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Fang, X.* & Kawakami, K. (2025). Mixed Emotions in Cross‐Cultural Communication. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 19(7), e70073. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.70073
方霞* & 潘之禾. (2025). 动态序列情境对面部表情知觉的影响和作用机制. 心理科学进展, 33(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1042.2025.0001 (English version: Fang X.*, & Pan Z. (2025). The impact of dynamic sequential context on facial expression perception and the underlying mechanisms. Advances in Psychological Science, 33(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1042.2025.0001)
Fang, X.* & Kawakami, K. (2024). The effect of face masks and sunglasses on emotion perception over two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 48(4), 589–608. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-024-00471-y
Fang, X.*, Van Kleef, G.A, Kawakami, K., & Sauter, D.A. (2024). Registered report “Categorical perception of facial expressions of anger and disgust across cultures”. Cognition and Emotion, 38(8), 1135–1151. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2024.2370667
Cowen, A. S., Brooks, J., Prasad, G., Tanaka, M., Kamitani, Y., Kirilyuk, V., Somandepalli, K., Jou, B., Schroff, F., Adam, H., Sauter, D., Fang, X., Manokara, K., Tzirakis, P., Oh, M., & Keltner, D. (2024). How emotion is experienced and expressed in multiple cultures: A large-scale experiment across North America, Europe, and Japan. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1350631. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1350631
Fang, X.*, & Kawakami, K. (2024). Changing perceptions of people wearing masks: Two years of living in a pandemic. European Journal of Social Psychology, 54(6), 1141–1152. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3069
方霞#* & 葛猷勋.(2024).跨文化表情识别中的群内优势效应:自发性和呈现方式对气愤和厌恶表情识别的影响.心理学报,56(6),701-717.
(English version: Fang, X.#*, & Ge, Y#. (2024). The impact of spontaneity and presentation mode on the ingroup advantage in recognizing angry and disgusted facial expressions. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 56(6), 701-717. https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1041.2024.00701)
Fang, X.* & Kawakami, K. (2024). Decoding angry and disgusted faces across cultures: Facial prototypes and software matter. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 48(3), 439–464. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-024-00453-0
Brooks, J. A., Kim, L., Opara, M., Keltner, D., Fang, X., Monroy, M., Corona, R., Tzirakis, P., Baird, A., Metrick, J., Taddesse, N., Zegeye, K., & Cowen, A. S. (2024). Deep learning reveals what facial expressions mean to people in different cultures. iScience, 27(3), 109175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109175
Kawakami, K.*, Meyers C., & Fang, X. (2024). Social Cognition, Attention, and Eye Tracking. In D. E. Carlston, K. Hugenberg, & K. L. Johnson (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Social Cognition, Second Edition (2nd ed., pp. 143–170). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197763414.013.5
Fang, X.*, Liu, W., & Kawakami, K. (2023). Evaluating past emotions in changing facial expressions: The role of current emotions and culture. Emotion, 24(1), 213–224. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001263
Kawakami, K., Manokara, K., & Fang, X.*(2023). Impact of face masks on perceptions of black and white targets during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(9), e12810. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12810
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Kawakami, K.*, Vingilis‐Jaremko, L., Friesen, J. P., Meyers, C., & Fang, X. (2022). Impact of similarity on recognition of faces of Black and White targets. British Journal of Psychology, 113(4), 1079–1099. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12589
Fang, X.*, Sauter, D. A., Heerdink, M. W., & Van Kleef, G. A. (2022). Culture Shapes the Distinctiveness of Posed and Spontaneous Facial Expressions of Anger and Disgust. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 53(5), 471–487. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221095208
Fang, X.*, Rychlowska, M., & Lange, J. (2022). Cross-cultural and inter-group research on emotion perception. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, 6(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-022-00102-2
Kawakami, K.*, Friesen, J. P., & Fang, X. (2022). Perceiving ingroup and outgroup faces within and across nations. British Journal of Psychology, 113(3), 551–574. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12563
Fang, X.*, Van Kleef, G.A., Kawakami K., & Sauter, D.A. (2021). Cultural differences in perceiving transitions in emotional facial expressions: Easterners show greater contrast effects than Westerners. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95, 104143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104143
Eriksson, K.*, Strimling, P., Gelfand, M., ..., Fang, X., ..., & Van Lange, P.A.M. (2021). Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies. Nature Communication, 12(1), 1481. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21602-9
Van Kleef, G. A.*, Heerdink, M. W., Cheshin, A., Stamkou, E., Wanders, F., Koning, L. F., Fang, X., & Georgeac, O. A. M. (2021). No guts, no glory? How risk-taking shapes dominance, prestige, and leadership endorsement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(11), 1673–1694. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000868
Cowen, A.S.#*, Fang, X.#, Sauter, D.A., & Keltner, D. (2020). What music makes us feel: At least 13 dimensions organize subjective experiences associated with music across different cultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 117(4), 1924–1934. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910704117
Fang, X.*, Sauter, D.A., & Van Kleef, G.A. (2020). Unmasking smiles: The influence of intensity and culture on smile interpretation. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, 4(3), 293–308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-019-00053-1
Fang, X.*, Van Kleef, G.A, & Sauter, D.A. (2019). Revisiting cultural differences in emotion perception between easterners and westerners: Chinese perceivers are accurate, but see additional non-intended emotions in negative facial expressions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 82, 152–159.
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