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2024

Journal Article

Dragging but not tapping promotes preschoolers’ numerical estimating with touchscreens

Wu, Yunyi, Cao, Xinyun, Nielsen, Mark, Mao, Yichen and Wang, Fuxing (2024). Dragging but not tapping promotes preschoolers’ numerical estimating with touchscreens. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 246 105989, 105989. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2024.105989

Dragging but not tapping promotes preschoolers’ numerical estimating with touchscreens

2024

Journal Article

The role of conventionality and design in children’s function judgments about malfunctioning artifacts

Fong, Frankie T.K., Puebla, Guillermo and Nielsen, Mark (2024). The role of conventionality and design in children’s function judgments about malfunctioning artifacts. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 240 105835, 105835. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105835

The role of conventionality and design in children’s function judgments about malfunctioning artifacts

2023

Journal Article

Children's distinct drive to reproduce costly rituals

Zhao, Mingxuan, Fong, Frankie T. K., Whiten, Andrew and Nielsen, Mark (2023). Children's distinct drive to reproduce costly rituals. Child development, 95 (4), 1-11. doi: 10.1111/cdev.14061

Children's distinct drive to reproduce costly rituals

2023

Journal Article

Do children imitate even when it is costly? New insights from a novel task

Zhao, Mingxuan, Fong, Frankie T. K., Whiten, Andrew and Nielsen, Mark (2023). Do children imitate even when it is costly? New insights from a novel task. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 42 (1), 1-18. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12463

Do children imitate even when it is costly? New insights from a novel task

2023

Journal Article

I copy you as I believe you know about our culture: combining imitation and selective trust literatures

Fong, Frankie T. K., Nielsen, Mark and Corriveau, Kathleen H. (2023). I copy you as I believe you know about our culture: combining imitation and selective trust literatures. Infant and Child Development, 32 (5) e2453. doi: 10.1002/icd.2453

I copy you as I believe you know about our culture: combining imitation and selective trust literatures

2023

Journal Article

The effect of intent and character information on children's evaluations of third-party transgressions

Cameron, Sophie, Wilks, Matti and Nielsen, Mark (2023). The effect of intent and character information on children's evaluations of third-party transgressions. Social Development, 32 (3), 976-989. doi: 10.1111/sode.12675

The effect of intent and character information on children's evaluations of third-party transgressions

2023

Journal Article

Revisiting the video deficit in technology-saturated environments: Successful imitation from people, screens, and social robots

Sommer, Kristyn, Slaughter, Virginia, Wiles, Janet and Nielsen, Mark (2023). Revisiting the video deficit in technology-saturated environments: Successful imitation from people, screens, and social robots. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 232 105673, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105673

Revisiting the video deficit in technology-saturated environments: Successful imitation from people, screens, and social robots

2023

Journal Article

Quantifying quality: The impact of measures of school quality on children's academic achievement across diverse societies

Rawlings, Bruce S, Davis, Helen Elizabeth, Anum, Adote, Burger, Oskar, Chen, Lydia, Morales, Juliet Carolina Castro, Dutra, Natalia, Dzabatou, Ardain, Dzokoto, Vivian, Erut, Alejandro, Fong, Frankie T K, Ghelardi, Sabrina, Goldwater, Micah, Ingram, Gordon, Messer, Emily, Kingsford, Jessica, Lew-Levy, Sheina, Mendez, Kimberley, Newhouse, Morgan, Nielsen, Mark, Pamei, Gairan, Pope-Caldwell, Sarah, Ramos, Karlos, Rojas, Luis Emilio Echeverria, Dos Santos, Renan A C, Silveira, Lara G S, Watzek, Julia, Wirth, Ciara and Legare, Cristine H (2023). Quantifying quality: The impact of measures of school quality on children's academic achievement across diverse societies. Developmental Science, 27 (5) e13434, 1-17. doi: 10.1111/desc.13434

Quantifying quality: The impact of measures of school quality on children's academic achievement across diverse societies

2023

Journal Article

The role of ritual in children’s acquisition of supernatural beliefs

Mathiassen, Anna and Nielsen, Mark (2023). The role of ritual in children’s acquisition of supernatural beliefs. Religions, 14 (6) 797, 1-21. doi: 10.3390/rel14060797

The role of ritual in children’s acquisition of supernatural beliefs

2023

Journal Article

The cost–benefit trade‐off in young children's overimitation behaviour

Nielsen, Mark, Grant, Julie and Tomaselli, Keyan (2023). The cost–benefit trade‐off in young children's overimitation behaviour. Infant and Child Development, 32 (2) e2394, 1-11. doi: 10.1002/icd.2394

