My research focuses on cultural differences in perception, cognition, emotion, and decision-making. I have also studied the influences of socioecological factors, such as voluntary settlement and residential mobility, on psychological processes. 

Publications

Journal articles

Jin, S., Romano, A., Vignoles, V. L., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., Cross, S. E., Yalçın, M.J., Harb, C., Husnu, S., Ishii, K., Karamouna, P., Kafetsios, K., Kateri, E., Matamaros-Lima, J., Miniesy, R., Na, J., Pagliaro, S., Psaltis, C., Rabie, D., Teresi, M., Uchida, Y, & Uskul, A. K. (in press). Honour, competition and cooperation across 13 societies. Nature Human Behaviour. [Abstract]

Salvador, C. E., Idrovo Carlier, S., Ishii, K., Torres Castillo, C., Nanakdewa, K., Canale Segovia, F., San Martin, A., Savani, K., & Kitayama, S. (in press). Self-Enhancement in Latin America: Is It Linked to Interdependence? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.  [Abstract]

Vignoles, V. L., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Uskul, A. K., Cross, S. E., Rodriguez-Bailón, R., Bossom, I. R. L., Castillo, V. A., Gezici-Yalçın, M., Harb, C., Ishii, K., Karamaouna, P., Kafetsios, K., Kateri, E., Matamoros-Lima, J., Miniesy, R., Na, J., Özkan, Z., Pagliaro, S., Psaltis, C., … Wohl, M. J. A. (in press). Are Mediterranean societies “cultures of honor?”: Prevalence and implications of a cultural logic of honor across three world regions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. [Abstract] 

Ai, L., Cui, Q., Tanimoto, C., & Ishii, K. (2025). Fear of appearance discrimination and its influence on well-being across cultures. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 28, e12655. [Abstract]

Bjornsdottir, R. T., Holzleitner, I. J., & Ishii, K. (2025). Preferences for facial femininity/masculinity across culture and the sexual orientation spectrum. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154, 1284-1302.  [Abstract]

Callan, M., Sutton, R., Chobthamkit, P., Yeung, V., Leung, F. ., Asano, R., Beattie, P., Bernardo, A., Boonroungrut, C., Chang, J.-H., Chaudhuri, A., Chien, C.-L., Choi, H.-S., Cui, L., Du, H., English, A., Fuji, K., Hitokoto, H., Iida, J., ... Skylark, W. (2025). Personal relative deprivation and locus of control. Journal of Personality, 93, 845-865. [Abstract]

Hirano, H., Ishii, K., & Sato, M. (2025). Exploring the influence of self-esteem and self-compassion on daily emotional experience: Insights from experience sampling method. Personality and Individual Differences, 240, 113140. 

Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á., O’Dea, C., Uskul, A. K., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Vignoles, V., Chobthamkit, P., Achmad, R. A., Andrianto, S., Kristanto, A. A., Ardi, R., Lesmana, C. B. J., Castillo, V. A., Chaleeraktrakoon, T., Zhi, A. C. H., Choompunuch, B., Cross, S. E., Nguyen, S. D., Fernandez, E. F., Purba, F. D., … Uchida, Y. (2025). Overcoming low status or maintaining high status? A multinational examination of the association between socioeconomic status and honour. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64, e12854.  [Abstract]

Saxler, F. M., Dorrough, A. R., Froehlich, L., Block, K., Croft, A., Meeussen, L., Olsson, M., Schmader, T., Schuster, C., van Grootel, S., Van Laar, C., Atkinson, C., Benson-Greenwald, T., Birneanu, A., Cavojova, V., Cheryan, S., Lee Kai Chung, A., Danyliuk, I., Dar-Nimrod, I., … Martiny, S. E. (2025). Did descriptive and prescriptive norms about gender equality at home change during the COVID-19 pandemic? A cross-national investigation.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 51, 1745-1759. [Abstract] 

Schindler, S., Schuster, C., Olsson, M. I. T., Froehlich, L., Hübner, A.-K., Block, K., Van Laar, C., Schmader, T., Meeussen, L., van Grootel, S., Croft, A., Sun, M. S., Ainsaar, M., Aarntzen, L., Adamus, M., Anderson, J., Atkinson, C., Avicenna, M., Bąbel, P., … Martiny, S. E. (2025). Policy as normative influence? On the relationship between parental leave policy and social norms in gender division of childcare across 48 countries. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64, e12806. [Abstract]

