Last Saturday, the ChiLD Lab had the pleasure of participating in the Kids Passport event, where we welcomed children and families to...

We're very excited to announce that an new amazing U of T undergraduate students, Aleena Mahveesh, have joined our lab as a Research...

This past weekend, our amazing research assistants represented the lab at Science Rendezvous 2025! 🧠🔬 They hosted a fun, interactive...

Congratulations to our wonderful lab members, Afeefa Muskan and Zoha Yousuf for their amazing presentations at Undergraduate Research Day...

The ChiLD Lab is excited to be at SRCD 2025! Dr. Kirsten Blakey and F. Ece Özkan are presenting their latest findings on how children and...

We're very excited to announce that Taziya Lalani, an undergraduate U of T student  has joined our lab as Research Assistant! We are very...

Ransom, A., Blakey, K.H. and Ronfard, S. (2025), Children's Developing Understanding of the Value of Disagreement for Learning. Child...

Ronfard, S., Goulding, B.W. and Lane, J.D. (2025), Possibility Judgments in Childhood: Is Uncertainty Monitoring the Missing Link?. Child...

A huge thank you to all the curious minds who joined us at Mind Explorers! From fun brain games to hands-on activities, it was amazing...

The ChiLD Lab is excited to share that our Outreach team is growing, with the addition of two new outreach assistants, Lama Ammane and...

Ye, N.N., Cui, Y.K., Ronfard, S., & Corriveau, K.H. (2025). The development of children’s teaching varies by cultural input: evidence...

When children can explain why they believe a claim, they suggest a better empirical test for that claim. R. Soc. Open Sci. 11: 241875....

Children’s and adults’ beliefs about the impact of emotional intensity on cognitive performance. Developmental Psychology. Advance online...

Checking out the unexplained: With age, children become increasingly skeptical of surprising claims. Developmental Psychology . Advance...

Turkish- and English-speaking 3-year-old children are sensitive to the evidential strength of claims when revising their beliefs. ...