X Meng
Biographic Data
| ID | 32163 |
|---|---|
| NAME | X Meng |
| GIVEN NAMES | X |
| FAMILY NAME | Meng |
| SIGNATURE | MENG X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nagoya University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7873-7518 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Misperceived public attitudes undermine support for sexual and gender identity disclosure in Japan
Extraordinary-high rank expectation as a cognitive predisposition forming religion
White et al.’s (2024) comprehensive review of the Cognitive Science of Religion enriched the scholarly landscape by integrating perspectives from the cross-disciplinary literature rooted in three decades of scientific research. Having gained profound insights into the Cognitive Science of Religion through this academic endeavor, I try to contribute my perspectives, grounded in social cognition in children and infants, to extend the ideas articula…
Socio-Emotional Behaviors of Japanese Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic
A novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has spread widely throughout the world. To reduce the spread of infection, children are prevented from going to school and have fewer opportunities for in-person communication. Such changes in the everyday lives of children might influence their socio-emotional behaviors; however, the whole picture of the possible impact was not well known. This study examined socio-emotional behaviors of Japanese children (aged 4…
People Copy Success More Than Failure in Social Learning
Social learning is a fundamental mechanism for efficiently transferring and coordinating norms, skills, and sophisticated cultural information to individuals. However, the psychological mechanisms underlying social learning remain unclear. To investigate this, we recruited adult participants ( N = 103), who observed a model's performance in a two-choice reward-searching task. Two cues were used to determine the reward, with both cues possessing a…
Ordinance influences individuals' perceptions towards prospects of social circumstance but not the status quo
Scientific evidence shows that institutional decisions can change individuals' private attitudes towards relevant issues. However, little is known about their effect on individuals' perceptions of social norms. This intriguing question has gained the attention of scholars. Nonetheless, the findings are primarily observed only in samples of the Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, and Democratic countries, leading to doubts about their general…
Children attribute higher social status to people who have extraordinary capabilities
Throughout history, individuals believed to have extraordinary capabilities were generally highly ranked in their communities; this suggests a universal "extraordinary-dominant expectation" in human minds, which may play a key role in religious thought, even in modern societies. This study shows that 5-6-year-old children, who begin to understand real-world causalities regarding how the body and mind of human beings work, predict that individuals…
Family Presence Restrictions and Telemedicine Use in Neonatal Intensive Care Units during the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic
We aimed to describe parental presence policy and telemedicine use in Japanese neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) before and during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This cross-sectional study was performed through an online survey in 110 level III units from 19 November 2020 to 18 December 2020. Nurses' evaluation of the current situation (during COVID-19) was compared with their retrospective pre-COVID-19 (December 2019) evaluatio…
Development of synchrony‐dominant expectations in observers
Movement synchrony is an essential feature of rituals and collective displays around the world. Previous studies have shown that synchronous movements increase observers’ perceived group entitativity and fighting capacity in agonistic contexts; however, little is known about the developmental roots of synchrony‐dominant attributions. In this study, adult participants (Exp 1), 5‐ to 6‐year‐old children (Exp 2) and 7‐ to 8‐year‐old children (Exp 3)…
Maltreatment in childhood substantially increases the risk of adult depression and anxiety in prospective cohort studies
Background Literature supports a strong relationship between childhood maltreatment and mental illness but most studies reviewed are cross-sectional and/or use recall to assess maltreatment and are thus prone to temporality and recall bias. Research on the potential prospective impact of maltreatment reduction on the incidence of psychiatric disorders is scarce. Method Electronic databases and grey literature from 1990 to 2014 were searched for E…
People Copy Success More Than Failure in Social Learning
Social learning is a fundamental mechanism for efficiently transferring and coordinating norms, skills, and sophisticated cultural information to individuals. However, the psychological mechanisms underlying social learning remain unclear. To investigate this, we recruited adult participants ( N = 103), who observed a model's performance in a two-choice reward-searching task. Two cues were used to determine the reward, with both cues possessing a…
