| 2025 | CogSci | Understanding Visual Representation of Linear Models: A Comparison of Real Students and ChatGPT. | Alice (Zhongrui) Xu, Ji Y. Son, James W. Stigler |
| 2023 | CogSci | The power of Embodied Learning in an Online Course with Chinese High Schoolers. | Icy (Yunyi) Zhang, Alice (Zhongrui) Xu, Ji Y. Son, James W. Stigler |
| 2021 | CogSci | Utilizing Dynamic and Embodied Visualization to Facilitate Understanding of Normal Probability Distributions. | Icy (Yunyi) Zhang, Ji Y. Son, Idan A. Blank, James W. Stigler |
| 2015 | CogSci | Implicit Understanding of Arithmetic with Rational Numbers: The Impact of Expertise. | Melissa Dewolf, Ji Y. Son, Miriam Bassok, Keith J. Holyoak |
| 2013 | CogSci | The Simple Advantage in Categorical Generalization of Chinese Characters. | Khanh-Phuong Thai, Ji Y. Son |
| 2012 | CogSci | The role of comparison in structure learning: Developmental, learning science, and computational perspectives. | Stella Christie, Dedre Gentner, Mutsumi Imai, Etsuko Haryu, Hiroyuki Okada, Ji Y. Son, James W. Stigler, Leonidas A. A. Doumas, Robert G. Morrison, Lindsey E. Richland |