Igor de Almeida

Igor de Almeida

Lecturer

Specialty field：Cultural psychology

My research examines how culture influences people in various psychological aspects such as emotions, thought and behavior. I am interested in expanding the scope of psychology to various cultures and subcultures. For this I carry out research using diverse methods, varying from experiments in the lab, questionnaire surveys to analysis of cultural products (e.g., books, music, newspaper), as well as big data and computational methods (e.g., NLP, machine learning).

Biography

2010
B. A. in Psychology, University of Sao Paulo
2016
M.A. in Social/Cultural Psychology, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
2019
Ph.D. in Social/Cultural Psychology, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
2019
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Otemon Gakuin University
2022
Program-Specific Assistant Professor, Kyoto University Institute for the Future of Human Society
2023
Senior Lecturer, Kyoto University Institute for the Future of Human Society

Books/Papers

Publications
Krys, K., de Almeida, I., Arkadiusz, W., Vignoles, V. (2024). WEIRD-Confucian Comparisons: Ongoing Cultural Biases in Psychology’s Evidence Base and Some Recommendations for Improving Global Representation. American Psychologist. Advance online publication.

De Almeida, I., Harada, A., Tochi, S., Motoki, N. (2022) What can be learned from university students’ video watching behavior during the COVID-19 pandemics: a case study in a medium-sized Japanese university. EPiC Series in Computing, Proceedings of 11th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics, 81, pp. 211-220.

De Almeida, I., Uchida, Y., & Ellsworth, P.C. (2022) Sharing and Non-sharing Happiness: Evidence from Cross-cultural Studies in the United States and Japan. Japanese Psychological Research, 64(2), 170-180.

Krys, K., Vignoles, V. & de Almeida, I., Uchida, Y. (2022). Outside the ‘Cultural Binary’: Understanding Why Latin American Collectivist Societies Foster Independent Selves. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(4), 1166–1187.

De Almeida, I., Uchida, Y. (2021) Who Can Buffer Marginalization Risk? Affect Experience, Affect Valuation, and Social Marginalization in Japan and Brazil. Frontiers in Psychology. 12:501165.

Liew, K., Uchida, Y., de Almeida, I. (2021). Cultural differences in music features across Taiwanese, Japanese and American markets. PeerJ Computer Science, 7:e642.

De Almeida, I. (2020). Using co-occurence network to analyse students’ satisfaction with classes – a case study. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI),830-831.

Almeida, I., Nakao, G. (2020). Amae, Uma Emoção Para Compreender A Psique Japonesa [Amae: An Emotion to understand the Japanese psyche] (Original in Portuguese). Estudos Japoneses, 44, 39-50.

De Almeida, I., Uchida, Y. (2019). Examining affective valence in Japanese and Brazilian cultural products: An analysis on emotional words in song lyrics and newspapers. Psychologia, 61(3), 174-184.