Publications

1. Yiao, S., Zanette, S., Woodruff, E., Tong, T. X., & Gong, Z. Z. (2026). Children’s facial expressions in response to another’s joy predict trait empathy. Brain Science and Child Development, 1(1), 100010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bscd.2026.100010

2. Cai, G., Zanette, S., Zhao, W., Zhang J. & Zhang, X., Ma, W., & Sai, L. (2025). Lying behavior in adolescents with conduct disorder: An experimental study of the role of executive functioning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1257:106279 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106279

3. Zanette, S., Hagi Hussein, S., Malloy, L. C. (2023). Adult's veracity judgements of Black and White children's statements: The role of perceiver and target race and prejudice-related concerns. Frontiers in Psychology, 14:1177253. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1177253

4. Liu, X., Shang, S., Zanette, S., Zhang, Y., Qingzoum, S., & Sai, L. (2022). An experimental investigation of association between children's lying and behavior problems. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:982012. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.982012 

5. Jackson, R., Ekerim Akbulut, M., Zanette, S., Selcuk, B., & Lee, K. (2021). Parenting by lying in Turkey: Experience in childhood and negative outcomes in adulthood. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8:202. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00877-9 

6. Zanette, S., Walsh, M., Augimeri, L., & Lee, K. (2020). Differences and similarities in lying frequency, moral judgements, and beliefs about lying among children with and without conduct problems. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 192:104768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104768

7. Bruer, K. C., Zanette, S., Ding, X., Lyon, T. D., & Lee, K. (2020). Identifying liars through the automatic decoding of children's facial expressions. Child Development, 91(4), e995-e1011. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13336

8. Santos, R. M., Zanette, S., Kwok, S. M., Heyman, G. D., & Lee, K. (2017). Exposure to parenting by lying in childhood: Associations with negative outcomes in adulthood. Frontiers in Psychology. 8:1240. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01240 (see also https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01900)

9. Zanette, S., Gao, X., Brunet, M., & Lee, K. (2016). Automated decoding of facial expressions reveals marked differences in children when telling antisocial versus prosocial lies. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 150, 165-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/jecp.2016.05.007