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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

2021

Journal Article

When efficiency attenuates imitation in preschool children

Fong, Frankie T. K., Imuta, Kana, Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2021). When efficiency attenuates imitation in preschool children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 39 (2), 330-337. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12366

When efficiency attenuates imitation in preschool children

2021

Journal Article

Young children’s capacity to seek information in preparation for a future event

Brinums, Melissa, Redshaw, Jonathan, Nielsen, Mark, Suddendorf, Thomas and Imuta, Kana (2021). Young children’s capacity to seek information in preparation for a future event. Cognitive Development, 58 101015, 101015. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101015

Young children’s capacity to seek information in preparation for a future event

2021

Journal Article

Children’s experience of economic inequality: how earning position influences prosocial behavior

Kirkland, Kelly, Jetten, Jolanda, Wilks, Matti and Nielsen, Mark (2021). Children’s experience of economic inequality: how earning position influences prosocial behavior. Cognitive Development, 58 101043, 101043. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101043

Children’s experience of economic inequality: how earning position influences prosocial behavior

2021

Journal Article

A cross-cultural comparison: imitation of inefficient tool use in Australian and Malaysian preschool children

Fong, Frankie T. K., Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2021). A cross-cultural comparison: imitation of inefficient tool use in Australian and Malaysian preschool children. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, 5 (1), 37-47. doi: 10.1007/s41809-021-00077-6

A cross-cultural comparison: imitation of inefficient tool use in Australian and Malaysian preschool children

2021

Journal Article

Can a robot teach me that? Children's ability to imitate robots

Sommer, Kristyn, Slaughter, Virginia, Wiles, Janet, Owen, Kathryn, Chiba, Andrea A., Forster, Deborah, Malmir, Mohsen and Nielsen, Mark (2021). Can a robot teach me that? Children's ability to imitate robots. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 203 105040, 105040. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2020.105040

Can a robot teach me that? Children's ability to imitate robots

2021

Journal Article

Does neonatal imitation exist? Insights from a meta-analysis of 336 effect sizes

Davis, Jacqueline, Redshaw, Jonathan, Suddendorf, Thomas, Nielsen, Mark, Kennedy-Costantini, Siobhan, Oostenbroek, Janine and Slaughter, Virginia (2021). Does neonatal imitation exist? Insights from a meta-analysis of 336 effect sizes. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 16 (6), 1745691620959834-1397. doi: 10.1177/1745691620959834

Does neonatal imitation exist? Insights from a meta-analysis of 336 effect sizes

2021

Journal Article

Cultural components of sex differences in color preference

Davis, Jac T. M., Robertson, Ellen, Lew‐Levy, Sheina, Neldner, Karri, Kapitany, Rohan, Nielsen, Mark and Hines, Melissa (2021). Cultural components of sex differences in color preference. Child Development, 92 (4) cdev.13528, 1574-1589. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13528

Cultural components of sex differences in color preference

2021

Book Chapter

Social learning from media: the need for a culturally diachronic developmental psychology

Nielsen, Mark, Fong, Frankie T. K. and Whiten, Andrew (2021). Social learning from media: the need for a culturally diachronic developmental psychology. Advances in Child Development and Behavior. (pp. 317-334) edited by Jeffrey J. Lockman. San Diego, CA, USA: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2021.04.001

Social learning from media: the need for a culturally diachronic developmental psychology

2020

Journal Article

Ritual explained: interdisciplinary answers to Tinbergen's four questions

Legare, Cristine H. and Nielsen, Mark (2020). Ritual explained: interdisciplinary answers to Tinbergen's four questions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375 (1805) 20190419, 1-5. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0419

Ritual explained: interdisciplinary answers to Tinbergen's four questions

2020

Journal Article

Homo neanderthalensi s and the evolutionary origins of ritual in Homo sapiens

Nielsen, Mark, Langley, Michelle C., Shipton, Ceri and Kapitány, Rohan (2020). Homo neanderthalensi s and the evolutionary origins of ritual in Homo sapiens. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375 (1805) 20190424, 20190424. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0424

Homo neanderthalensi s and the evolutionary origins of ritual in Homo sapiens

2020

Journal Article

A cross-cultural investigation of young children's spontaneous invention of tool use behaviours

