Shasha Wei
PhD student
Profile
Biography
I obtained my undergraduate degree in psychology from Nanchang University in 2020. Subsequently,
I completed my master's degree in education at Sichuan Normal University in 2023. Currently, I am
pursuing a PhD at York.
During my master's, my research interests revolved around time perception and pain management. I
have finished a project that aimed to examine if the modality effect can be used to improve visual
time perception. Furthermore, my dissertation focuses on exploring the modulating effect of music
tempo on pain reduction. My PhD project aims to examine how vibrotactile signals from adjacent
digits are combined by the brain, and whether this differs in patients with chronic hand pain.
Career
- PhD in Psychology, University of York, 2023- Present
- M.Ed in Psychology, Sichuan Normal University, China, 2020- 2023
- BSc in Psychology, Nanchang University, China, 2016 - 2020
Research
Overview
How vibrotactile signals are combined in the brain: an exploration of chronic hand pain
Projects
My project aims to investigate how the brain combines vibrotactile signals from adjacent digits and explores if this process differs in patients with chronic hand pain. Using psychophysical and electrophysiological methods, the study measures the response to vibrotactile stimuli and interprets the results using a computational model based on previous research on binocular signal combination. Additionally, the project examines how chronic hand pain affects vibrotactile stimulus combination by comparing perception and neural responses to vibration in chronic hand patients and healthy adults. This will allow us to distinguish between different theories of how chronic pain alters neural representation.
Research group(s)
- University of York Touch and Pain (TAP) Lab
Grants
- I am funded by CSC Scholarship
Collaborators
- Prof Daniel Baker (York)
- Dr Catherine Preston (York)
Publications
Selected publications
- Wei, S., Tian, Y., & Yuan, J. (2023). Sounding and imagining sounds improve visual time perception: Application of the modality effect of time perception. Perception, 52(5), 312–329. https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231166300