Basic Information

Academic Degree

• 23 Mar. 2021

  京都大学修士（教育学）
• 23 Mar. 2026

  京都大学博士（教育学）

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

• 京都大学, 大学院教育学研究科博士後期課程教育学環専攻, 修了
• 京都大学, 大学院教育学研究科修士課程教育学環専攻, 修了

Research History

• From Apr. 2026, To Present

  Program-Specific Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University
• From Apr. 2023, To Mar. 2025

  JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists DC2
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2023

  Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship (Top Global University Project (Research Students/Undergraduate Students))

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0003-1141-7066

• J-Global ID

  202401003726738984

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/nn_kyt

Research

Research Interests

• Memory
• Working memory
• Learning

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences, Experimental psychology
• Humanities & social sciences, Cognitive sciences

Papers

• Minimal training duration inducing near transfer in two-phase working memory training paradigm

  Nan Ni; Hiroyuki Tsubomi; Satoru Saito

  Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 09 Sep. 2025, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• The influence of self-discontinuity on nostalgia: A conceptual replication of Sedikides, Wildschut, Routledge, & Arndt (2015)

  Hiroka Ikeda; Nan Ni; Nozomi Yamamoto; Takashi Kusumi

  The Japanese Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 28 Feb. 2025, Peer-reviewed

  
• Asymmetric negative transfer effects of working memory training

  Nan Ni; Susan E. Gathercole; Dennis Norris; Satoru Saito

  Memory & Cognition, 21 Apr. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

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Misc.

• Positive relationship in task performance does not predict positive transfer in working memory training

  Ni, N.; Tsubomi, H.; Saito, S.

  Proceedings of the Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology, Jun. 2025, Lead author

  

Presentations

• Individual differences in working memory training: strategy use combinations and baseline performance

  Ni, N.(Invited speaker in symposium: “Individual Differences in Working Memory: Implications for Attention, Strategy, and Learning”); Tsubomi, H.; Saito, S.

  The Joint ESCoP-CoPM Meeting 2026, 2026, Invited

  
• Cognitive strategy use in backward serial recall

  Ni, N.; Tsubomi, H.; Saito, S.

  24th meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, 05 Sep. 2025

  
• Positive relationship in task performance does not predict positive transfer in working memory training

  Ni, N.; Tsubomi, H.; Saito, S.

  The 23rd Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology, 01 Jun. 2025

  
• Individual differences of cognitive strategy use and performance in working memory training

  Ni, N; Tsubomi, H; Saito, S

  Experimental Psychology Society Meeting January 2025, 10 Jan. 2025

  
• Transfer of cognitive skills in a two-phase working memory training study

  Ni, N.; Tsubomi, H.; Saito, S.

  The 21st meeting of Japan Society for Working Memory, 14 Dec. 2024

  
• Limited near transfer: Evidence from the short-term training of serial backward recall tasks

  Ni, N; Tsubomi, H; Saito, S

  The 4th International Conference on Working Memory, 27 Jun. 2024

  
• Negative transfer effects in working memory training

  Ni, N. (Speaker in Regular Symposium "Negative transfer effects of cognitive training")

  The 87th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 16 Sep. 2023, Invited

  
• The use of cognitive strategies in two-phase working memory training

  Ni, N; Saito, S

  23rd meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, 09 Sep. 2023

  
• Domain differences in the performance of serial recall tasks

  Ni, N; Saito, S

  Psychonomic Society’s 63rd Annual Meeting, 19 Nov. 2022

  
• The Asymmetry of Negative Transfer Effect in Working Memory Training

  Ni, N; Gathercole, S. E; Norris, D; Saito, S

  Association for Psychological Science Virtual Convention, May 2021

  
• Potential Negative Effects of Working Memory Training: A Replication

  Ni, N; Gathercole, S. E; Norris, D; Saito, S

  Experimental Psychology Society Online Meeting, Jan. 2021

  
• The Effects of Word Form Compatibility in Chinese and Japanese Lexical Decision Tasks

  Ni, N

  Association for Psychological Science Poster Showcase, 2020

  
• The Masked Translation Priming Effect with Isomorphic Kango in Non-proficient Chinese-Japanese Bilinguals

  Ni, N

  10th Society for Tokyo Young Psychologists E-Presentation, 15 Mar. 2020

  

Awards

• 04 Jun. 2021

  京友会国際賞

External funds: Kakenhi

• 認知トレーニングにおける正と負の効果：認知方略の観点からの検討

  Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

  0110:Psychology and related fields

  Kyoto University

  NI NAN

  From 31 Jul. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2028, Adopted

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-26K24460/

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Seminar on Cognitive Psychology in Education B

  7434, Fall, Faculty of Education, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Seminar on Cognitive Psychology in Education A

  7433, Spring, Faculty of Education, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Colloquium on Educational Psychology II

  2405, Spring, Faculty of Education, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Practice in Educational Psychology B (Psychological Experiments)

  2708, Fall, Faculty of Education, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Practice in Educational Psychology A (Psychological Experiments)

  2707, Spring, Faculty of Education, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Seminar on Cognitive Psychology in Education B

  7434, Fall, Graduate School of Education, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Seminar on Cognitive Psychology in Education A

  7433, Spring, Graduate School of Education, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Colloquium on Cognitive Psychology in Education B

  7426, Fall, Graduate School of Education, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Colloquium on Cognitive Psychology in Education A

  7425, Spring, Graduate School of Education, 2

Academic, Social Contribution

Academic Contribution

• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

  Peer review

  
• Memory & Cognition

  Peer review