Nozomi Yamamoto / 山本希
@nozomiyamamot.bsky.social
postdoc at Kyoto University, Japan 🇯🇵. developmental psychology / aggression / hostility / social exclusion
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Hostile Cognitions and Aggressive Responses Toward Excluders in Young Children - Nozomi Yamamoto, Yusuke Moriguchi, 2025
Social exclusion heightens hostile cognition and aggressive responses toward excluders. However, its direct causal effects and relationship with self-construal ...
journals.sagepub.com
A new paper is out! 🚨
This study explored preschoolers’ hostile cognition and aggressive responses toward social excluders in Japan — the same work that we presented at #SRCD2025 just a few days ago.
Huge thanks to my supervisor, Yusuke Moriguchi!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This study explored preschoolers’ hostile cognition and aggressive responses toward social excluders in Japan — the same work that we presented at #SRCD2025 just a few days ago.
Huge thanks to my supervisor, Yusuke Moriguchi!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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I recently made a video on the psychology of childhood aggression.
Animated, written, researched, and narrated by me—it was a big undertaking! Features some of my own research, but also many others'. Excited to share it finally 🎉
youtu.be/MZIixXxBr3w
#devpsy #PsychSciSky 🧪
Animated, written, researched, and narrated by me—it was a big undertaking! Features some of my own research, but also many others'. Excited to share it finally 🎉
youtu.be/MZIixXxBr3w
#devpsy #PsychSciSky 🧪
Why do kids hit? The psychology behind childhood aggression
YouTube video by Erinn Acland, PhD
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I recently made a video on the psychology of childhood aggression.
Animated, written, researched, and narrated by me—it was a big undertaking! Features some of my own research, but also many others'. Excited to share it finally 🎉
youtu.be/MZIixXxBr3w
#devpsy #PsychSciSky 🧪
Animated, written, researched, and narrated by me—it was a big undertaking! Features some of my own research, but also many others'. Excited to share it finally 🎉
youtu.be/MZIixXxBr3w
#devpsy #PsychSciSky 🧪
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The classic Dot Probe is trash, but this new version shows some early signs of promise as a valid behavioral measure of attentional bias to threat. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Evidence of an exponential relationship between attentional bias to threat and anxiety using an original “eye-dot-probe” task - Motivation and Emotion
Over the past decade, the anxiety-related attentional bias to threat, widely investigated through the dot-probe task, has faced challenges. Although the dominant view assumes a static attentional bias...
link.springer.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The classic Dot Probe is trash, but this new version shows some early signs of promise as a valid behavioral measure of attentional bias to threat. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Nozomi Yamamoto / 山本希
🚨New Paper🚨
With Paolo Riva & Luca Pancani, I designed and ran daily diary experiments on reactions to #ghosting vs. #rejection over time.
💔 Both were painful.
⏳ Ghosting’s effects were slower to emerge and lasted longer - ambiguous and lacking closure!
✨ #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
With Paolo Riva & Luca Pancani, I designed and ran daily diary experiments on reactions to #ghosting vs. #rejection over time.
💔 Both were painful.
⏳ Ghosting’s effects were slower to emerge and lasted longer - ambiguous and lacking closure!
✨ #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
August 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🚨New Paper🚨
With Paolo Riva & Luca Pancani, I designed and ran daily diary experiments on reactions to #ghosting vs. #rejection over time.
💔 Both were painful.
⏳ Ghosting’s effects were slower to emerge and lasted longer - ambiguous and lacking closure!
✨ #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
With Paolo Riva & Luca Pancani, I designed and ran daily diary experiments on reactions to #ghosting vs. #rejection over time.
💔 Both were painful.
⏳ Ghosting’s effects were slower to emerge and lasted longer - ambiguous and lacking closure!
✨ #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
Reposted by Nozomi Yamamoto / 山本希
When does waiting for a reply turn into #ghosting? 👻💬
@sarahlutz.bsky.social and I introduce response delay tolerance: the amount of time someone is willing to wait for a response in #online messaging before feeling ignored.
🧵
image: SORA
@sarahlutz.bsky.social and I introduce response delay tolerance: the amount of time someone is willing to wait for a response in #online messaging before feeling ignored.
🧵
image: SORA
August 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
When does waiting for a reply turn into #ghosting? 👻💬
@sarahlutz.bsky.social and I introduce response delay tolerance: the amount of time someone is willing to wait for a response in #online messaging before feeling ignored.
🧵
image: SORA
@sarahlutz.bsky.social and I introduce response delay tolerance: the amount of time someone is willing to wait for a response in #online messaging before feeling ignored.
🧵
image: SORA
Reposted by Nozomi Yamamoto / 山本希
Reposted by Nozomi Yamamoto / 山本希
Our paper on how sauna bathing affects psychological states and personality traits has just been published! @kittykat931.bsky.social
Study 1 showed that regular sauna users have more vivid bodily sensation imagery and give higher aesthetic ratings to haiku.
