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October 27, 2023: ““Shape bias” goes social: Children categorize people by weight rather than race”
In this week's lab meeting we discussed Peretz-Lange and Kibbe’s (2023) article, ““Shape bias” goes social: Children categorize people by...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


February 11, 2021: "Development of Analogical Reasoning: A Novel Perspective From Cross-Cultural..."
In this week's lab meeting we discussed Christie, Gao & Ma's (2020) paper, " Development of Analogical Reasoning: A Novel Perspective...


November 4, 2020: "Morality Constrains the Default Representation of What is Possible"
In our lab meeting this week, we discussed "Morality Constrains the Default Representation of What is Possible". The authors investigated...


October 28, 2020: "The Plausible Impossible: Graded Notions of Impossibility Across Cultures."
In our lab meeting this week, we discussed Gong & Shtulman's (2020) paper, "The Plausible Impossible: Graded Notions of Impossibility...


September 23, 2020: "The Explanatory Structure of Unexplainable Events: Causal Constraints on..."
In our lab meeting this week, we discussed Shtulman and Morgan's (2017) paper, "The Explanatory Structure of Unexplainable Events: Causal...


September 16, 2020: "Children's Beliefs about Possibility Differ Across Dreams, Stories, and..."
In our lab meeting this week, we discussed Goulding and Friedman's (2020) paper, "Children's Beliefs about Possibility Differ Across...


August 26, 2020: "Improbable or Impossible? How Children Reason..."
In our lab meeting this week, we discussed Shtulman and Carey's (2007) paper, "Improbable or Impossible? How Children Reason About the...


February 12, 2020: "Epistemic Similarities Between Students' Scientific and Supernatural Beliefs."
In our lab meeting this week we discussed Shtulman's (2013) paper, which compared undergraduate students' scientific and supernatural...


January 23, 2020: "Preschoolers' Difficult Questions and Their Teachers' Responses."
In our lab meeting this week we read about Sak's (2020) study, which looked at the themes underlying students' most difficult questions...


January 15, 2020: "I Want to Know More!": Children Are Sensitive to Explanation Quality...
In our lab meeting this week we read Mills, Sands, Rowles and Campbell's (2019) paper, which examined the extent to which children...


November 22, 2019: "Children choose to reason with partners who submit to reason."
In our lab meeting this week we read Domberg, Koymen and Tomasello's (2019) study, which looked at whether 5- and 7-year-olds prefer to...
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