top of page


June 27, 2024: Summer Lab Party!
In May, we organized a picnic lab party to celebrate everyone's hard work over the past semester! It was a fantastic way to conclude the term and look forward to the upcoming school year.


June 11, 2024: Welcoming the new Research Assistants!
We're very excited to announce that Deanna Huestis, an undergraduate U of T student has joined our lab as Research Assistant! We are very...


Ransom, A., Ruggeri, A., & Ronfard, S. (2024)
When is it appropriate to ask a question? The role of age, social context, and personality. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology,...


May 27, 2024: Welcoming the new Research Assistants!
We're very excited to announce that two new amazing U of T undergraduate students, Linh Pham and Afeefa Muskan, have joined our lab as...


April 25, 2024: ChiLD Lab at the Undergraduate Research Poster Day 2024!
Congratulations to Rami Younis and Allison Gutierrez who presented their research today at the 2024 UTM Undergraduate Research Poster...


March 7, 2024: Hosted our Second Open Meeting!
We hosted our second open meeting on March 7th, where undergraduate students had the opportunity to meet the team and ask questions about...


April 29, 2024: Beliefs About Emotions And Learning
In this YouTube video, we showcased how children develop beliefs about emotions and learning. Click below to watch: Adult Version: Child...


Bhatti, D., Lane, J. D., & Ronfard, S. (2024)
Updating Trust: How children combine trait information with prior accuracy as they interact with an informant. Developmental Psychology....


April 10, 2024: Welcoming New Lab Artists!
The ChiLD Lab is excited to share that our team is growing, with the addition of two new lab artists, Dhruti Bhatti and Farah Ismail!...


March 21-23, 2024: ChiLD Lab at CDS 2024!
The ChiLD Lab's graduate students are presenting some of their recent findings at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting this week. We...


November 11, 2023: My Research Journey: Dr. K. Fukuda
We interviewed Dr. Keisuke Fukuda, the director of the Fukuda Lab, about his academic and research journey! Click below to watch:


November 7, 2023: My Research Journey - Dr. Anna Kosovicheva
We interviewed Dr. Anna Kosovicheva, the co-director of the Applied Perception and Psychophysics Lab, about her academic and research...


November 6, 2023: My Research Journey - Dr. Ben Wolfe
We interviewed Dr. Ben Wolfe, the co-director of the Applied Perception and Psychophysics Lab, about his academic and research journey!...


October 30, 2023: Allison's presentation is accepted for the SPSP Annual Convention!
One of our amazing Research Assistants, Allison Gutierrez had her presentation on "Children's Understanding and Attitudes Towards...


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...
bottom of page