Overview
Background
I am a Lecturer in the School of Psychology. My research focuses on examining the cognitive foundations of children’s social understanding.How do children learn about the social implications of their behaviour and make sense of the way other people act? I combine cross-cultural, developmental and evolutionary approaches to generate novel perspectives on human social cognition.
Availability
- Dr Shalini Gautam is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Psychology, The University of Queensland
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Children infer counterfactual information from others’ facial expressions
Jones, Alicia K., Nelson, Nicole L., Gautam, Shalini and Redshaw, Jonathan (2025). Children infer counterfactual information from others’ facial expressions. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 259 106306. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106306
2025
Conference Publication
Cost and choice in children’s social judgments
Gautam, Shalini, Commens, J., Ratcliffe, M., Redshaw, J., Suddendorf, T. and McAuliffe, K. (2025). Cost and choice in children’s social judgments. Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN USA, 1-3 May 2025.
2025
Journal Article
The role of controllability and foreseeability in children's counterfactual emotions
Jones, Alicia K., Gautam, Shalini and Redshaw, Jonathan (2025). The role of controllability and foreseeability in children's counterfactual emotions. Child Development, 96 (3), 1098-1111. doi: 10.1111/cdev.14224
2024
Journal Article
Does the tendency to overestimate future emotions motivate practice in young children?
Gautam, Shalini, Nguyen, Giang, Redshaw, Jonathan and Suddendorf, Thomas (2024). Does the tendency to overestimate future emotions motivate practice in young children?. Cognitive Development, 72 101515. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2024.101515
2024
Journal Article
Why imagining what could have happened matters for children's social cognition
Gautam, Shalini and McAuliffe, Katherine (2024). Why imagining what could have happened matters for children's social cognition. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 15 (1) e1663, e1663. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1663
2024
Journal Article
Young children experience both regret and relief in a gain-or-loss context
Jones, Alicia K., Gautam, Shalini and Redshaw, Jonathan (2024). Young children experience both regret and relief in a gain-or-loss context. Cognition and Emotion, 38 (1), 163-170. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2023.2258586
2023
Journal Article
Counterfactual choices and moral judgments in children
Gautam, Shalini, Owen Hall, Ruby, Suddendorf, Thomas and Redshaw, Jonathan (2023). Counterfactual choices and moral judgments in children. Child Development, 94 (5), e296-e307. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13943
2022
Journal Article
Counterfactual thinking elicits emotional change in young children
Gautam, Shalini, Suddendorf, Thomas and Redshaw, Jonathan (2022). Counterfactual thinking elicits emotional change in young children. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377 (1866) 20210346, 1-8. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0346
2022
Other Outputs
Imagining past, present and future possibilities: a developmental perspective
Gautam, Shalini (2022). Imagining past, present and future possibilities: a developmental perspective. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/b49b57e
2021
Journal Article
When can young children reason about an exclusive disjunction? A follow up to Mody and Carey (2016)
Gautam, Shalini, Suddendorf, Thomas and Redshaw, Jonathan (2021). When can young children reason about an exclusive disjunction? A follow up to Mody and Carey (2016). Cognition, 207 104507, 104507. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104507
2021
Journal Article
Do monkeys and young children understand exclusive “or” relations? A commentary on Ferrigno et al. (2021)
Gautam, Shalini, Suddendorf, Thomas and Redshaw, Jonathan (2021). Do monkeys and young children understand exclusive “or” relations? A commentary on Ferrigno et al. (2021). Psychological Science, 32 (11), 1865-1867. doi: 10.1177/09567976211024641
2019
Journal Article
A taxonomy of mental time travel and counterfactual thought: Insights from cognitive development
Gautam, Shalini, Suddendorf, Thomas, Henry, Julie D. and Redshaw, Jonathan (2019). A taxonomy of mental time travel and counterfactual thought: Insights from cognitive development. Behavioural Brain Research, 374 112108, 112108. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112108
2017
Journal Article
Affective forecasting bias in preschool children
Gautam, Shalini, Bulley, Adam, von Hippel, William and Suddendorf, Thomas (2017). Affective forecasting bias in preschool children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 159, 175-184. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2017.02.005
2015
Other Outputs
Affective forecasting in children
Gautam, Shalini (2015). Affective forecasting in children. Honours Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland.
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The social functions of counterfactual thinking in children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jonathan Redshaw
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Doctor Philosophy
The function of counterfactual thinking in children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jonathan Redshaw
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