PEER REVIEWED PAPERS & BOOK CHAPTER
[10] Yu, L., & Hiraki, K. (in prep.)
[09] Uchikoshi, M., Yu, L., & Hattori, Y. (under review)
[08] Todoriki, K.*, Yu, L.*, & Myowa, M. (2026). Revisiting the prosocial effect of interpersonal synchrony in infants: A Study under a pre-post manipulation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Letters on Evolutionary Behavioral Science, 17(1), 8-14. https://doi.org/10.5178/lebs.2026.131 *Co-first authors
[07] Uchikoshi, M., Yu, L., & Hattori, Y. (2024). Applying an eye tracking technique to gibbons: First study using scanpath measurements for visual stimuli. Behavioural Processes, 221, 105080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2024.105080
[06] Yu, L., Todoriki, K., & Myowa, M. (2022). From spontaneous rhythmic engagement to joint drumming: A gradual development of flexible coordination at approximately 24 months of age. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 907834. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.907834
[05] Yu, L., & Myowa, M. (2021). The early development of tempo adjustment and synchronization during joint drumming: A study of 18‐to 42‐month‐old children. Infancy, 26(4), 635-646. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12403
** Top cited article published in Infancy between 1 Jan 2021-15 Dec 2022 **
[04] Yu, L., Hattori, Y., Yamamoto, S., & Tomonaga, M. (2018) Understanding empathy from interactional synchrony in humans and non-human primates. In Di Paolo, L.D. & Di Vincenzo, F. (Eds.), Evolution of Primate Social Cognition (pp. 47-58). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93776-2_4
[03] Yu, L., & Tomonaga, M. (2016). Unidirectional adaptation in tempo in pairs of chimpanzees during simultaneous tapping movement: an examination under face-to-face setup. Primates, 57(2), 181-185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-016-0512-8
[02] Yu, L., & Tomonaga, M. (2015). Interactional synchrony in chimpanzees: Examination through a finger-tapping experiment. Scientific Reports, 5, Article 10218. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep10218
** Student Competition Finalists, The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society **
[01] Yu, L., Zogbila, B., & Matsuzawa, T. (2013). Newly observed bird consumption by a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) at Bossou, Guinea, West Africa. Pan Africa News, 20(1): 8-10.