ABC Lab

Publications

2018
Toh, W. X., Hartanto, A., *Tan, Q. Y., and Yang, H. (in press). An integrative approach to investigating bilingual advantages in cognitive decline: The Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry [Impact Factor: 3.018; Ranking: 5/32, Gerontology]
#*Hartanto, A & # Yang, H. (in press). Does early active bilingualism enhance inhibitory control and monitoring? A propensity-matching analysis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition [Impact Factor: 2.776; Impact Factor5year: 3.229]
#*Hartanto, A., #Yang, H., & Yang, S. (2018). Bilingualism positively predicts mathematical competence: Evidence from two large-scale studies. Learning and Individual Differences. [Impact Factor:1.631; Impact Factor5year:2.220]
Yang, S, Yang, H., & *Hartanto, A. (2018). The effects of script variation, literacy skills, and immersion experience on executive attention: A Comparison of matched monoscriptal and biscriptal bilinguals. Bilingualism: Language & Cognition. [Impact Factor:3.01; Rank: 4/179 linguistics]
*Hartanto, A., †Toh, W. X., & Yang, H. (2018). Bilingualism narrows socioeconomic disparities in executive functions and self-regulatory behaviors during early childhood: Evidence from early childhood longitudinal study. Child Development. [Impact Factor:3.791; Rank: 2/57 educational journals]

2017
*Hartanto, A., †Toh, W. X., & Yang, H. (2017). Context counts: The different implications of weekday and weekend video-game playing on academic performances in mathematics, reading, and science. Computers & Education. 120, 51-63. [Impact Factor: 2.881; Impact Factor5year:3.771]
Yang, H., *Hartanto, A., & Yang, S. (2017). Bilingualism confers advantages task switching: Evidence from the Dimensional Change Card Sort Task. Bilingualism: Language & Cognition, 1-19. [Impact Factor:3.01; Rank: 4/179 linguistics]
#*Tay, K. C. & #Yang, H. (2017). Angry faces are more resistant to forgetting than happy faces: The effect of emotional faces on directed forgetting. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 20(7), 855-865. [Impact Factor:1.892; Impact Factor5year:1.568]
Yang, H. and Yang, S. (2017). Are all interferences bad? Bilingual advantages in working memory are modulated by varying demands for controlled processing. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 20(1), 184-196. [Impact Factor: 3.01; Rank: 4/179 linguistics]

2016
#* Hartanto, A. & #Yang, H. (2016). Is the smartphone a smart choice? The effect of smartphone separation on executive functions. Computers in Human Behavior. 64, 329 – 336. [Impact Factor:2.880; Impact Factor5year:3.724]
Yang, H. & Yang, S. (2016). Sympathy fuels creativity: The beneficial effect of sympathy on originality. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 21, 132-143. [Impact Factor: 1.461; Impact Factor5year: 1.589]
#*Hartanto, A and #Yang, H (2016). Disparate bilingual experiences modulate taskswitching advantages: A Diffusion model analysis of the effects of interactional context on switch costs. Cognition. 150, 10-19. [Impact Factor: 3.411; Impact Factor5 year: 4.308]
Yang, H., *Hartanto, A., & Yang, S. (2016). The importance of bilingual experiences in assessing bilingual advantages. Cortex. 75, 237-240. [Impact Factor: 4.314; Impact Factor5year: 4.754]
Yang, S. and Yang, H. (2016). Bilingual effects on deployment of the attention system in linguistically and culturally homogeneous children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 146, 121-136. [Impact Factor: 2.333; Impact Factor5year: 3.110]
*Hartanto, A., †Toh, W. X., & Yang, H. (2016). The Effect of onset age of active video game play on task-switching abilities. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. 78(4), 1125-1136. [Impact Factor: 2.168]
Yang, H., *Hartanto, A., & Yang, S. (2016). The complex nature of bilinguals’ language usage modulates task-switching outcomes. Frontiers in Psychology. 7:560. DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00560 [Impact Factor: 2.56]

2015
Yang, H., Ceci, S. J., Yang, S., & Isen, A. M. (2015). Positive affect facilitates the effect of a warning on false memory in the DRM paradigm. Journal of Positive Psychology. 10(3), 196-206. [Impact Factor: 1.909; Impact Factor5year: 2.729]

