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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Our research is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Multi-Year Research Grant (MYRG) of the University of Macau.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

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WORK IN PREPARATION AND FORTHCOMING

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  • Deng, S. W.  What's beyond a label? Category-based induction requires access to semantics.

  • *Hu, R., & #Deng, S. W. From human to robot: The development of selective trust in children and its relation to learning from robots

  • *Yao, G. Y., & #Deng, S. W.  The flanker interference effect does not change linearly with spatial separation.

  • *Yao, G. Y., & #Deng, S. W.  The benefits of blocked and interleaved category learning differ between classification and inference. 

  • #Deng, S. W., & *Yao, G. Y.  Effect of massed versus spaced learning on categorization and transfer.

  • *Xing, L., & #Deng, S.W.  Differential influence of executive function on resilience in adolescence and emerging adulthood.

  • *Hu, R., & #Deng, S. W.  The power of having access to mental states in collaborative decision-making tasks.

  • #Deng, S. W., *Wen, Y., & *Zhang, Y.  Attitude matters: Parents' attitudes on education predict children's cognitive ability in China.

  • *Zhang, Y., & #Deng, S.W.  Family structure, parental conflict, and peer relationship in Chinese children.

  • *Wen, Y., & #Deng, S.W.  Less is more: Children in China are happier if they have fewer or no siblings. 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

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  • *Li, J., *Sun. Y., & #Deng, S. W. (2023). Common and distinct neural bases for rule- and similarity-based category learning. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Sydney, Australia.

  • *Liao, Y., *Li, J., & #Deng, S. W. (2023). Decoupling between categorization and attention optimization: An eye-tracking study. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Sydney, Australia.

  • *Hu, Q., & #Deng, S. W. (2022). Shall I trust the robot? Children’s selective social learning in the human-robot comparison. Paper presented at the 24th Chinese Academic Conference of Psychology. Virtual Conference. 

  • *Li, J., *Zhao, J., *Shan, R, & #Deng, S. W. (2022). Linguistic labels alter post-selection processing in human categorization. Paper presented at the 24th Chinese Academic Conference of Psychology. Virtual Conference.

  • *Li, J., *Sun, Y., *Wu, C., & #Deng, S. W. (2022). Common and distinct neural substrates of rule- and similarity-based category learning. Paper presented at the 24th Chinese Academic Conference of Psychology. Virtual Conference. 

  • *Liao, Y., *Li, J., & #Deng, S. W. (2022). Selective attention and unsupervised category learning: An eye-tracking study. Paper presented at the 24th Chinese Academic Conference of Psychology. Virtual Conference. 

  • Deng, S. W. (2022). Selective attention and learning: Decomposing focusing and filtering mechanisms in visual and audiovisual categorization between children and adults. Invited talk at the 3rd Macau Symposium on Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Macau SAR China.

  • *Li, J., Hua, L., & #Deng, S. W. (2021). The dynamic process of multisensory integration in the categorization decision making. Paper presented at the 23rd Chinese Academic Conference of Psychology. Virtual Conference.

  • *Li, J., & #Deng, S. W. (2021). The role of selective attention in multisensory categorization. Paper presented at the 23rd Chinese Academic Conference of Psychology. Virtual Conference.

  • *Xing, L. N., & #Deng, S. W. (2020). Executive function affects resilience with different cognitive mechanisms between adolescence and emerging adulthood. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting (virtual) of the Cognitive Science Society, Toronto, Canada.

  • *Xing, L. N., & #Deng, S. W. (2020). How do adolescents and emerging adults adapt to COVID-19 differently? Poster presented at the Academic Annual Conference of Chinese Psychology Society, Behavior and Health. Virtual Conference.

  • *Yao, G. Y., & #Deng, S. W. (2020). Differential effect of blocked and interleaved study on category learning by classification and inference. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting (virtual) of the Cognitive Science Society, Toronto, Canada.

  • *Chu, K. H., & #Deng, S. W. (2019). Why some events are more (or less) random: The role of alternation rate and number of occurrence. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Montreal, Canada.

  • Deng, S. W. (2018). Categories, Concepts, and Conceptual Development. Invited talk at the 3rd International Conference on Natural Cognition, Macau SAR China.

  • *Yao, G. Y., & #Deng, W. (2018). Who sees a flanker? Individual differences in cognitive control. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Madison, WI.

  • *Huang, X., #Deng, W., & Li, D. (2017). Linguistic processes in translation: Eye-tracking reveals differential effects of phrase order and lexical choice. Poster presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, London, UK.

  • Deng, W. (2017). Rule-seekers and probability-catchers: Differential roles of attention in category learning and transfer across development. Paper presented at the 3rd Conference of Learning Sciences and Technologies, Taiwan.

  • Darby, K. P., Deng, W., Sloutsky, V. M., & Walter, D. B. (forthcoming). What's scene in development? Rapid attention allocation to objects and scenes in children. Poster to be presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.

  • Deng, W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2016). Differential coupling of categorization and memory across development. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Memory, Budapest, Hungary. 

  • Sloutsky, V. M., & Deng, W. (2015). The development of categorization: Attention, decision, and representation. Paper presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.

  • Deng, W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2015). Flexibility of categorization: Developmental differences between adults and children. Poster presented at the 9th Biennial Meeting of Cognitive Development Society, Columbus, OH. 

  • Deng, W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2015). Developmental differences in category representation: Evidence from recognition memory. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Sloutsky, V. M., Deng, W., Fisher, A. V., & Kloos, H. (2015). Conceptual information does not induce category-based induction in children. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Sloutsky, V. M., & Deng, W. (2014). The development of categorization: Attention and category representation. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.

  • Deng, W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013). Developmental differences in category representations. Poster presented at the 8th Biennial Meeting of Cognitive Development Society, Memphis, TN. 

  • Deng, W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013). Effects of training on categorization. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Berlin, Germany.

  • Deng, W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013). Rule-seekers and probability-catchers: Effects of training on category learning. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.

  • Sloutsky, V. M., & Deng, W. (2013). The role of linguistic labels in infants’ category learning. Paper presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.

  • Deng, W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2012). The role of linguistic labels in infants' categorization: An eye tracking study.  Paper presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Sapporo, Japan.

  • Sloutsky, V. M., & Deng, W. (2011). The role of category labels in categorization and induction. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle, WA.

  • Deng, W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010). The role of linguistic labels in categorization. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Portland, Oregon.

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