Study 1 showed that regular sauna users have more vivid bodily sensation imagery and give higher aesthetic ratings to haiku.
July 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Our paper on how sauna bathing affects psychological states and personality traits has just been published! @kittykat931.bsky.social
Study 1 showed that regular sauna users have more vivid bodily sensation imagery and give higher aesthetic ratings to haiku.
Study 1 showed that regular sauna users have more vivid bodily sensation imagery and give higher aesthetic ratings to haiku.
Reposted by Nozomi Yamamoto / 山本希
Four years, six studies, and many many revisions later, our paper on prosocial aggression -- harmful acts that are motivated by a broader goal to help the target of the aggression -- is finally in press in Motivation Science! Check out the finalized preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
June 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Four years, six studies, and many many revisions later, our paper on prosocial aggression -- harmful acts that are motivated by a broader goal to help the target of the aggression -- is finally in press in Motivation Science! Check out the finalized preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Last week I visited the Moriguchi Child Development Lab at Kyoto University and presented my research on the neural bases of early number word learning. It was an amazing experience sharing my findings and getting feedback on my preliminary results 🧠🔢🇯🇵
June 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Last week I visited the Moriguchi Child Development Lab at Kyoto University and presented my research on the neural bases of early number word learning. It was an amazing experience sharing my findings and getting feedback on my preliminary results 🧠🔢🇯🇵
Reposted by Nozomi Yamamoto / 山本希
🥳🥳 New paper in @nathumbehav.nature.com: “When development constricts our moral circle." Contrary to popular belief, younger kids may start out with broader moral circles than older ones. Check it out here 👉 rdcu.be/eoaSe
w/ @mattiwilks.bsky.social @karrineldner.bsky.social & Lucius Caviola
w/ @mattiwilks.bsky.social @karrineldner.bsky.social & Lucius Caviola
When development constricts our moral circle
Nature Human Behaviour - Although many believe our moral circles expand with age, this Perspective discusses an early-emerging tendency to care for others.
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May 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🥳🥳 New paper in @nathumbehav.nature.com: “When development constricts our moral circle." Contrary to popular belief, younger kids may start out with broader moral circles than older ones. Check it out here 👉 rdcu.be/eoaSe
w/ @mattiwilks.bsky.social @karrineldner.bsky.social & Lucius Caviola
w/ @mattiwilks.bsky.social @karrineldner.bsky.social & Lucius Caviola
Reposted by Nozomi Yamamoto / 山本希
Our discussion paper is now published in NeuroImage!
Limited potential for fNIRS photobiomodulation in exercise-induced pupil dynamics and improved executive function
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Limited potential for fNIRS photobiomodulation in exercise-induced pupil dynamics and improved executive function
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Limited potential for fNIRS photobiomodulation in exercise-induced pupil dynamics and improved executive function
www.sciencedirect.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Our discussion paper is now published in NeuroImage!
Limited potential for fNIRS photobiomodulation in exercise-induced pupil dynamics and improved executive function
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Limited potential for fNIRS photobiomodulation in exercise-induced pupil dynamics and improved executive function
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A new paper is out! 🚨
This study explored preschoolers’ hostile cognition and aggressive responses toward social excluders in Japan — the same work that we presented at #SRCD2025 just a few days ago.
Huge thanks to my supervisor, Yusuke Moriguchi!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This study explored preschoolers’ hostile cognition and aggressive responses toward social excluders in Japan — the same work that we presented at #SRCD2025 just a few days ago.
Huge thanks to my supervisor, Yusuke Moriguchi!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Hostile Cognitions and Aggressive Responses Toward Excluders in Young Children - Nozomi Yamamoto, Yusuke Moriguchi, 2025
Social exclusion heightens hostile cognition and aggressive responses toward excluders. However, its direct causal effects and relationship with self-construal ...
journals.sagepub.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A new paper is out! 🚨
This study explored preschoolers’ hostile cognition and aggressive responses toward social excluders in Japan — the same work that we presented at #SRCD2025 just a few days ago.
Huge thanks to my supervisor, Yusuke Moriguchi!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This study explored preschoolers’ hostile cognition and aggressive responses toward social excluders in Japan — the same work that we presented at #SRCD2025 just a few days ago.
Huge thanks to my supervisor, Yusuke Moriguchi!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Attending SRCD!
May 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Attending SRCD!
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Our very short report is now published!
Resting-state blink rate does not increase following very-light-intensity exercise, but individual variation predicts executive function enhancement levels
jphysiolanthropol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Resting-state blink rate does not increase following very-light-intensity exercise, but individual variation predicts executive function enhancement levels
jphysiolanthropol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Resting-state blink rate does not increase following very-light-intensity exercise, but individual variation predicts executive function enhancement levels - Journal of Physiological Anthropology
Background Acute physical exercise, even at a very-light-intensity, potentiates prefrontal cortex activation and improves executive function. The underlying circuit mechanisms in the brain remain poor...
jphysiolanthropol.biomedcentral.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Our very short report is now published!
