Junhua Dang

Professor, PhD supervisor

Main Research Areas

Self-Control, Judgment and Decision Making, Intergroup Relationships

Education and Working Experience

2009, Master degree in Psychology, Peking University, China

2018, Doctoral degree in Psychology, Lund University, Sweden

2018, Postdoc researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden

2021, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden

Editorship

1) Editorial Board Member of American Psychologist.

2) Editorial Board Member of European Journal of Social Psychology

3) Editorial Board Member of Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

4) Associate Editor of BMC Psychology (2020-2022)

5) Associate Editor of International Journal of Social Psychology (2020-2022)

6) Guest Editor of 2019 Special Issue of Social Psychology

7) Guest Editor of 2023 Research Topic of Frontiers in Psychology

8) Guest Editor of 2022 Research Topic of Frontiers in Psychology

9) Guest Editor of 2021 Research Topic of Frontiers in Psychology

Fund

1) Principal Investigator, International Postdoc Fund from the Swedish Research Council (2018-06664, 3.15 million SEK)

2) Main Participant, General Project from the National Natural Science Foundation (31871098, 0.62 million RMB)

Award

2023, Rising Star, instituted by American Psychological Science, APS

2020, Distinguished young researcher in psychology, instituted by the Swedish National Committee for Psychology.

Representative Publications

10) Yin, J., Yang, K., Zhou, C., & Dang, J.* (2025). Motor expertise modulates cortical activation during imagery of simple and complex actions. PNAS, Accepted (2024IF=9.8, JCR-Q1)

9) Dang., J.* & Xiao, S.* (2025). A Meta-Analytic Reassessment of the Vicious Cycle of Psychopathology and Stressful Life Events. Psychological Bulletin, 151, 930-939. 2024IF=19.8, JCR-Q1)

8) Dang, J., King, M. K., & Inzlicht, M. (2020). Why are self-report and behavioral measures weakly correlated? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24, 267-269 (2024IF=17.2, JCR-Q1).

7) Chen, C. & Dang, J.* (2023). The longitudinal relationship between parenting and self-control needs reconsideration. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18, 1488-1491. (2024IF=8.4, JCR-Q1)

6) Dang, J.*, & Jia, L.* (2023). Validity issues in measures of COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Journal of Global Health, 13, 03026 (2024IF=4.3, JCR-Q1).

5) Dang. J.*, Barker, P., Baumert, A., Bentvelzen, M., Berkman, E., Buchholz, N., ... Zinkernagel, A. (2021). A multi-lab replication of the ego depletion effect. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 14-24 (2024IF=3.3; JCR-Q1)

4) Dang, J.*, Liu, X., Xiao, S.*, Mao, L.*, Chan, K., Li, C., Lin, M., Liu, Z., Luo, Y., Sun, Y., Wu, Y., & Schiöth, H. B. (2021). The beauty of the zero: Replications and extensions of the hidden-zero effect in delay discounting tasks. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 544-549 (2024IF=3.3; JCR-Q1)

3) Dang, J. (2018). An updated meta-analysis of the ego depletion effect. Psychological Research, 82, 645-651. (2024IF=2.3, JCR-Q2) (ESI  highly cited paper)

2) Dang, J. (2016). Testing the role of glucose in self-control: A meta-analysis. Appetite, 107, 222-230. (2024IF=3.8, JCR-Q1)

1) Dang, J. (2017). Is there an alternative explanation to the evolutionary account for financial and prosocial biases in favor of attractive individuals? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, e25. (2024IF=13.7, JCR-Q1)

Contact

Email：dangjunhua@gmail.com