Stop by Jill Stuart Gallery at HEB in the next couple of weeks if you are interested in an experience of "feeling the years"!
I study the developmental psychology of self
Hello! My name is Yi.
Yi is pronounced as /ee/.
Looking for both postdoc positions and assistant professorships starting summer 2026!
I am currently a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Healthy Aging Lab at Cornell University, U.S. Before that, I received my Bachelor’s degree at Peking University in China. My research centers on lifespan development in self-concepts and decision-making processes, with their implications for well-being. These topics address fundamental questions of everyday life: how we view ourselves across the past, present, and future, and how we make decisions that shape our future.
To do so, I adopt quantitative methodologies, including behavioral experiments and large-scale surveys, supplemented with qualitative evidence such as text responses.
Interests
- Lifespan Development
- Self-Continuity
- Decision-Making
Education
PhD candidate in Developmental Psychology, Expected 2026
Cornell University
BSc in Psychology, 2020
Peking University
Thrilled to have presented our recent research at #GSA2026! Huge thanks to our wonderful lab, symposium presenters, friends, and collaborators😆
Join us at the SIG and the symposium 🥳
Incredible opportunity to work with an amazing group of scholars at Cornell Psych🥳
Very intriguing findings!
Interesting findings!
🚨SO excited to see this paper out!
How are we connected to our past and future selves at different time points, and how does this self-continuity relate to our intertemporal decisions? 🤔
In our recent paper in PAID, we modeled self-continuity across time using exponential, hyperbolic, and q-exponential functions. 🔢 ⏳
The q-exponential fits best—but links to temporal discounting were interval-specific, not general.
Read more: https://lnkd.in/gSJsCYWD
How are we connected to our past and future selves at different time points, and how does this self-continuity relate to our intertemporal decisions? 🤔
In our recent paper in PAID, we modeled self-continuity across time using exponential, hyperbolic, and q-exponential functions. 🔢 ⏳
The q-exponential fits best—but links to temporal discounting were interval-specific, not general.
Read more: https://lnkd.in/gSJsCYWD
sciencedirect.com
Modeling temporal self-continuity and its association with temporal discounting
🥳🥳🥳 huge congrats to my amazing advisor!!
My first Association for Psychological Science convention! Had a great time in Washington DC and was thrilled to present our latest study on cultural values 🌎 and generosity💰toward individuals and charities.
ALSO attended my childhood best friend’s wedding🎉🥂!! What a perfect way to end May🥰 #APS
ALSO attended my childhood best friend’s wedding🎉🥂!! What a perfect way to end May🥰 #APS
Projects
Presentations & Talks
Publications
(2025).
Modeling temporal self-continuity and its association with temporal discounting.
Personality and Individual Differences.
(2024).
Differences in the temporal extension of self-continuity over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Self and Identity.
(2023).
Age differences in self-continuity in Germany and the United States: The role of temporal direction, temporal distance, and demographics.
Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.
(2020).
Viewing time and facial trustworthiness perception: Give it a second thought may not work for older adults .
PsyCh Journal.
(2019).
Subjective Well-being.
In D. Gu and M. E. Dupre (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer-Nature..
Research Experience
Research Assistant
- Projects on Resident-to-Resident Elder Mistreatment (R-REM) in nursing homes and assisted living facilities
- Project on estrangement among family members
Research Assistant
- Undergraduate research on the impact of aging stereotypes on older people’s risky decisions
- Honor thesis on a cross-cultural comparison study of Chinese and Americans’ self-continuity across age
Research Assistant
- Designed and conducted action experiments using SketchUp, MATLAB Psychtoolbox, and movement tracking pads.
- Analyzed data on hand movement trajectory and reaction performance using MATLAB.
Research Assistant
Conducted natural language meaning analysis using Meaning Extraction Helper and ZhToken.
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