The cost–benefit trade‐off in young children's overimitation behaviour

2023

Journal Article

Testing the bounds of compassion in young children

Kirby, James N., Kirkland, Kelly, Wilks, Matti, Green, Mitchell, Tanjitpiyanond, Porntida, Chowdhury, Nafisa and Nielsen, Mark (2023). Testing the bounds of compassion in young children. Royal Society Open Science, 10 (2) 221448, 1-14. doi: 10.1098/rsos.221448

Testing the bounds of compassion in young children

2022

Journal Article

I may not like you, but I still care: children differentiate moral concern from other constructs

Neldner, Karri, Wilks, Matti, Crimston, Charlie R., Jaymes, R. W. M. and Nielsen, Mark (2022). I may not like you, but I still care: children differentiate moral concern from other constructs. Developmental Psychology, 59 (3), 549-566. doi: 10.1037/dev0001485

I may not like you, but I still care: children differentiate moral concern from other constructs

2022

Journal Article

Revisiting an extant framework: Concerns about culture and task generalization

Fong, Frankie T. K., Nielsen, Mark and Legare, Cristine H. (2022). Revisiting an extant framework: Concerns about culture and task generalization. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45 e257, 1-14. doi: 10.1017/s0140525x22001200

Revisiting an extant framework: Concerns about culture and task generalization

2022

Journal Article

The effect of moral character on children's judgements of transgressions

Cameron, Sophie, Wilks, Matti, Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2022). The effect of moral character on children's judgements of transgressions. Cognitive Development, 63 101221, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101221

The effect of moral character on children's judgements of transgressions

2022

Journal Article

Examining relations between performance on non-verbal executive function and verbal self-regulation tasks in demographically-diverse populations

Dutra, Natália B., Chen, Lydia, Anum, Adote, Burger, Oskar, Davis, Helen E., Dzokoto, Vivian A., Fong, Frankie T. K., Ghelardi, Sabrina, Mendez, Kimberly, Messer, Emily J. E., Newhouse, Morgan, Nielsen, Mark G., Ramos, Karlos, Rawlings, Bruce, Dos Santos, Renan A. C., Silveira, Lara G. S., Tucker-Drob, Elliot M. and Legare, Cristine H. (2022). Examining relations between performance on non-verbal executive function and verbal self-regulation tasks in demographically-diverse populations. Developmental Science, 25 (5) e13228, e13228. doi: 10.1111/desc.13228

Examining relations between performance on non-verbal executive function and verbal self-regulation tasks in demographically-diverse populations

2021

Journal Article

How economic inequality affects prosocial behavior in children across development

Kirkland, Kelly, Jetten, Jolanda, Wilks, Matti and Nielsen, Mark (2021). How economic inequality affects prosocial behavior in children across development. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 210 105202, 105202. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105202

How economic inequality affects prosocial behavior in children across development

2021

Journal Article

The digital social partner: Preschool children display stronger imitative tendency in screen‐based than live learning

Fong, Frankie T. K., Imuta, Kana, Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2021). The digital social partner: Preschool children display stronger imitative tendency in screen‐based than live learning. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 3 (4) hbe2.280, 585-594. doi: 10.1002/hbe2.280

The digital social partner: Preschool children display stronger imitative tendency in screen‐based than live learning

2021

Journal Article

The early ontogeny of infants’ imitation of on screen humans and robots

Sommer, Kristyn, Redshaw, Jonathan, Slaughter, Virginia, Wiles, Janet and Nielsen, Mark (2021). The early ontogeny of infants’ imitation of on screen humans and robots. Infant Behavior and Development, 64 101614, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101614

The early ontogeny of infants’ imitation of on screen humans and robots

2021

Journal Article

The man and the machine: Do children learn from and transmit tool-use knowledge acquired from a robot in ways that are comparable to a human model?

Fong, Frankie T.K., Sommer, Kristyn, Redshaw, Jonathan, Kang, Jemima and Nielsen, Mark (2021). The man and the machine: Do children learn from and transmit tool-use knowledge acquired from a robot in ways that are comparable to a human model?. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 208 105148, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105148

The man and the machine: Do children learn from and transmit tool-use knowledge acquired from a robot in ways that are comparable to a human model?

2021

Journal Article

Does helping now excuse cheating later? An investigation into moral balancing in children

Cameron, Sophie, Wilks, Matti and Nielsen, Mark (2021). Does helping now excuse cheating later? An investigation into moral balancing in children. Royal Society Open Science, 8 (7) 202296, 202296. doi: 10.1098/rsos.202296

Does helping now excuse cheating later? An investigation into moral balancing in children