蔡永春，男，浙江大学心理与行为科学系副教授，博士生导师。本科毕业于电子科技大学生物医学工程专业（指导老师 尧德中教授），博士（硕博连读）毕业于中国科学院研究生院（现中国科学院大学）脑与认知科学国家重点实验室（导师 陈霖院士）。博士毕业后，在中科院上海生科院（指导老师 李朝义院士）从事博士后研究，开展动物视觉电生理方面的研究工作。蔡永春于2011年进入浙江大学心理与行为科学系任教，此后受国家留学基金委资助，于2013年11月至2014年11月赴美国宾西法尼亚大学脑成像中心进行学术访问。 蔡永春具有工学和理学的多学科交叉背景，主要从事脑与认知的基础研究，研究手段包括心理物理学、脑电、眼动、经颅电刺激、功能磁共振成像等。蔡永春的研究聚焦于人类视觉的加工机制，主要的研究方向包括人类视觉信息的整合机制、视觉可塑性机制、视觉注意与视觉意识等。蔡永春曾获得中国博士后科学基金（一等资助、特别资助）、国家自然科学基金（青年项目、面上项目）、教育部人文社科项目、浙江省自然科学基金项目、中央高校基本科研业务费等资助，其研究成果发表于Molecular Psychiatry，Journal of Experimental Psychology General，eLife，Journal of Experimental Psychology HPP, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Consciousness and Cognition等国际著名期刊。 此外，蔡永春还从事工程心理学的应用研究，曾与航空研究所、移动终端企业、脑机接口企业合作开展研究。 课题组诚邀对科学研究充满热情的同学加入，攻读硕士、博士学位，或从事博士后研究，欢迎来自心理学、生物学、电子工程、计算机等理工科背景的多学科人才加入团队。

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期刊论文 (Journal Papers) Yuan Gao#, Yong-Chun Cai#, Dong-Yu Liu, Juan Yu, Jue Wang, Ming Li, Bin Xu, Teng-Fei Wang, Gang Chen, Georg Northoff, Ruiliang Bai, Xue-Mei Song* (2024). GABA-ergic inhibition in human hMT+ predicts visuo-spatial intelligence mediated through the frontal cortex. eLife. PDF Zixi Luo, Wangnan Pan, Xiangjun Zeng, Liangyu Gong, Yongchun Cai* (2024). Endogenous Attention Enhances Contrast Appearance Regardless of Stimulus Contrast. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics. PDF Wang-Nan Pan#, Yu-Wan Zhao#, Zi-Xi Luo, Yue Chen, Yong-chun Cai*, (2023). Attention modulates early visual processing: the association between subjective contrast perception and early C1 ERP component. Psychophysiology. PDF Supplementary Material Zefan Zheng#, Shuyue Huang#, Shena Lu*, Yongchun Cai* (2023). Interaction Between Top-Down Decision-Driven Congruency Effect and Bottom-Up Input-Driven Congruency Effect Is Correlated With Conscious Awareness. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. PDF Wanqiu Liu, Yupeng Zhang, Pengcheng Ma, Lei Zheng, Di Zhou, Zhengbo Chen, Mingming Shen, Yongchun Cai, Zhengyi Lu, Qiao Liu, Junwen Luo, Xiaoan Wang*,(2022). DEED: A Dataset for Dream-related Emotion Research. bioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.19.508475 PDF Wang-Nan Pan, Yong-Chun Cai*, (2022). Neural supersaturation explains attentional attenuation effects on contrast appearance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 48(9):943-952. PDF Supplemental Material Ye Gu, Zhang-shan Chen, Ci Wang, Xue-Mei Song, Yong-chun Cai*, (2021). Spatial suppression of chromatic motion. Vision Research. 188：227-233. PDF Xue-Mei Song, Xi-Wen Hu, Zhe Li, Yuan Gao, Xuan Ju, Dong-Yu Liu, Qian-Nan Wang, Chuang Xue, Yong-Chun Cai, Ruiliang Bai, Zhong-Lin Tan*, Georg Northoff*. (2021). Reduction of higher-order occipital GABA and impaired visual perception in acute major depressive disorder. Molecular psychiatry. PDF Yong-chun Cai, Xian Su, Yumei Yang, et al. (2020). How does attention alter length perception? A prism adaptation study. Frontiers in Psychology. 11:2091. PDF Liu-Fang Zhou, Simona Buetti, Shena Lu, Yong-chun Cai* (2018). Attentional effect on contrast appearance: from enhancement to attenuation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 44(5): 806-817. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000499. PDF Yong-chun Cai, Ci Wang, Chao Song, Zhi Li* (2017). Connectedness underlies the underestimation of the horizontal vertical illusion in L-Shaped configurations. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. 79(4): 1217-1226. PDF Yanliang Sun, Yongchun Cai*, Shena Lu* (2015).Hemispheric asymmetry in the influence of language on visual perception. Consciousness and Cognition. 34: 16-27. PDF Yong-chun Cai*, Shuang-xia Li (2015). Small number preference in guiding attention. Experimental Brain Research. 233: 539-550. PDF Shena Lu, Wei Wang, Yongchun Cai* (2015). Temporal expectancy modulates phasic alerting in both detection and discrimination tasks. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 22: 235-241. PDF Shuang-xia Li, Yong-chun Cai* (2014). The effect of numerical magnitude on the perceptual processing speed of a digit. Journal of Vision. 14(12):18. PDF Shena Lu*, Yongchun Cai, Mowei Shen, Ying Zhou, & Shihui Han. (2012). Alerting and orienting of attention without visual awareness. Consciousness and Cognition, 21, 928-938. (Co-first author) PDF Yong-chun Cai*, Shena Lu, & Chaoyi Li. (2012). Interactions between surround suppression and interocular suppression in human vision. PLoS ONE, 7(5): e38093:1-8. PDF Yongchun Cai*, Tiangang Zhou, & Lin Chen (2008). Effects of binocular suppression on surround suppression. Journal of Vision, 8(9):9, 1-10. PDF Yongchun Cai, Dezhong Yao* (2003) A method to calculate source potential in realistic head model and its effectiveness. 电子科技大学学报, 32(20):149-154. (in Chinese) PDF