Profile
I am Pengcheng Lv, Ph.D., Special Associate Researcher. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences – Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. I joined the Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University in July 2026 as a postdoctoral researcher. My research focuses on spatial navigation and episodic memory, and I am currently also interested in the hierarchical organization of memory and false memory. I am proficient in using scalp EEG and intracranial EEG to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying human episodic memory. My relevant research findings have been published in journals such as PLoS Biology and Neuroscience Bulletin.
Education and Work Experience
- July 2026 – present: Special Associate Researcher, Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University (Supervisor: Prof. Chun Hu).
- September 2022 – June 2026: Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences – Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Supervisors: Prof. Liang Wang).
- September 2018 – June 2021: M.S. in Applied Psychology, Capital Normal University (Supervisors: Associate Prof. Yamin Wang, Prof. Liang Wang).
- September 2014 – June 2018: B.S. in Applied Psychology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine.
Recent Publications
Lv, P.#, Chen, D.#, Zhang, C., Duan, W., Lu, P., Zhang, K.*, & Wang, L.* (2025). Coordinated hippocampal-entorhinal representations support human context-dependent spatial navigation. PLoS Biology.
Lv, P.#, Chen, D.#, Zhang, H., Zhou, W., Wang, M., Grewe, P., Axmacher, N., & Wang, L.* (2024). Context-dependent grid-like representations of theta power in human entorhinal cortex. Neuroscience Bulletin.
Chen, D., Kunz, L., Lv, P., Zhang, H., Zhou, W., Liang, S., Axmacher, N., & Wang, L.* (2021). Theta oscillations coordinate grid-like representations between ventromedial prefrontal and entorhinal cortex. Science Advances.
Duan, W.#, Xu, Z.#, Chen, D., Wang, J., Liu, J., Tan, Z., Xiao, X., Lv, P., Wang, M., Paller, K. A., Axmacher, N., & Wang, L.* (2025). Electrophysiological signatures underlying variability in human memory consolidation. Nature Communications.
Li, Y.#, Zhang, B.#, Wang, J., Saalmann, Y. B., Afrasiabi, M., Lv, P., Wang, H., Xiang, H., Wang, M., Luan, G.*, Knight, R. T., & Wang, L.* (2025). Electrophysiological signatures of visual sensations elicited by direct electrical stimulation. Neuroscience Bulletin.
Note: # co-first author; * corresponding author.
Email: pengchenglv@qq.com