Tiantian “Tien” Yang Cognitive Neuroscience

PhD student · University of Michigan

Hi, I’m Tien.

I’m Tiantian “Tien” Yang, a PhD student in Psychology (Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience) at the University of Michigan, advised by Dr. Thad Polk.

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Computational & Cognitive Neuroscience Lab University of Michigan
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Current focus

Neural dedifferentiation and reliability in healthy aging

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Approaches

Behavioural, neuroimaging, and psychophysiological methods

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Recent recognition

Jay and Kay Peters Psychology Student Award, 2026
CNS Graduate Student Award, 2025

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Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting

Presenting a data blitz talk and poster on age-related neural dedifferentiation and reduced reliability in Vancouver.

Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting

Presented work on age-related declines in network segregation and the role of the basal forebrain in San Diego.

Woodbury et al. manuscript

“Prior spatial knowledge differentially impacts learning in children and young adults” is under review at PLOS One.

Tiantian Yang presenting a data blitz talk at CNS 2026
CNS 2026 · Data blitzPresenting in Vancouver.
Tiantian Yang standing beside her research poster at CNS 2026
CNS 2026 · PosterNeural dedifferentiation and reduced reliability.
Tiantian Yang standing beside her research poster at SfN 2025
SfN 2025 · PosterNetwork segregation and the basal forebrain.
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