Publications
- Bian, L., & Markman, E. (in press). What should we eat for breakfast? American and Chinese children’s prescriptive judgments about breakfast foods. Cognitive Development. [PDF]
- Bian, L., & Markman, E. (in press). Why do we eat cereal but not lamb chops at breakfast? Investigating Americans’ beliefs about breakfast foods. Appetite. [PDF]
- Bian, L. (In press). Gender stereotypes and education. In D. Vanderlaan I. Wong, (Eds.) Gender and sexuality development: contemporary theory and research. Berlin, Germany: Springer.
- Powell, D., Bian, L., & Markman, E. (in press). When intents to educate can misinform: Unintentional paltering through violations of communicative norms. Plos ONE.
- Bian, L., Leslie, S.-J., & Cimpian, A. (2018). Evidence of bias against girls and women in contexts that emphasize intellectual ability. American Psychologist, 73(9), 1139-1153. [PDF]
- Bian, L., Sloane, S., & Baillargeon, R. (2018). Infants expect ingroup support to override fairness when resources are limited. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(11), 2705-2710. [PDF]
- Bian, L., Cimpian, A., Leslie, S.-J., & Murphy, M. (2018). Messages about brilliance undermine women’s interest in educational and professional opportunities. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials]
- Bian, L., Leslie, S. J., & Cimpian, A. (2017).* Gender stereotypes about intellectual ability emerge early and influence children's interests. Science, 355(6323), 389–391. [PDF] [Supplementary Materials] [Data]
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- Bian, L., & Cimpian, A. (2017). Are stereotypes accurate? A perspective from the cognitive science of concepts. Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 40, e3. [PDF]
- Bian, L., & Baillargeon, R. (2017). False beliefs. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (pp. 1–13). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. [PDF]
- Baillargeon, R., Scott, R. M., & Bian, L. (2016). Psychological reasoning in infancy. Annual Review of Psychology, 67, 159-186. [PDF]
- Baillargeon, R., Scott, R. M., He, Z., Sloane, S., Setoh, P., Jin, K., Wu, D., & Bian, L. (2015). Psychological and sociomoral reasoning in infancy. In P. Shaver & M. Mikulincer (Eds.-in-chief) & E. Borgida & J. Bargh (Vol. Eds.), APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology: Vol.1. Attitudes and Social Cognition. Washington, D.C.: APA. [PDF]
- Baillargeon, R., Setoh, P., Sloane, S., Jin, K., & Bian, L. (2014). Infant social cognition: Psychological and sociomoral reasoning. In M. S. Gazzaniga & R. Magnum (Eds.-in-chief), The Cognitive Neurosciences V. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. [PDF]
In Progress
- Bian, L., & Baillargeon, R. (revise and resubmit). Toddlers understand shows of ingroup loyalty that go against personal preference.
- Ting, F., He, Z., Bian, L., & Baillargeon, R. (revise and resubmit). How many eyes for an eye? Infants expect less retaliation toward ingroup wrongdoers.
- Bian, L., & Cimpian, A. (under review). The same cognitive mechanism underlies reasoning about the features of kinds and the traits of individuals.
- Bian, L., & Baillargeon, R. (under review). Are early ingroup preferences driven by familiarity, similarity or by ingroup loyalty? Evidence from minimal social groups.
- Bian, L., & Cimpian, A. (in preparation). The inherence heuristic promotes stereotype endorsement and stereotype formation.
- Bian, L., & Cimpian, A. (in preparation). Early exposure to gender inequity shapes children's and adults' beliefs about gender and job status.
- Jin, K., Bian, L., & Baillargeon, R. (in preparation). How many did she give her? Toddlers use gift amounts to infer group affiliations.
Conference Presentations
2020
- Bian, L., & Baillargeon, R. (2020, July). 8-month-olds attribute, and expect others to attribute, strong preferences to agents. Paper to be presented at the ICIS Biennial Congress, Glasgow, Scotland.
- Darkins, M., Bian, L., & Baillargeon, R. (2020, July). Do infants in the first year of life take into account group membership in judging fair outcomes? Paper to be presented at the ICIS Biennial Congress, Glasgow, Scotland.
2019
- Bian, L., Sun, L., Wang, M., & Roberts, S. (2019, October). Preschoolers use praises as social comparative cues. Paper presented at the 11th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY.
- Bian, L., Shu, Y., Hu, Q., & Xu, F. (2019, October). The development of the gender stereotypes about brilliance in Chinese young children. Poster presented at the 11th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY.
- Yang, X., Zhao, X., Bian, L., & Dunham, Y. (2019, October). Naturals vs. strivers: Who do children prefer?. Poster presented at the 11th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY.
- Bian, L., & Cimpian (2019, March). Early exposure to gender inequality shapes children’s beliefs about gender and job status. Paper to be presented at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, Maryland.
- Bian, L., & Baillargeon (2019, March). Toddlers and Infants Hold an Abstract Expectation of Ingroup Loyalty. Paper to be presented at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, Maryland.
