Xucong Hu

Xucong Hu

M.S. in Psychology

Publications

Journal Articles

I'll Believe It Unless cover
2026
I'll Believe It Unless It's Too Absurd: Spontaneous Visual Perspective-Taking as Prior-Based Heuristic Inference
Hu, X., Zheng, Y., Hu, Q., Chen, H., Shen, M., & Zhou, J.
Cognition, 271, 106478
[Paper]
Robot Explainability cover
2026
How Can We Make Robots Intelligible? Building Perception-Behavior Causal Links for User-Centered Explainability
Hu, X., Xu, E., Xu, H., Shen, M., & Zhou, J.
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2026.2633220
[Paper]
2025
Good to see you R2-D2: Inducing spontaneous perspective-taking towards non-human agents through human-like gaze and reach
Hu, X., Xu, H., Chen, H., Shen, M., & Zhou, J.
Cognition, 259, 106101
[Paper]
PsyCh Journal cover
2025
Enhancement of joint flanker effect in intergroup competition
Zhao, Y., Hu, X., Zhou, J., Shen, M., & Xu, H.
PsyCh Journal, 14(1), 94-102
[Paper]
Behavioral Sciences cover
2023
Effects of robot animacy and emotional expressions on perspective-taking abilities: a comparative study across age groups
Hu, X., & Tong, S.
Behavioral Sciences, 13(9), 728
[Paper]
Frontiers in Psychology cover
2022
Face beauty or soul beauty? The influence of facial attractiveness and moral judgment on pain empathy
Zhu, J., Yang, Z., Ma, R., Yin, L., & Hu, X.
Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 990637
[Paper]

Conference Papers & Presentations

VSS 2026 cover
2026
I'll Believe It Unless It's Too Absurd: Spontaneous Visual Perspective-Taking as Prior-Based Heuristic Inference
Hu, X., Zheng, Y., Hu, Q., Chen, H., Shen, M., & Zhou, J.
Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS 2026) (Poster, St. Pete Beach, FL, USA)
[Poster] Early version of Cognition 2026 article
Spontaneous perspective-taking cover
2024
Spontaneous perspective-taking toward multi-view robots: Evidence supporting the social agent model
Hu, X., Zhou, J., & Shen, M.
Annual Conference on Industrial Psychology and New Productivity (Oral, Shanghai, China)
The uncanny valley effect video cover
2022
The uncanny valley effect and induced compensatory consumption behavior in language conditions
Hu, X.
Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media, 4, 426-436 (Oral Presentation)
[Paper] [Video]

Under Review

Seeing through Janus' Eyes cover
2025
Seeing through Janus' Eyes: How Humans Spontaneously Adopt Multiple Perspectives of Robot Avatars
Hu, X., Xu, H., Chen, H., Shen, M., & Zhou, J.
Social Affordance Behind Robots' cover
2025
Social Affordance Behind Robots' Appearance Features
Hu, X., Hu, Q., Yu, T., Shen, M., & Zhou, J.