Today was our first meeting of the Fall/Winter 2021 school year! We gave introductions, met some new faces in the lab, and discussed...

In this week's lab meeting we discussed Wang, Yang, Macias and Bonawitz's (2021) paper, "Children With More Uncertainty in Their...

As Fall approaches, UTM course selection has begun! In today's meeting, we had an interactive discussion about the various courses...

In this week's lab meeting, we discussed Bonawitz, Shafto, Gweon, Goodman, Spelke and Schulz's (2011) paper, "The Double-Edged Sword of...

Today we went to a virtual escape room to celebrate our team and their hard work. Both teams escaped with 1-2 minutes to spare!

Today during our lab meeting we discussed interview tips, questions to ask at an interview, and what to do in a virtual interview vs an...

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

Today during our lab meeting, we discussed how to conduct and prep for interviews.

Today during our lab meeting we talked about grant proposals. We discussed the process of writing a grant proposal and learned how...

Today's lab meeting was a workshop on writing a CV.

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

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

Today we talked about graduate schools. We discussed topics like "How do I know if graduate school is right for me?" and "What questions...

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

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

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

Due to the pandemic and taking safety precautions, we have closed our lab. Although we are sad we cannot meet in person, we are adjusting...

In our lab meeting this week we discussed Shtulman's (2013) paper, which compared undergraduate students' scientific and supernatural...

In our lab meeting this week we read about Sak's (2020) study, which looked at the themes underlying students' most difficult questions...

In our lab meeting this week we read Mills, Sands, Rowles and Campbell's (2019) paper, which examined the extent to which children...