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2018

Journal Article

The social glue of cumulative culture and ritual behavior

Nielsen, Mark (2018). The social glue of cumulative culture and ritual behavior. Child Development Perspectives, 12 (4), 264-268. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12297

The social glue of cumulative culture and ritual behavior

2018

Journal Article

The cost of helping: an exploration of compassionate responding in children

Green, Mitchell, Kirby, James N. and Nielsen, Mark (2018). The cost of helping: an exploration of compassionate responding in children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 36 (4), 673-678. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12252

The cost of helping: an exploration of compassionate responding in children

2018

Journal Article

The developmental origins of moral concern: an examination of moral boundary decision making throughout childhood

Neldner, Karri, Crimston, Charlie, Wilks, Matti, Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2018). The developmental origins of moral concern: an examination of moral boundary decision making throughout childhood. PLoS One, 13 (5) e0197819, e0197819. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197819

The developmental origins of moral concern: an examination of moral boundary decision making throughout childhood

2018

Journal Article

Young children from three diverse cultures spontaneously and consistently prepare for alternative future possibilities

Redshaw, Jonathan, Suddendorf, Thomas, Neldner, Karri, Wilks, Matti, Tomaselli, Keyan, Mushin, Ilana and Nielsen, Mark (2018). Young children from three diverse cultures spontaneously and consistently prepare for alternative future possibilities. Child Development, 90 (1), 51-61. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13084

Young children from three diverse cultures spontaneously and consistently prepare for alternative future possibilities

2018

Journal Article

The influence of goal demotion on children's reproduction of ritual behavior

Nielsen, Mark, Tomaselli, Keyan and Kapitány, Rohan (2018). The influence of goal demotion on children's reproduction of ritual behavior. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39 (3), 343-348. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.02.006

The influence of goal demotion on children's reproduction of ritual behavior

2018

Journal Article

Children imitate antisocial in-group members

Wilks, Matti, Kirby, James and Nielsen, Mark (2018). Children imitate antisocial in-group members. Developmental Science, 21 (6) e12675, e12675. doi: 10.1111/desc.12675

Children imitate antisocial in-group members

2018

Journal Article

Shamanism and the social nature of cumulative culture

Nielsen, Mark, Fischer, Ronald and Kashima, Yoshihisa (2018). Shamanism and the social nature of cumulative culture. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41 e81. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X17002126

Shamanism and the social nature of cumulative culture

2018

Book Chapter

The acquisition of biface knapping skill in the Acheulean

Shipton, Ceri and Nielsen, Mark (2018). The acquisition of biface knapping skill in the Acheulean. Evolution of Primate Social Cognition. (pp. 283-297) edited by Laura Desirèe Di Paolo, Fabio Di Vincenzo and Francesca De Petrillo. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-93776-2_18

The acquisition of biface knapping skill in the Acheulean

2017

Journal Article

Young children's tool innovation across culture: Affordance visibility matters

Neldner, Karri, Mushin, Ilana and Nielsen, Mark (2017). Young children's tool innovation across culture: Affordance visibility matters. Cognition, 168, 335-343. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2017.07.015

Young children's tool innovation across culture: Affordance visibility matters

2017

Conference Publication

Measuring the effect of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections on cognitive function in children: systematic review and critical appraisal of evidence

Owada, Kei, Nielsen, Mark, Lau, Colleen, Clements, Archie, Yakob, Laith and Magalhaes, Ricardo J. Soares (2017). Measuring the effect of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections on cognitive function in children: systematic review and critical appraisal of evidence. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), Atlanta, GA United States, 13-16 November, 2016. Deerfield, IL United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Measuring the effect of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections on cognitive function in children: systematic review and critical appraisal of evidence

2017

Journal Article

Early stone tools and cultural transmission resetting the null hypothesis: comment

Nielsen, Mark and Whiten, Andrew (2017). Early stone tools and cultural transmission resetting the null hypothesis: comment. Current Anthropology, 58 (5), 659-660.

