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Education

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China M.S. in Psychology | Sep. 2024 - Jun. 2027 (Expected)

• GPA: 4.0/4.0 (Rank: 1/60)
• Advisors: Prof. Jifan Zhou, Prof. Mowei Shen

Southwest University, Chongqing, China B.S. in Psychology | Sep. 2020 - Jun. 2024

• GPA: 4.13/5.0 (Rank: 2/103)

Research Interests

• Human-Robot Interaction
• Social Cognition
• Cognitive Modeling
• Theory of Mind

Selected Publications

1. Hu, X., Zheng, Y., Hu, Q., Chen, H., Shen, M., & Zhou, J. (2026). I’ll believe it unless it’s too absurd: Spontaneous visual perspective-taking as prior-based heuristic inference. Cognition, 271, 106478.

2. Hu, X., Xu, H., Chen, H., Shen, M., & Zhou, J. (2025). Good to see you R2-D2: Inducing spontaneous perspective-taking towards non-human agents through human-like gaze and reach. Cognition, 259, 106101.

3. Zhao, Y., Hu, X., Zhou, J., Shen, M., & Xu, H. (2025). Enhancement of joint flanker effect in intergroup competition. PsyCh Journal, 14(1), 94–102.

4. Hu, X., & Tong, S. (2023). Effects of robot animacy and emotional expressions on perspective-taking abilities. Behavioral Sciences, 13(9), 728.

Skills

• Statistics: R, Python, SPSS, Mplus, Bayesian Modeling
• Machine Learning: scikit-learn, XGBoost, PyTorch
• Programming: JavaScript, React, Node.js
• Languages: English (GRE 159+169+4.0, IELTS 7.0), Chinese (Native)