Dr. Lee has two major foci of research:

The first is the development of moral cognition and action with a specific focus on honesty and deception. For over two decades, Dr. Lee has studied how children learn to tell lie using behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging methodologies. His work has led to legal reforms in Canada. Since 2006, child witnesses under 14 years of age must follow a procedure based on the work from his lab before being admitted to testify in the criminal court in Canada. Currently, his lab is exploring the development of academic cheating and how to reduce it.

The second is the development of social perception with a specific focus on face processing. For over two decades, he has used behavioral and neuroscience methods (e.g., EEG, fMRI, fNIRS) to examine how infants, children, and adults process own- vs. other-race faces and the linkage between face perception and racial biases. Currently, his lab is exploring how to reduce racial biases in childhood.

His Research Interests:

Development of Honesty and Dishonesty (e.g., academic cheating, lying)

Development of Face Processing and Racial Bias

His Academic History:

Postdoctoral Fellowship (1995-1996) University College London

Postdoctoral Fellowship (1994-1995) OISE, University of Toronto

Ph.D. (Developmental Psychology) (1994) Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Canada

M.Ed. (School Psychology). (1986) Department of Psychology, Hangzhou University, China

B.Sc. (Psychology) (1983) Department of Psychology, Hangzhou University, China