Areas of Focus
- Infant Face Perception
- Autism Development and Cognitive Neuroscience
Work Experience
- 2017-09 to 2021-08 - University of Toronto and Ryerson University - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2021-09 to 2023-04 - McMaster University - Postdoctoral Researcher in Cognitive Neuroscience
- 2023-05 to Present - Shenzhen University - Assistant Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010-09 to 2013-07 Master's Degree: Zhejiang Normal University, Development and Education
- 2013-09 to 2017-07 Ph.D.: Brock University, Lifespan Developmental Psychology
- Brock Best Doctoral Dissertation 2017
- National Outstanding Self-Financed International Student Scholarship 2016
- Brock International Student Scholarship 2016-2017
- National Inspirational Scholarship 2010
Publications
- Face perception and social cognitive development in early autism: A prospective longitudinal study from 3 months to 7 years of age, Zhou, X., Siddiqui, H., & Rutherford, M.D., 2023
- Multi-cultural cities reduce deficits in recognizing naturalistic images of other-race faces: Evidence from a novel face learning task, Zhou, X., Mondloch, C. J., Chien H., & Moulson, M., 2022
- Naturalistic Face Learning in Infants and Adults, Zhou, X., Vyas, S., Ning, J., & Moulson, M., 2021
- Similar use of shape and texture cues for own- and other-race faces during face learning and recognition, Zhou, X., Itz, M., Vogt, S., Kaufmann, J., Schweinberger, S., & Mondloch, C. J., 2021
- Lifetime perceptual experience shapes face memory for own- and other-race faces, Zhou, X., Elshiekh, A., & Moulson, M. C., 2019
- Attending to identity cues reduces the own-age but not the own-race recognition advantage, Proietti, V., Laurence, S., Matthews, C. M., Zhou, X., & Mondloch, C. J., 2019
- Becoming familiar with a newly encountered face: evidence of an own-race advantage, Zhou, X., Matthews, C. M., Baker, K. A., & Mondloch, C. J., 2018
- Encoding differences affect the number and precision of own-race versus other-race faces stored in visual working memory, Zhou, X., Mondloch, C. J., & Emrich, S. M., 2018
- Recognizing‘Bella Swan’and‘Hermione Granger’: no own-race advantage in recognizing photos of famous faces, Zhou, X., & Mondloch, C. J., 2016
- Research activity in Canadian developmental psychology programs, Farrell, A. H., Semplonius, T., Shapira, M., Zhou, X., Laurence, S., Willoughby, T., … Evans, A. D., 2016
- Judging normality and attractiveness in faces: direct evidence of a more refined representation for own-race, young adult faces, Zhou, X., Short, L. A., Chan, H. S. J., & Mondloch, C. J., 2016
- The flip side of the other-race coin: They all look different to me, Laurence, S*., Zhou, X*., & Mondloch, C. J., 2016
- Detecting concealed information using functional near-infrared spectroscopy, Sai, L*., Zhou, X*., Ding, X. P., Fu, G., & Sang, B., 2014
- 好友可信度与9~12岁儿童信任的关系及其发展, 李庆功, 周小梅, & 徐芬, 2013
- 3~4岁儿童基于可信度特质的信任判断: 特质间差异和年龄特点, 李庆功, 徐芬, & 周小梅, 2012
- 3~5岁儿童基于能力特质进行信任判断的策略及其发展, 李庆功, 徐芬, & 周小梅, 2012
- 大学生外显、内隐自信与父母教养方式的关系, 何华敏,胡媛艳,& 周小梅, 2012
Awards
- Brock Best Doctoral Dissertation (2017): Detail
- National Outstanding Self-Financed International Student Scholarship (2016): Detail
- Brock International Student Scholarship (2016-2017): Detail
- National Inspirational Scholarship (2010): Detail