Jianghao Liu

Welcome! Let me guide you through my research journey.

I am a cognitive neuroscientist investigating visual mental imagery and aphantasia, employing advanced neuroimaging techniques such as ultra-high-field 7T fMRI, tractography, and cognitive tasks.

In late 2023, I obtained my Ph.D in Cognitive Neuroscience from Sorbonne University after 4 years at Paris Brain Institute. My doctoral work mainly focused on 7T fMRI studies of visual mental imagery and also included spatiotemporal dynamics of the interaction between attention and consciousness.

My academic path began with a background in mechanical engineering for many years, which later led me to transition into bioengineering, driven by a fascination for the brain’s inner workings.

Below, you’ll find my latest updates, publications, ongoing projects, some Research blogs, social media links (some pages are still under construction).

If you have few minutes to evaluate your mental imagery, here is a test that we recently developped (~15 min): https://www.etabbane.fr/experiments/memocrush/ (you need to do it on your phone, not on labtop)

I enjoy discussing with participants of my experiments, artists, philosophers, and more. In 2023, we have held a workshop on Synesthesia and imagination in Paris with 25 researchers from various fields including philosophers, musiciens, scientific researchers.

Since 2024, with Christian Scholz, we co-founded IRCA which is an Interdisciplinary Reading Club of Aphantasia. We are looking for potential future speakers and welcome all researchers who may be interested.

Feel free to reach out for any ideas or suggestions—I’d love to connect!