September 7, 2022: Summer Lab Party!
Today we celebrated everyone's hard work this summer by having a pizza and paint party! It was a great way to end the summer and look...
August 4, 2022: "Intuitive Sociology: Children Recognize Decision-Making Structures..."
In this week's lab meeting, we discussed Thomas et al.'s (2022) article, "Intuitive sociology: Children recognize decision-making...
Cottrell, S., Torres, E., Harris, P.L., & Ronfard, S. (2022).
Older children verify adult claims because they are skeptical of those claims. Child Development. Click here to read the article
June 16, 2022: Development 2022 - A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology
Today, Dr. Ronfard presented in Development 2022 at Pickering Centre for Human Development. He gave a talk on how "Explanations shape...
June 9, 2022: "The influence of understanding and having choice on children’s prosocial behavior"
In this week's lab meeting, we discussed Chernyak & Kushnir's (2018) paper, "The influence of understanding and having choice on...
May 26, 2022: "Learning about others to learn about the self..."
During this week's lab meeting, we discussed Asaba & Gweon's (2020) book chapter, "Learning about others to learn about the self: Early...
May 14-15, 2022: The Spring Baby Show!
Every year, the Infant and Child Studies Centre gets a booth at The Baby Show to recruit participants for our studies. This year we had...
May 9, 2022: Spring Lab Party!
Today we celebrated everyone's hard work by meeting up in the park for a potluck and games! We had a great time catching up and hanging out.
Ronfard, S., Chen, E. E., & Harris, P. L. (2021).
Testing what you’re told: Young children’s empirical investigation of a surprising claim. Journal of Cognition and Development. Click...
May 9, 2022: Welcoming TWO New Lab Members!
We're very excited to announce that two new amazing U of T undergraduate students including Kyli Kindree and May Khaled have joined our...
May 9, 2022: Welcoming our Summer SSHRC Student Researcher!
We're very excited to announce that Anood Ali, recipient of the SSHRC Undergraduate Student Research Award, has joined our team this...
May 4, 2022: My Research Journey - Dr. Brandon Goulding
Today, we interviewed Dr. Goulding about his academic and research journey!
May 4, 2022: Children's Thinking of Weird and Unlikely Things
Today, Dr. Brandon Goulding told us a little bit about the research he does in the lab!
April 28, 2022: Undergraduate Research Day
Today, two members of our lab, Faris Khan and Sarah Todd, presented their posters at UTM's Annual Undergraduate Research Day. Faris...
April 21, 2022: CDS 2022 Preconference Workshop
Today, Dr. Samuel Ronfard and Brandon Goulding spoke at the CDS Workshop, "Developing Judgments of Possibility: What have we learnt and...