Uskul, A. K., Hanel, P. H. P., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Vignoles, V. L., Jin, S., Rodriguez-Bailón, R., Castillo, V. A., Cross, S. E., Gezici Yalçın, M., Harb, C., Husnu, S., Ishii, K., Karamaouna, P., Kafetsios, K., Kateri, E., Matamoros-Lima, J., Miniesy, R., Na, J., Özkan, Z., . . . Uchida, Y. (2025). Differences and similarities in psychological characteristics between cultural groups circum Mediterranean. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 129, 1-19. [Abstract] 

Utsumi, Y., Smith, A., Li, Y., Kokubun, R., & Ishii, K. (2025). The impact of online course medium on perceived learning: evidence from a retrospective panel data study of Japanese university students. Educational Psychology, 45, 43-66. [Abstract]

Zheng, S., Tanaka, R., & Ishii, K. (2025). Empathic concern promotes social support-seeking: A cross-cultural study. Emotion, 25, 644-656. [Abstract]

Hamamura, T., Clemente, J. A., English, A. S., Ishii, K., & Siddiqui, R. N. (2024). Internationalising imperatives and decolonizing aspirations: Navigating social psychology teaching in Asia. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 27, 911-922. [Abstract]

Hirano, H., & Ishii, K. (2024). Exploring emotion regulation and coping across cultures: Implications for happiness and loneliness. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 27, 613-625. [Abstract]

Hirano, H., & Ishii, K. (2024). Childhood adversity and health: The mediating roles of emotional expression and general trust. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1493421. 

Hopkins-Doyle, A., Petterson, A., Leach, S., Zibell, H., Chobthamkit, P., Binti-Abdul Rahim, S., Blake, J., Bosco, C., Beadle, A., Cock, V., Greer, H., Jankowska, A., Macdonald, K., Cherrie, K., English, A. S., Yeung, V., Asano, R., Beattie, P., Bernardo, A., ... Sutton, R. (2024). The misandry myth: An inaccurate stereotype about feminists’ attitudes toward men. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 48, 8-37. [Abstract]

Kirchner‐Häusler, A., Schönbrodt, F. D., Uskul, A. K., Vignoles, V. L., Rodriguez‐Bailón, R., Castillo, V. A., Cross, S. E.,  Gezici-Yalçın, M., Harb, C., Husnu, S., Ishii, K., Karamaouna, P., Kafetsios, K., Kateri, E., Matamoros-Lima, J., Miniesy, R., Na, J., Özkan, Z., Pagliaro, S., ... Uchida, Y. (2024). Proximal and distal honor fit and subjective well‐being in the Mediterranean region. Journal of Personality, 92, 38-54. [Abstract]

Matsunaga, M., Ohtsubo, Y., Ishii, K., Tsuboi, H., Suzuki, K., & Tamagishi, H. (2024). Subjective well-being can be predicted by caudate volume and promotion focus. Brain Structure and Function, 229, 2315-2326. [Abstract]

Park, G., & Ishii, K. (2024). Empathy and need for closure are linked to moral foundations and political orientation: A replication study in Japan. Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 63, 61-66.

Salvador, C. E., Idrovo Carlier, S., Ishii, K., Torres Castillo, C., Nanakdewa, K., San Martin, A., Savani, K., & Kitayama, S. (2024). Emotionally expressive interdependence in Latin America: Triangulating through a comparison of three cultural zones. Emotion, 24, 820-835. [Abstract]

Ishii, K., & Ohira, H. (2023). Editorial: Psychological Science of Interoception. Japanese Psychological Research, 65, 275-276.

