Research

Our research program addresses three fundamental questions:

How do neural circuits differentially encode information during visual perception versus working memory maintenance?
What role do oscillatory neural dynamics play in coordinating the processing of external sensory input and internal mental representations?
How do neural coding schemes flexibly reconfigure to meet changing cognitive demands and behavioral goals?

We employ a multi-modal approach combining:

High-temporal resolution Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Precise behavioral measurements through psychophysics and eye-tracking
Computational modeling to bridge neural and behavioral data

Publications

Teng, C., Fulvio, J. M., Pietrelli, M., Jiang, J., & Postle, B. R. (2025). Temporal dynamics and representational consequences of the control of processing conflict between visual working memory and visual perception. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1-20.

Teng, C. & Postle, B.R. (2024). Investigating the roles of visual and parietal cortex in representing content versus context in visual working memory. eNeuro

Teng, C.*, Kaplan, S. M.*, Shomstein, S., & Kravitz, D. J. (2023). Assessing the Interaction Between Working Memory and Perception Through Time. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 1-14.

Teng, C., Fulvio, J.M., Jiang, J. & Postle, B.R. (2022). Flexible top-down control in the interaction between working memory and perception. Journal of Vision, 22(11), 3-3.

Teng, C., & Postle, B.R. (2021). Spatial Specificity of Feature-based Interaction Between Working Memory and Visual Processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 47(4), 495.

Teng, C., & Postle, B. R. (2021). Understanding occipital and parietal contributions to visual working memory: Commentary on Xu (2020). Visual cognition, 29(7), 401-408.

Qing, Y., Teng, C.*, & Postle, B.R. (2020). Different states of priority recruit different neural representations in visual working memory. PLoS Biology, 18(6), e3000769.

Teng, C. & Kravitz, D. J. (2019). Visual Working Memory Directly Alters Perception. Nature Human Behaviour, 3(8), 827-836.

Conference Presentations

Talks (*denotes undergraduate trainee)

Boakye, D. *, Santiago, K.*, Khan, V.* & Teng, C. Neural Representation of Content and Context Information in Visual Working Memory. Working Memory Symposium (2025, July).

Santiago, K.* & Teng, C. Neural Oscillations Enable Concurrent Visual Perception and Visual Working Memory Processing. Annual Meeting of Vision Science Society (2025, May).

Boakye, D.*, Santiago, K.*, Khan, V.* & Teng, C. Neural representations of content and context information in working memory. Upper Midwest Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (2024, October).

Teng, C., Fulvio, J.M., Jiang, J. & Postle, B.R. Investigating the effects of control signals on subsequent-trial performance. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (2022, November).

Teng, C. Investigating the Effects of Control Signals in the Interactions Between Working Memory and Perception. Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. (2022, September). [Faces of the Future Flash Talks]

Teng, C., Fulvio, J.M., Jiang, J. & Postle, B.R. Flexible Control of the Interaction Between Working Memory and Perception. Control Processes Conference. (2022, May). [Data blitz session]

Teng, C., Fulvio, J.M., Jiang, J. & Postle, B.R. Flexible top-down control in the interaction between working memory and perception. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (2022, May).

Teng, C., & Postle, B.R. Investigating spatial specificity in the interaction between working memory and visual perception. Neuromatch Virtual Conference (2020, October).

Teng, C. & Kravitz, D. J. Behavioral Evidence for a Shared Representation Between Visual Working Memory (VWM) and perception. Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (2018, November).

Teng, C. & Kravitz, D. J. Neural Tuning Curves in Visual Working Memory. Annual Meeting of Vision Science Society (2018, May).

Posters (* denotes undergraduate trainee)

Wu, Y., Santiago, K., & Teng, C. (2025). Oscillatory Dynamics of Visual Perception and Working Memory Under Competition. Annual Meeting of Vision Science Society (2025, May).

Boakye, D., Santiago, K., & Teng, C. (2025). Task-Dependent Neural Coding in Visual Working Memory. Annual Meeting of Vision Science Society (2025, May).

Santiago, K.*, Jatta, F.*, & Teng, C. Neural Basis for Concurrent Visual Perception and Visual Working Memory Processing. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (October 2024).

Santiago, K.*, Teng, C. Rhythmic Attentional Sampling in Visual Perception and Visual Working Memory. Annual Meeting of Vision Science Society (May 2024).

Teng, C., & Postle, B.R. Dissociating the functional roles of visual and parietal cortex in representing content versus context in visual working memory. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (2022, March).

Teng, C., Fulvio, J.M., Jiang, J. & Postle, B.R. Flexible top-down control in the interaction between working memory and perception. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (2021, October).

Teng, C., & Postle, B.R. Spatial modulation of feature-based interaction between working memory and perception. Annual Meeting of Vision Science Society (2020, May).

Teng, C., Yu, Q., & Postle, B.R. Effects of Attentional Prioritization on the Representation of Content and of Context in Visual Working Memory. Annual Meeting of Cognitive Neuroscience Society (2020, April).

Teng, C., Kaplan, S., & Kravitz, D. J. The temporal dynamics of working memory: Persistent interactions with perception. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (2019, October).

Teng, C. & Kravitz, D. J. Visual Working Memory Directly Alters Perception. Annual Meeting of Vision Science Society (2019, May).

Kaplan, S., Teng, C. & Kravitz, D. J. Visual Word Recognition as a Means of Addressing Top-Down Feedback. Annual Meeting of Vision Science Society (2019, May).

Teng, C. & Kravitz, D. J. Uncovering the Shared Representation Between Visual Working Memory (VWM) and Perception: Neural Tuning Curves. Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting (2018, November).

Kaplan, S., Teng, C. & Kravitz, D. J. Visual Word Recognition as a Means of Addressing Top-Down Feedback. Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting (2018, November).

Teng, C. & Kravitz, D. J. Finding Neural Tuning Curves in Visual Working Memory. Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (2017, November).

Teng, C., Kravitz, D. J., & Sohn, M-H. Perceptual Grouping is a Crucial and Unique Determinant of the Processing of Distracting Information. Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (2016, November).

Teng, C. & Sohn, M-H. The effects of relative target salience on selective attention. Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting (2015, November).

Page updated

Google Sites

Report abuse