Talks and presentations
Dementia
Cheng, Y. ., Ho, E., Weintraub, S., Rentz, D., Gershon, R., Das, S., Dodge, H.. Predicting Brain Amyloid Status Using the NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, July, 2023.
Cheng, Y. . Deep Learning Clinical, Cognitive, and Neuroimaging Phenotypes from the MGH Memory Disorder Unit (MDU) Patients, MGH Memory Disorder Unit (MDU) Conference, Virtual. May., 2023.
Cheng, Y. . Predicting AD Status with Brain Morphometry: Utilizing Cerebrospinal Fluid as a Biomarker, Joint UCSF/MGH REC Scholars Program Event, Virtual. April, 2023.
Tyagi T., Magdamo C., Cheng, Y. , West M., Noori A., Liu X., Serrano-Pozo A., Hyman B., Mukerji S., Westover M.B., Blacker D., Das S.. Deep Learning Natural Language Processing to Detect Cognitive Impairment in Charts from Electronic Health Records. MGH Annual Clinical Research Day, Virtual. Oct., 2022. Team Science - Honorable Mention
Human Navigation
Direction
Cheng, Y. , Ling, S., Stern, C. E., Chrastil, E.R.. Evidence for a distributed head direction and travel trajectory system in the human brain during active navigation, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego. Nov., 2022. [news]
Starrett Ambrose M., Cheng, Y. , Davis, R., Tranquada-Torres, B., Chrastil, E.R.. Domain generality and specificity across egocentric and allocentric distance ratings, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego. Nov., 2022.
Cheng, Y. , Chrastil, E.R., Krichmar, J.. A Recurrent Neural Network Model of Travel Direction in Humans, Women in Machine Learning (WiML) Un-Workshop, International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Virtual. July, 2022. [news][video]
Cheng, Y. , Chrastil, E.R., Krichmar, J.. A Recurrent Neural Network Model of Travel Direction in Humans, Interdisciplinary Navigation Symposium (iNAV), Virtual. June, 2022. [news]
Cheng, Y., Chrastil, E.R.. Sex Differences in Head Direction Signals When Learning a Complex Environment. Neuromatch Conference 4.0 Flash Talk, Virtual, Dec., 2021. [news][video]
Cheng, Y. . Head Direction Signals in the Human Brain When Exploring in a Complex Environment, UCI Cognitive Sciences Colloquium Flash Talk. Dec., 2021.
Cheng, Y. , Ling, S., Stern, C. E., Huang, A., Chrastil, E.R.. Travel Direction as a Fundamental Component of Human Navigation, Harvard Women in Psychology’s Annual Trends in Psychology Summit (TiPS), Virtual. Nov., 2021. [news]
Cheng, Y., Chrastil, E.R.. Sex Differences in Head Direction Signals When Learning a Complex Environment. Society for Neuroscience, Virtual. Nov., 2021. [news]
Cheng, Y. . Head Direction Signals in the Human Brain When Exploring in a Complex Environment, UCI Cognitive Sciences Colloquium Flash Talk. Nov., 2021.
Cheng, Y. . Head Direction Signals in the Human Brain When Exploring in a Complex Environment: A Machine Learning Approach, UCI Cognitive Sciences Colloquium Flash Talk. Oct., 2021.
Cheng, Y. . Travel Direction as a Fundamental Component of Human Navigation, UCI Cognitive Sciences Colloquium Flash Talk. Oct., 2021.
Cheng, Y., Chrastil, E.R.. Head Direction Signals During Navigation: Comparing Movement And Stationary Periods. Spatial Cognition, Virtual. Aug., 2021. [news]
Cheng, Y. , Chrastil, E.R.. The Emergence of Head Direction Signals in a Complex Environment. Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Virtual. June, 2021. [news]
Cheng, Y. , Chrastil, E.R.. The Emergence of Head Direction Signals in Human Navigation. spatial@ucsb.global2021: Spatial Data Science for a Sustainable Future, Virtual. June, 2021. [news]
Cheng, Y. , Chrastil, E.R.. Head Direction Signals During Navigation. Virtual Spring CNLM Conference - Memory: It’s About Time, Virtual. May, 2021. [news]
Cheng, Y. . Finding the Compass: Head Direction Signals in the Human Brain. UCI CNLM Awards Ceremony, Virtual. May, 2021. [news]
Cheng, Y. , Chrastil, E.R.. The Emergence of Head Direction Signals in Human Navigation, The Emergence of Head Direction Signals in Human Navigation. UCI Associated Graduate Students (AGS) Symposium, Virtual. April, 2021. Audience Choice Award [news]
Cheng, Y. , Chrastil, E.R.. The Emergence of Head Direction Signals in Human Navigation, Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) Annual Meeting, Virtual. March, 2021. [news]
Cheng, Y. , Chrastil, E.R.. The Emergence of Head Direction Signals in Human Navigation, Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP) recruitment session, Virtual. Jan., 2021. [news]
Cheng, Y. , Chrastil, E.R.. The Emergence of Head Direction Signals in Human Navigation, Society for Neuroscience Global Connectome, Virtual. Jan., 2021. [news]
Cheng, Y. , Chrastil, E.R. The Emergence of Head Direction Signals in Human Navigation, Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Virtual. Nov., 2020. [news]
Cheng, Y. , Ling, S., Stern, C. E., Huang, A., Chrastil, E.R. Travel Direction as a Fundamental Component of Human Navigation, Neuromatch Conference 3.0, Virtual. Oct., 2020. [news] [video]
Cheng, Y. , Ling, S., Stern, C. E., Huang, A., Chrastil, E.R. Travel Direction as a Fundamental Component of Human Navigation, Interdisciplinary Navigation Symposium (iNAV), Virtual. Oct., 2020. [news]
Cheng, Y. . Travel Direction as a Fundamental Component of Human Navigation, UCI Cognitive Sciences Department Graduate Student Presentation Bonanza, Irvine. Jan., 2020.