Kirchner-Häusler, A., DeLeersnyder, J., Uskul, A. K., Mirzada, F., Vignoles, V. L., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., Castillo, V. A., Cross, S. E., Gezici Yalçın, M., Harb, C., Husnu, S., Ishii, K., Karamouna, P., Kafetsios, K., Kateri, E., Matamaros-Lima, J., Miniesy, R., Na, J., Özkan, Z., ... & Uchida, Y. (2023). Cultural fit of emotions and subjective well-Being: Replicating comparative evidence and extending it to the Mediterranean region. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 5, 100171.  [Abstract]

Lee, H., Masuda, T., Ishii, K., Yasuda, Y., & Ohtsubo, Y. (2023). Cultural influences on daily stress experiences: Perception of interpersonal vs. non-interpersonal situations among European-Canadian and Japanese undergraduate students. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49, 571-584. [Abstract]

Matsunaga, M., Ohtsubo, Y., Ishii, K., Tsuboi, H., Suzuki, K. & Takagishi, H. (2023). Association between internet addiction, brain structure, and social capital in adolescents. Social Neuroscience, 18, 355-364. [Abstract]

Matsunaga, M., Ohtsubo, Y., Masuda, T., Noguchi, Y., Yamasue, H., & Ishii, K. (2023). Exploratory research on genetic polymorphisms associated with positive empathy and trait forgivingness among the Japanese. Neuroendocrinology Letters, 44, 506-516. [Abstract]

Olsson, M. I. T., van Grootel, S., Block, K., Schuster, C., Meeussen, L., Van Laar, C., Schmader, T., Croft, A., Sun, M.S., Ainsaar, M., Aarntzen, L., Adamus, M., Anderson, J., Atkinson, C., Avicenna, M., Bąbel, P., Barth, M., Benson-Greenwald, T.M., Maloku, E., ... Martiny, S.E. (2023). Gender gap in parental leave intentions: Evidence from 37 countries. Political Psychology, 44, 1163-1192.  [Abstract]

Tanaka, R., Zheng, S., & Ishii, K. (2023). Cultural differences in explicit and implicit social support provision and underlying motivations for self-esteem, closeness, and relational concerns. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1202729. 

Uskul, A. K., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Vignoles, V. L., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., Castillo, V. A., Cross, S. E., Gezici Yalçın, M., Harb, C., Husnu, S., Ishii, K., Jin, S., Karamouna, P., Kafetsios, K., Kateri, E., Matamaros-Lima, J., Liu, D., Miniesy, R., Na, J., Özkan, Z., ... Uchida, Y. (2023). Neither Eastern nor Western: Patterns of independence and interdependence in Mediterranean societies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125, 471-495.

van Leeuwen, F., Inbar, Y., Petersen, M. B., Aarøe, L., Barclay, P., Barlowe, F. K., De Barra, M., Becker, D. V., Borovoi, L., Choi, J., Consedine, N. S., Conway, J. R., Conway, P., Cubela Adoric, V., Demirci, E., Fernandez, A. M., Ferreira, D. C. S., Ishii, K., Jakšić, I., ... Tybur, J. M. (2023). Disgust sensitivity relates to attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women across 31 nations. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 26, 629-651. [Abstract]

Zheng, S., & Ishii, K. (2023). Cross-cultural adaptation of Chinese international students: Effects of distant and close support seeking. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1133487.

Chuang, R., Ishii, K., Kim, H. S., & Sherman, D. K. (2022).  Swinging for the fences vs. advancing the runner: Culture, motivation, and strategic decision making. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13, 91-101. [Abstract]

Ishii, K., & Kanda, T. (2022). A brief acting experience fosters empathic concern. Psychological Topics, 31, 203-214.

Ishii, K., & Uchida, Y. (2022). Editorial: Culture and Health. Japanese Psychological Research, 64, 85-89.

Leong, S., Eom, K., Ishii, K., Aichberger, M., Fetz, K., Muller, T., Kim, H. S., & Sherman, D. K. (2022). Individual costs and community benefits: Collectivism and individuals’ compliance with non-pharmaceutical interventions to combat COVID-19. PLoS ONE, 17, e0275388.

Matsunaga, M., Ohtsubo, Y., Masuda, T., Noguchi, Y., Yamasue, H., & Ishii, K. (2022). Serotonin receptor gene (HTR2A) polymorphism modulates the social sharing of happiness in both American and Japanese adults. Japanese Psychological Research, 64, 181-192. 

