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March 20, 2021: Escape Room
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!
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March 4, 2021: Interview Workshop #2
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...
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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...
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February 4, 2021: Interview Workshop #1
Today during our lab meeting, we discussed how to conduct and prep for interviews.
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November 25, 2020: Grant Proposal Workshop
Today during our lab meeting we talked about grant proposals. We discussed the process of writing a grant proposal and learned how...
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November 18, 2020: CV Workshop
Today's lab meeting was a workshop on writing a CV.
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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...
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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...
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September 30, 2020: Graduate School
Today we talked about graduate schools. We discussed topics like "How do I know if graduate school is right for me?" and "What questions...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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August 12, 2020: COVID Update
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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December 7, 2019: End of Semester Celebration!
Today we celebrated the team's hard work by having a potluck and board games party.
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