2014
# †Tan, J. S., #Yang, H., & Yang, S. (2014). A Holistic intervention program for children from low socioeconomic status families. Frontiers in Psychology, 5:797. DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00797 [Impact Factor: 2.56]
Yang, H. and Yang, S. (2014). Positive affect facilitates task switching in the Dimension Change Card Sort Task: Implications for the shifting aspect of executive functions. Cognition & Emotion. 28(7), 1242-1254. [Impact Factor:2.688; Impact Factor5year: 3.153]
Yang, H., Yang, S., & †Kang, C. (2014). The relationship between phonological awareness and executive attention among Chinese-English bilingual children. Cognitive Development. 30, 65-80. [Impact Factor:2.172; Impact Factor5year: 2.103]

2013
#Yang, S. and #Yang, H. (2013). Does bilingual fluency moderate the effect of heritage-culture images on second-language processing? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of United States of America. 110 (47), E4404. [Impact Factor: 9.674]
Yang, H., Yang, S., & Park, G. (2013). Her voice lingers on and her memory is strategic: Effects of gender and emotional prosody on directed forgetting. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64030. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064030 [Impact Factor: 4.411]
Yang, H., Yang, S., & Isen, A. M. (2013). Positive affect improves working memory: Implications for Controlled Cognitive Processing. Cognition & Emotion. 27(3), 474- 482. [Impact Factor:2.688; Impact Factor5year: 3.249]

2011
Yang, S., Yang, H., & Lust, B. (2011). Early childhood bilingualism leads to advances in executive attention: Dissociating culture and language. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 14, 412-422. [Impact Factor: 3.01; Rank: 4/179 linguistics]

2008
Yang, S., Yang, H., & Lust, B. (2008). Triangulating the effects of bilingualism and culture on cognitive development: Experimental comparison of Korean and American 4-year-old children on an attention network test. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Science. 136-139, Seoul, Korea: Yonsei University Press.
Yang, H., Isen, A. M., & Yang, S. (2008). The happier, the more controlled: Effects of positive mood on working memory. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Science. 202-205. Seoul, Korea: Yonsei University Press.
Yang, H., Isen, A. M., Ceci, S. J., & Yang, S. (2008). Are happy people more prone to have memory errors? Effects of positive affect on false memory. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Science. 193-196, Seoul Korea: Yonsei University Press.

2005
Yang, H, Yang, S, Ceci, S. J. & Wang, Q. (2005). Effects of bilinguals’ controlledattention on working memory and recognition. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Bilingualism, 2401-2404, Somverville, MA: Cascadilla Press. [Impact Factor: 0.862]

2002
Edelman, S., Yang, H., Hiles, B. P., & Intrator, N. (2002). Probablistic principles in unsupervised learning of visual structure: Human data and a model, Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 1, 19-26. [Impact Factor: 4.56]

Conference Publications

2018
Toh, W. X., Hartanto, A., *Tan, Q. Y., and Yang, H. (in press). An integrative approach to investigating bilingual advantages in cognitive decline: The Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry [Impact Factor: 3.018; Ranking: 5/32, Gerontology]
Yang, H. & Yang, S. (May, 2018). Bilingualism Confers Advantages in Task Switching: Evidence from the Dimensional Change Card Sort Task. Paper to be presented at the 3rd International Meeting of Psychonomic Society, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hartanto, A., Toh, W. X., Tan, Q, Y, J., & Yang, H. (May, 2018). Investigating the relation between smartphone addiction and executive functions. Poster to be presented at the 3rd International Meeting of Psychonomic Society, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2017
*Hartanto, A., & Yang, H. (2017). The moderating role of working memory capacity on the relationship between anxiety and task-switching. Poster presented at the 2017 International Convention of Psychological Science. Vienna, Austria.

2016
Yang, H. & Yang, S. (2016). The role of phonological awareness in predicting executive attention among Chinese-English bilingual children. Paper presented at 2016 Asia Joint Symposium on Reading and Spelling. (Seoul, Korea).

