Xianwei Meng, PhD

 論文・ACADEMIC PAPERS

 

◆ As first author:

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　　How does the mind grow? Cross-cultural intuitive theories of mental development.

　　*Xianwei Meng, Ryuji Oguni, Kuniyuki Nishina, Taro Murakami, Yuka Mizuno, & Jinjing (Jenny) Wang

　　Psychological Science (in presse)

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　　Extraordinary-high rank expectation as a cognitive predisposition forming religion.

　　*Xianwei Meng (2025)

　　Religion, Brain & Behavior, 1–8. [link]

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　　Do infants expect physically competent agents to gain access to contested resources?

　　*Xianwei Meng, Hitomi Chijiiwa, & Yasuhiro Kanakogi (2025)

　　Infant Behavior and Development, 80:102090 [link] 

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　　Gender stereotypes regarding power and niceness in Japanese children.

　　*Xianwei Meng, Mako Okanda, Yasuhiro Kanakogi, Moe Uragami, Hiroki Yamamoto,

　　 & *Yusuke Moriguchi (2024)

　　Royal Society Open Science, 11, 230863. [link]

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　　People copy success more than failure in social learning.

　　*Xianwei Meng, Junichi Oish, Minori Onishi, Momoka Sakaguchi, Sota Yabushita,

　　 & Yasuhiro Kanakogi (2024)

　　SAGE Open, 14(1). [link]

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　　Crossmodal correspondences between visual features and tastes in preschoolers:

　　An exploratory study.

　　*Xianwei Meng, *Na Chen, Junya Ishida, Katsumi Watanabe, & Taro Murakami (2023)

　　Frontiers in Psychology, 14:1226661 [link] 

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　　Children attribute higher social status to people who have extraordinary capabilities.

　　*Xianwei Meng, Tatsunori Ishii, Kairi Sugimoto, Yo Nakawake, Yusuke Moriguchi,

　　 Yasuhiro Kanakogi, & Katsumi Watanabe (2023)

　　Cognition, 239 (105576) [link] 

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　　A cross-cultural investigation of people’s intuitive beliefs about the origins of cognition.

　　*'Xianwei Meng, *'Jinjing (Jenny) Wang, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro,

　　 & Shoji Itakura (2022)

　　Frontiers in Psychology, 13:974434 [link] 

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　　Development of synchrony-dominant expectations in observers.

　　*Xianwei Meng, Masaharu Kato, & Shoji Itakura (2021)

　　Social Development, 31(2), 497-509. [link]

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　　Preverbal infants expect agents exhibiting counterintuitive capacities to gain access to contested 　　resources.

　　*'Xianwei Meng, *'Yo Nakawake, Kazuhide Hashiya, Emily Burdett, Jonathan Jong,

　　 & *Harvey Whitehouse (2021)

　　Scientific Reports, 11(10884). [link]

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　　Source memory and social exchange in young children.

　　*Xianwei Meng, *Tatsunori Ishii, Kairi Sugimoto, Shoji Itakura, & Katsumi Watanabe (2021)

　　Cognitive Processing, 22, 529–537. [link]

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　　Neural basis for egalitarian sharing in five- to six-year-old children. 

　　*Xianwei Meng, & Yusuke Moriguchi (2021)

　　Neuropsychologia, 154(107787), 1-10. [link]

 

　　Space and rank: Infants expect agents in higher position to be socially dominant. 

　　*Xianwei Meng, Yo Nakawake, Hiroshi Nitta, Kazuhide Hashiya, & Yusuke Moriguchi (2019)

　　Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1912), 20191674. [link]

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　　Smiling enemies: Young children better recall mean individuals who smile. 

　　*Xianwei Meng, Tatsunori Ishii, Kairi Sugimoto, Ruiting Song, Yusuke Moriguchi,

　　 & Katsumi Watanabe (2019)

　　Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 188, 104672. [link]

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　　Phonological loop affects children's interpretations of explicit but not ambiguous

　　questions: Research on links between working memory and referent assignment. 

　　*Xianwei Meng, Taro Murakami, & Kazuhide Hashiya (2017)

　　PLoS ONE, 12(10): e0187368. [link]

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　　Observing third-party attentional relationships affects infants’ gaze following:

　　An eye-tracking study.

　　*Xianwei Meng, Yusuke Uto, & Kazuhide Hashiya (2017)

　　Frontiers in Psychology, 7:2065. [link] 

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　　Pointing behavior in infants reflects the communication partner’s attentional and

　　knowledge states: A possible case of spontaneous informing.

　　*Xianwei Meng, & Kazuhide Hashiya (2014)

　　PLoS ONE, 9(9): e107579. [link]  ​​

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◆ As corresponding author:

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　　Gaze as action: Gaze-contingent paradigms for studying infant sociomoral cognition.

　　​*Shaojun Huang & *Xianwei Meng

　　Frontiers in Developmental Psychology (in press)

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　　Misperceived public attitudes undermine support for sexual and gender identity disclosure

　　in Japan.

　　​*Yuka Mizuno & *Xianwei Meng (2026)

　　Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, Advance online publication. [link]

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　　Risk-taking influences perceived dominance, prestige, and leadership endorsement

　　in Japanese adults.

