Yodai SATO

Background

2022.4 -

Ph.D student, Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Japan

2019.4 - 2022.3

M.A. in Philosophy, Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Japan

2015-2019

B.A. in Arts, Faculty of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University, Japan

Research Interests

Moral judgment, Theory of mind, Impression formation, Inconsiderate behavior

Research Articles

• Sato, Y. (2022). The effect of being unaware of nuisance on the trait inference of the actor. [Unpublished Master Thesis (in Japanese)]
• Sato, Y. (2019). The relationship between perception of inconsiderate behavior and emotion. [Unpublished Graduation Thesis (in Japanese)]

Presentations

• Sato, Y. & Karasawa, M. (2023). It is just your mindlessness that makes you blameworthy: Negative evaluation of an individual who does not realize their own harm to others. The 64th Conference of The Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Sophia University，September 7, 2023 (Poster session).
• Sato, Y., Goto, H., & Karasawa, M. (2023). Explanations for why a transgression is immoral may vary depending on the violated moral foundation. The 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology, Hong Kong, China, 7/14 (Oral presentation)
• Sato, Y. & Karasawa, M. (2023). Being unaware of potential harm invites blame, even in the absence of the act: The role of predictive inference for future behavior. Research Spotlight at the 24th Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, USA (Virtual, 2/10-25)
• Sato, Y., & Karasawa, M. (2022). Being unaware of potential harm is blamed, even in the absence of the act: Inference of the (in-)actor’s mental state as a basis of moral judgments. A poster presented at the 23rd Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Francisco (CA), USA (Virtual, 2/18).
• Sato, Y., Arai, T., & Abe, T. (2019). Emotional response to inconsiderate behavior. The 60th Conference of The Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Rissyo University，November 10, 2019 (Poster session).
• Ohnuma, T., Sato, Y., & Sakai, N. (2018). Effect of stimulus position on eye movement and choice. The 82nd Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, Sendai International Center, September 26, 2018 (Poster session).

Poseter Presentation Award in The Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association (2018)

Affiliated academic societies

The Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Japanese Cognitive Science Society, The Japanese Group Dynamics Association