Department of Psychology

• Postdoctoral Researcher, The Ohio State University, USA, 2015-2016
• Ph.D. in Psychology (Developmental), The Ohio State University, USA, 2015
• M.A. in Psychology, The Ohio State University, USA, 2011
• B.S. in Psychology, Zhejiang University, China, 2009

• Cognitive Development
• Categorization
• Attention
• Induction
• Multisensory learning

• 2023-2025 “Family-oriented social competence intervention for children with audism spectrum disorder” Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) at Macau (NSFC-FDCT Joint Grant 0095/2022/AFJ).
• 2020-2022 “The development of category learning and its mechanisms: An eye-tracking study” Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 31900769).
• 2020-2022 “Categorization of the real world: The development of scene perception and recognition” Supported by RSKTO, University of Macau (MYRG2019-00007-FSS).
• 2019-2020 “Polyculturalism: Investigating its dimensionality, underlying cognitive and social cognitive mechanisms, and consequences” Supported by RSKTO, University of Macau (MYRG2017-00076-FSS).
• 2018-2020 “Reinforcement learning, selective attention, and the development of categorization: what, how and why” Supported by R&DAO, University of Macau (MYRG2017-00001-FSS).
• 2017-2019 “Rule-seekers and probability-catchers: The role of attention in cognitive development” Supported by R&DAO, University of Macau (SRG2016-00078-FSS).

^# indicates student advisee.

* indicates corresponding author.

^#Li, J., & *Deng, S. W. (in press). Attentional focusing and filtering in multisensory categorization. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. Published online first.

^#Xing, L., *Deng, S. W., & Ho, G. W. (in press). From empathy to resilience: The mediating role of emotional intelligence. Psychological Reports. Published online first.

^#Li, J., ^#Sun. Y., & *Deng, S. W. (2023). Common and distinct neural bases for rule- and similarity-based category learning. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

^#Li, J., & *Deng, S. W. (2023). Facilitation and interference effects of the multisensory context on learning: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Research, 87, 1334-1352.

^#Li, J., & *Deng, S. W. (2022). Social attention, memory, and memory-guided orienting change across the menstrual cycle. Physiology & Behavior, 251, 113808.

Darby, K. P., Deng, S. W., Walther, D. B., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2021). The development of attention to objects and scenes: From object-biased to unbiased. Child Development, 92(3), 1173-1186.

^#Yao, Y., & *Deng, S. W. (2020). Differential effect of blocked and interleaved study on category learning by classification and inference. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Sloutsky, V. M., & Deng, S. W. (2019). Categories, concepts, and conceptual development. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 34(10), 1284-1297.

^#Chu, K. H., & *Deng, S. W. (2019). Why some events are more (or less) random: The role of alternation rate and number of occurrence. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Gozli, D, G., & Deng, S. W. (2018). Building blocks of psychology: On remaking the unkept promises of early schools. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 52, 1-24.

*Deng, S. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2016). Selective attention, diffused attention, and the development of categorization. Cognitive Psychology, 91, 24-62.

Sloutsky, V. M., Deng, S. W., Fisher, A. V., & Kloos, H. (2015). Conceptual influences on induction: A case for a late onset. Cognitive Psychology, 82, 1-31.

Deng, S. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2015). Labels, dynamic visual features, and distribution of attention in infant category learning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 134, 62-77.

Deng, S. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2015). The development of categorization: Effects of classification and inference training on category representation. Developmental Psychology, 51, 392-405.

Deng, S. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013). The role of linguistic labels in inductive generalization. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 114, 432-455.

Deng, S. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013). Effects of training on categorization. In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 2166-2171). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Robinson, C. W, Best, C. A., Deng, S. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2012). The role of words in cognitive tasks: What, when, and how? Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 1-8.

Deng, S. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2012). Carrot eaters or moving heads: Inductive inference is better supported by salient features than by category labels. Psychological Science, 23, 178-186.

Deng, S. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2012). The role of linguistic labels in infants’ categorization: An eye tracking study. In N. Miyake, D. Peebles, & R. P. Cooper (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 282-287). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Deng, S. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010). The role of linguistic labels in categorization. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 230-235). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

^# indicates student advisee.

* indicates corresponding author.

Deng, S. W. (2023). The development of selective attention and learning in children: Strategies for coping with environmental complexity. Paper presented at the 3rd Symposium on Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Fuzhou, China

^#Li, J., ^#Zhao, J., ^#Shan, R, & *Deng, S. W. (2022). Linguistic labels alter post-selection processing in human categorization. Paper presented at the 24th Chinese Academic Conference of Psychology. Virtual Conference. (Received the Best Student Paper Award)

^#Li, J., ^#Sun, Y., ^#Wu, C., & *Deng, S. W. (2022). Common and distinct neural substrates of rule- and similarity-based category learning. Paper presented at the 24th Chinese Academic Conference of Psychology. Virtual Conference. (Acceptance rate: 30.1%)

^#Hu, Q., & *Deng, S. W. (2022). Shall I trust the robot? Children’s selective social learning in the human-robot comparison. Paper presented at the 24th Chinese Academic Conference of Psychology. Virtual Conference. (Acceptance rate: 30.1%)

^#Liao, Y., ^#Li, J., & *Deng, S. W. (2022). Selective attention and unsupervised category learning: An eye-tracking study. Paper presented at the 24th Chinese Academic Conference of Psychology. Virtual Conference. (Acceptance rate: 30.1%)

^#Li, J., Hua, L., & *Deng, S. W. (2021). The dynamic process of multisensory integration in the categorization decision making. Paper presented at the 23rd Chinese Academic Conference of Psychology. Virtual Conference.

^#Li, J., & *Deng, S. W. (2021). The role of selective attention in multisensory categorization. Paper presented at the 23rd Chinese Academic Conference of Psychology. Virtual Conference.

Deng, S. W. (2018). Categories, Concepts, and Conceptual Development. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Natural Cognition, Macau SAR China.

Deng, S. W. (2017). Rule-seekers and probability-catchers: Differential roles of attention in category learning and transfer across development. Paper presented at the 3rd Conference of Learning Sciences and Technologies, Taiwan.

*Deng, S. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2016). Differential coupling of categorization and memory across development. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Memory, Budapest, Hungary.

Sloutsky, V. M., & Deng, S. W. (2015). The development of categorization: Attention, decision, and representation. Paper presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.

Deng, S. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2015). Developmental differences in category representation: Evidence from recognition memory. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.

Sloutsky, V. M., & Deng, S. W. (2014). The development of categorization: Attention and category representation. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.

Sloutsky, V. M., & Deng, S. W. (2013). The role of linguistic labels in infants’ category learning. Paper presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.

Deng, S. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2012). The role of linguistic labels in infants’ categorization: An eye tracking study.  Paper presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Sapporo, Japan.

Sloutsky, V. M., & Deng, S. W. (2011). The role of category labels in categorization and induction. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle, WA.

Deng, S. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010). The role of linguistic labels in categorization. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Portland, Oregon.