Today, the ChiLD Lab welcomed new members to the team with a Pizza party! So excited to have them this year!

Studies Show Children Don’t Believe Everything They Are Told. Click here to read the press release

Today we celebrated everyone's hard work this summer by having a pizza and paint party! It was a great way to end the summer and look...

In this week's lab meeting, we discussed Thomas et al.'s (2022) article, "Intuitive sociology: Children recognize decision-making...

Today, we began testing for a new study led by Ece Özkan. We are curious about how children examine the reliability of the information...

Today, we began testing for a new study in collaboration with Daniil Serko, a researcher from Berlin, Germany. This study investigates...

Older children verify adult claims because they are skeptical of those claims. Child Development. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13847 Click here to...

Today, Dr. Ronfard presented in Development 2022 at Pickering Centre for Human Development. He gave a talk on how "Explanations shape...

We finished data collection for our study led by Dr. Brandon Goulding, a post-doctoral fellow in our lab. In this study, we are looking...

In this week's lab meeting, we discussed Chernyak & Kushnir's (2018) paper, "The influence of understanding and having choice on...

During this week's lab meeting, we discussed Asaba & Gweon's (2020) book chapter, "Learning about others to learn about the self: Early...

Every year, the Infant and Child Studies Centre gets a booth at The Baby Show to recruit participants for our studies. This year we had...

Today we celebrated everyone's hard work by meeting up in the park for a potluck and games! We had a great time catching up and hanging out.

Testing what you’re told: Young children’s empirical investigation of a surprising claim. Journal of Cognition and Development. doi:...

We're very excited to announce that two new amazing U of T undergraduate students including Kyli Kindree and May Khaled have joined our...