Current Position

Professor
Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Waseda University

Office Address

1-24-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8644, Japan
Email: shimizu.yuki[at]waseda.jp

Research Areas

Developmental science, cross-cultural comparison, social cognition

Education

Ph.D., Humanities, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo
    Dissertation: The developmental process of personality trait inferences.
M.A., Humanities, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo
B.A,  Humanities, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo

Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Senzaki, S., Cowell, J. M., Shimizu, Y., & Calma-Birling, D. (2022). Emotion or Evaluation: Cultural Differences in the Parental Socialization of Moral Judgement. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2022.867308

• Senzaki, S. & Shimizu, Y. (2022). Different types of focus: Caregiver–child interaction and changes in preschool children’s attention in two cultures. Child Development, 93(3), e348-e356. doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13731

• Shimizu, Y., & Uleman, J. S. (2021). Attention allocation is a possible mediator of cultural variations in spontaneous trait and situation inferences: Eye-tracking evidence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 94.  doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104115 

• Shimizu, Y, Senzaki, S. & Cowell, J. M. (2021). Cultural similarities and differences in the development of sociomoral judgments: An eye-tracking study. Cognitive Development, 57. doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100974

• Senzaki, S., Shimizu, Y., & Calma-Birling, D. (2021). The development of temperament and maternal perception of child: A cross-cultural examination in the United States and Japan. Personality and Individual Differences, 170. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110407

• Senzaki, S. & Shimizu, Y. (2020). Early Learning Environments for the Development of Attention: Maternal Narratives in the United States and Japan. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51, 187-202. doi.org/10.1177/0022022120910804 

• Senzaki, S., Lanter, J., & Shimizu, Y. (2019). The development of attention to singular vs. plural sets in preschool children: Insights from a cross-linguistic comparison between English and Japanese. Cognitive Development, 52. doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2019.100810 

• Senzaki, S., Wiebe, S. A., Masuda, T., & Shimizu, Y. (2018). A cross-cultural examination of selective attention in Canada and Japan: The role of social context. Cognitive Development, 48, 32-41. doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2018.06.005 

• Shimizu, Y., Senzaki, S., & Uleman, J. S. (2018). The influence of maternal socialization on infants’ social evaluation in two cultures. Infancy, 23(5), 748-766. doi:10.1111/infa.12240 

• Uleman, J. S., Granot, Y., & Shimizu, Y. (2018). Responsibility: Cognitive fragments and collaborative coherence? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41, E60. doi:10.1017/S0140525X17000814 

• Lee, H., Nand, K., Shimizu, Y., Takada, A., Kodama, M., & Masuda, T. (2017). Culture and emotion perception: Comparing Canadian and Japanese children’s and parents’ context sensitivity. Culture and Brain, 5, 91-104. doi:10.1007/s40167-017-0052-0

• Shimizu, Y. (2017). Why are negative behaviours likely to be immediately invoked traits? The effects of valence and frequency on spontaneous trait inferences. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 20, 201-210. doi:10.1111/ajsp.12183

• Lee, H., Shimizu, Y., Masuda, T., & Uleman, J. S. (2017). Cultural differences in spontaneous trait and situation inferences. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48, 627-643. doi:10.1177/0022022117699279

• Shimizu, Y., Lee, H., & Uleman, J.S. (2017). Culture as automatic processes for making meaning: Spontaneous trait inferences. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 69, 79-85. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2016.08.003

• Lee, H., Shimizu, Y., & Uleman, J.S. (2015). Cultural differences in the automaticity of elemental impression formation. Social Cognition, 33, 1-19. doi:10.1521/soco.2015.33.1.1

• Shimizu, Y. (2012). Developmental studies in childhood and adolescence: a review. The Annual Report of Educational Psychology in Japan, 51, 11-21. 

• Shimizu, Y. (2012). Spontaneous trait inferences among Japanese children and adults: a developmental approach. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 15, 112-121. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2012.01370.x

• Shimizu, Y. (2010). Spontaneous trait inferences among Japanese elementary, junior high–school, and university students. The Japanese Journal of Psychology, 81, 462-470.

• Shimizu, Y. (2010). Do children give propriety to danger avoidance or prosocial behavior? : A fundamental study on the design of safety education. The Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 21, 322-331.

• Shimizu, Y. (2003). The developmental process of understanding others: How do children infer personality traits of others? Journal of the graduate school of humanities and sciences, 6, 119-128.

• Shimizu, Y., & Uchida, N. (2001). How Do Children Adapt to Classroom Discourse?:  Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses of First Grade Homeroom Activities. Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology, 49, 314-325.

• Shimizu, Y. (2000). The development of trait inference in young children: Does 3- to 6-year-old children understand causal relation of trait, motive, and behavior? Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology, 48, 255-266.

International Conference Presentations

• Shimizu, Y. (2023) Cultural similarities and differences in the development of sociomoral judgments. Presented in the Symposium "Culture and emotion regulation: From neurophysiological development to behavioral outcomes".  The 14th Biennial meeting of SARMAC (Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition).

• Senzaki, S. & Shimizu, Y. (2021) Sociocultural origin of attention. Presented in the Symposium "Cross-cultural differences in the development of visual attention".  The 25th Congress of IACCP (International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology).  

• Shimizu, Y. & Uleman, J. S. (2019) Cross-cultural differences in spontaneous trait and situation inferences: An eye-tracing study. 31st APS (Association for Psychological Science) Annual Convention, Poster Session. Washington D. C., USA.Kitada, S. & Shimizu, Y. (2018) Young children's selective attention to babies: Eye-tracking study in Japanese nurseries.  25th Biennial ISSBD (International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development) Meeting, Poster Session. Gold Coast, Australia.