2018
- Bian, L., Cimpian, A., & Leslie, S.-J. (2018, May). Gender stereotypes about brilliance emerge early and influence children’s interests. Paper presented at the 30th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
- Bian, L.. (2018, April). The acquisition and consequences of the gender stereotypes about intellectual ability. Paper presented at the 1st International Forum on Psychological Science and Human Factors, Hangzhou, China.
2017
- Bian, L., Cao, Q., & Cimpian, A. (2017, October). Early exposure to gender inequity shapes children's beliefs about gender and job status. Poster presented at the Tenth Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Portland, OR.
- Bian, L., Green, E., & Rhodes, M. (2017, October). Children’s and adults’ essentialist beliefs about “scientists”. Poster presented at the Tenth Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Portland, OR.
- Bian, L., Cimpian, A. & Leslie, S.-J. (2017, April). Women and young girls are the targets of bias in contexts that emphasize intellectual ability. Paper presented at the 2017 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
- Bian, L., He, Z., & Baillargeon, R. (2017, April). False-belief understanding in 8- to 9-month-old infants: Evidence from combined anticipatory-looking and expectation-violation measures. Poster presented at the 2017 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
- Jin, K., Bian, L., & Baillargeon, R. (2017, April). What behaviors lead toddlers to infer an ingroup relation? The case of sharing. Poster presented at the 2017 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
- Bian, L., Cimpian, A. & Leslie, S.-J. (2017, January). The roots of gender gaps: An investigation of the gender stereotypes about intelligence in young children. Paper presented at the 2017 Subway Summit on Cognition and Education Research, New York, NY.
- Bian, L., Cimpian, A. & Leslie, S.-J. (2016, October). Women and young girls are the targets of bias in contexts that emphasize intellectual ability. Poster presented at the 2016 Gender Development Research Conference, San Fransisco, CA.
- Bian, L., & Baillargeon, R. (2016, May). Toddlers and infants expect individuals from novel social groups to prefer and align with ingroup members. Poster presented at the Tenth International Conference on Infant Studies, New Orleans, LA.
- Bian, L., & Baillargeon, R. (2016, May). 8-month-olds attribute, and expect others to attribute, strong preferences to agents. Poster presented at the Tenth International Conference on Infant Studies, New Orleans, LA.
- Bian, L., Cimpian, A. & Leslie, S.-J. (2016, January). The pervasive bias against women in contexts that emphasize intellectual talent. Poster presented at the 2016 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
- Bian, L., & Cimpian, A. (2015, October). An inherence heuristic in explanation promotes stereotype formation. Poster presented at the Ninth Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Columbus, OH.
- Bian, L., Cimpian, A. & Leslie, S.-J. (2015, October). The development of gender stereotypes about intelligence. Poster presented at the Ninth Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Columbus, OH.
- Bian, L., & Baillargeon, R. (2015, March). Context-sensitive reasoning about inequality in infancy: The cases of just rewards and scarce resources. Paper presented at the 2015 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
- Bian, L., & Cimpian, A. (2015, March). A basic explanatory heuristic promotes stereotype formation and endorsement. Paper presented at the 2015 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
- Bian, L., Cimpian, A. & Leslie, S.-J. (2015, March). Gender stereotypes about intelligence: Developmental trajectory and consequences for children’s activity choices. Paper presented at the 2015 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
- Bian, L., Cimpian, A. & Leslie, S.-J. (2015, February). Gender stereotypes about intelligence develop in early childhood and influence children’s activity choices. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
- Cimpian, A. & Bian, L. (2015, February). A basic explanatory heuristic promotes stereotype formation and endorsement. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
- Saucedo, M., Bian, L., & Cimpian, A. (2014, October). The developmental origins of gender stereotypes regarding general intelligence. Poster presented at the 2014 SACNAS National Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
- Bian, L., & Baillargeon, R. (2014, July). Are early ingroup preferences Driven by familiarity or by ingroup loyalty? Evidence from minimal social groups. Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on Infant Studies, Berlin, Germany.
- Cimpian, A., Bian, L., & Leslie, S.-J. (2014, February). Experimental and developmental evidence for the Field-specific Ability Beliefs hypothesis. Paper presented at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
- Bian, L., & Baillargeon, R. (2013, October). Toddlers expect individuals from novel social groups to prefer and align with ingroup members. Poster presented at the Eighth Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Memphis, TN.
- Bian, L., Cimpian, A., & Leslie, S. J. (2013, April). Why are women underrepresented in certain academic fields? Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
- Cimpian, A., Bian, L., & Sutherland, S. (2013, April). The origins of children's beliefs about achievement: Thinking about the abilities of groups causes 4-year-olds to devalue effort. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
- Leslie, S. J., Cimpian, A., Bian, L., & Meyer, M. A. (2013, April). Gender gaps and conceptions of ability. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
- Bian, L., Cimpian, A., & Leslie, S. J. (2012, May). Why are women underrepresented in certain academic fields? Talk given at the Developmental Brownbag, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL.
- Cimpian, A., Sutherland, S. L., & Bian, L. (2011, October). Exposure to generic language induces rapid changes in children's naive theories about achievement. Poster presented at the 7th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society. Philadelphia, PA.
- Bian, L., & Lu, H. (2010, September). Face adaptation effect on identification and age estimation. Talk given at the Cross-disciplinary Scholars in Science and Technology Conference, Los Angeles, CA.