PUBLICATIONS
Yampolsky, M., West, A. L., Zhou, B., Muise, A., & Lalonde, R. (2020). Divided together: How marginalization of intercultural relationships is associated with identity integration and relationship quality. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
West, A. L., Muise, A., & Sasaki, J. (2020). The cost of being “true to yourself” for mixed selves: Frame switching leads to perceived inauthenticity and downstream social consequences for biculturals. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
West, A. L., Zhang, R., Yampolsky, M., & Sasaki, J. (2018). The potential cost of cultural fit: Frame switching undermines perceptions of authenticity in Western contexts. Frontiers in Psychology, 9:2622.
West, A. L., Zhang, R., Yampolsky, M., & Sasaki, J. (2017). More than the sum of its parts: A transformative theory of biculturalism. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48 (7), 963 – 990.
Sasaki, J., LeClair, J., West, A. L., & Kim, H. S. (2016). The gene–culture interaction framework and implications for health. In J. Chiao (Ed.), Oxford University Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience.
CHAIRED CONFERENCE SYMPOSIA
West, A., & Sasaki, J. Biculturals' frame switching has consequences in North American contexts. Research to be presented at the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Congress in a co-chaired symposium with Dr. Maya Yampolsky on "The Interplay Between Biculturals' Identity Negotiation Processes and the Social Contexts in Which They Occur". July 2018. Guelph, Ontario.
West, A., & Sasaki, J. The social consequences of switching between cultures. Research presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in a co-chaired symposium with Dr. Frank Kachankoff on "Brain, Brawn, Burden: Disentangling the Complexities of a Multicultural World". March 2018. Atlanta, Georgia. osf.io/yah7q
CONFERENCE SYMPOSIA
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. An obstacle to intercultural understanding: North American majority members react negatively to biculturals’ frame switching. Research to be presented at the 11th International Academy for Intercultural Research Biennial Conference. July 2019. Shanghai, P. R. China.
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Bicultural experiences and causal reasoning: Frame switching increases situational attributions. Research presented at the 78th Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention. June 2017. Toronto, Ontario.
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Don't pull the old switcheroo: North Americans react negatively to biculturals’ frame switching. Research presented at the 12th Annual York University of Toronto Social Personality Area Conference. May 2017. Toronto, Ontario.
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Context sensitivity in biculturals: Consequences for cultural identities and well-being. Research presented at the 76th Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention. June 2015. Ottawa, Ontario.
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Context sensitivity in East Asian Canadian biculturals: Implications for cultural identification and well-being. Research presented at the York Center for Asian Research Third International Graduate Student Conference. May 2015. Toronto, Ontario.
West, A. L., & McCann, D. Who am I, what do I speak, and how do I think? Relationships between bicultural identity, bilingualism, and cognition. Research presented at the 43rd Annual Ontario Undergraduate Psychology Thesis Conference. May 2013. Toronto, Ontario.
CONFERENCE POSTER PRESENTATIONS
West, A. L., Yampolsky, M., & Muise, A. Growing through our cultural differences: The role of self-expansion in intercultural couples’ relationships. Poster presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. February 2019. Portland, Oregon.
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Biculturals’ experiences shape causal reasoning. Poster presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. January 2017. San Antonio, Texas. osf.io/4ht44
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Biculturals’ context sensitivity relates to identity and psychosocial well-being. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention. August 2015. Toronto, Ontario.
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Biculturals’ context sensitivity predicts identification and well-being. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. February 2015. Long Beach, California.
West, A. L., McCann, D., & Sasaki, J. Does biculturalism foster greater sensitivity to context? Poster presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. February 2014. Austin, Texas.
West, A. L., Tran, J., & McCann, D. Investigating the interaction between bicultural identity, bilingualism, and cognition. Poster presented at the 74th Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention. June 2013. Quebec City, Quebec.
West, A. L., & McCann, D. Biculturalism and context sensitivity: Higher bicultural identification relates to poorer performance on a flanker task. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association’s Social Personality Section Preconference. June 2013. Quebec City, Quebec.
