Hao Chen
Postdoctoral Researcher
NameDr. rer. nat. Hao Chen
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Research Interests
My research focuses on the association between early development of hazardous alcohol use and learning mechanisms, on both behavioral and neural level. More specifically, we investigate the predisposing mechanisms and consequences of alcohol use in early adulthood by assessing:
- How Pavlovian cues influence ongoing instrumental behavior in the Pavlovian to instrumental transfer task
- How people balance between the model-free and model-based strategy in decision making
Main Project
Collaborative Research Center TRR 265: Losing and Regaining Control over Drug Intake
Cue effects in human addiction: Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer
(TRR 265, Project B03)
Employment
| Since 2022 | Postdoctoral researcher, Section of Systems Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 2017-2022 | Doctoral researcher, Section of Systems Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Technische Universität Dresden |
Education and Qualifications
| 2017-2022 | Doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.), Faculty of Pschology, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany |
| 2014-2016 | Master of Science (M. Sc.), Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience (Neuroeconomics Track), Maastricht University, the Netherlands |
| 2010-2014 | Bachelor of Economics, Finance, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China |
Chen, H., Nebe, S., Mojtahedzadeh, N., Kuitunen‐Paul, S., Garbusow, M., Schad, D. J., ... & Smolka, M. N. (2021). Susceptibility to interference between Pavlovian and instrumental control is associated with early hazardous alcohol use. Addiction biology, 26(4), e12983. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.12983
Chen, H., Mojtahedzadeh, N., Belanger, M. J., Nebe, S., Kuitunen-Paul, S., Sebold, M., ... & Smolka, M. N. (2021). Model-based and model-free control predicts alcohol consumption developmental trajectory in young adults: a 3-year prospective study. Biological psychiatry, 89(10), 980-989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.01.009
Chen, H., Belanger, M. J., Garbusow, M., Kuitunen‐Paul, S., Huys, Q. J., Heinz, A., ... & Smolka, M. N. (2023). Susceptibility to interference between Pavlovian and instrumental control predisposes risky alcohol use developmental trajectory from ages 18 to 24. Addiction Biology, 28(2), e13263. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.13263
Sebold, M., Chen, H., Önal, A., Kuitunen-Paul, S., Mojtahedzadeh, N., Garbusow, M., ... & Heinz, A. (2021). Stronger prejudices are associated with decreased model-based control. Frontiers in psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.767022
Belanger, M. J., Chen, H., Hentschel, A., Garbusow, M., Ebrahimi, C., Knorr, F. G., ... & Smolka, M. N. (2022). Development of novel tasks to assess outcome-specific and general Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer in humans. Neuropsychobiology, 81(5), 370-386. https://doi.org/10.1159/000526774