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Yang, Q. T., Sleight, S., Ronfard, S., & Harris, P. L. (2023).
Young children's conceptualization of empirical disagreements. Cognition, 241. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105627. Click here to read...


Goulding, B. W, Khan, F., Fukuda, K., Lane J. D. & Ronfard, S. (2023).
The Development of Modal Intuitions: A Test of Two Accounts. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(1), 184–199. doi:...


September 18, 2023: Welcoming the new Research Assistants!
We're very excited to announce that four new amazing U of T undergraduate students, Marta Mhanna, Gabriella Di Maio, Rebeca Reyes and...


July 19, 2023: My Research Journey Part 2 - Dr. Samuel Ronfard
We interviewed Dr. Samuel Ronfard, the director of the ChiLD Lab, about his academic and research journey! Click below to watch part 2:


July 13, 2023: Resuming In-Person Studies!
We're excited to announce that we've finally reopened our lab to families!


July 6, 2023: My Research Journey - Dr. Samuel Ronfard
We interviewed Dr. Samuel Ronfard, the director of the ChiLD Lab, about his academic and research journey! Click below to watch part 1:


Lane, J.D. & Ronfard, S. (2023).
Children’s Pursuit of Counterintuitive Information in Books. Journal of Cognition and Development, 24(5), 720–734. doi:...


June 10, 2023: Polish Festival!
The Polish Festival was held at Celebration Square last weekend, and our research assistants recruited 54 children! Children won prizes...


Ronfard, S., Brown, S. A., Pitt, E. & Kelemen, D. (2023).
Is book reading always best? Children learn and transfer complex scientific explanations from books or animations. Evolution: Education...


June 3-4, 2023: Bread and Honey Festival!
Our research assistants ran a booth at the Bread and Honey Festival in Mississauga over the weekend and recruited 125 children! They...


May 15, 2023: Welcoming the new Research Assistants!
We're very excited to announce that three new amazing U of T undergraduate students, Hannah Ang, Maira Salman, and Zoha Yousuf, have...


Pizza, L., Ronfard, S., Coley, J. D. & Kelemen, D. (2023).
Why we should care about moral foundations when preparing for the next pandemic: Insights from Canada, the UK, and the US. PLoS ONE,...


Schubert, T. (2023).
Tinkering with tools leads to more success. Nature Reviews Psychology. doi: 10.1038/s44159-023-00195-8 Click here to read the article


April 27, 2023: ChiLD Lab at the Undergraduate Research Poster Day 2023!
Congratulations to all our lab members who presented their research today at the 2023 UTM Undergraduate Research Poster Day. Our...


April 15-16, 2023: The Baby Show!
It has become a tradition for the UTM Infant and Child Studies Center to have a booth at the Baby Show each spring and fall. The event...
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