Jiaqi Zheng

Visiting Researcher

Unit

Faculty of Information Technology

Organization unit

Faculty of Information Technology, Educational Technology and Cognitive Science

jiaqi.coo.zheng@jyu.fi

Mobile

+358503291734

Biography

PhD in Cognitive Science. My research focuses on visual and aesthetic perception in human–computer interaction, using behavioural experiments and MEG to study how people process and evaluate interface icons. More broadly, I am interested in how perceptual, semantic, and affective factors jointly shape comprehension, decision-making, and user experience in interactive contexts.

Publications

Publication

2026

Cortical dynamics of icon perception: effects of concreteness and attractiveness

Cerebral Cortex.

Zheng, Jiaqi

Xu, Weiyong

Silvennoinen, Johanna

Cong, Fengyu

Parviainen, Tiina

Kujala, Tuomo

Publication

2026

The association between aesthetic appeal and semantic distance of icons varying in concreteness: Shedding light on the aesthetic-usability effect

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies.

Zheng, Jiaqi

Silvennoinen, Johanna

Kujala, Tuomo

Publication

2026

The synergy of form and function : investigating how icon features and aesthetic appraisal modulate icon processing with behavioural and neuroimaging evidence

JYU Dissertations.

Zheng, Jiaqi