　　​*Akira Ono & *Xianwei Meng (2025)

　　Frontiers in Psychology, 16:1529892. [link]

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　　Reputation concern influences perceived leadership.

　　​*Akira Ono, Risa Terazawa, Yuka Mizuno, Natsuki Mori, Hayato Yamano, & *Xianwei Meng (2024)

　　BMC research notes, 17, 368. [link]

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　　Children’s social evaluation toward prestige-based and dominance-based powerholders.

　　Masahiro Amakusa, *Xianwei Meng, & Yasuhiro Kanakogi (2022)

　　BMC research notes, 15, 180. [link]

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　　Overt congruent facial reaction to dynamic emotional expressions in 9- to 10-month-old infants.

　　*Kazuhide Hashiya, *Xianwei Meng, Yusuke Uto, & Kana Tajiri (2019)

　　Infant Behavior and Development, 54, 48-56. [link]

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　　Experiencing physical warmth affects implicit attitudes and altruistic behavior towards

　　outgroup in females. 

　　*'Takeru Miyajima, & *'Xianwei Meng (2017)

　　BMC research notes, 10:648. [link]

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◆ Others:

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　　Infants’ social evaluation of helpers and hinderers: A large-scale, multi-lab, coordinated 　　

　　replication study.

　　*Kelsey Lucca, Francis Yuen, ..., Xianwei Meng, ..., J. Kiley Hamlin (2024)

　　Developmental Science, 28(1). [link]

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　　I like that doll: Japanese children’s, parents’, and adults’ racial preferences toward dolls

　　and peers.

　　*Mako Okanda, & Xianwei Meng

　　6 August 24, PREPRINT (Version 1) avaiable at Research Square [link]

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　　Socio-emotional behaviors of Japanese children during the COVID-19 pandemic:

　　A cross-sectional study.

　　*Yusuke Moriguchi, Chifumi Sakata, Xianwei Meng, & Naoya Todo (2024)

　　SAGE Open, 14(3). [link]

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　　Baby’s online live database によるオンライン縦断研究

　　*Masaharu Kato, Hirokazu Doi, Xianwei Meng, Taro Murakami, Sachiyo Kajikawa,

　　Takashi Otani, Izumi Ueraha, & Yokihisa Minoura (2024)

　　心理学評論, 67(1), 95-108.

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　　Ordinance influences individuals' perceptions towards prospects of social circumstance

　　but not the status quo: An experimental field study on sexual minorities issues in Japan.

　　*Takeru Miyajima, Yo Nakawake, Xianwei Meng, & Ryunosuke Sudo (2023)

　　Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 00, 1-12. [link]

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　　新型コロナウィルスによるパンデミック下の社会性発達に関する横断的・縦断的検討

　　*Yusuke Moriguchi, Jue Wang, Chifumi Sakata, Xianwei Meng, Hiromichi Hagihara,

　　Nozomi Yamamoto, & Ryoichi Watanabe (2022)

　　発達心理学研究, 33-4, 325-331.

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　　Gender stereotypes about intellectual ability in Japanese children.

　　Mako Okanda, Xianwei Meng, Yasuhiro Kanakogi, Moe Uragami, Hiroki Yamamoto,

　　 & *Yusuke Moriguchi (2022)

　　Scientific Reports, 12, 16748. [link]

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　　Individual differences in children's anthropomorphic tendencies to their special objects.

　　*Masanori Yamaguchi, Xianwei Meng, Mikako Ishibashi, Yusuke Moriguchi, Hisashi Mitsuishi,

　　 & Shoji Itakura (2022)

　　Cognitive Development, 63, 101224. [link]

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　　COVID-19 school and kindergarten closure relates to children’s social relationships:

　　a longitudinal study in Japan.

　　Hiromichi Hagihara, Nozomi Yamamoto, Xianwei Meng, Chifumi Sakata, Jue Wang,

　　 Ryoichi Watanabe, & *Yusuke Moriguchi (2022)

　　Scientific Reports, 12, 814. [link]

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　　Baby’s online live database: An open platform for developmental science.

　　*Masaharu Kato, Hirokazu Doi, Xianwei Meng, Taro Murakami, Sachiyo Kajikawa, Takashi Otani,

　　 & Shoji Itakura (2021)

　　Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 729302. [link]

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　　Family presence restrictions and telemedicine use in neonatal intensive care units

　　during the coronavirus disease pandemic.

　　*Mio Ozawa, Haruyo Sakaki, & Xianwei Meng (2021)

　　Children, 8(7), 590. [link]

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　　Immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the socio-emotional and digital skills

　　of Japanese children.

　　*Yusuke Moriguchi, Chifumi Sakata, Xianwei Meng, & Naoya Todo (2020)

　　PsyArXiv, May 28. [link]

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　　Prosocial behavior is related to later executive function during early childhood:

　　A longitudinal study. 

　　*Yusuke Moriguchi, Ikuko Shinohara, Naoya Todo, & Xianwei Meng (2019)

　　European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1-13. [link].​​​​​​

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*Correspondence

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