• Shimizu, Y., Senzaki, S., & Uleman, J. S. (2018) Spontaneous impressions: Cultural, automatic, and developmental effects. Presented in the Symposium "New evidence on forming and changing first impressions of others". 19th Annual Meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, USA.

• Shimizu, Y., Lee, H., & Uleman, J. S. (2018) Culture as automatic processes for making meaning: spontaneous trait inferences. 19th Annual Meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, USA.

• Senzaki, S. & Shimizu, Y. (2018) Longitudinal effect of parental values of self-concepts on an early emergence of cross-cultural differences in personality development. 19th Annual Meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, USA.

• Shimizu, Y. & Senzaki, S. (2017) The role of culture in infants’ social attributions and mothers’ social explanations. Biennial Meeting of Society for Research in Child Development. Austin, USA. 

• Senzaki, S. & Shimizu, Y. (2016) Cross-Cultural Examination of Parents’ Expectations for Their Children’s Development of Self. Paper Session. The 23rd Congress of IACCP (International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology). Nagoya, Japan.

• Davis, B.R. & Shimizu, Y. (2016) Beliefs about and attitudes toward same-sex desiring men: A culturally-informed experimental mapping method in Japan and the United States. Oral Presentation. The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan. 

• Ota, H. & Shimizu, Y. (2016) Is mother’s question in speech a predictor of infants’ perception of intonation? Poster presentation. The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.

• Senzaki, S., & Shimizu, Y. (2016) Story Time Reflects Cross-Cultural Differences in Attentional Patterns in Infancy. Presented in the Contributed Symposium “Cognitive development across cultures: The role of parent-child interaction in cultural transmission”. The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan. 

• Shimizu, Y. & Senzaki, S. (2016) The role of culture in Japanese and American mothers’ social explanations. Presented in the Contributed Symposium “Cognitive development across cultures: The role of parent-child interaction in cultural transmission”. The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan. 

• Davis, B.R., & Shimizu, Y. (2016) Mapping the sexual other: A cultural analysis of beliefs about male same-sex sexuality in Japan and the U.S.. The 7th Annual All Psychology Doctoral Student Research Day, City University of New York.

• Shimizu, Y. (2016) The children are psychologists: the developmental processes of understanding others. College of Education, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, USA. (Invited lecture) 

• Senzaki, S. & Shimizu, Y. (2016). Cross cultural examination of parents’ expectations for their children’s development of self. Poster Session, the Annual Pre-Conference for the Advances in Cultural Psychology, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

• Shimizu, Y., & Senzaki, S. (2015). Cultural differences in the use of trait words in Japanese and American mothers’ talk to infants. Poster Session, the Annual Conference for the British Psychological Society, Manchester, UK.

• Lee, H., Shimizu, Y., Uleman, J.S. & Masuda, T. (2015) Cross-cultural Differences in Spontaneous Trait and Situation Inferences. 16th Annual Meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Poster Session, Long Beach, USA.

• Davis, B.R. & Shimizu, Y. (2014) Mapping sexual identity: A cultural investigation of attitudes toward male same-sex sexuality in Japan and the U.S. APA(American Psychological Association) 122nd annual convention, Poster Session. Washington D.C., USA.

• Shimizu, Y. (2014) The children are psychologists: the developmental processes of understanding others. University of Wisconsin, Green-Bay, USA. (Invited lecture)

• Nand, K. Masuda, T. Shimizu, Y. & Takada, A. (2014) Cultural similarity and variations in emotion judgment styles: cross-cultural examination of European Canadian and Japanese children’s context sensitivity. 15th Annual Meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Poster Session, Austin, USA.

• Shimizu, Y., Lee, Y., & Uleman, J.S. (2013) Cultural differences in spontaneous trait inference: Comparing automatic and controlled processes. Poster Session, Annual meeting for the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, USA.

• Shimizu, Y. (2013) Children’s sociality is cultivated through communication with others. 8th Biyani’s international conference, Jaipur, India. (Invited lecture)

• Shimizu, Y. & Nishikori, H. (2012). Do children understand that appearances can be deceiving? : Preschool children’s use of trait labels versus appearance information in behavior predictions. 22nd Biennial ISSBD(International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development) Meeting, Poster Session. Edmonton, CANADA.

• Shimizu, Y. (2012) Spontaneous trait transference among Japanese children and adults. 13th Annual Meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Poster Session. San Diego, USA.

• Shimizu,Y. (2011) The development of trait inference among Japanese children: Do they understand the causal relationship between motives and traits? Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Poster Session, Montreal, CANADA.

• Shimizu,Y. (2011) Spontaneous trait inferences among Japanese 5th-, 7th-, and university students. 12th Annual Meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Poster Session, San Antonio, USA. 

• Shimizu,Y. (2009) Spontaneous trait inferences among Japanese: Factors of negativity and frequency. APA(American Psychological Association) 117th annual convention, Poster Session. Toronto, CANADA.

• Shimizu,Y. (2008) Danger avoidance or prosocial behavior? 20th Biennial ISSBD(International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development) Meeting, Poster Session. Würzburg, GERMANY.

• Shimizu,Y. & Komori,M. (2008) Spontaneous trait inferences among Japanese children and college students. 9th Annual Meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Poster Session, Albuquerque, USA.