Mori, Y., Noguchi, Y., Tanaka, A., & Ishii, K. (2022). Neural responses to facial and vocal displays of emotion in Japanese people. Culture and Brain, 10, 43-55. [Abstract]

Ohtsubo, Y., Matsunaga, M., Masuda, T., Noguchi, Y., Yamasue, H., & Ishii, K. (2022). Test of the serotonin transporter gene × early life stress interaction effect on subjective well-being and loneliness among Japanese young adults. Japanese Psychological Research, 64, 193-204. 

Zheng, S., Ishii, K., Masuda, T., Matsunaga, M., Noguchi, Y., Yamasue, H., & Ohtsubo, Y. (2022). Mu opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) moderates the influence of perceived parental attention on social support seeking. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 8, 281-295. [Abstract]

Ishii, K., Masuda, T., Matsunaga, M., Noguchi, Y., Yamasue, H., & Ohtsubo, Y. (2021). A reexamination of the effects of culture and dopamine D4 receptor gene interaction on social orientation. Psychologia, 63, 137-150. 

Ishii, K., Masuda, T., Matsunaga, M., Noguchi, Y., Yamasue, H., & Ohtsubo, Y. (2021). Do culture and oxytocin receptor polymorphisms interact to influence emotional expressivity? Culture and Brain, 9, 20-34. [Abstract]

Matsunaga, M., Ohtsubo, Y., Masuda, T., Noguchi, Y., Yamasue, H., & Ishii, K. (2021). A genetic variation in the Y chromosome among Japanese males is related to several physiological and psychological characteristics. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 15, 774879. 

Zheng, S., Masuda, T., Matsunaga, M., Noguchi, Y., Ohtsubo, Y., Yamasue, H., & Ishii, K. (2021). Cultural differences in social support seeking: The mediating role of empathic concern. PLoS ONE, 16, e0262001.

Ishii, K. (2020). When people avoid a product chosen by others: The effects of the need for uniqueness and the presence of others. Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 59, 114-118. 

Ishii, K., Komiya, A., & Oishi, S. (2020). Residential mobility fosters sensitivity to the disappearance of happiness. International Journal of Psychology, 55, 577-584. [Abstract]

Mori, Y., & Ishii, K. (2020). The effect of auditory imagery for speech in reading in Japanese. Current Psychology, 39, 2343-2350 . [Abstract]

Narita, A., & Ishii, K. (2020). My voice capturing my attention to myself: The effects of objective self-awareness on Japanese people. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1596. 

Oishi, S., Choi, H., Koo, M., Galinha, I., Ishii, K., Komiya, A., Luhmann, M., Scollon, C., Shin, J., Lee, H., Suh, E. M., Vittersø, J., Heintzelman, S., Kushlev, K., Westgate, E. C., Buttrick, N., Tucker, J., Ebersole, C. R., Axt, J., Gilbert, E., Ng, B. W., Kurtz, J., & Besser, L. L. (2020). Happiness, meaning, and psychological richness. Affective Science, 1, 107-115. 

Zheng, S., Masuda, T., Matsunaga, M., Noguchi, Y., Ohtsubo, Y., Yamasue, H., & Ishii, K. (2020). Oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) and childhood adversity influence trust. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 121, 104840.  [Abstract]

Eisen, C., & Ishii, K. (2019). Cultural variation in reactions to a group member’s vicarious choice and the role of rejection avoidance. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1311. 

Ishii, K. (2019). Cultural influences in somatosensory amplification and their association with negative affective states. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 22, 106-112. 

Ohtsubo, Y., Masuda, T., Matsunaga, M., Noguchi, Y., Yamasue, H., & Ishii, K. (2019). Is collectivistic forgiveness different from individualistic forgiveness? Dispositional correlates of trait forgivingness in Canada and Japan. Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, 51, 290-295. [Abstract]

Ishii, K., & Eisen, C. (2018). Cultural similarities and differences in social discounting: The mediating role of harmony-seeking. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1426.

Ishii, K., Matsunaga, M., Noguchi, Y., Yamasue, H. Ochi, M., & Ohtsubo, Y. (2018). A polymorphism of serotonin 2A receptor (5-HT2AR) influences delay discounting of gain and loss. Personality and Individual Differences, 121, 193-199. [Abstract]

Li, L. M. W., Masuda, T., Hamamura, T., & Ishii, K. (2018). Culture and decision making: Influence of analytic versus holistic thinking style on resource allocation in a fort game. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 49, 1066-1080. [Abstract]

Matsunaga, M., Masuda, T., Ishii, K., Ohtsubo, Y., Noguchi, Y., Ochi, M., & Yamasue, H. (2018). Culture and cannabinoid receptor gene polymorphism interact to influence the perception of happiness. PLoS ONE, 13, e0209552. 

