📢New paper in @PNASNews, led by my amazing student @yihanqian001 found that placing two hands at the same height (an EQUAL gesture) mitigates gender stereotypes @UChicago @UChicagoSSD @UChicagoNews

Thrilled to share our theory paper! We review the latest research on how beliefs about “brilliance” shape gender disparities across fields, and, these beliefs take root EARLY! Check it out!

Excited to present our recent findings and connect with friends at #SRCD2025!

Hello academic twitter, excited to share my first paper and our labs’ latest work with you all on the fascinating intersectionality of language, gesture, and gender stereotypes! (1/4) https://t.co/mYCpR0oXm9

Statements like “girls are as good as boys at math” can carry implications that boys are better. However, an “equal” gesture—two palms placed at the same height—can counteract this implication for 8- to 11-year-old children. In PNAS: https://t.co/LgUjvD5KpC

Excited to share this new paper led by my amazing student @vanessalazaro_ We asked if girls and boys from different racial backgrounds, who opt to pursue activities requiring high intelligence are equally liked. Check out this paper to find out the answer: https://t.co/EwZL4nu72b

Congratulations Kyongsun!!! 👏Super cool findings that 15-month-old babies understand reciprocity!

It’s truly humbling to be among such esteemed company! Can’t wait to see you both again in the near future!

New paper alert! 🥳 We study intersectional stereotypes in naturalistic language. Results show the clear dominance of some groups (e.g., White+men), but near-invisibility of others. 🧐 Out today in PNAS:Nexus @PNASNews

@yihanqian001 @MollyTallberg @__neuli and Grace Huang

Heading to Pasadena! Meet the EAST lab and check out our new findings #CDS2024 @JamieAmemiya @vanessalazaro_

"#Gender brilliance stereotype emerges early and predicts children's motivation in South Korea," by Seowoo Kim and Kyong-sun Jin from Sungshin Women's University; and @LinBian_ (@UChicagoSSD) in #ChildDevelopment Journal (2023):

👉 New paper: The idea that role models are a useful tool for increasing the diversity of various careers is seemingly everywhere. In this paper, we articulate some reasons why one might also be wary of using role models for this purpose…

Really honored to be selected for this award!

We are hiring a full-time lab manager to study social cognition @UChicago! Ideal for highly motivated students planning to pursue a PhD in dev psych, social psych or related fields. Please share this info to anyone who might be interested. Apply here: https://t.co/SvDHwSlvBa

👉New paper on early structural reasoning is out! We tested two methods to increase children's recognition of structural constraints against girls in STEM. Showing that more girls would have participated in STEM without constraints reduces children's biases against girls.

We are hiring! @JamieAmemiya and I are looking for a postdoc to join @UChicago this summer! We study social cognition related to social inequality (check out our research: https://t.co/RRbJI1C209 and https://t.co/HnXwJQAjUh) More info about the position:

👋 My lab is looking for a postdoc! Apply here: https://t.co/FjFmm4qq8L More about our research: https://t.co/s8qp0cqXws Please help spread the word and encourage interested students to apply! Thank you!! 😃

Children's pain judgments also lead them to help the less wealthy: children who perceived the poor as suffering more pain were also more likely to give a bandaid or an icepack to them.

New paper with @yuhang_shu, Jessica Li, @ShaocongMa is out! Though adults sometimes believe the poor suffer from less pain than the rich, we found US kids think the poor feel more pain around age 7, and kids in China develop this belief even earlier.