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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

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

2016

Journal Article

Why developmental psychology is incomplete without comparative and cross-cultural perspectives

Nielsen, Mark and Haun, Daniel (2016). Why developmental psychology is incomplete without comparative and cross-cultural perspectives. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371 (1686), 1-7. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0071

Why developmental psychology is incomplete without comparative and cross-cultural perspectives

2016

Conference Publication

Hand in hand: tools and techniques for understanding children's touch with a social robot

Hensby, Kristyn, Wiles, Janet, Boden, Marie, Heath, Scott, Nielsen, Mark, Pounds, Paul, Riddell, Joshua, Rogers, Kristopher, Rybak, Nikodem, Slaughter, Virginia, Smith, Michael, Taufatofua, Jonathon, Worthy, Peter and Weigel, Jason (2016). Hand in hand: tools and techniques for understanding children's touch with a social robot. 11th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2016, Christchurch, New Zealand, 7-10 March 2016. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/HRI.2016.7451794

Hand in hand: tools and techniques for understanding children's touch with a social robot

2015

Journal Article

Adopting the ritual stance: The role of opacity and context in ritual and everyday actions

Kapitany, Rohan and Nielsen, Mark (2015). Adopting the ritual stance: The role of opacity and context in ritual and everyday actions. Cognition, 145, 13-29. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.08.002

Adopting the ritual stance: The role of opacity and context in ritual and everyday actions

2015

Journal Article

Imitation and innovation: the dual engines of cultural learning

Legare, Cristine H. and Nielsen, Mark (2015). Imitation and innovation: the dual engines of cultural learning. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 19 (11), 688-699. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.08.005

Imitation and innovation: the dual engines of cultural learning

2015

Journal Article

Before cumulative culture: the evolutionary origins of overimitation and shared intentionality

Shipton, Ceri and Nielsen, Mark (2015). Before cumulative culture: the evolutionary origins of overimitation and shared intentionality. Human Nature, 26 (3), 331-345. doi: 10.1007/s12110-015-9233-8

Before cumulative culture: the evolutionary origins of overimitation and shared intentionality

2015

Journal Article

The perpetuation of ritualistic actions as revealed by young children's transmission of normative behavior

Nielsen, Mark, Kapitany, Rohan and Elkins, Rosemary (2015). The perpetuation of ritualistic actions as revealed by young children's transmission of normative behavior. Evolution and Human Behavior, 36 (3), 191-198. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.11.002

The perpetuation of ritualistic actions as revealed by young children's transmission of normative behavior

2015

Journal Article

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and human children (Homo sapiens) know when they are ignorant about the location of food

Neldner, Karri, Collier-Baker, Emma and Nielsen, Mark (2015). Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and human children (Homo sapiens) know when they are ignorant about the location of food. Animal Cognition, 18 (3), 683-699. doi: 10.1007/s10071-015-0836-6

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and human children (Homo sapiens) know when they are ignorant about the location of food

2015

Journal Article

Childhood and the evolution of higher-effort teaching

Nielsen, Mark and Shipton, Ceri (2015). Childhood and the evolution of higher-effort teaching. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38 (1) e52, 34-35. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X14000545

Childhood and the evolution of higher-effort teaching

2015

Book Chapter

Pretend Play and Cognitive Development

Nielsen, Mark (2015). Pretend Play and Cognitive Development. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition. (pp. 870-876) Orlando, FL, USA: Elsevier . doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.23073-0

Pretend Play and Cognitive Development

2014

Journal Article

Direct cost does not impact on young children's spontaneous helping behavior

Nielsen, Mark, Gigante, Julia and Collier-Baker, Emma (2014). Direct cost does not impact on young children's spontaneous helping behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, 5 (DEC) 1509, 1-7. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01509

Direct cost does not impact on young children's spontaneous helping behavior

2014

Journal Article

Preschool children favor copying a successful individual over an unsuccessful group

Wilks, Matti, Collier-Baker, Emma and Nielsen, Mark (2014). Preschool children favor copying a successful individual over an unsuccessful group. Developmental Science, 18 (6), 1014-1024. doi: 10.1111/desc.12274

Preschool children favor copying a successful individual over an unsuccessful group