Asami Shinohara, Ph.D.

Research Associate
Child Development Research Group
Innovative Communication Lab
NTT Communication Science Laboratories


Contact Information:
asami.shinohara (at) ntt.com
2-4 Hikaridai, Seika, Souraku,
Kyoto 619-0237, JAPAN



Research Interests

  • Moral development (cooperation, reputation, gossip)
  • Children's social relationship/friendship

Education

2020.3 Ph.D., Nagoya Univeristy
2017.3 M.A., Kyoto University

Publication

  • Journal Paper
  • Conference Paper

Journal Paper

  1. Shinohara, A., Narazaki, M., & Kobayashi, T. (2022). Children's affiliation toward peers reflected in their picture drawings. Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-022-01924-2
  2. Shinohara, A., & Kobayashi, T. (2022). Children's understanding of friendship formation caused by gossip. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 217, 105370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105370
  3. Shinohara, A., Kanakogi, Y., Okumura, Y., & Kobayashi, T. (2021). The impact of positive and negative testimony on children's attitudes toward others. PLoS ONE, 16(12): e0261075. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261075
  4. Shinohara, A., Kanakogi, Y., Okumura, Y., & Kobayashi, T. (2021). Children manage their reputation by caring about gossip. Social Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12548doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12279
  5. Shinohara, A., Kanakogi, Y., Okumura, Y., & Kobayashi, T. (2020). How do children evaluate the gossiper of negative gossip? Japanese Psychological Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12279
  6. Shinohara, A., Kanakogi, Y., & Myowa, M. (2019).Strategic reputation management: Children adjust their reward distribution in accordance with an observer's mental state. Cognitive Development, 50, 195-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2019.04.003
  7. Shinohara, A. & Yamamoto, S. (2018). No evidence for the watching-eyes effect on human impulsivity. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01887
  8. Shinohara, A. & Yamamoto, S. (2016). Mirrors have a modest effect on human impulsivity. Letters on Evolutionary Behavioral Science, 7(1), 25-28. https://doi.org/10.5178/lebs.2016.46

Conference Paper

  1. Watanabe, N., Shinohara, A., & Kobayashi, T. (2021). Does family mealtime promote children's emotion vocabulary development? Poster presented at 32nd International Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.
  2. Shinohara, A., Kanakogi, Y., Okumura, Y., & Kobayashi, T. (2021). How do children evaluate a negative gossiper? Poster presented at 32nd International Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.
  3. Shinohara, A., Kanakogi, Y., Okumura, Y., & Kobayashi, T. (2020). Children manage their reputation with regard to gossip. Poster presented at 10th Annual Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, Budapest, Hungary.
  4. Shinohara, A., Kanakogi, Y., Okumura, Y., & Kobayashi, T. (2019). Seven-year-olds (but not five-year-olds) utilize gossip to evaluate others. Poster presented at 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, USA.
  5. Shinohara, A., Kanakogi, Y., Okumura, Y., & Kobayashi, T. (2018). When do children begin to utilize gossip to evaluate others? Oral presented at Workshop on Gossip, Reputation and Honesty, Budapest, Hungary.
  6. Shinohara, A., Kanakogi, Y., & Myowa, M. (2018). Strategic reputation management: Children adjust their sharing behavior in accordance with an observer's mental state. Poster presented at 8th Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, Budapest, Hungary.
  7. Shinohara, A. & Yamamoto, S. (2016). Mirrors have a modest effect on human impulsivity. Poster presented at The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.
  8. Shinohara, A. & Yamamoto, S. (2016). Pictures of out-group members increase human impulsivity. Poster presented at The 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.