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Zilu Liang

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Neural computational mechanism of compositional generalization

It has been well established that humans are capable of repurposing learned knowledge to facilitate novel applications, i.e. generalisation of learned knowledge. My research concerns the neural mechanisms underlying compositional generalisation. This is a continuation of my prior PhD work with Professor Chris Summerfield and Professor Miriam Klein-Flugge. We use neural networks as computational models combined with neural imaging techniques to provide a mechanistic account of compositional generalisation.

Prior to my DPhil at EP, I did my master's studies and worked as a research assistant in social neuroscience at the State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning at Beijing Normal University.