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Rebecca Zhu

Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
Verified email at stanford.edu
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[HTML][HTML] Preschoolers' acquisition of producer-product metonymy

R Zhu - Cognitive Development, 2021 - Elsevier
Many words carry multiple distinct but related senses. For example, a producer’s name (eg,
Picasso) can be metonymically extended to label products (eg, Picasso’s paintings) but …

[HTML][HTML] An implementation evaluation of a group-based parenting intervention to promote early childhood development in rural Kenya

…, I Lopez Garcia, FE Aboud, DR Singla, R Zhu… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Early childhood development (ECD) parenting interventions can improve child developmental
outcomes in low-resource settings, but information about their implementation lags far …

Charisma in everyday life: Conceptualization and validation of the General Charisma Inventory.

KO Tskhay, R Zhu, C Zou, NO Rule - Journal of personality and …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Although both scholars and lay people are fascinated with charismatic individuals, relatively
few theorists have attempted to define charisma. Much of the empirical research examining …

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have similar excellent outcomes after total knee replacement compared with patients with osteoarthritis

…, B Johnson, M Zhang, WT Huang, R Zhu… - The Journal of …, 2016 - jrheum.org
Objective. Although new treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are extremely effective in
preventing disease progression, rates of total knee replacement (TKR) continue to rise. The …

Perceptions of charisma from thin slices of behavior predict leadership prototypicality judgments

KO Tskhay, R Zhu, NO Rule - The Leadership Quarterly, 2017 - Elsevier
Signaling theory suggests that people use cues transmitted by leaders to form impressions
of charisma but the validity of these impressions remains unexplored. Here, we examined …

Periostin differentially induces proliferation, contraction and apoptosis of primary Dupuytren's disease and adjacent palmar fascia cells

L Vi, L Feng, RD Zhu, Y Wu, L Satish, BS Gan… - Experimental cell …, 2009 - Elsevier
Dupuytren's disease, (DD), is a fibroproliferative condition of the palmar fascia in the hand,
typically resulting in permanent contracture of one or more fingers. This fibromatosis is similar …

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to have pain and poor function after total hip replacements than patients with osteoarthritis

…, DN Ramsden-Stein, WT Huang, R Zhu… - The Journal of …, 2014 - jrheum.org
Objective. Total hip replacement (THR) outcomes have been worse for patients with rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) compared with those who have osteoarthritis (OA). Whether this remains …

Children's representation of abstract relations in relational/array match-to-sample tasks

JR Hochmann, AS Tuerk, S Sanborn, R Zhu, R Long… - Cognitive …, 2017 - Elsevier
Five experiments compared preschool children’s performance to that of adults and of non-human
animals on match to sample tasks involving 2-item or 16-item arrays that varied …

[HTML][HTML] Defining early-onset colon and rectal cancers

D Jacobs, R Zhu, J Luo, G Grisotti, DR Heller… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence is rising in the young, yet the age of those
affected is not clearly defined. In this study, we identify such cohorts and define …

Preschoolers and adults learn from novel metaphors

R Zhu, A Gopnik - Psychological Science, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Although adults use metaphors to guide their thinking and reasoning, less is known about
whether metaphors might facilitate cognition earlier in development. Previous research shows …