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2016
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Northeastern University(Current)
Central China Normal University
Yian Xu is an author at Northeastern University specializing in social sciences, cognitive science, and essentialism.
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Social SciencesCognitive ScienceCognitionEducationEssentialismSocial PsychologyCultureSocial IdentitySocial CognitionPhilosophy Of Mind
Publications per year
2016–2022
Intuitive biological thought: Developmental changes and effects of biology education in late adolescence
John D. Coley, Melanie Arenson, Yian Xu et al. · Cognitive Psychology · 2016 · 61 citations
Science Education, Cognitive Science, Adolescent Cognition +14
A two-component framework captures cross-cultural similarities and differences in essentialist thinking about social categories
John D. Coley, Aidan Feeney, Yian Xu et al. · 2019 · 19 citations · Full text
Social Psychology, Individual Differences, Education +27
Do We See Masculine Faces as Competent and Feminine Faces as Warm? Effects of Sexual Dimorphism on Facial Perception
Fangfang Wen, Bin Zuo, Shuhan Ma et al. · Evolutionary Psychology · 2020 · 18 citations · Full text
Social essentialism in the United States and China: How social and cognitive factors predict within- and cross-cultural variation in essentialist thinking
Yian Xu, Fangfang Wen, Bin Zuo et al. · Memory & Cognition · 2022 · 17 citations · Full text
Social Identity, Culture, Cognitive Science +14
How essentialist beliefs about national groups differ by cultural origin and study abroad experience among Chinese and American college students
Yian Xu, Xuan Li, John D. Coley · Asian Journal Of Social Psychology · 2021 · 12 citations
Ethnicity, Nationalism, Social Psychology +21
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