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November 24, 2021: "The Contributions of Explanation and Exploration ..."
In this week's lab meeting, we discussed Legare's (2014) paper, "The Contributions of Explanation and Exploration to Children’s...


November 23, 2021: Testing Complete for "Possible and Impossible Events" Study
We are thrilled to share that after several months of hard work, we have officially completed the testing phase of our study, "Possible...


November 5, 2021: Fall Celebration
Today we celebrated all of the hard work the team has put in this semester! We spent the afternoon playing lazer tag. A well deserved...

October 27, 2021: Discussion About Grad School #2
Today's lab meeting was a follow-up to our last meeting about attending grad school. During the meeting, we discussed how to choose a...

October 20, 2021: Discussion About Grad School #1
Over the next few months, individuals across all over the country will be submitting applications to graduate schools. So, in today's lab...

September 29, 2021: First Meeting of the New School Year!
Today was our first meeting of the Fall/Winter 2021 school year! We gave introductions, met some new faces in the lab, and discussed...


September 7, 2021: Welcoming the Lab's First Doctoral Fellow!
We're very excited to announce that we are being joined by our first doctoral fellow, Luis de la Viña. Luis is joining us as the lab’s...


September 7, 2021: Welcoming the Lab's First Post-Doctoral Fellow
We're very excited to announce that we are being joined by our first post-doctoral fellow, Brandon Goulding. As a recent graduate from...

September 7, 2021: Welcoming FOUR New Lab Members!
We're very excited to announce that four new amazing U of T undergraduate students including Julia Hu, Ayesha Dayala, Taha Bosch, and...

August 22, 2021: End of the Summer Celebration
Today we celebrated our team members and all of their hard work. We spent the afternoon eating food and playing games at Erindale Park. A...

July 19, 2021: Started Piloting for a New Study!
Today we began piloting for our new study! This study is conducted over zoom. With the ongoing pandemic as well as all the talk about...


July 16, 2021: "Children With More Uncertainty...Seek Domain-Relevant Information"
In this week's lab meeting we discussed Wang, Yang, Macias and Bonawitz's (2021) paper, "Children With More Uncertainty in Their...

July 9, 2021: UTM Course Selection Workshop
As Fall approaches, UTM course selection has begun! In today's meeting, we had an interactive discussion about the various courses...


June 18, 2021: "The Double-Edged Sword of Pedagogy: Instruction Limits Spontaneous Exploration..."
In this week's lab meeting, we discussed Bonawitz, Shafto, Gweon, Goodman, Spelke and Schulz's (2011) paper, "The Double-Edged Sword of...


May 31, 2021: Welcoming Two New Lab Members!
We're very excited to announce we have two amazing new UTM undergraduate students joining our lab! A very warm welcome to Rachel Lipson...


May 21, 2021: New Lab Member Alert: Sarah Todd!
Sarah Todd will be joining our lab as a research assistant as of this semester! She will be working on an independent research project...


May 3, 2021: Our Newest Recruitment Coordinator!
We have exciting news! This semester Esther Portillo-Cisneros has been hired as our new recruitment coordinator! She will be taking over...
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