Cheng, Y. , Ling, S., Stern, C. E., Huang, A., Chrastil, E.R. Travel Direction as a Fundamental Component of Human Navigation, Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP) recruitment session, Irvine. Jan., 2020.
Cheng, Y. , Ling, S., Stern, C. E., Huang, A., Chrastil, E.R. Travel Direction as a Fundamental Component of Human Navigation, Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. Nov., 2019.
Cheng, Y. , Ling, S., Stern, C. E., Huang, A., Chrastil, E.R. Travel Direction as a Fundamental Component of Human Navigation, Interdisciplinary Navigation Symposium (iNAV), Quebec, Canada. June, 2018.
Cheng, Y. , Ling, S., Stern, C. E., Huang, A., Chrastil, E.R. Are You Getting Closer to the Sun or to the Moon? An Unusual Motion Adaptation Effect of Travel Direction. spatial@ucsb.local2018, UCSB Center for Spatial Studies. University of California, Santa Barbara. June, 2018.
Distance
- Cheng, Y. . Domain-General Distance Representation, Spring Quarter UCSB Geography Department Colloquium, Santa Barbara. May, 2019.
Sex Difference
Cheng, Y., Chrastil, E.R.. Sex Differences in Head Direction Signals When Learning a Complex Environment. Society for Neuroscience, Virtual. Nov., 2021. [news]
Cheng, Y. . What Are the Sex Differences in Navigation Training? Using Sea Hero Quest Dataset, UCSB Crossroads Symposium, Santa Barbara. Nov., 2019.
Spatial Cognition
Cheng, Y.* , He C. *, Spiers H., Coutrot A., Hornberger M., Hegarty M., Chrastil, E.R.. Self-Evaluations of Navigation Ability: A Big Data Approach. Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Virtual. Nov., 2021. *denotes equal authorship [news]
Cheng, Y. , Hegarty, M., Chrastil, E.R. Embodied Experience of the ‘Wrong’ Hand, Not World Knowledge, Supports the Mental Rotation of Hands, Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA. Nov., 2018.
Cheng, Y. , Hegarty, M., Chrastil, E.R. Performance Discrepancy Between Left-handers and Right-handers Reveals Multisensory Integration in the Mental Rotation of Hands, Spatial Cognition, Tübingen, Germany. Aug., 2018.
Cheng, Y. . Left Hand, Right Hand. 2018 Spatial Lightning Talks, UCSB Center for Spatial Studies, Santa Barbara. Feb., 2018. [video]
Decision Making
Cheng, Y. , Chrastil, E.R. From Individual Cognitive Maps to a Collective Cognitive Map: Prescriptive Guidelines, Collective Spatial Cognition Specialist Meeting, Santa Barbara. April, 2019.
Chrastil, E.R., Nicora, G., Davis, R., Smith, J., Cheng, Y. The Influence of Decision-Making on Spatial Learning and Memory: An Individual Differences Approach, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA. Nov., 2017.
Cheng, Y. , Qu, C. Cost Consideration Driven by Prosociality in Third-party Punishment: Using Feedback Related Negativity, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA. Oct., 2015.
Memory
- Cheng, Y. , Liang, Y., Tang, Z. Mixed Time-Based and Event-Based Prospective Memory: A Behavioral Study, the 16th National Academic Congress of Psychology, Nanjing, China. Nov., 2013.
Others
Downs, M., Brun, J., Huang, T., Cheng, Y. . Greater Than the Sum of the Parts: Collaboration in and Beyond the U.S. LTER Network, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Virtual. Aug., 2020.
Downs, M., Davis, F., Brun, J., Huang, T., Cheng, Y. . Greater Than the Sum of the Parts: Collaboration in the U.S. LTER Network, International Long-Term Ecosystem Research Open Science Meeting (ILTER OSM), Leipzig, Germany. Sept., 2019.