Qunlin Chen is an Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor in the Faculty of Psychology at Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing, China. He is a researcher in cognitive neuroscience and an active member of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity. His research focuses on the process mechanisms underlying creative thinking and Human–AI collaborative creativity. He also investigates the biological foundations of Chinese character evolution and the social and behavioral consequences of these evolutionary changes.