Professor Virginia Slaughter
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Virginia Slaughter

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Background

Virginia Slaughter is Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland, Australia, where she founded the Early Cognitive Development Centre. Her research focuses on social and cognitive development in infants and young children, with particular emphasis on social behaviour in infancy, theory-of-mind development and the acquisition of peer interaction skills. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.

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Professor Virginia Slaughter is:
Not available for supervision
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Fields of research

Cognitive and computational psychology Psychology

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, Institution to be confirmed
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of California-Berkeley

Search Professor Virginia Slaughter’s works on UQ eSpace

160 works between 1988 and 2024
All (160) Journal Article (126) Book Chapter (15) Conference Publication (14) Book (5)

21 - 40 of 160 works

2020

Journal Article

Social behaviors of children with ASD during play with siblings and parents: Parental perceptions

O’Brien, Zachariah K., Cuskelly, Monica and Slaughter, Virginia (2020). Social behaviors of children with ASD during play with siblings and parents: Parental perceptions. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 97 103525, 103525. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2019.103525

Social behaviors of children with ASD during play with siblings and parents: Parental perceptions

2020

Journal Article

To have and to hold: embodied ownership is established in early childhood

Kritikos, Ada, Lister, Jessica, Sparks, Samuel, Sofronoff, Kate, Bayliss, Andrew and Slaughter, Virginia (2020). To have and to hold: embodied ownership is established in early childhood. Experimental Brain Research, 238 (2), 355-367. doi: 10.1007/s00221-020-05726-w

To have and to hold: embodied ownership is established in early childhood

2019

Journal Article

Correction to: Testing competing mediators of the association between pre-conception maternal depression and child health-related quality of life: the MatCH study

Moss, Katrina M., Loxton, Deborah, Dobson, Annette J., Slaughter, Virginia and Mishra, Gita D. (2019). Correction to: Testing competing mediators of the association between pre-conception maternal depression and child health-related quality of life: the MatCH study. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 23 (3), 447-447. doi: 10.1007/s00737-019-01014-x

Correction to: Testing competing mediators of the association between pre-conception maternal depression and child health-related quality of life: the MatCH study

2019

Journal Article

In two minds: similarity, threat, and prejudice contribute to worse mindreading of outgroups compared with an ingroup

Ekerim-Akbulut, Muge, Selcuk, Bilge, Slaughter, Virginia, Hunter, John A. and Ruffman, Ted (2019). In two minds: similarity, threat, and prejudice contribute to worse mindreading of outgroups compared with an ingroup. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51 (1), 002202211988369-48. doi: 10.1177/0022022119883699

In two minds: similarity, threat, and prejudice contribute to worse mindreading of outgroups compared with an ingroup

2019

Journal Article

Children's moral evaluations of prosocial and self-interested lying in relation to age, ToM, cognitive empathy and culture

Lim, Jiayuan, Peterson, Candida C., De Rosnay, Marc and Slaughter, Virginia (2019). Children's moral evaluations of prosocial and self-interested lying in relation to age, ToM, cognitive empathy and culture. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 17 (4), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/17405629.2019.1667766

Children's moral evaluations of prosocial and self-interested lying in relation to age, ToM, cognitive empathy and culture

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

The capricious nature of theory of mind: Does mental state understanding depend on the characteristics of the target?

Gönültaş, Seçil, Selçuk, Bilge, Slaughter, Virginia, Hunter, John A. and Ruffman, Ted (2019). The capricious nature of theory of mind: Does mental state understanding depend on the characteristics of the target?. Child Development, 91 (2), e280-e298. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13223

The capricious nature of theory of mind: Does mental state understanding depend on the characteristics of the target?

