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Hermansen, T. K., Mathisen, K. F., & Ronfard, S. (2024)
When children can explain why they believe a claim, they suggest a better empirical test for that claim. R. Soc. Open Sci. 11: 241875....


De la Viña, L., Goulding, B. W., & Ronfard, S. (2024)
Children’s and adults’ beliefs about the impact of emotional intensity on cognitive performance. Developmental Psychology. Advance online...


Hermansen, T. K., Viana, K. M. P., Harris, P. L., Engel, S., Zambrana, I. M., & Ronfard, S. (2024)
Checking out the unexplained: With age, children become increasingly skeptical of surprising claims. Developmental Psychology . Advance...


Özkan, F. E., Ronfard, S., Aydın, Ç., & Köymen, B. (2024)
Turkish- and English-speaking 3-year-old children are sensitive to the evidential strength of claims when revising their beliefs. ...


September 10, 2024: Welcoming new Research Assistant!
We're very excited to announce that Giulia Nuvoloni, an undergraduate U of T student has joined our lab as Research Assistant! We are very excited to have you in the lab!


September 4, 2024: Welcoming the Lab's New Postdoctoral fellow!
We're very excited to announce that we are being joined by our new postdoctoral fellow, Kirsten Blakey. As a graduate from the University of Sterling, Dr. Blakey's research explores development of social information seeking, specifically when and how children develop an understanding of what information they need and who can provide it . Welcome to the team, Dr. Blakey!


August 18, 2024: Welcoming new Research Assistant!
We're very excited to announce that Karl Aquino, an undergraduate U of T student has joined our lab as Research Assistant! We are very excited to have you in the lab!


July 30, 2024: Welcoming new Research Assistant!
We're very excited to announce that Fernanda Valdivia, an undergraduate U of T student has joined our lab as Research Assistant! We are very excited to have you in the lab!


Sacchi A., Sah J., Finlay M., & Starmans C. (2024)
Forever young: The end of history illusion in children. Cognition . doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105867 Exciting news: Alexa Sacchi,...


June 27, 2024: Bread and Honey Festival
Our research assistants ran a booth at the Bread and Honey Festival in Mississauga last month seeking new junior scientists for our...


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...
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