Frankie Fong

Postdoc

Abteilung für Vergleichende Kulturpsychologie
Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig

Telefon: +49 (0) 341 3550 404
E-Mail: frankie_fong@[>>> Please remove the text! <<<]eva.mpg.de

Research Interests

I am generally interested in the following topics, studying factors that influence how children navigate their living environments as they grow:

Social learning: (Over)imitation, conformity, selective trust, flexibility & adaptability
Cross-cultural comparison
Digital media effect
Pretend/Imaginative play
Parenting style

Curriculum Vitae

Current Position

2022 - present	Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
2022 - present	Honorary Research Fellow School of Psychology University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Career

2020 - 2021	Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, USA
2016 - 2019	PhD student (Developmental Psychology) School of Psychology University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Thesis: Preschool Children’s Normative and Instrumental Learning Advisors: Mark Nielsen, Kana Imuta
Oct 2018	Visiting Researcher Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Washington University in St Louis, USA
2014 - 2015	Research Assistant Parenting and Family Support Centre University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

2013	Research Assistant Early Cognitive Development Centre University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Languages

Chinese: Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka (native)
Malaysian Malay (fluent)
English (fluent)
Japanese (basic)

Other Research Information

Teaching & Mentorship

2016 - 2019	PSYC2030: Developmental Psychology PSYC3282: Developmental Perspectives on the Origins of Human Culture Tutor and guest lecturer at University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
2019 - 2021	Honors and PhD thesis Winter/Summer Research Program PSYC2991/2992: Research Experience Supervisor and co-supervisor at University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Editorial Service

2022	Associate Editor Infant and Child Development

Memberships

Comprehensive Assessment of Family Media Exposure (CAFE) Consortium
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Digital Child

Presentations

2021	A Project that Raises More Questions and Answers Leipzig Research Center for Early Child Development (LFE) Colloquium Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
2020	Post PhD Pathways and Possibilities Social Identity and Groups Network University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
2020	Methodological and Ethical Considerations in Cross-Cultural Developmental Research Centre of Research in Social Psychology University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
2018	Preschool Children’s Normative and Instrumental Learning Cognition and Development Lab Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, USA

2018	Preschool Children’s Normative and Instrumental Learning Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Boston University, Massachusetts, USA

Research Awards & Funding

2020-2022	Issachar Fund Subaward
2021	Texas Global Faculty Research Seed Grant, University of Texas at Austin
2018	University of Queensland Graduate School Candidate Travel Award

Publications

2023

	Fong, F. T. K., Nielsen, M., & Corriveau, K. H. (2023). I copy you as I believe you know about our culture: Combining imitation and selective trust literatures. Infant and Child Development, e2453. Open Access DOI BibTeX Endnote Downloads Fong_Copy_InfantChildDev_2023.pdf
	Rawlings, B. S., Davis, H. E., Anum, A., Burger, O., Chen, L., Morales, J. C. C., Dutra, N., Dzabatou, A., Dzokoto, V., Erut, A., Fong, F. T. K., Ghelardi, S., Goldwater, M., Ingram, G., Messer, E., Kingsford, J., Lew-Levy, S., Mendez, K., Newhouse, M., Nielsen, M., Pamei, G., Pope-Caldwell, S., Ramos, K., Rojas, L. E. E., dos Santos, R. A. C., Silveira, L. G. S., Watzek, J., Wirth, C., & Legare, C. H. (2023). Quantifying quality: The impact of measures of school quality on children's academic achievement across diverse societies (advanced online). Developmental Science, e13434. Open Access DOI BibTeX Endnote Downloads Rawlings_Quantifying_DevScience_2023.pdf
	Stengelin, R., Bohn, M., Sánchez Amaro, A., Haun, D. B. M., Thiele, M., Daum, M. M., Felsche, E., Fong, F. T. K., Gampe, A., Giner Torréns, M., Grueneisen, S., Hardecker, D. J. K., Horn, L., Neldner, K., Pope-Caldwell, S. M., & Schuhmacher, N. (2023). Responsible research is also concerned with generalizability: Recognizing efforts to reflect upon and increase generalizability in hiring and promotion decisions in psychology. PsyArXiv. Open Access DOI BibTeX Endnote Downloads Responsible_Stengelin_PsyArXiv_2023.pdf

2022

Fong, F. T. K., Nielsen, M., & Legare, C. H. (2022). Revisiting an extant framework: Concerns about culture and task generalization. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45: e257.
DOI BibTeX Endnote

Dutra, Natália B., Chen, Lydia, Anum, Adote, Burger, Oskar, Davis, Helen E., Dzokoto, Vivian A., Fong, Frankie T. K., Ghelardi, Sabrina, Mendez, Kimberly, Messer, Emily J. E., Newhouse, Morgan, Nielsen, Mark G., Ramos, Karlos, Rawlings, Bruce, Dos Santos, Renan A. C., Silveira, Lara G. S., Tucker-Drob, Elliot M. and Legare, Cristine H. (2022). Examining relations between performance on non-verbal executive function and verbal self-regulation tasks in demographically-diverse populations. Developmental Science, e13228. doi: 10.1111/desc.13228

2021

Nielsen, Mark, Fong, Frankie T. K. and Whiten, Andrew (2021). Social learning from media: the need for a culturally diachronic developmental psychology. Advances in Child Development and Behavior. (pp. 317-334) San Diego, CA USA: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2021.04.001

Fong, Frankie T. K., Imuta, Kana, Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2021). The digital social partner: Preschool children display stronger imitative tendency in screen‐based than live learning. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 3(4), 585-594. doi: 10.1002/hbe2.280

Fong, Frankie T. K., Imuta, Kana, Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2021). When efficiency attenuates imitation in preschool children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 39(2), 330-337. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12366

Fong, Frankie T. K., Sommer, Kristyn, Redshaw, Jonathan, Kang, Jemima and Nielsen, Mark (2021). The man and the machine: Do children learn from and transmit tool-use knowledge acquired from a robot in ways that are comparable to a human model? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 208, 105148. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105148

Fong, Frankie T. K., Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2021). A cross-cultural comparison: imitation of inefficient tool use in Australian and Malaysian preschool children. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, 5 (1), 37-47. doi: 10.1007/s41809-021-00077-6

2020

Wang, Zhidan, Fong, Frankie T. K. and Meltzoff, Andrew N. (2020). Enhancing same‐gender imitation by highlighting gender norms in Chinese pre‐school children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 39 (1), 133-152. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12356

Fong, Frankie T. K., Mondloch, Catherine J. and Nelson, Nicole L. (2020). Interactive situations reveal more about children’s emotional knowledge. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 198, 104879. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2020.104879

Xie, Linghao, Wang, Zhidan, Yu, Zhou and Fong, Frankie T. K. (2020). Relationship between SES and preschoolers’ sociality: the mediating effect of household screen media experience. Early Child Development and Care, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/03004430.2020.1838498

Wang, Zhidan, Zhu, Xiaoyu, Fong, Frankie T. K., Meng, Jing and Wang, Haijing (2020). Overimitation of children with cochlear implants or hearing aids in comparison with children with normal hearing. Infants and Young Children, 33 (1), 84-92. doi: 10.1097/IYC.0000000000000157

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