Descriptive-normative inference

Kuang, J., Brockbank, E., Bicchieri, C., & Hawkins, R. Tacit Agreement Inference Drives the Emergence of Social Normativity. (in progress).

Bicchieri, C., & Kuang, J. Variability and asymmetry in social inferences about collectives. (under review)

Kuang, J., Brockbank, E., Bicchieri, C., & Hawkins, R. (2026). Inferring joint commitment from observed coordination. In Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society.

Norm inference and statistical intuition

Kuang, J., Dannals, J., & Bogard, J. How distribution mean and mode differentially guide norm perception. (in progress)

Kuang, J., & Dannals, J. Conveying frequency distributions: When most is stronger than average. (under review)

Kuang, J., & Dannals, J. (2026). The different psychologies of mode and mean in social norm perception. In S. Taneja (Ed.), Proceedings of the Eighty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Academy of Management. 

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Attribution of norm violation

Kuang, J., Bicchieri, C., & Albarracín, D. Observing norm violation derogates authority perceptions and trust in authority. (in progress)

LLMs and norms

Rai, S.*, Kuang, J.*, Jamalova, R., Lou, A., Sehgal, N. K. R., Bicchieri, C., Malhotra, N., Orozco-Olvera, V. H., Munoz-Boudet, A. M., Ungar, L. H., & Guntuku, S. C. Beyond right and wrong: Evaluating second-order social reasoning in large language models. (under review) preprint

*Equal contribution

Norm inference and language

Kuang, J., and Bicchieri. The Interpretation of social norm messages: Ambiguity and pragmatic inference. R&R at Behavioural Public Policy

Kuang, J., & Bicchieri, C. (2024). How language framing shapes the perception of social norms. Current Opinion in Psychology, 60, 101886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101886 

Kuang, J., & Bicchieri, C. (2024). Language matters: How normative expressions shape norm perception and affect norm compliance. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379 (1897), 20230037. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0037 

Covid-19

Kuang, J., Ashraf, S., Das, U., and Bicchieri, C. (2020). Awareness, Risk Perception, and Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Communities of Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(19): 7177. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197177 

Ashraf, S., Kuang, J., Das, U., and Bicchieri, C. (2020). Sanitation Practices during Early Phases of COVID-19 Lockdown in Peri-Urban Communities in Tamil Nadu, India. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 103(5): 4. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0830

Social judgments and bias in the field

Kuang, J., Thulin, E., Delea, M. G., Ashraf, S., Das, U., Shpenev, A., McNally, P., and Bicchieri, C. (2020). Bias in the Perceived Prevalence of Open Defecation: Evidence from Bihar, India. PLoS One. 15(9): e0238627. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238627

Social beliefs and women's empowerment

Das, U., Kuang, J., Ashraf, S., Sphenev, A., and Bicchieri, C. (2022). Women as Pioneers: Examining Their Role in Decision Making on Toilet Construction in India. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2022.2111410

Ashraf, S., Kuang, J., Das, U., Shpenev, A., and Bicchieri, C. (2022). Social beliefs and women’s role in sanitation decision making in Bihar, India: an exploratory mixed method study. PLoS One. 17(1):e0262643. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262643

Kuang, J., Ashraf, S., Shpenev, A., Delea, M. G., Das, U., and Bicchieri, C. (2020). Women are more likely to expect social sanctions for open defecation: Evidence from Tamil Nadu India. PLoS One. 15(10):e0240477. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240477 

Social networks and field intervention

Ashraf, S., Bicchieri, C., Delea, M. G., Das, U., Chauhan, K., Kuang, J., Shpenev, A., and Thulin, E. (2021). Norms and social network–centric behavior change intervention (Nam Nalavazhvu) for improved toilet usage in peri-urban communities of Tamil Nadu: protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocol. 10(5). https://doi.org/10.2196/24407

Ashraf, S., Das, U., Kohler, H.P., Kuang, J., McNally, P., Shpenev, A., Thulin, E., and Bicchieri, C. (2018, 2019). Phase 1 & 2 Project Report. Social Networks and Norms in India. Penn Social Norms Group (PennSoNG). https://repository.upenn.edu/pennsong/17

Temporal uncertainty

Hur, J., Smith, J. F., DeYoung, K. A., Anderson, A. S., Kuang, J., Kim, H. C., Tillman, R. M., Kuhn, M., Fox, A. S., and Shackman, A. J. (2020). Anxiety and the neurobiology of temporally uncertain threat anticipation. Journal of Neuroscience. 40, 7949-7964. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0704-20.2020

Temporal decision making

Kuang, J., Milhorn, H., Stuppy-Sullivan, A., Jung, S., Yi, R. (2018). Alternate Versions of a Fixed-Choice, Delay-Discounting Assessment for Repeated-Measures Designs. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 26(5), 503-508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pha0000211 

Borges, A.M., Kuang, J., Milhorn, H., Yi, R. (2016). An alternative approach to calculating Area-Under-the-Curve (AUC) in delay discounting research. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 106(2), 145-155. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.219