2015
*Tay P. K. C. & Yang, H. (2015). Remembering and forgetting emotional faces. Poster presented at the 2015 International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE).
Hartanto, A. & Yang, H., Koh, B. (2015). Investigating the relationship between early onset of actively playing video games and shifting aspects of executive control. Poster presented at the 27th APS Annual Convention, (NY, USA).
*Nai, Z. L. & Yang, H. (2015). The Influence of NFC and positive mood on varietyseeking choice behavior. Poster presented at the 27th APS Annual Convention, (NY, USA).

2014
Yang, S., Yang, H., & Lust, B. (2014). Examining the child and adult bilingual advantage in a multi-dimensional executive attention construct: Evidence from an Attention Network Test (ANT). Paper presented at the International Society for Studies for Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Shanghai, China.
Yang, H. and Yang, S. (2014). The relationship between cognitive control and temperamental effortful control. Paper presented at the International Society for Studies for Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Shanghai, China.
*Nai, Z. L., and Yang, H. (2014). Positive affect, need for closure and variety seeking efficiency. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, TX, USA.

2013
Yang, H. and Yang, S. (2013). Her voice lingers on and her memory is strategic: Effects of gender on directed forgetting. Paper presented at the Auditory, Perception, Cognition, and Action meeting (APCAM), Toronto, ON, Canada.
Yang, H., and Yang, S. (2013). Facilitating effects of positive affect on task switching: Evidence from the Dimensional Change Card Sort Task. Poster presented at the annual meeting of The Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada
Yang, H., and Yang, S. (2013). Differential effects of mood on risky choice versus advice. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making. Toronto, Canada
†Chan, C., and Yang, H. (2013). Exploring bilingual phonological awareness and executive attention in preschoolers. Paper presentation at the 9th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB9), Singapore.

2012
Yang, H., Yang, S., & †Kang, C. (2012). Relationship between phonological awareness and executive function skills in English-Chinese bilingual children in Singapore. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Conference Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association (PECERA), Singapore.
Yong, T., and Yang, H. (2012). Fostering creativity and collaboration through music, animation and ICT games. Poster presented at13th Annual Conference Pacific Early childhood Education Research Association (PECERA), Singapore.
Yang, H. and Yang, S. (2012). Effects of emotional prosody on directed forgetting. Paper presented at the Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (CBP), 165-166, Singapore
Yang, H., Yang, S., †Chan, C. H., & †Nai, Z. L. (2012). Malleable creativity: Priming content promotes content-specific creativity. Paper presented at the Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, Singapore

2011
Yang, S., Yang, H., Lust, B., †Pierre, D., & †Kim, C. (2011). Investigating typological distance effects in executive attention among bilinguals. Poster presented at The Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Yang, H., Yang, S., †Kang, C. P. S., & Park, G. (2011). The Relationship between phonemic awareness and executive function in Chinese-English Bilingual children. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Montreal, Canada
Yang, H., Yang, S., †Zhan, S., & Park, G. (2011). Examining cool and hot aspects of executive function in Singaporean preschoolers. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Montreal, Canada.
Yang, H., Yang, S., Park, G., & †Chen, G. J. (2011). Boosting creativity: Priming increases content-specific creativity. Poster presented at the 9th Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), San Antonio, Texas, USA Mexico, USA
Yang, S., Yang, H., Park, G., & †Chen, G. J. (2011). Investigating the relation between empathy and ageism in Singaporean young adults. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Texas, USA.

2009
Yang, H., †Kang, C. P. S., & Yang, S. (2009). Relating literacy skills and executive a in Chinese-English Bilingual children. Poster presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA, USA
Yang, H., †Tan, V. T. W, & Yang, S. (2009). Examining the relationship between temperamental effortful control and cognitive Inhibitory control abilities in 3- to 4year-old children. Poster presented at the 6th Biennial Meeting of Cognitive Development Society, TX, USA
Yang, H. and Yang, S. (2009). Effects of emotional prosody on verbal memory. Poster presented at the 117th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Toronto, Canada
Yang, H., Luan, S., & Yang, S. (2009). Differential effects of mood on risky choice versus advice. Poster presented at the 20th Annual convention, Association for Psychological Science (APS), San Fransisco, CA, USA
Yang, H.& Yang, S. (2009). Easy to remember and hard to forget: Effects of emotional prosody on suppressed verbal memory. Poster presented at the 9th Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Meeting, New Mexico, USA
Yang, S., Yang, H., & Lust, B. (2009). Testing children and young adults for bilingual cognitive advantages in executive attention system: Evidence from the Attention Network Test (ANT). Poster presented at the Society of Research on Child Development (SRCD), Denver, USA

