Shinobu Kitayama has received the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientific Contributions award!

This award is one of the highest honors in Psychology. The announcement states “APA expresses gratitude to each recipient for the incredibly hard work that has gone into all of their research, for their commitment to excellence, for serving as outstanding scholars in our field, and for the important theories, findings and guidance they have […]

Our Globalization Project is Highlighted in Science News!

The article observes, “(cultural psychological) research started with a ‘West and the rest’ mentality, Kitayama says. His work with Markus created an ‘East-West and the rest’ mentality. Now finally, psychologists are grappling with ‘the rest,’ he says.” The article then discusses our work showing two distinct forms of interdependence. In one form, emotional suppression plays […]