About Me

I am a cognitive psychologist with extensive experience investigating cognitive processes critical to driving performance, including visual perception, attention, and memory. I have examined these issues in young and older adults as well as individuals with ADHD. My goal is to translate basic understandings about limitations of the human cognitive system into practical solutions for improving driving safety.

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Interests
  • Visual Attention
  • Mind-wandering
  • Distraction
  • Driving Safety
Education

  • Ph.D. in Education and Psychology

    University of Michigan

  • B.S. in Psychology

    Beijing Normal University

Recent Papers
Madison Fansher, Poortata Lalwani, Tyler J. Adkins, Han Zhang, Madelyn Quirk, Madison Carlson, Aysecan Boduroglu, Richard L. Lewis, John Jonides, Priti Shah (2025). A brief intervention to improve reasoning about accumulation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 31(2), 99-125.
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Han Zhang, Esha Brar, A. Kane York, John Jonides (2025). Are abrupt onsets highly salient?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 51(7), 911-926.
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Han Zhang, A. Kane York, John Jonides (2025). Attentional capture by abrupt onsets: Foundations and emerging issues. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 51(3), 283-299.
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Han Zhang, Jacob Sellers, Taraz G. Lee, John Jonides (2025). The temporal dynamics of visual attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(2), 435-456.
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Taraz G. Lee, Jacob Sellers, John Jonides, Han Zhang (2024). The forced-response method: A new chronometric approach to measure conflict processing. Behavior Research Methods, 57(1), 15.
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Han Zhang, Kevin F. Miller, John Jonides (2024). How does mind-wandering affect distractor suppression?. Visual Cognition, 32(9-10), 1027-1044.
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Tyler J. Adkins, Han Zhang, Taraz G. Lee (2024). People are more error-prone after committing an error. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1-11.
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Han Zhang, Tessa R. Abagis, Clara J. Steeby, John Jonides (2024). Lingering on distraction: Examining distractor rejection in adults with ADHD. Visual Cognition, 32(9-10), 910-924.
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Han Zhang, Akira Miyake, Jahla Osborne, Priti Shah, John Jonides (2023). A d factor? Understanding trait distractibility and its relationships with ADHD symptomatology and hyperfocus. PLOS ONE, 18(10), e0292215.
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Jahla B. Osborne, Han Zhang, Madison Carlson, Priti Shah, John Jonides (2023). The association between different sources of distraction and symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14.
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Preprints
M. Fiona Molloy, Taraz Lee, John Jonides, Han Zhang, Jacob Sellers, Andrew Heathcote, Chandra Sripada, Alexander Weigard (2025). Joint Cognitive Models Reveal Sources of Robust Individual Differences in Conflict Processing. OSF.
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Han Zhang, John Jonides (2025). PupEyes: An Interactive Python Library for Pupil Size and Eye Movement Data Processing. OSF.
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A. Kane York, Han Zhang, Jacob Sellers, Taraz G. Lee, John Jonides (2025). Physiological evidence for the time-dependent resolution of response conflicts..
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Han Zhang, Sun Xin, Akira Miyake (2024). On the association between the self-control scale and social desirability measures: A meta-analysis and systematic review. PsyArXiv.
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