Bjornsdottir, R. T., Tskhay, K. O., Ishii, K., & Rule, N. O. (2017). Cultural differences in processing a person as a whole: Evidence from emotion recognition. Culture and Brain, 5, 105-124. [Abstract]

Eisen, C., Ishii, K., & Inoue, D. (2017). Independence and number of choices moderate the choice effect in implicit object preferences. Cognitive Studies, 24, 270-283.

Ishii, K., Eisen, C., & Hitokoto, H. (2017). The effects of social status and culture on delay discounting. Japanese Psychological Research, 59, 230-237. [Abstract]

Ishii, K., Mojaverian, T., Masuno, K., & Kim, H. S. (2017). Cultural differences in motivation for seeking social support and the emotional consequences of receiving support: The role of influence and adjustment Goals. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48, 1442-1456.

Ishii, K., Rule, N. O., & Toriyama, R. (2017). Context sensitivity in Canadian and Japanese children’s judgments of emotion. Current Psychology, 36, 577-584.

Masuda, T., Ishii, K., Miwa, K., Rashid, M., Lee, H., & Mahdi, R. (2017). One concept or two? Linguistic influences on the similarity judgment of objects between English and Japanese speakers. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1637.

Matsunaga, M., Ishii, K., Ohtsubo, Y., Noguchi, Y., Ochi, M., & Yamasue, H. (2017). Association between salivary serotonin and the social sharing of happiness. PLoS ONE, 12, e0180391.

Matsunaga, M., Kawamichi, H., Umemura, T., Hori, R., Shibata, E., Kobayashi, F., Suzuki, K., Ishii, K., Ohtsubo, Y., Noguchi, Y., Ochi, M., Yamasue, H., & Ohira, H. (2017). Neural and genetic correlates of susceptibility to others' happiness. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 718.

Oishi, S., Yagi, A., Komiya, A., Kohlbacher, F., Kusumi, T., & Ishii, K. (2017). Does a major earthquake change job preferences and human values? European Journal of Personality, 31, 258-265. [Abstract]

Eisen, C., Ishii, K., Miyamoto, Y., Ma, X., & Hitokoto, H. (2016). To accept one’s fate or be its master: Culture, control, and workplace choice. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 936.

Eom, K., Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., & Ishii, K. (2016). Cultural variability in the link between environmental concern and support for environmental action. Psychological Science, 27, 1331-1339.

Ishii, K., Gang, L., & Takahashi, T. (2016). Cross-cultural comparisons of delay discounting of gain and loss. Neuroendocrinology Letters, 37, 427-432.

Ishii, K., & Uchida, Y. (2016). Japanese youth marginalization decreases interdependent orientation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47, 376-384.

LeClair, J., Sasaki, J. Y., Ishii, K., Shinada, M., & Kim. H. S. (2016). Gene-culture interaction: Influence of culture and oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphism on loneliness. Culture and Brain, 4, 21-37.

Masuda, T., Ishii, K., & Kimura, J. (2016). When does the culturally dominant mode of attention appear or disappear? Comparing patterns of eye movement during the visual flicker task between European Canadians and Japanese. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47, 997-1014. [Abstract]

Tybur, J. M., Inbar, Y., Aarøe, L., Barclay, P., Barlowe, F. K., De Barra, M., Becker, D. V., Borovoi, L., Choi, I., Choik, J. A., Consedine, N. S., Conway, A., Conway, J. R., Conway, P., Cubela Adoric, V., Demirci, E., Fernandez, A. M., Ferreira, D. C. S., Ishii, K., Jakšić, I., Ji, T., van Leeuwen, F., Lewis, D. M. G., Li, N. P., McIntyre, J. C., Mukherjeez, S., Park, J. H., Pawlowski, B., Petersen, M. B., Pizarro, D., Prodromitis, G., Prokop, P., Rantala, M. J., Reynolds, L. M., Sandin, B., Sevi, B., de Smet, D., Srinivasan, N., Tewari, S., Wilson, C., Yong, J. C., & Žeželj, I. (2016). Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113, 12408-12413.

