肖雅琼，深圳市神经科学研究院研究员。2017年毕业于德国莱比锡大学/马克斯普朗克人类认知与脑科学研究所，获心理系博士学位。先后在美国马里兰大学和加州大学圣地亚哥分校自闭症研究中心从事博士后研究。从2010年开始学习神经影像技术，并应用于儿童语言和社交加工领域。主要研究方向和兴趣包括：探索正常和自闭症儿童语言和社交加工的神经机制；探寻儿童社交沟通障碍的早期预警标记；开发针对社交沟通障碍和语言发育迟缓的早期诊断工具，并为早期干预设计科学方案。

代表性论文：

1.    Chen, G., Xiao, Y., Taylor, P.A., Rajendra, J.K., Riggins, T., Geng, F., Redcay, E., & Cox, R.W. (2019). Handling Multiplicity in Neuroimaging through Bayesian Lenses with Multilevel Modeling. Neuroinformatics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12021-018-9409-6.

2.    Xiao, Y., Geng, F., Riggins, T., Chen, G., & Redcay, E. (2019). Neural correlates of developing theory of mind competence in early childhood. Neuroimage 184, 707–716.

3.    Xiao, Y., Friederici, A.D., Margulies, D.S. & Brauer, J. (2016). Longitudinal changes in resting-state fMRI from age 5 to age 6 years covary with language development. Neuroimage 128, 116–124.

4.    Brauer, J., Xiao, Y., Poulain, T., Friederici, A.D. & Schirmer, A. (2016). Frequency of Maternal Touch Predicts Resting Activity and Connectivity of the Developing Social Brain. Cereb. Cortex 26 (8), 3544–3552.

5.    Xiao, Y., Zhai, H., Friederici, A.D. & Jia, F. (2016). The development of the intrinsic functional connectivity of default network subsystems from age 3 to 5. Brain Imaging Behav. 10(1), 50–59.

6.    Xiao, Y., Friederici, A.D., Margulies, D.S. & Brauer, J. (2016). Development of a selective left-hemispheric fronto-temporal network for processing syntactic complexity in language comprehension. Neuropsychologia 83, 274–282.

7.    Xiao, Y., Brauer, J., Lauckner, M., Zhai, H., Jia, F., Margulies, D., & Friederici, A. (2016). Development of the intrinsic language network in preschool children from age 3 to 5 years. PLoS ONE 11(11), e0165802.