Conference Presentations

Sinval, J., Jocson, R., Yang, Y., Yu, Y., Chai, S., Kaur, R., Ng, E.L., & Sun, H. (Nov, 2025). Assessing social-emotional competencies of preschool children in Singapore. Oral presentation at Joint 11th SELF International & 24th ERAS Conference, Singapore.

Yang, Y. (2025, November). Children’s emotion understanding, academic achievement, and teacher-child interaction. Talk presented in AI for Education 2025, Singapore.

Yang, Y., Lim, J., & Tan, T. (2025, July). Promoting children’s social emotional learning. Workshop for early childhood educators.

Stegall, J., Yucel, M., Zhao, X., Yu, Y., Tomasello, M., Nichols, S., & Kushnir, T. (2025, June). Children’s developing sense of normative responsibility in costly contexts. Oral presentation at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Ithaca, NY.

Yu, Y., & Sheryn Sim, S.S.N. (2025, May). Influences of age, gender, SES, and parental ethnotheories on Singaporean children’s wealth essentialist beliefs. Oral presentation at the 2025 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

Yang, Y. (2025, May). Supporting children’s emotions. Invited talk presented for Edu-Connect 2025, National Library Board, Singapore.

Yang, Y., Adelia, K., Möller, C., Tsotsi, S., & Yu, Y. (2025, April). Emotion recognition and academic achievement among Singaporean children. Paper presented at 2025 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Denver, United States.

Yu, Y., Choo, S., Ng, M.G., Chua, J.J.E, Ng, G.T., Liaw, N., & Tan, O.S. (2025, April). Bibliometric analyses of the literature related to character and citizenship education (CCE). Poster presentation at AERA Conference 2025, Denver, CO.

Yang, Y., Lim, J., & Tan, T. (2025, March). Improving preschoolers’ social emotional learning. Workshop for early childhood educators.

Ng, E. L., Cheung, P., Yang, Y., O'Brien, B. A., Poon, K., Karuppiah, N., Sun, B. Q., Munez,D., Goh, S., Tan, S. H., Khng, K. H., & Chu, M. L. (2025, February). Towards successful adaptation of early childhood interventions for children from disadvantaged backgrounds: Insights from the NURSELI study. Paper presented at CHILD Conference 2025, Singapore.

Yang, Y. (2024, November). Nurturing little hearts: Supporting social and emotional development. Presented in BE POSITIVE talk series for parents, Singapore.

Yu, Y. (2024, October). Parenting and children's challenge-taking. Oral presentation at NIEC Conference 2024, Singapore.

Rifkin-Graboi, A., Yang, Y., & Yu, Y. (2024, October). Caregiving behavior and child socioemotional development in the BE POSITIVE study. Paper presented in NIEC (National Institute of Early Childhood Development) Conference 2024, Singapore.

Yang, Y. (2024, October). Singaporean children’s emotion understanding and its relations to anxiety and academic achievement. Education Research Funding Programme (ERFP) Project Closure Sharing, Singapore.

Yu, Y. (2024, September). Toward a unified conceptual framework: Integrating
character and citizenship education (CCE). Oral presentation at BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting, Manchester, UK.

Yang, Y., Adelia, K., & Wang, Q. (2024, August). Children’s understanding of emotion cues from auditory stimuli: comparison among three cultural groups. Paper presented in the XXVII International Congress of International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), Indonesia.

Yu, Y., Kushnir, T., & Katz, M. (2024, August). Endorsement of free choice among Singaporean and US children: Influences of culture, SES, and parental autonomy granting. Oral presentation at 2024 IACCP International Congress, Bali, Indonesia.

Tan, T., Lim, J., Yang, Y., Jocson, R., & Goh, S. (2024, May). Improving preschoolers’ social emotional learning: A systematic review of school-based and free-standing SEL programs. Paper presented in The Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference (RPIC), Singapore.

Yang, Y., Möller, C., Lim, S.W.Y., Adelia, K., & Wang, Q. (2023, July). Recognizing emotional cues in word content versus facial expression: A cross-cultural comparison. Poster presented in 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci), Sydney, Australia.

Nissel, J., Weisman, K., Li, P.H., Kushnir, T., Srinivasan, M., Yu, Y., Zhao, X., Nicolopoulou, A., Burdett, E., Davis, H.E., Richert, R., & Corriveau, K. (2024, June). Developing conceptions of physical, biological, psychological, and sociological constraints on human action across cultures. Oral presentation at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, West Lafayette, IN.

Stegall, J., Yucel, M., Zhao, X., Yu, Y., Nichols, S., & Kushnir, T. (2024, June). Rules in context: Exploring children’s motivation to follow rules. Oral presentation at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, West Lafayette, IN.