2008
Yang, H., Isen, A. M., & Yang, S. (2008). The happier, the more controlled: Effects of positive mood on working memory. Paper presented at the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Science. Seoul, Korea
Yang, H., Isen, A. M., Ceci, S. J., & Yang, S. (2008). Are happy people more prone to have memory errors?: Effects of Positive Affect on False Memory. Paper presented at the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Science. Seoul, Korea
Yang, S., Yang, H., & Lust, B. (2008). Triangulating the effects of bilingualism and culture on cognitive development: Experimental comparison of Korean and American 4 years olds on an attention network test. Paper presented at the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Science. Seoul, Korea
Yang, H. and Isen, A. M. (2008). Effects of Positive affect on working memory. Poster presented at the 9th Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Meeting. Jan., 2008, New Mexico, USA

2007
Yang, S., Yang, H., †Leal, N., & Lust, B. (2007). Investigating the role of culture in bilingual cognitive advantages for 4-Year-Old Preschoolers on executive attention. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development. April, 2007, Boston, MA
Yang, S., †Leal N., Yang, H., & Lust B. (2007). Culture from bilingualism: The role of culture in beneficial effects of bilingualism on executive attention. Poster presented at the 2007 APS 19th Annual Convention , Washington, USA

2006
Yang, H. & Isen, A. M. (2006). Positive affect enhances working memory via improvement in controlled processing. Paper presented at the 2006 Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting in Houston, TX, USA
Yang, H. & Isen, A. M. (2006). Beneficial effects of positive affect on monitoring processes reduces false memory. Poster presented at the 2006 Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting in Houston, TX, USA
Yang, H., Ceci, S. J., & Isen, A. M. (2006). Effects of positive affect on monitoring processes in false memory. Poster presented at the 2006 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference. Jan., 2006, Palm Springs, CA, USA

2005
Yang, H., and Ferguson, M. (2005). Multiple priming attenuates the automatic evaluative priming effect. Poster presented at the 2005 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference. Jan., 2005, New Orleans, LA, USA

2003
Yang, H., Yang, S., Ceci, S. J., & Wang, Q. (2003). Effects of bilinguals' controlled attention on working memory and recognition. Paper presented at the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism. April, 2003, Arizona State University, AZ, USA
Yang, H., Ceci, S. J., Yang, S., & † Abbasi, N. S. (2003). Modality effects on false recognition revisited: The role of test modality, response latency, and meta-Memory Judgment. Paper presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association. Mar., 2003, Baltimore, DC, USA
Yang, H., Yang, S., †Abbasi, N. S., & Ceci, S. J. (2003). Influence of repetition modality on false recognition in the DRM Paradigm, Poster presented at The 2003 APS convention, May, 2003, Atlanta, GA, USA
Yang, S., Yang, H., & Wang, Q. (2003). Cross-cultural comparison of self-esteem levels: Two faces of East Asian's self-esteem. Poster presented at the 2003 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference. Feb., 2003, Universal City/Los Angelas, CA, USA

2002
Yang, H., Ceci, S. J. & Yang, S. (2002). Different effects of visual and auditory presentation on false recognition under time pressure. Paper presented at the Auditory Perception, Cognition, Action Meeting. Nov. 2002, Kansas City, MO., USA

2001
Edelman, S., Yang, H., Hiles, B. P., & Intrator, N. (2001). Probablistic principles in unsupervised learning of visual structure: Human data and a model. Poster presented at The conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, Dec., 2001, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2000
Park, M., Ko, R., Yang, H., & Park, T. (2000). Implicit and explicit memory for words and pictures in children, Poster presented at The 2000 APS convention, May, 2000, Miami, USA
Park, M., Yang, H., & Park, T. (2000). The effects of imagery on implicit and explicit memory. Paper presented at the 2000 Korean Brain Society convention, Seoul, Korea