RESEARCH INTEREST
Intrigued by the question of how humans sense, perceive, and conceptualize the world, my research explored: (1) children's social-cognitive development (e.g., theory of mind), (2) student sojourners' acculturation process, and (3) human cognitive control. 
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
◈ Postdoctoral Researcher Cognitive Neurology Lab, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, 2018 Fall - 2022 Fall
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jan Wessel
Using a variety of methods including behavioral measures, scalp-recorded electroencephalogram (EEG), electromyography (EMG),  and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), we investigate how humans carry out and maintain goal-directed behaviors and how the brain reacts to sudden events that put their goals in peril (such as unexpected events or action errors)
◈ Doctoral Researcher Language and Cognitive Developmental Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Florida, 2012 Fall - 2018 Fall
Principal Investigator: Dr. M. Jeffrey Farrar
Using behavioral and electrophysiological approaches we examine the interaction between language and cognition, such as how language contributes to theory of mind development in preschool children.
◈ Doctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology and Center for the Study of Emotion & Attention, University of Florida, 2015 Fall - 2018 Fall
Principal Investigator: Dr. ​Andreas Keil
Using EEG, we study language and cognition in children and adults.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (SELECTED)
◈ Guan, Y. & Wessel, J. R. (2022, April). Two types of motor inhibition after action errors in humans. Poster presentation in the Annual Meeting of Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) in San Francisco, CA, USA
◈ Guan, Y. & Wessel, J. R. (2019, October). Surprise Modulates Orienting‐Related but not Strategic Post‐Error Processing. Poster presented to the Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience (SfN), held in Chicago, Illinois, USA
◈ Guan, Y., Farrar, M. J., & Keil, A. (2017, October). Alpha Oscillatory Activity Differentially Reflect False Belief and Complementation Syntax Processing in School-aged Children. Poster presented to the 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), Hofburg, Vienna, Austria.
◈ Farrar, M. J., Guan, Y., & Erhardt, K (2017, April). Is Complementation Always Needed for False Belief Understanding? Poster presented to the Biennial Meeting of Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), held in Austin, Texas, USA.
◈ Guan, Y., Farrar, M. J., & Keil, A. (2016, November). False Belief and Complementation: an Electroencephalography Study. Poster presented to the Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience (SfN), held in San Diego, California, USA.
◈ Guan, Y., & Farrar, M. J. (2015, October). Metalinguistic Awareness Development: Different Pathways for Chinese- and English-speaking Preschoolers. Poster presented to the Ninth Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society (CDS), held in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
◈ Guan, Y., Déak, G. O., Huangfu, B., & Xu, Z. (2015, March). Do Preschool Children Consider A Recipient’s Preferences When Choosing A Gift? Effects of Relationship and Children’s Own Preferences on Perspective Taking. Poster presented to the Biennial Meeting of Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
◈ Anderson, J. R., Guan, Y., & Kaufmann, L. M. (2012, July). An exploration of the implicit measurement of acculturation. Papers presented to the 21st Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), held in Stellenbosch, South Africa. ​