Yang Y. (2023, May). Children’s emotion understanding in different cultural context. Invited talk presented in talk series Language and Emotion organized by National Library Board, Singapore.

Yu, Y. (2024, May). Parental autonomy granting is associated with Singaporean children’s endorsement of free choice. Oral presentation at Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference (RPIC) 2024, Singapore.

Kushnir, T., Yu, Y., & Simpson, M. (2024, March). Action possibilities and mastery motivation in early childhood. Oral presentation at the 13th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Pasadena, CA.

Yu, Y. & Ng, E. L. (2023, November). Potential research directions for Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) in Singapore. Oral presentation at ERAS Conference & WERA Focal Meeting 2023, Singapore.

Chwee, Y. H., & Yu, Y. (2023, April). Pedagogical questions on Singaporean young children’s learning of novel categories. Oral presentation at the World Conference of Undergraduate Research 2023, Coventry, UK.

Kim, J., Yucel, M., Zhao, X., Yu, Y., Nichols, S., & Kushnir, T. (2023, March). The role of group membership on children’s norm understanding. Poster presentation at the 2023 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City, UT.

Möller, C., Yang Y., Bull, R., & Aschersleben, G. (2023, March). Culture shapes children’s emotion understanding. A cross-cultural study investigating German and Singaporean preschoolers. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Yang, Y., Adelia, K., Möller, C., & Tsotsi, S. (2023, March). Singaporean children’s emotion understanding, social skills, and academic achievement. Oral presentation at the 2023 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City, UT.

Yu, Y., Ong, J. T., Chua, J. J. E., & Kushnir, T. (2023, March). Parental autonomy granting predicts children’s endorsement of free choice among Singaporean Chinese and Malays. Oral presentation at the 2023 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City, UT.

Yucel, M., Zhao, X., Yu., Y., Kim, J., Nichols, S., & Kushnir, T. (2023, February). The role of group membership on children’s norm understanding. Oral presentation at the Justice and Morality preconference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.

Yu, Y. (2022, October). Comparing mothers’ and fathers’ pedagogical questioning during everyday conversations with young children. Oral presentation at the 9th Conference of the International Academy of Family Psychology, Virtual.

Yu, Y. (2022, October). Using pedagogical questions to facilitate young children’s exploratory learning in everyday activities. Oral presentation at CHILD Biennial Conference 2022, Singapore.

Chua, J.J.E., Yu, Y., Yang, Y., & Kushnir, T. (2022, June). Singaporean children’s beliefs about free choice differ based on whether the constraint is internal or external. Oral presentation at the 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Rhodes, Greece.

Yu, Y. (2022, June). Comparing mothers’ and fathers’ pedagogical questioning during everyday conversations with young children. Oral presentation at the 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Rhodes, Greece.

Chua, J.J.E. & Yu, Y. (2022, May). The effect of pedagogical questioning on young children’s exploratory learning of novel concepts. Oral presentation at Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference (RPIC) 2022, Singapore.

Yu, Y. (2022, May). Using pedagogical questions to facilitate children’s learning in everyday activities. Workshop presented at Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference (RPIC) 2022, Singapore.

Simpson, M., Urquiola, S., Siegel, A., Carpenter, E., Liu, J., Yu, Y., Kushnir, T., (2022, April). Exploring developmental changes in children’s social-cognitive imaginations, emerging self-concept, and their motivations to learn. Poster presentation at Cognitive Development Society Bi-Ennial Conference 2022, Madison, WI.

Yang, Y. & Adelia, K (2022, March). Singaporean children’s emotion understanding and academic achievement. Paper presented at the 9th Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference (RPIC), Singapore.

Chwee, Y.H. & Yu, Y. (2021, September). Effects of Pedagogical questions on Singaporean young children’s learning of novel categories. Oral presentation at the 2021 International Conference of Undergraduate Research, Virtual.

Yang, Y., Wang, L., & Wang, Q. (2021, July). Take your word or tone for it? Attention to emotional cues in speech among European American and Chinese children. Poster presented at the 43th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci), Virtual.

Yang Y., Koh,J.B.K., & Wang Q. (2021, April). Mother-Child Reminiscing: Relations to Children’s Emotion Knowledge and Coping. Paper presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual, United States.

Yu, Y., & Chua, J. J. E. (2021, April). The effect of pedagogical questioning on young children’s exploratory learning of novel concepts. Oral presentation at the 2021 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual.

Yu, Y., & Kushnir T. (2021, April). Developmental pathways of cultural learning: Individual differences in young children’s faithful imitation and goal emulation from toddlerhood to preschool years. Oral presentation at the 2021 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual.

