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.
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...
October 27, 2021: Discussion About Grad School #2Today'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 #1Over 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...
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 WorkshopAs 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...
March 20, 2021: Escape RoomToday we went to a virtual escape room to celebrate our team and their hard work. Both teams escaped with 1-2 minutes to spare!
March 4, 2021: Interview Workshop #2Today during our lab meeting we discussed interview tips, questions to ask at an interview, and what to do in a virtual interview vs an...
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...
February 4, 2021: Interview Workshop #1Today during our lab meeting, we discussed how to conduct and prep for interviews.
November 25, 2020: Grant Proposal WorkshopToday during our lab meeting we talked about grant proposals. We discussed the process of writing a grant proposal and learned how...
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 30, 2020: Graduate SchoolToday we talked about graduate schools. We discussed topics like "How do I know if graduate school is right for me?" and "What questions...