Resting-state blink rate does not increase following very-light-intensity exercise, but individual variation predicts executive function enhancement levels
jphysiolanthropol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Resting-state blink rate does not increase following very-light-intensity exercise, but individual variation predicts executive function enhancement levels
jphysiolanthropol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Reposted by Nozomi Yamamoto / 山本希
📢 Our new paper is out!
This study examined how people process haiku poetry by presenting each line sequentially (5-7-5 syllables), tracking cognitive and emotional changes throughout. We measured emotional responses using a joystick and analyzed changes in pupil size.
This study examined how people process haiku poetry by presenting each line sequentially (5-7-5 syllables), tracking cognitive and emotional changes throughout. We measured emotional responses using a joystick and analyzed changes in pupil size.
April 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
📢 Our new paper is out!
This study examined how people process haiku poetry by presenting each line sequentially (5-7-5 syllables), tracking cognitive and emotional changes throughout. We measured emotional responses using a joystick and analyzed changes in pupil size.
This study examined how people process haiku poetry by presenting each line sequentially (5-7-5 syllables), tracking cognitive and emotional changes throughout. We measured emotional responses using a joystick and analyzed changes in pupil size.
Reposted by Nozomi Yamamoto / 山本希
Recent co-authored papers!
Enhanced Cardiac Vagal Activity and Mood After Low-Dose Hypoxic Gas Inhalation in Healthy Young Adults
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Enhanced Cardiac Vagal Activity and Mood After Low-Dose Hypoxic Gas Inhalation in Healthy Young Adults
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Enhanced Cardiac Vagal Activity and Mood After Low-Dose Hypoxic Gas Inhalation in Healthy Young Adults
Developing strategies to enhance cardiac vagal activity (CVA) is essential for improving mood and managing stress. Although hypoxia inhalation may boo…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 22, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Recent co-authored papers!
Enhanced Cardiac Vagal Activity and Mood After Low-Dose Hypoxic Gas Inhalation in Healthy Young Adults
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Enhanced Cardiac Vagal Activity and Mood After Low-Dose Hypoxic Gas Inhalation in Healthy Young Adults
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A new paper is out!
This study examines hostile cognitions and emotions after playing Cyberball in Japanese adults and children. Huge thanks to my supervisor Yusuke Moriguchi & my collaborator @rkuwamizu.bsky.social !
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This study examines hostile cognitions and emotions after playing Cyberball in Japanese adults and children. Huge thanks to my supervisor Yusuke Moriguchi & my collaborator @rkuwamizu.bsky.social !
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hostile cognitions and emotions following social exclusion in Japanese adults and young children
Social exclusion heightens negative emotions and hostile cognition toward others; however, its effects on non-Western adults and children remain uncle…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A new paper is out!
This study examines hostile cognitions and emotions after playing Cyberball in Japanese adults and children. Huge thanks to my supervisor Yusuke Moriguchi & my collaborator @rkuwamizu.bsky.social !
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This study examines hostile cognitions and emotions after playing Cyberball in Japanese adults and children. Huge thanks to my supervisor Yusuke Moriguchi & my collaborator @rkuwamizu.bsky.social !
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Nozomi Yamamoto / 山本希
共著論文がでました！
森口研の山本さん@nozom1no.bsky.social による社会的排除後の敵対的認知と感情についての幼児研究です！
Nozomi Yamamoto, Ryuta Kuwamizu, Yusuke Moriguchi: Hostile cognitions and emotions following social exclusion in Japanese adults and young children
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
森口研の山本さん@nozom1no.bsky.social による社会的排除後の敵対的認知と感情についての幼児研究です！
Nozomi Yamamoto, Ryuta Kuwamizu, Yusuke Moriguchi: Hostile cognitions and emotions following social exclusion in Japanese adults and young children
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hostile cognitions and emotions following social exclusion in Japanese adults and young children
Social exclusion heightens negative emotions and hostile cognition toward others; however, its effects on non-Western adults and children remain uncle…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
共著論文がでました！
森口研の山本さん@nozom1no.bsky.social による社会的排除後の敵対的認知と感情についての幼児研究です！
Nozomi Yamamoto, Ryuta Kuwamizu, Yusuke Moriguchi: Hostile cognitions and emotions following social exclusion in Japanese adults and young children
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
森口研の山本さん@nozom1no.bsky.social による社会的排除後の敵対的認知と感情についての幼児研究です！
Nozomi Yamamoto, Ryuta Kuwamizu, Yusuke Moriguchi: Hostile cognitions and emotions following social exclusion in Japanese adults and young children
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...