Yu, Y. (2020, December). Impact of COVID-19 on perceived mental health in school-aged children and adolescents: Using the case of Singapore to investigate the mechanisms. Oral presentation at the Webinar Series presented by the Society for Research on Adolescence, Virtual.

Yu, Y. (2019, September) How can educators and parents use pedagogical questions to facilitate children’s learning in everyday activities? Workshop presented at ECDA Early Childhood Conference 2019, Singapore.

Yang, Y., Song, Q., Doan, S., & Wang, Q. (2019, June). Maternal Reactions to Children’s Negative and Positive Emotions: The Relations to Child Socio-emotional Development in Cultural Contexts. Paper presented at ISSBD Regional Workshop, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China).

Yu, Y., Bonawitz, E. & Shafto, P. (2017, October) Pedagogical questions: How parents ask and how children learn from them. Poster presented at the 10th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society preconference workshop “Question-asking in childhood: Development, continuity and constraints”, Portland, OR.

Yu, Y., Bonawitz, E. & Shafto, P. (2017, October) Pedagogical questions during parent-child interactions correlate with children’s causal learning and exploration. Paper presented at the 10th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Portland, OR.

Yu, Y., Bonawitz, E. & Shafto, P. (2017, October) Pedagogical questions in parent-child conversations. Poster presented at the 10th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Portland, OR.

Yu, Y., Bonawitz, E. & Shafto, P. (2017, October) Questioning supports effective transmission of knowledge and increased exploratory learning in pre-kindergarten children. Poster presented at the 10th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Portland, OR.

Yu, Y., Landrum, A., Bonawitz, E. & Shafto, P. (2017, August). Questioning supports effective transmission of knowledge and increased exploratory learning. Oral presentation at the Annual Convention of American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Yu, Y., Landrum, A., Bonawitz, E. & Shafto, P. (2017, June). Questioning supports effective transmission of knowledge and increased exploratory learning in pre-kindergarten children. Oral presentation at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Baltimore, MD.

Yang, Y., Koh, B.K., J., & Wang, Q. (2017, April). Discussion of internal states and behaviors in mother-child reminiscing: The longitudinal relations to children’s emotion knowledge in European American and Chinese immigrant families. Paper presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Austin, United States.

Yang, Y., Koh, B.K., J., & Wang, Q. (2016, August). Maternal socialization of children's emotion knowledge in different cultural contexts. Paper presented at International Congress of Psychology (ICP), Yokohama, Japan.

Yang, Y., Koh, B.K., J., & Wang, Q. (2016, August). Mother-child discussion of internal states and behaviors: relations to children’s emotion knowledge in European American and Chinese immigrant families. Paper presented at International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Nagoya, Japan.

Yu, Y., Shafto, P., Bonawitz, E., & Landrum, A. (2016, August). Questioning supports effective transmission of knowledge and increased exploratory learning in pre-kindergarten children. Paper presented at the International Conference of Thinking, Providence, RI.

Yu, Y., & Kushnir T. (2015, October). Young children’s imitative behavior: Individual differences and developmental change. Poster presented at the 9th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Columbus, OH.

Kushnir, T., Yu, Y., Vredenburgh, C., & Casasola, M. (2014, July). What toddlers might learn from additional social cues when actions are equally intentional and equally causally efficacious. Oral presentation at 9th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN.

Yu, Y., & Kushnir, T. (2014, July). The effect of temperament on young children’s imitative behavior. Poster presented at the 23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Shanghai, China.

Yu, Y. & Kushnir, T. (2013, September). Timing and agent of causal actions influence preschoolers’ categorization. Paper presented at 2013 ISSBD regional workshop, Budapest, Hungary.

Yu, Y. & Kushnir, T. (2013, April). Preschoolers refer to adult’s timing of intentional actions for object categorization. Poster presented at the 2013 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.

Yu, Y., & Kushnir T. (2012, August). Preschoolers use timing of causal actions as a cue for categorization. Poster presented at 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Sapporo, Japan.

Yu, Y. & Kushnir T. (2012, June). Young children use social cues to infer sorting strategies. Poster presented at 8th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN.

Yu, Y. & Kushnir T. (2011, April). Young children’s imitation of causal actions is influenced by the tester’s prior intention. Poster presented at 2011 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Montréal, Québec.

Yu, Y., Su, Y., & Chan, R. C. (2010, August). Preschooler’s performance in three visual perspective taking tasks. Poster presented at 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Portland, OR.

Yu, Y., Su, Y., & Chan, R. C. (2008, July). Visual perspective taking in children with autism and its relationship with gesture imitation. Poster presented at XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.