Neldner, Karri, Reindl, Eva, Tennie, Claudio, Grant, Julie, Tomaselli, Keyan and Nielsen, Mark (2020). A cross-cultural investigation of young children's spontaneous invention of tool use behaviours. Royal Society Open Science, 7 (5) 192240, 192240. doi: 10.1098/rsos.192240

A cross-cultural investigation of young children's spontaneous invention of tool use behaviours

2020

Journal Article

The effect of economic inequality on young children's prosocial decision-making: economic inequality and prosociality

Kirkland, Kelly, Jetten, Jolanda and Nielsen, Mark (2020). The effect of economic inequality on young children's prosocial decision-making: economic inequality and prosociality. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 38 (4), 512-528. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12334

The effect of economic inequality on young children's prosocial decision-making: economic inequality and prosociality

2020

Journal Article

Preschool children overimitate robots, but do so less than they overimitate humans

Sommer, Kristyn, Davidson, Rebecca, Armitage, Kristy L., Slaughter, Virginia, Wiles, Janet and Nielsen, Mark (2020). Preschool children overimitate robots, but do so less than they overimitate humans. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 191 104702, 104702. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104702

Preschool children overimitate robots, but do so less than they overimitate humans

2019

Journal Article

Children's perceptions of the moral worth of live agents, robots, and inanimate objects

Sommer, Kristyn, Nielsen, Mark, Draheim, Madeline, Redshaw, Jonathan, Vanman, Eric J. and Wilks, M. (2019). Children's perceptions of the moral worth of live agents, robots, and inanimate objects. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 187 104656, 1-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.06.009

Children's perceptions of the moral worth of live agents, robots, and inanimate objects

2019

Journal Article

A cross-cultural investigation of children’s willingness to imitate prosocial and antisocial groups

Wilks, Matti, Redshaw, Jonathan, Mushin, Ilana and Nielsen, Mark (2019). A cross-cultural investigation of children’s willingness to imitate prosocial and antisocial groups. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 185, 164-175. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.04.018

A cross-cultural investigation of children’s willingness to imitate prosocial and antisocial groups

2019

Journal Article

Individual differences in neonatal 'imitation' fail to predict early social cognitive behaviour

Redshaw, Jonathan, Nielsen, Mark, Slaughter, Virginia, Kennedy-Costantini, Siobhan, Oostenbroek, Janine, Crimston, Jessica and Suddendorf, Thomas (2019). Individual differences in neonatal 'imitation' fail to predict early social cognitive behaviour. Developmental Science, 23 (2) e12892, e12892. doi: 10.1111/desc.12892

Individual differences in neonatal 'imitation' fail to predict early social cognitive behaviour

2019

Journal Article

Functional illiteracy burden in soil-transmitted helminth (STH) endemic regions of the Philippines: an ecological study and geographical prediction for 2017

Owada, Kei, Nielsen, Mark, Lau, Colleen L., Yakob, Laith, Clements, Archie C. A., Leonardo, Lydia and Soares Magalhães, Ricardo J. (2019). Functional illiteracy burden in soil-transmitted helminth (STH) endemic regions of the Philippines: an ecological study and geographical prediction for 2017. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13 (6) e0007494, e0007494. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007494

Functional illiteracy burden in soil-transmitted helminth (STH) endemic regions of the Philippines: an ecological study and geographical prediction for 2017

2019

Journal Article

Creation across culture: children’s tool innovation is influenced by cultural and developmental factors

Neldner, Karri, Redshaw, Jonathan, Murphy, Sean, Tomaselli, Keyan, Davis, Jacqueline, Dixson, Barnaby and Nielsen, Mark (2019). Creation across culture: children’s tool innovation is influenced by cultural and developmental factors. Developmental Psychology, 55 (4), 877-889. doi: 10.1037/dev0000672

Creation across culture: children’s tool innovation is influenced by cultural and developmental factors

2019

Journal Article

Determinants of spatial heterogeneity of functional illiteracy among school-aged children in the Philippines: an ecological study

Owada, Kei, Nielsen, Mark, Lau, Colleen, Yakob, Laith, Clements, Archie, Leonardo, Lydia and Soares Magalhães, Ricardo (2019). Determinants of spatial heterogeneity of functional illiteracy among school-aged children in the Philippines: an ecological study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (1) 137, 137. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16010137

Determinants of spatial heterogeneity of functional illiteracy among school-aged children in the Philippines: an ecological study