Academic webpage of Jade Jiaxuan Dang https://jadededaj.github.io/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:10:45 +0000 Having spent the past few New Year’s Eves wandering from place to place, this year finds me sitting on the sofa, sipping tea, reading, typing. A more grounded, more anchored year. Every New Year’s Eve used to find me in the middle of something. In 2020, still driven by vanity, I wrote flowery words and posted screenshots of my Reading record and Flight annual summaries on WeChat Moments. In 2021, locked down on campus, I was queuing up to buy iron-plate sizzling beef for my roommates; my first time being bound by something tangible, though I only learned its name... Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://jadededaj.github.io/deardiary/2025/01/01/till-its-gone.html https://jadededaj.github.io/deardiary/2025/01/01/till-its-gone.html Scrolling through SPM slices always reminds me of Arcimboldo. Below are a few artists I think would have been neuroimaging scientists in a parallel universe: Giuseppe Arcimboldo Spring, 1563Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid Summer, 1563Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Autumn, 1573Musée du Louvre, Paris Winter, 1563Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Arcimboldo’s works are used by some psychologists and neuroscientists to determine the presence of lesions in the hemispheres of the brain that recognise global and local images and objects. Salvador Dali Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea, 1976Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, US This painting was inspired by a Scientific American article... Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://jadededaj.github.io/deardiary/2024/03/29/imaging-artisits.md.html https://jadededaj.github.io/deardiary/2024/03/29/imaging-artisits.md.html Personal website launched. Hello world! Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jadededaj.github.io/allnews.html Joined Dr. Brad Ferguson's lab to investigate social communication in ASD. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jadededaj.github.io/allnews.html Awarded UM Graduate Professional Development & Engagement Recognition Prize, $200. Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jadededaj.github.io/allnews.html Guest-lectured 'Scientific Reading and Writing' for UM SLHS 4020: Language Disorders. Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jadededaj.github.io/allnews.html Joined Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, University of Missouri-Columbia. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://jadededaj.github.io/allnews.html Awarded Best Abstract at 9th Annual Symposium on Language Research at UC Davis, $50. Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://jadededaj.github.io/allnews.html