West, A. L., & McCann, D. Biculturalism and context sensitivity: Higher bicultural identification relates to poorer performance on a flanker task. Poster presented at the 2013 International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium. May 2013. Evanston, Illinois.
West, A. L., & McCann, D. Who am I, what do I speak, and how do I think? Relationships between bicultural identity, bilingualism, and cognition. Poster presented at the York University Psychology Honours Thesis Conference. April 2013. Toronto, Ontario.
Galfi-Pechenkov, I., Young, R., Zhao, W., Relkov, T., West, A. L., Rodrigues, M., & McCann, D. Cultural orientation: How it shapes identity and affect. Poster presented at the 73rd Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention. June 2012. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
West, A. L., & McCann, D. Investigating the interaction between bicultural identity, bilingualism, and cognition: Preliminary results. Poster presented at the Psychology Graduate Student Association Conference. May 2012. Toronto, Ontario.
West, A. L., Di Noto, P. M., & DeSouza, J. F. X. The “daredevil effect”: Will prolonged visual deprivation improve auditory localization?. Poster presented at the Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association Annual Meeting. April 2012. Toronto, Ontario.
Di Noto, P. M., West, A. L., & DeSouza, J. F. X. Investigating the influence of visuotactile illusory parathesias on performance of an alternating winking task. Poster presented at the Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association Annual Meeting. April 2012. Toronto, Ontario.
Di Noto, P. M., West, A. L., & DeSouza, J. F. X. Investigating the influence of visuotactile illusory parathesias on tactile acuity (two-point discrimination) and psychomotor performance (alternating winking task). Poster presented at Neuroscience 2011 by Society for Neuroscience. November 2011. Washington, D.C.
DeSouza, J. F.X., Bar, R., Di Noto, P., Jobst, C., Kucyi, A., Pynn, L.K., Mirzoev, A., West, A. L., & Wolfe, U. Brain regions involved in a multisensory illusion of the face that was induced by occlusion of the dominant eye: Evidence from fMRI. Poster presented at the Centre for Vision Research Conference. June 2011. Toronto, Ontario.
Yampolsky, M., West, A. L., Zhou, B., Muise, A., & Lalonde, R. (2020). Divided together: How marginalization of intercultural relationships is associated with identity integration and relationship quality. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
West, A. L., Muise, A., & Sasaki, J. (2020). The cost of being “true to yourself” for mixed selves: Frame switching leads to perceived inauthenticity and downstream social consequences for biculturals. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
West, A. L., Zhang, R., Yampolsky, M., & Sasaki, J. (2018). The potential cost of cultural fit: Frame switching undermines perceptions of authenticity in Western contexts. Frontiers in Psychology, 9:2622.
West, A. L., Zhang, R., Yampolsky, M., & Sasaki, J. (2017). More than the sum of its parts: A transformative theory of biculturalism. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48 (7), 963 – 990.
Sasaki, J., LeClair, J., West, A. L., & Kim, H. S. (2016). The gene–culture interaction framework and implications for health. In J. Chiao (Ed.), Oxford University Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience.
CHAIRED CONFERENCE SYMPOSIA
West, A., & Sasaki, J. Biculturals' frame switching has consequences in North American contexts. Research to be presented at the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Congress in a co-chaired symposium with Dr. Maya Yampolsky on "The Interplay Between Biculturals' Identity Negotiation Processes and the Social Contexts in Which They Occur". July 2018. Guelph, Ontario.
West, A., & Sasaki, J. The social consequences of switching between cultures. Research presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in a co-chaired symposium with Dr. Frank Kachankoff on "Brain, Brawn, Burden: Disentangling the Complexities of a Multicultural World". March 2018. Atlanta, Georgia. osf.io/yah7q
CONFERENCE SYMPOSIA
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. An obstacle to intercultural understanding: North American majority members react negatively to biculturals’ frame switching. Research to be presented at the 11th International Academy for Intercultural Research Biennial Conference. July 2019. Shanghai, P. R. China.
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Bicultural experiences and causal reasoning: Frame switching increases situational attributions. Research presented at the 78th Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention. June 2017. Toronto, Ontario.