2019

Journal Article

Testing competing mediators of the association between pre-conception maternal depression and child health-related quality of life: the MatCH study

Moss, Katrina M., Loxton, Deborah, Dobson, Annette J., Slaughter, Virginia and Mishra, Gita D. (2019). Testing competing mediators of the association between pre-conception maternal depression and child health-related quality of life: the MatCH study. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 23 (1), 53-62. doi: 10.1007/s00737-019-0941-7

Testing competing mediators of the association between pre-conception maternal depression and child health-related quality of life: the MatCH study

2019

Journal Article

Theory of mind and peer cooperation in two play contexts

Etel, Evren and Slaughter, Virginia (2019). Theory of mind and peer cooperation in two play contexts. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 60, 87-95. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2018.11.004

Theory of mind and peer cooperation in two play contexts

2018

Journal Article

Reliability and validity assessment of the observation of human-animal interaction for research (OHAIRE) behavior coding tool

Guérin, Noémie A., Gabriels, Robin L., Germone, Monique M., B. Schuck, Sabrina E., Traynor, Anne, Thomas, Katherine M., McKenzie, Samantha J., Slaughter, Virginia and O'Haire, Marguerite E. (2018). Reliability and validity assessment of the observation of human-animal interaction for research (OHAIRE) behavior coding tool. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 5 (NOV) 268, 268. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2018.00268

Reliability and validity assessment of the observation of human-animal interaction for research (OHAIRE) behavior coding tool

2018

Journal Article

Re-evaluating the neonatal imitation hypothesis

Oostenbroek, Janine, Redshaw, Jonathan, Davis, Jacqueline, Kennedy-Costantini, Siobhan, Nielsen, Mark, Slaughter, Virginia and Suddendorf, Thomas (2018). Re-evaluating the neonatal imitation hypothesis. Developmental Science, 22 (2) e12720, e12720. doi: 10.1111/desc.12720

Re-evaluating the neonatal imitation hypothesis

2018

Journal Article

Sources of children's knowledge about death and dying

Longbottom, Sarah and Slaughter, Virginia (2018). Sources of children's knowledge about death and dying. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 373 (1754) 20170267, 20170267. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0267

Sources of children's knowledge about death and dying

2018

Journal Article

Which button will I press? Preference for correctly ordered counting sequences in 18-month-olds

Ip, Martin Ho Kwan, Imuta, Kana and Slaughter, Virginia (2018). Which button will I press? Preference for correctly ordered counting sequences in 18-month-olds. Developmental Psychology, 54 (7), 1199-1207. doi: 10.1037/dev0000515

Which button will I press? Preference for correctly ordered counting sequences in 18-month-olds

2018

Journal Article

Nimble negotiators: How theory of mind (ToM) interconnects with persuasion skills in children with and without ToM delay

Peterson, Candida C, Slaughter, Virginia and Wellman, Henry M (2018). Nimble negotiators: How theory of mind (ToM) interconnects with persuasion skills in children with and without ToM delay. Developmental psychology, 54 (3), 494-509. doi: 10.1037/dev0000451

Nimble negotiators: How theory of mind (ToM) interconnects with persuasion skills in children with and without ToM delay

2017

Journal Article

Culture, Parenting, and Children’s Theory of Mind Development in Indonesia

Kuntoro, Ike Anggraika, Peterson, Candida C. and Slaughter, Virginia (2017). Culture, Parenting, and Children’s Theory of Mind Development in Indonesia. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48 (9), 1389-1409. doi: 10.1177/0022022117725404

Culture, Parenting, and Children’s Theory of Mind Development in Indonesia

2017

Journal Article

Links among parents' mental state language, family socioeconomic status, and preschoolers' theory of mind development

Ebert, Susanne, Peterson, Candida, Slaughter, Virginia and Weinert, Sabine (2017). Links among parents' mental state language, family socioeconomic status, and preschoolers' theory of mind development. Cognitive Development, 44, 32-48. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2017.08.005

Links among parents' mental state language, family socioeconomic status, and preschoolers' theory of mind development

2017

Journal Article

Current evidence for automatic Theory of Mind processing in adults

Schneider, Dana, Slaughter, Virginia P. and Dux, Paul E. (2017). Current evidence for automatic Theory of Mind processing in adults. Cognition, 162, 27-31. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2017.01.018