Early stone tools and cultural transmission resetting the null hypothesis: comment

2017

Journal Article

The persistent sampling bias in developmental psychology: a call to action

Nielsen, Mark, Haun, Daniel, Kaertner, Joscha and Legare, Cristine H. (2017). The persistent sampling bias in developmental psychology: a call to action. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 162, 31-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2017.04.017

The persistent sampling bias in developmental psychology: a call to action

2017

Journal Article

Children disassociate from antisocial in-group members

Wilks, Matti and Nielsen, Mark (2017). Children disassociate from antisocial in-group members. Journal of experimental child psychology, 165, 37-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2017.06.003

Children disassociate from antisocial in-group members

2017

Journal Article

Are yawns really contagious? A critique and quantification of yawn contagion

Kapitany, Rohan and Nielsen, Mark (2017). Are yawns really contagious? A critique and quantification of yawn contagion. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 3 (2), 134-155. doi: 10.1007/s40750-017-0059-y

Are yawns really contagious? A critique and quantification of yawn contagion

2017

Journal Article

Measuring the effect of soil-transmitted helminth infections on cognitive function in children: systematic review and critical appraisal of evidence

Owada, Kei, Nielsen, Mark, Lau, Colleen L., Clements, Archie C. A., Yakob, Laith and Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J. (2017). Measuring the effect of soil-transmitted helminth infections on cognitive function in children: systematic review and critical appraisal of evidence. Advances in Parasitology, 98, 1-37. doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2017.05.002

Measuring the effect of soil-transmitted helminth infections on cognitive function in children: systematic review and critical appraisal of evidence

2017

Journal Article

There is no compelling evidence that human neonates imitate

Kennedy-Costantini, Siobhan, Oostenbroek, Janine, Suddendorf, Thomas, Nielsen, Mark, Redshaw, Jonathan, Davis, Jacqueline, Clark, Sally and Slaughter, Virginia (2017). There is no compelling evidence that human neonates imitate. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40 e392, e392. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16001898

There is no compelling evidence that human neonates imitate

2016

Journal Article

Comprehensive Longitudinal Study Challenges the Existence of Neonatal Imitation in Humans

Oostenbroek, Janine, Suddendorf, Thomas, Nielsen, Mark, Redshaw, Jonathan, Kennedy-Costantini, Siobhan, Davis, Jacqueline, Clark, Sally and Slaughter, Virginia (2016). Comprehensive Longitudinal Study Challenges the Existence of Neonatal Imitation in Humans. Current Biology, 26 (10), 1334-1338. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.047

Comprehensive Longitudinal Study Challenges the Existence of Neonatal Imitation in Humans

2016

Journal Article

Imitation, collaboration, and their interaction among Western and Indigenous Australian preschool children

Nielsen, Mark, Mushin, Ilana, Tomaselli, Keyan and Whiten, Andrew (2016). Imitation, collaboration, and their interaction among Western and Indigenous Australian preschool children. Child Development, 87 (3), 795-806. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12504

Imitation, collaboration, and their interaction among Western and Indigenous Australian preschool children

2016

Journal Article

The ritual stance and the precaution system: the role of goal-demotion and opacity in ritual and everyday actions

Kapitany, Rohan and Nielsen, Mark (2016). The ritual stance and the precaution system: the role of goal-demotion and opacity in ritual and everyday actions. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 7 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/2153599X.2016.1141792

The ritual stance and the precaution system: the role of goal-demotion and opacity in ritual and everyday actions

2016

Journal Article

Preschool's children's learning proclivities: when the ritual stance trumps the instrumental stance

Wilks, Matti, Kapitany, Rohan and Nielsen, Mark (2016). Preschool's children's learning proclivities: when the ritual stance trumps the instrumental stance. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 34 (3), 402-414. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12139

Preschool's children's learning proclivities: when the ritual stance trumps the instrumental stance