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Don't pull the old switcheroo: North Americans react negatively to biculturals’ frame switching. Research presented at the 12th Annual York University of Toronto Social Personality Area Conference. May 2017. Toronto, Ontario.
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Context sensitivity in biculturals: Consequences for cultural identities and well-being. Research presented at the 76th Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention. June 2015. Ottawa, Ontario.
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Context sensitivity in East Asian Canadian biculturals: Implications for cultural identification and well-being. Research presented at the York Center for Asian Research Third International Graduate Student Conference. May 2015. Toronto, Ontario.
West, A. L., & McCann, D. Who am I, what do I speak, and how do I think? Relationships between bicultural identity, bilingualism, and cognition. Research presented at the 43rd Annual Ontario Undergraduate Psychology Thesis Conference. May 2013. Toronto, Ontario.
CONFERENCE POSTER PRESENTATIONS
West, A. L., Yampolsky, M., & Muise, A. Growing through our cultural differences: The role of self-expansion in intercultural couples’ relationships. Poster presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. February 2019. Portland, Oregon.
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Biculturals’ experiences shape causal reasoning. Poster presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. January 2017. San Antonio, Texas. osf.io/4ht44
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Biculturals’ context sensitivity relates to identity and psychosocial well-being. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention. August 2015. Toronto, Ontario.
West, A. L., & Sasaki, J. Biculturals’ context sensitivity predicts identification and well-being. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. February 2015. Long Beach, California.
West, A. L., McCann, D., & Sasaki, J. Does biculturalism foster greater sensitivity to context? Poster presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. February 2014. Austin, Texas.
West, A. L., Tran, J., & McCann, D. Investigating the interaction between bicultural identity, bilingualism, and cognition. Poster presented at the 74th Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention. June 2013. Quebec City, Quebec.
West, A. L., & McCann, D. Biculturalism and context sensitivity: Higher bicultural identification relates to poorer performance on a flanker task. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association’s Social Personality Section Preconference. June 2013. Quebec City, Quebec.
West, A. L., & McCann, D. Biculturalism and context sensitivity: Higher bicultural identification relates to poorer performance on a flanker task. Poster presented at the 2013 International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium. May 2013. Evanston, Illinois.
West, A. L., & McCann, D. Who am I, what do I speak, and how do I think? Relationships between bicultural identity, bilingualism, and cognition. Poster presented at the York University Psychology Honours Thesis Conference. April 2013. Toronto, Ontario.
Galfi-Pechenkov, I., Young, R., Zhao, W., Relkov, T., West, A. L., Rodrigues, M., & McCann, D. Cultural orientation: How it shapes identity and affect. Poster presented at the 73rd Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention. June 2012. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
West, A. L., & McCann, D. Investigating the interaction between bicultural identity, bilingualism, and cognition: Preliminary results. Poster presented at the Psychology Graduate Student Association Conference. May 2012. Toronto, Ontario.
West, A. L., Di Noto, P. M., & DeSouza, J. F. X. The “daredevil effect”: Will prolonged visual deprivation improve auditory localization?. Poster presented at the Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association Annual Meeting. April 2012. Toronto, Ontario.
Di Noto, P. M., West, A. L., & DeSouza, J. F. X. Investigating the influence of visuotactile illusory parathesias on performance of an alternating winking task. Poster presented at the Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association Annual Meeting. April 2012. Toronto, Ontario.
Di Noto, P. M., West, A. L., & DeSouza, J. F. X. Investigating the influence of visuotactile illusory parathesias on tactile acuity (two-point discrimination) and psychomotor performance (alternating winking task). Poster presented at Neuroscience 2011 by Society for Neuroscience. November 2011. Washington, D.C.
DeSouza, J. F.X., Bar, R., Di Noto, P., Jobst, C., Kucyi, A., Pynn, L.K., Mirzoev, A., West, A. L., & Wolfe, U. Brain regions involved in a multisensory illusion of the face that was induced by occlusion of the dominant eye: Evidence from fMRI. Poster presented at the Centre for Vision Research Conference. June 2011. Toronto, Ontario.