publications.

For a full list, see my Google Scholar or CV.

co-first authorship · † trainee I mentored

in prep

[in prep] Mahaphanit, W., Mills, K.†, & Chang, L. J. Decomposing commonality: Bonding through 'me too' depends on perceived rarity at the moment of disclosure.
[in prep] Mahaphanit, W., Templeton, E., & Chang, L. J. Experimentally-induced small gaps in conversation lead to stronger connection in strangers.
[in prep] Mahaphanit, W., Mills, K.†, Templeton, E., & Chang, L. J. Are shared experiences blind?
[in prep] Mahaphanit, W. & Chang, L. J. Communication as behavioral annotation for naturalistic stimuli.

[2026] Mahaphanit, W., Welker, C., Schmidt, H., Houlihan, S. D., Chang, L. J., & Hawkins, R. D. Generalized shared reality arises in brief interactions from structured social inferences about commonality. PsyArXiv. [preprint] Expanded from the peer-reviewed conference version: Mahaphanit, W., Welker, C., Schmidt, H., Chang, L. J., & Hawkins, R. D. (2024). When and why does shared reality generalize? Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 46. [paper]

[2026] Brockbank, E., Dee, N., O'Keeffe, M., Mahaphanit, W., Gerstenberg, T., Fan, J., & Hawkins, R. D. Asking the right questions? What people learn about strangers in conversation. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 48. [preprint]
[2025] Mahaphanit, W., Keller, B.†, Hawkins, R. D., Phillips, J. S., & Chang, L. J. Learning to communicate a shared wavelength. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 47. [abstract]
[2023] Mahaphanit, W. & Chang, L. J. Shared experiences strengthen social connectedness through shared impression formation and communication behavior. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 45. [abstract]