About Me

Welcome to my website! I am a PhD student working with Dr. Xiaoxue (Jessie) Fu in the ASCENT Lab at the University of South Carolina. My research interests broadly focus on how infants and children perceive and interact with the social world.

Publications

Kong, H., Xie, J., Fen, D., Li, X., Wang, X., & Huang, Y. (2025). “I feel bad about myself”: mediating roles of social camouflaging, self-concept clarity, and self-disgust between autistic traits and depressive symptoms. Psychology Health & Medicine. [DOI] [PDF] [PsyArXiv]

Stute, K., Gossé, L. K., Montero-Hernandez, S., Perkins, G. A., Yücel, M. A., et al. (2025). The fNIRS glossary project: a consensus-based resource for functional near-infrared spectroscopy terminology. Neurophotonics, 12(2), 027801. [DOI] [PDF]

Li, X., Shen, H., Kong, H., & Xie, J. (2023). Autistic traits predict social avoidance and distress: The chain mediating role of perceived stress and interpersonal alienation. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 64, 802-809. [DOI] [PDF]

Misc

In my free time, I like running. Here is my running map.