Xuezhao Lan

LIFE Fellow from 2006 to 2008, University of Michigan

PhD

Dissertation completed in May 2009

Bridging Naturalistic and Laboratory Measures of Executive Function: The Development and Validation of Classroom-Based Field-Experimental Tasks for Preschool Children

(Advisor: Fred Morrison)

Selected Publications

Talhelm, T., Zhang, X., Oishi, S., Shimin, C., Duan, D., Lan, X., & Kitayama, S. (2014). Discovery of large-scale psychological differences within China explained by rice vs. wheat agriculture. Science, 344(6184), 603–608. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1246850

Lan, X., Legare, C. H., Ponitz, C. C., Li, S., & Morrison, F. J. (2011). Investigating the links between the subcomponents of executive function and academic achievement: A cross-cultural analysis of Chinese and American preschoolers. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 108, 677–692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2010.11.001

Lan, X., Cameron, C. E., & Miller, K. F. (2009). Keeping students’ attention: Classroom factors associated with students’ behavioral engagement: A cross-cultural study. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 24, 198–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.03.002