Current evidence for automatic Theory of Mind processing in adults

2017

Book

Theory of mind development in context

Virginia Slaughter and Marc de Rosnay eds. (2017). Theory of mind development in context. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315749181

Theory of mind development in context

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

2017

Book Chapter

Culture and the sequence of developmental milestones toward theory of mind mastery

Peterson, Candida C. and Slaughter, Virginia (2017). Culture and the sequence of developmental milestones toward theory of mind mastery. Theory of mind development in context. (pp. 25-40) Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315749181-10

Culture and the sequence of developmental milestones toward theory of mind mastery

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2025
    The neural plasticity of gaze following in children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
    Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    The Role of Cultural Evolution in Human Understanding (John Templeton Foundation application submitted by Oxford University)
    University of Oxford
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2024
    Imitation learning in infancy
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2025
    Sibling influence on development of children with autism spectrum disorder (ARC Discovery Project administered by the University of Tasmania)
    University of Tasmania
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2020
    Do theory of mind delays explain children's social problems?
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2019
    Mothers' and their Children's Health study: understanding disparities in health and health service utilisation among Australian families
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Prem Baby Triple P: A RCT of Enhanced Parenting to Improve Developmental Outcomes in Preterm Infants
    Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2017
    Yours and mine: Development of the concept of ownership in typical children and those on the autism spectrum
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2017
    A randomised controlled trial of enhanced parenting capacity to improve developmental outcomes in preterm infants
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2012
    UQ Category 1 Travel Award - Celia Brownell
    UQ Travel Awards for International Collaborative Research (Category 1)
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Effects of an animal-assisted intervention for children with autism (NIH R03 administered by Purdue University)
    Purdue University
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Animal-assisted activities for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their peers in a classroom setting (follow-on study)
    Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Establishing a UWA-UQ network for collaboration in Autism Research
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    Theory of mind and everyday social behaviour in children with autism, deafness and typical development
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Animal-assisted activities for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their peers in a classroom setting
    Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2013
    Charting the prevalence, time course and social-cognitive correlates of neonatal imitation.
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Synchronic imitation in children with ASD: imitation and the social deficit hypothesis.
    APEX Foundation for Autism
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Objects or agents: Early development of knowledge about human hands
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Social Influences on Five Key Steps in Understanding Mind for Children with Autism, Deafness or Typical Development
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2005
    NHMRC_Equipment Grant = Refurbishment and equipment for Early Cognitive Development Unit and Video equipment for cognitive testing of children, adolescents and adults
    NHMRC Equipment Grant
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    The development of knowledge about human beings in infancy and early childhood
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards - DVC(R) Funding
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Investigating the nature of infants' human body concept
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2005
    Maternal input and theory of mind development in infancy and early childhood
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    Development of a Computerized Assessment Tool to Aid in the Diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorders
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2002
    The recognition of human body shape in infancy.
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2001
    Parental beliefs, attitudes and attachment in relation to daycare and early intervention for typical and disabled children.
    University of Queensland Small Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2001
    Investigation the contributions of joint attention and maternal input to theory of mind development in normal, deaf and autistic children.
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant
  • 2000
    The recognition of human body shape in infancy.
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1999
    Autistic children's understanding of emotion
    UQ Foundation
    Open grant
  • 1999
    The beginnings of social intelligence: A longitudinal study of the emergence of joint attention
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 1998 - 1999
    Children's understanding of biology: implications for cognitive development and health
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant
  • 1997 - 1998
    The beginning of social intelligence: emergence of joint attention in infancy
    University of Queensland New Staff Research Grant
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Virginia Slaughter is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Virginia Slaughter directly for media enquiries about:

  • Children's concepts
  • Cognition and infants
  • Cognitive development
  • Developmental psychology
  • Infant cognition
  • Knowledge of numbers - learning
  • Numbers - knowledge of
  • Self concept development
  • Social development - children
  • Social knowledge testing of babies

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