Development of synchrony‐dominant expectations in observers
Movement synchrony is an essential feature of rituals and collective displays around the world. Previous studies have shown that synchronous movements increase observers’ perceived group entitativity and fighting capacity in agonistic contexts; however, little is known about the developmental roots of synchrony‐dominant attributions. In this study, adult participants (Exp 1), 5‐ to 6‐year‐old children (Exp 2) and 7‐ to 8‐year‐old children (Exp 3)…
Maltreatment in childhood substantially increases the risk of adult depression and anxiety in prospective cohort studies
Background Literature supports a strong relationship between childhood maltreatment and mental illness but most studies reviewed are cross-sectional and/or use recall to assess maltreatment and are thus prone to temporality and recall bias. Research on the potential prospective impact of maltreatment reduction on the incidence of psychiatric disorders is scarce. Method Electronic databases and grey literature from 1990 to 2014 were searched for E…
Family Presence Restrictions and Telemedicine Use in Neonatal Intensive Care Units during the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic
We aimed to describe parental presence policy and telemedicine use in Japanese neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) before and during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This cross-sectional study was performed through an online survey in 110 level III units from 19 November 2020 to 18 December 2020. Nurses' evaluation of the current situation (during COVID-19) was compared with their retrospective pre-COVID-19 (December 2019) evaluatio…
Development of synchrony‐dominant expectations in observers
Movement synchrony is an essential feature of rituals and collective displays around the world. Previous studies have shown that synchronous movements increase observers’ perceived group entitativity and fighting capacity in agonistic contexts; however, little is known about the developmental roots of synchrony‐dominant attributions. In this study, adult participants (Exp 1), 5‐ to 6‐year‐old children (Exp 2) and 7‐ to 8‐year‐old children (Exp 3)…
Ordinance influences individuals' perceptions towards prospects of social circumstance but not the status quo
Scientific evidence shows that institutional decisions can change individuals' private attitudes towards relevant issues. However, little is known about their effect on individuals' perceptions of social norms. This intriguing question has gained the attention of scholars. Nonetheless, the findings are primarily observed only in samples of the Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, and Democratic countries, leading to doubts about their general…
Children attribute higher social status to people who have extraordinary capabilities
Throughout history, individuals believed to have extraordinary capabilities were generally highly ranked in their communities; this suggests a universal "extraordinary-dominant expectation" in human minds, which may play a key role in religious thought, even in modern societies. This study shows that 5-6-year-old children, who begin to understand real-world causalities regarding how the body and mind of human beings work, predict that individuals…
Socio-Emotional Behaviors of Japanese Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic
A novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has spread widely throughout the world. To reduce the spread of infection, children are prevented from going to school and have fewer opportunities for in-person communication. Such changes in the everyday lives of children might influence their socio-emotional behaviors; however, the whole picture of the possible impact was not well known. This study examined socio-emotional behaviors of Japanese children (aged 4…
People Copy Success More Than Failure in Social Learning
Social learning is a fundamental mechanism for efficiently transferring and coordinating norms, skills, and sophisticated cultural information to individuals. However, the psychological mechanisms underlying social learning remain unclear. To investigate this, we recruited adult participants ( N = 103), who observed a model's performance in a two-choice reward-searching task. Two cues were used to determine the reward, with both cues possessing a…
Extraordinary-high rank expectation as a cognitive predisposition forming religion
White et al.’s (2024) comprehensive review of the Cognitive Science of Religion enriched the scholarly landscape by integrating perspectives from the cross-disciplinary literature rooted in three decades of scientific research. Having gained profound insights into the Cognitive Science of Religion through this academic endeavor, I try to contribute my perspectives, grounded in social cognition in children and infants, to extend the ideas articula…
Misperceived public attitudes undermine support for sexual and gender identity disclosure in Japan
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (2 works) · Pandemic (2 works)