Dr. Miao Qian
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Detroit Mercy
SOCIAL COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT LAB
PUBLICATIONS (CHECK MY CV HERE)
Published Research
* indicate supervised students
Qian, M., Wong, W. I., Nabbijohn, A. N., Wang, Y., MacMullin, L. N., James, H. J., Fu, G., Zuo, B., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2023). Children’s implicit gender-toy association development varies across cultures. Developmental Psychology. PDF OSF
Qian, M., Heyman, G., Wu, M.*, & Fu, G. (2022). Individuating multiple (not one) persons reduces implicit racial bias. Frontiers in Psychology. PDF OSF
Yu, C.*, Qian, M., Amemiya, J., Fu, G., Lee, K., & Heyman, G. (2022). Young children form generalized attitudes based on a single encounter with an outgroup member. Developmental Science. PDF OSF
Wang, Y.*, Qian, M., Nabbijohn, A. N., Wen, F., Fu, G., Zuo, B., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2021). Culture influences children’s gender-related peer preference development: Evidence from China and Thailand. Developmental Science. PDF OSF
Qian, M., Heyman, G. D., Quinn, P. C., Messi F. A., Fu, G., & Lee, K. (2021). Age-related differences in implicit and explicit racial biases in Cameroonians.
Developmental Psychology. PDF OSF
Qian, M., Yu, C.*, Fu, G., Cirelli, L. (2020). Shaping children's racial bias through interpersonal movement. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. PDF OSF
Qian, M., Wang, Y., Wong, W. I., Fu, G., Zuo, B., VanderLaan, D. P. (2020). The influences of race, gender, and gender-typed behavior on children’s social appraisals. Archives of Sexual Behavior. PDF OSF
Singh, L., Quinn, P. C., Qian, M., & Lee, K. (2020). Bilingualism is associated with less racial bias in preschool children. Developmental Psychology. doi: 10.1037/dev0000905. PDF
Qian, M. K., Quinn, P. C., Heyman, G. D, Pascalis, O., Fu, G., & Lee, K. (2019). A long-term effect of perceptual individuation training on reducing implicit racial bias in preschool children. Child Development. PDF OSF
Qian, M. K., Heyman, G. D., Quinn, P. C., Fu, G., & Lee, K. (2019). Differential developmental courses of implicit and explicit biases for different other-race classes. Developmental Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000730. PDF OSF
Qian, M. K., Quinn, P. C., Heyman, G. D., Pascalis, O., Fu, G., & Lee, K. (2017a). Perceptual individuation training (but not mere exposure) reduces implicit racial bias in preschool children. Developmental Psychology, 53(5), 845–859. doi: 10.1037/dev0000290. PDF OSF
Qian, M. K., Heyman, G., Quinn, P., Fu, G., & Lee, K. (2017). When the majority becomes the minority: a longitudinal study of the effects of immersive experience with racial out-group members on implicit and explicit racial biases. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48, 914–930. doi: 10.1177/0022022117702975. PDF
Setoh, P., Lee, K. J. J., Zhang, L., Qian, M. K., Quinn, P. C., Heyman, G. D., & Lee, K. (2017). Racial Categorization Predicts Implicit Racial Bias in Preschool Children. Child Development. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12851. PDF
Qian, M. K., Heyman, G., Quinn, P., Messi, F., Fu, G., & Lee, K. (2016). Implicit racial biases in preschool children and adults from Asia and Africa. Child Development, 87(1), 285-296. PDF OSF
Fu, G., Heyman, G. D., Qian, M. K., Guo, T., & Lee, K. (2016). Young children with a positive reputation to maintain are less likely to cheat. Developmental Science, 19(2), 275-283. PDF
Wang, Q., Xiao, N., Quinn, P., Hu, C., Qian, M. K., Fu, G., Lee, K. (2015). Visual scanning and recognition of Chinese, Caucasian, and racially ambiguous faces: contributions from bottom-up facial physiognomic information and top-down knowledge of racial categories. Vision Research, 107, 67-75. PDF
Qian, M. K, Zhou, L., Lu, T., Weng, M., & Fu, G. (2015). Theoretical construction and empirical research on preschooler-friendly Implicit Racial Bias Test. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 7, 007-012. PDF
Heyman, G. D., Fu, G., Lin, J., Qian, M. K., & Lee, K. (2015). Eliciting promises from children reduces cheating. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 139, 242-248. PDF
Qian, M., & Fu, G. (2014). The spontaneous-response tasks in examining theory of mind in infancy. Advances in Psychological Science, 22, 27-37. PDF
Under review
Yu, C.*, Qian, M., Amenmiya, J., Fu, G., Lee, K., & Heyman, G. (under review). Title blinded for review. Developmental Science. PDF OSF
Qian, M., Heyman, G. D., Quinn, P. C., Messi F. A., Fu, G., & Lee, K. (minor revision). Title blinded for review. Developmental Psychology. PDF OSF
Wang, Y.*, Qian, M., Nabbijohn, A. N., Wen, F., Fu, G., Zuo, B., & VanderLaan, D. P. (under review). Title blinded for review. Developmental Science. PDF OSF.
Qian, M., Wong, I. W., Nabbijohn, A. N., Wang, Y.*, MacMullin, L. N., Fu, G., Zuo, B., & VanderLaan, D. P. (under review). Title blinded for review. Psychological Science. PDF OSF
PATENT
Qian, M. K., Fu, G., & Lee, K. (2015, August 19). CN: 104850741: A. Patent. https://www.google.com/patents/CN104850741A?cl=en