A neurofunctional signature of subjective disgust generalizes to oral distaste and socio-moral contexts
Nature Human Behaviour
Gan, X., Zhou, F., Xu, T., Liu, X., Zhang, R., Zheng, Z., Yang, X., Zhou, X., Yu, F., Li, J., Cui, R., Wang, L., Yuan, J., Yao, D., & Becker, B. (2024)
2024
Does unfairness evoke anger or disgust? A quantitative neurofunctional dissection based on 25 years of neuroimaging.
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
Gan, X., Zhang, R., Zheng, Z., Wang, L., Yang, X., Klugah-Brown, B., Xu, T., Qiu, N., Kendrick, K. M., Mathiak, K., Tiwald, J., Yao, D., & Becker, B. (2025)
2025
2026
Disgust Propensity, Not Disgust Sensitivity, Shapes the Reactivity of a Subjective Disgust Circuit in Humans.
Human Brain Mapping
Gan, X., Zheng, Z., Zhang, R., Zhou, F., Xu, T., Qiu, N., Wang, J., Jiang, H., Gao, S., Wu, Y., Klugah-Brown, B., Yao, D., & Becker, B. (2026)
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Dr Xianyang Gan received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), under the supervision of Prof. Benjamin Becker.
His research primarily focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying human affective processing, with a particular interest in understanding how the brain represents and regulates human emotions.
Outside of work, he enjoys swimming, reading, meditation, hiking, and listening to music. He is a longtime fan of Coldplay.
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