About Me

Hello! I am Haibin Yu, a Master's student in Psychology at Lund University, Sweden. I received my B.S. in Psychology from Fudan University, China.

My research interests include cognitive neuroscience, false memory, fear generalization, and eye-tracking methodology. I have experience with MEG, EEG, SCR, and eye-tracking techniques.

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Education

Lund University

M.S. in Psychology

Sept 2024 - Present · Lund, Sweden

Fudan University

B.S. in Psychology · Major GPA: 3.6/4.0

Sept 2018 - June 2023 · Shanghai, China

Research Experience

Eye-tracking Study on Visual Search Under Instruction

Researcher · LU Humanities Lab, Lund University

Feb 2025 - Mar 2025

MEG Study on False Memory and Fear Generalization

Research Assistant · Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-inspired Intelligence, Fudan University

June 2023 - June 2024

SCR Study on False Memory and Fear Generalization

Researcher · Memory Laboratory, Fudan University

Mar 2023 - June 2023

Study on Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memories

Undergraduate Researcher · Xiyuan Program, Fudan University

Mar 2021 - Apr 2022

Study on False Memory and Decision Making in Ageing

Experimenter · Laboratory of Psychology and Behavioural Science of Ageing, Fudan Institute on Ageing

Nov 2021 - Dec 2021

Publications & Presentations

  1. How Are Emojis Processed? A Cross-Linguistic Eye-Tracking Study of Parafoveal Access and Semantic Integration
    Haibin Yu
    Poster accepted by 2026 APS Annual Convention, Barcelona, Spain
  2. Rethinking Emoji Cognition: A Cross-Writing System Perspective
    Haibin Yu
    Poster presented at the 2026 ASLA Symposium, Umeå, Sweden
  3. Implanting Fear in Memory: False Threat Memories Lead to Heightened Fear Generalization
    Jianqin Wang, Haibin Yu, Yang Lu, Emma Biggs, Tom Beckers
    Manuscript under review at Cognition
  4. Retrieval Mechanisms of Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memories (MEAM): Generative or Direct Retrieval
    Siyu Li, Haibin Yu, Jianqin Wang
    Presented at 2022 APS Annual Convention, Chicago, USA

Awards

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Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis (Sole Nominee from Department of Psychology), Fudan University, 2023
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Xiyuan Program Research Grant (Fudan's UROP), 2021