Dazhi Cheng

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 770 citations indexed

About

Dazhi Cheng is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dazhi Cheng has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 770 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Statistics and Probability, 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 14 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Dazhi Cheng's work include Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (18 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (11 papers) and Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (10 papers). Dazhi Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (18 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (11 papers) and Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (10 papers). Dazhi Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Dazhi Cheng's co-authors include Zheng Zhang, Stephen Lin, Jifeng Dai, Xizhou Zhu, Xinlin Zhou, Qian Chen, Jiaxin Cui, Keming Xu, Yuejia Luo and Haiyan Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Psychological Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Dazhi Cheng

37 papers receiving 751 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. An Empirical Study of Spatial Attention Mechanisms in Deep Networks
    2019 341 citations Xizhou Zhu, Dazhi Cheng et al. profile →

Peers

Dazhi Cheng
Alberto Testolin Italy
Tim Genewein Germany
Timo Tossavainen Finland
Michael Dörr Germany
Brian P. Dyre United States
Julien Diard France
Tele Tan Australia
Hyun Wook Park South Korea
Tomihisa F. Welsh United States
Wenjing Zhou China
Alberto Testolin Italy
Dazhi Cheng
Citations per year, relative to Dazhi Cheng Dazhi Cheng (= 1×) peers Alberto Testolin

Countries citing papers authored by Dazhi Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dazhi Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dazhi Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dazhi Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dazhi Cheng based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dazhi Cheng. Dazhi Cheng is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cheng, Dazhi, et al.. (2025). The domain-general and domain-specific cognitive profiles in high and low-achieving Chinese L2 learners. Frontiers in Psychology. 16. 1577986–1577986.
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Cheng, Dazhi, Shangwen Pan, Xiangzhi Fang, et al.. (2025). Association of cancers with the occurrence and 28-day mortality of sepsis: a mendelian randomization and mediator analysis. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 5600–5600. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Hongzhou, et al.. (2025). Multidimensional dataset for cognitive assessment, sMRI, and rsfMRI in common benign epileptic children. Scientific Data. 12(1). 207–207.
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Cheng, Dazhi, et al.. (2023). Spatial ability and science achievement more closely associated in eighth-graders than in fourth-graders: a large-scale study. International Journal of Science Education. 45(11). 873–894. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Naiyi, et al.. (2023). Career Adaptability and Academic Achievement Among Chinese High School Students: A Person-centered Longitudinal Study. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 53(3). 718–731. 4 indexed citations
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Cheng, Dazhi, et al.. (2023). The database for extracting numerical and visual properties of numerosity processing in the Chinese population. Scientific Data. 10(1). 28–28. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Mengyi, Dazhi Cheng, Chuansheng Chen, & Xinlin Zhou. (2023). High-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) of the left middle temporal gyrus (LMTG) improves mathematical reasoning. Brain Topography. 36(6). 890–900. 3 indexed citations
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Kong, Haiyan, et al.. (2023). The impact of adolescent achievement goal orientation on learning anxiety: The mediation effect of peer interaction. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1095498–1095498. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Dazhi, Mengyi Li, Jiaxin Cui, et al.. (2022). Algebra dissociates from arithmetic in the brain semantic network. Behavioral and Brain Functions. 18(1). 1–1. 8 indexed citations
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Cheng, Dazhi, et al.. (2020). The effect of interictal epileptiform discharges on cognitive and academic performance in children with idiopathic epilepsy. BMC Neurology. 20(1). 233–233. 14 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xizhou, Dazhi Cheng, Zheng Zhang, Stephen Lin, & Jifeng Dai. (2019). An Empirical Study of Spatial Attention Mechanisms in Deep Networks. 6687–6696. 341 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2018). Genotype-Phenotype Analysis, Neuropsychological Assessment, and Growth Hormone Response in a Patient with 18p Deletion Syndrome. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 154(2). 71–78. 4 indexed citations
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Feng, Chunliang, et al.. (2018). Individualized prediction of dispositional worry using white matter connectivity. Psychological Medicine. 49(12). 1999–2008. 16 indexed citations
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Cheng, Dazhi, et al.. (2017). Attention Contributes to Arithmetic Deficits in New-Onset Childhood Absence Epilepsy. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 8. 166–166. 8 indexed citations
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Wu, Haiyan, Chun‐Ping Chen, Dazhi Cheng, et al.. (2014). The mediation effect of menstrual phase on negative emotion processing: Evidence from N2. Social Neuroscience. 9(3). 278–288. 24 indexed citations
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Cheng, Dazhi, et al.. (2013). Quantifier processing can be dissociated from numerical processing: Evidence from semantic dementia patients. Neuropsychologia. 51(11). 2172–2183. 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Chun-Ping, Chao Liu, Ruiwang Huang, et al.. (2012). Suppression of aversive memories associates with changes in early and late stages of neurocognitive processing. Neuropsychologia. 50(12). 2839–2848. 37 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Luciana C. de & Dazhi Cheng. (2011). Language and the Multisemiotic Nature of Mathematics.. ˜The œreading matrix. 11(3). 255–268. 13 indexed citations

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