Scholar
Yibei Chen
Google Scholar ID: TnalNNUAAAAJ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citations & Impact
Citations
289
H-index
8
i10-index
6
Publications
18
Co-authors
3
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Develops open-source tools that support transparent, reproducible science; publishes papers in various fields including social and cognitive neuroscience, and communication science.
Research Experience
- Currently a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT, working in the Senseable Intelligence Group at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. Research focuses on how environments shape behavior, using computational social science to analyze discourse, map media effects, and model decision-making.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Wuhan University; Master's degree in Health Communication from Fudan University; Ph.D. from UC Santa Barbara, combining communication research with neuroscience to study how people navigate messages on both cognitive and neural levels.
Background
- Research interests include how the brain processes natural communication, perception, interpretation, and response to the world around us. Uses neuroimaging and computational methods to study brain dynamics during naturalistic experiences, especially when people watch videos or play games in an fMRI scanner. Her work brings together social and cognitive neuroscience, communication science, and data-driven research. She also designs open-source tools that support transparent, reproducible science.
Miscellany
- Interested in the tension between individual agency and systemic influence; believes good research should be accessible, collaborative, and built for long-term impact.