Ishii, K. (2015). Subjective socioeconomic status and cigarette smoking interact to delay discounting. SpringerPlus, 4, 560.

Oishi, S., Kimura, R., Hayashi, H., Tatsuki, S., Tamura, K., Ishii, K., & Tucker, J. (2015). Psychological adaptation to the Great Hanshin-Awazi Earthquake of 1995: 16 years later victims still report lower levels of subjective well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 55, 84-90. [Abstract]

Ishii, K. (2014). Consequences of voluntary settlement: Normative beliefs related to independence in Hokkaido. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 14, 159-169.

Ishii, K., Kim, H. S., Sasaki, J. Y., Shinada, M., & Kusumi, I. (2014). Culture modulates sensitivity to the disappearance of facial expressions associated with serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR). Culture and Brain, 2, 72-88.

Ishii, K., Kitayama, S., & Uchida, Y. (2014). Voluntary settlement and its consequences on predictors of happiness: The influence of initial cultural context. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1311.

Ishii, K., Miyamoto, Y., Rule, N. O., & Toriyama, R. (2014). Physical objects as vehicles of cultural transmission: Maintaining harmony and uniqueness through colored geometric patterns. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 175-188.

Nand, K., Masuda, T., Senzaki, S., & Ishii, K. (2014). Examining cultural drifts in artworks through development and history: Cultural comparisons between Japanese and Western landscape paintings and drawings. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1041.

Senzaki, S., Masuda, T., & Ishii, K. (2014). When is perception top-down and when is it not? Culture, narrative, and attention. Cognitive Science, 38, 1493-1506.

Ishii, K. (2013). Culture and the mode of thought: A review. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 16, 123-132.

Miyamoto, Y., Knoepfler, C. A., Ishii, K., & Ji, L. (2013). Cultural variation in the focus on goals versus processes of actions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 707-719.

Quintelier, K. J. P., Ishii, K., Weeden, J., Kurzban, R., & Braeckman, J. (2013). Individual differences in reproductive strategy are related to views about recreational drug use in Belgium, the Netherlands and Japan. Human Nature, 24, 196-217. [Abstract]

Ishii, K. (2012). Gene-culture interaction: Recent findings and the implications. The Japanese Journal of Research on Emotions, 20, 19-23. (in Japanese)

Ishii, K., Sugimoto, F., & Katayama, J. (2012). High self-esteem increases spontaneous attention to positive information: An event-related brain potential study. Psychologia, 55, 269-279.

Masuda, T., Wang, H., Ishii, K., & Ito, K. (2012). Do surrounding figures’ emotions affect judgment of the target figure’s emotion? Comparing the eye-movement patterns of European Canadians, Asian Canadians, Asian international students, and Japanese. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 6, 72.

Gray, H. M., Ishii, K., & Ambady, N. (2011). Misery loves company: When sadness increases the desire for social connectedness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 1438-1448.

Ishii, K. (2011). Changes in background impair fluency-triggered positive affect: A cross-cultural test using a mere-exposure paradigm. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 112, 393-400.

Ishii, K. (2011). Mere exposure to faces increases attention to vocal affect: A cross-cultural investigation. Cognitive Studies: Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society, 18, 453-461.

Ishii, K., & Kitayama, S. (2011). Outgroup homogeneity effect in perception: An exploration with Ebbinghaus illusion. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 14, 159-163.

Ishii, K., Miyamoto, Y., Mayama, K., & Niedenthal, P. M. (2011). When your smile fades away: Cultural differences in sensitivity to the disappearance of smiles. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 516-522.

Rule, N. O., Ishii, K., & Ambady, N. (2011). Cross-cultural impressions of leaders' faces: Accuracy and consensus. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 35, 833-841.

Rule, N. O., Ishii, K., Ambady, N., Rosen, K. S., & Hallett, K. C. (2011). Found in translation: Cross-cultural consensus in the accurate categorization of male sexual orientation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 1499-1507.

Ishii, K., Kobayashi, Y., & Kitayama, S. (2010). Interdependence modulates the brain response to word-voice incongruity. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 5, 307-317.

