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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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

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....
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