaard, B., & Rahnev, D. (2025). Automatic multisensory integration follows subjective confidence rather than objective performance. Commun Psychol 3, 38, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00221-w.
Gao, Y., Crognale, M., Miller, K. N., Webster, M.A., & Jiang, F. (2024). Time course and neural locus of the Flashed Face Distortion effect. Vision Research, 224, 108492, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2024.108492/.
Michel, M., Gao, Y., Mazor, M., Kletenik, I. & Rahnev, D. When visual metacognition fails: Widespread lack of awareness for visual deficits. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, S1364-6613(24)00226-2. Advance online publication, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.09.003.
Gao, Y., Wang, M., & Rahnev, D. (2024). Objectively quantifying subjective phenomena: Measuring the flashed face distortion effect. Cognition, 250,105861, ISSN 0010-0277, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105861.
Gao, Y., Chen, S., & Rahnev, D. (2024). Dynamics of sensory and decisional biases in perceptual decision making: insights from the face distortion illusion. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. (In press)
Luo, X.*, Zhao, D.*, Gao, Y.*, Yang, Z., Wang, D., & Mei, G. (2024). Implicit weight bias: shared neural substrates for overweight and angry facial expressions revealed by cross-adaptation. Cerebral Cortex, 34(4), bhae128. (*Co-first author)
Gao, Y., Pieller, J., Webster, M. A., & Jiang, F. (2022). Temporal dynamics of face adaptation. Journal of Vision, 22(11), 14-14, https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.22.11.14
Gao, Y., Webster, M. A., & Jiang, F. (2021). Changes of tuning but not dynamics of contrast adaptation with age. Vision Research,187, 129-136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2021.03.015
Gao, Y., Miller, K. N., Rudd, M. E., Webster, M. A., & Jiang, F. (2021). Duration comparisons for vision and touch are dependent on presentation order and temporal context. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 15: 664264, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2021.664264
Retter, T. L., Gao, Y., Jiang, F., Rossion, B., & Webster, M. A. (2023). Automatic, Early Color-Specific Neural Responses to Object Color Knowledge. Brain topography, 36(5), 710–726, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-023-00979-4
Xiao, K., Gao, Y., Imran, S.A. et al. (2021). Cross-modal motion aftereffects transfer between vision and touch in early deaf adults. Scientific Reports, 11, 4395, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83960-0
Gao, Y., Webster, M.A., Jiang, F. (2019). Dynamics of contrast adaptation in central and peripheral vision. Journal of Vision, 19(6): 23, 1-13, https://doi.org/1 0.1167/19.6.23
Dong, X.*, Gao, Y.*, Lv, L., & Bao, M. (2016). Habituation of visual adaptation. Scientific Reports, 6, 19152, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep19152 (*Co-first authors)
Submitted manuscripts
Gao, Y., Fung, H., & Rahnev, D. Despite massive experience, humans have limited insight into many aspects of their perception. PsyArRxiv, https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3jrmw (Under review).
Manuscripts in preparation
Luo, X.*, Luo, Y.*, Gao, Y.*, Wang, D., & Mei, G. Concurrent serial dependence in face gender and expression is behaviorally parallel but neurally dissociable (Co-first author).
Conference presentations
Gao, Y., Xue, K., & Rahnev, D. (2024). Common computations in automatic cue combination and metacognitive confidence reports. Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society: St. Pete Beach, FL. [Talk]
Gao, Y., Chen S. X., & Rahnev, D. (2023). Competition between sensory and decisional biases in perceptual decision making. Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society: St. Pete Beach, FL. [Poster]
Gao, Y., Crognale, M., Jiang, F., & Webster, M.A. (2021). Interocular transfer of Flashed Face Distortion Effect. Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society. [Poster]
Miller, K., Gao, Y., Pieller, J., Webster, M.A. & Jiang, F. (2021). The Effects of temporal rates on Flashed Face Distortion Effect and facial expression recognition. Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society. [Poster]
Gao, Y., Jiang, F., & Webster, M. A. (2019). Eccentricity-dependent differences in cross-orientation adaptation. Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society: St. Pete Beach, FL. [Poster]
Gao, Y., Webster, M. A., & Jiang, F. (2018). Effects of Event Number and Adaptation Duration on Tilt and Motion Aftereffect in central and peripheral vision. The Optical Society Fall Vision Meeting: Reno, NV. [Poster]
Gao, Y., Webster, M. A., & Jiang, F. (2018). Dynamics of contrast adaptation in central and peripheral vision. Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society: St. Pete Beach, FL. [Poster]
Gao, Y., Xiao, K., Imran, S. A., Chowdhury, S., Commuri S., & Jiang, F. (2018). Cross-modal Motion Aftereffects in Deaf and Hearing Participants. Research & Innovation Grantee Showcase: Reno, NV. [Poster]
Gao, Y., Webster, M. A., & Jiang, F. (2017). Individual and age-related differences of visual adaptation across different stimulus dimensions. Cognitive and Neuroscience Spring Conference: University of Nevada, Reno. [Talk]