Ishii, K., Tsukasaki, T., & Kitayama, S. (2009). Culture and visual perception: Does perceptual inference depend on culture? Japanese Psychological Research, 51, 103-109.

Oishi, S., Ishii, K., & Lun, J. (2009). Residential mobility and conditionality of group identification. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 913-919. [Abstract]

Rigdon, M. L., Ishii, K., Watabe, M., & Kitayama, S. (2009). Minimal social cues in the dictator game. Journal of Economic Psychology, 30, 358-367.

Ishii, K., & Kurzban, R. (2008). Public goods games in Japan: Cultural and individual differences in reciprocity. Human Nature, 19, 138-156.

Ishii, K. (2007). Do differences in general trust explain cultural differences in dispositionism? Japanese Psychological Research, 49, 282-287.

Ishii, K., & Kitayama, S. (2007). Holistic attention to context in Japan: A test with non-student adults. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 23, 181-186.

Kitayama, S., Ishii, K., Imada, T., Takemura, K., & Ramaswamy, J. (2006). Voluntary settlement and the spirit of independence: Evidence from Japan's "Northern frontier". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 369-384.

Ishii, K. (2005). Does mere exposure enhance positive evaluation, independent of stimulus recognition?: A replication study in Japan and the US. Japanese Psychological Research, 47, 280-285.

Ishii, K., & Kitayama, S. (2004). Correspondence between communicative practices and information processing systems: A review for experimental evidence on cultural perspective. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 19, 241-254. (in Japanese)

Tsukasaki, T., & Ishii, K. (2004). Linguistic-cultural relativity on cognition: Rethinking the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Japanese Psychogical Review, 47, 173-186. (in Japanese)

Ishii, K., Reyes, J. A., & Kitayama, S. (2003). Spontaneous attention to word content versus emotional tone: Differences among three cultures. Psychological Science,14, 39-46.

Ishii, K., & Kitayama, S. (2002). Processing of emotional utterances: Is vocal tone really more significant than verbal content in Japanese? Cognitive Studies, 9, 67-76.

Kitayama, S., & Ishii, K. (2002). Word and voice: Spontaneous attention to emotional utterances in two languages. Cognition & Emotion, 16, 29-59.

Book chapters

Zheng, S., & Ishii, K. (2024). How do East Asians perceive and cope with psychological distress and stressful situations? A cultural-psychological perspective. In G. Misra & I. Misra (Eds.), Emotions in cultural context (pp. 365-376). Springer. 

Hitokoto, H., & Ishii, K. (2022). Comparative and contrastive emotion studies. In G. L. Schiewer, J. Altarriba, & B. C. Ng (Eds.), Language and Emotion: An International Handbook (pp. 1193-1216). Mouton De Gruyter.

Ishii, K., & Eisen, C. (2021). Measuring and Understanding Emotions in East Asia. In H. Meiselman (Ed.), Emotion Measurement (2nd ed., pp. 975-994). Woodhead Publishing. [Abstract]

Ishii, K., & Eisen, C. (2020). Socioeconomic status and cultural differences. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.584 

Eisen, C., Ishii, K., & Hitokoto, H. (2018). Socioeconomic status, reactions to choice deprivation in group contexts, and the role of perceived restrictions on personal freedom. In M. Karasawa, M. Yuki, K. Ishii, Y. Uchida, K. Sato, & W. Friedlmeier (Eds.), Venture into Cross-Cultural Psychology: Proceedings from the 23rd Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/iaccp_papers/153/). 

Ishii, K., & Eisen, C. (2016). Measuring and Understanding Emotions in East Asia. In H. Meiselman (Ed.), Emotion Measurement (Pp. 629-644). Woodhead Publishing.

Ishii, K. (2013). The meaning of happiness in Japan and the United States. In K. R. Scherer, J. R. J. Fontaine, & C. Soriano (Eds.), Components of emotional meaning: A sourcebook (Pp. 473-476). Oxford University Press.

Ishii, K., & Kitayama, S. (2000). Spontaneous attention to emotional speech in Japan and the United States. In G. Hatano., N. Okada., & H. Tanabe (Eds.), Affective Minds (Pp. 243-248). Oxford: Elsevier Science.

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