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Lab Updates
Research Visit at the University of Chicago
Dr. Tianying Cai visited the Department of Psychology at University of Chicago, where she presented a talk titled “Measuring Interpersonal Neural Dynamics Across Time: Ongoing work in fNIRS hyperscanning and reproducible analysis” to introduce Sync-A-Thon and NIRSPipe works.
New Publication in Affective Science
Dr. Tianying Cai’s co-authored work, Do Global Emotion Regulation Profiles Under COVID-19 Stress Predict Daily Strategy Use Later?, was published on Affective Science. The lead author of this project is Eva Y. Liu (Yale University).
Hyperscanning Demo for PSYC 7400
CONNECT Lab did a research demo of fNIRS Hyperscanning for the PSYC 7400 Cognitive Neuroscience.
Poster at the Flux Congress 2026
Dr. Tianying Cai attended the Flux Society’s 2026 Congress and presented a poster titled “Interpretable Machine Learning Reveals How the Neighborhood Exposome Is Linked to Adolescent Brain Structure”
Welcoming Four New Lab Members
Happy start of the semester! We are excited to welcome four new members to our lab this semester! Qiuyu Yu and Janishi Hightower join us as first-year graduate students in HDFS, while Avery Diehl and Sofia Fays join as undergraduate research assistants. We are also happy to welcome back Andrew Battenberg, Jadon Cantley, and Cala Walker after a relaxing summer...
CONNECT Lab Is Founded!
We are excited to announce the launch of the CONNECT Lab and welcome our three founding undergraduate research assistants: Andrew Battenberg, Jadon Cantley, and Cala Walker!
Dr. Tianying Cai Joins Auburn University
Dr. Tianying Cai joined Auburn University as an assistant professor of Human Development and Family Science.