2020

December 28, 2020: End of Semester Celebration!

Today we celebrated the team's hard work by having a virtual Secret Santa and played Pictionary!

December 22, 2020: Began Testing for a New Study!

Today we began testing our second online study! This study is conducted over zoom and involves showing children videos and pictures, then...

November 25, 2020: Grant Proposal Workshop

Today during our lab meeting we talked about grant proposals. We discussed the process of writing a grant proposal and learned how...

November 18, 2020: CV Workshop

Today's lab meeting was a workshop on writing a CV.

November 4, 2020: "Morality Constrains the Default Representation of What is Possible"

In our lab meeting this week, we discussed "Morality Constrains the Default Representation of What is Possible". The authors investigated...

November 1, 2020: Newsletter

The Infant and Child Studies Centre sent out a newsletter summarizing their labs' recent findings. https://pub.lucidpress.com/82d7d4d0-05...

October 28, 2020: "The Plausible Impossible: Graded Notions of Impossibility Across Cultures."

In our lab meeting this week, we discussed Gong & Shtulman's (2020) paper, "The Plausible Impossible: Graded Notions of Impossibility...

September 30, 2020: Graduate School

Today we talked about graduate schools. We discussed topics like "How do I know if graduate school is right for me?" and "What questions...

September 23, 2020: "The Explanatory Structure of Unexplainable Events: Causal Constraints on..."

In our lab meeting this week, we discussed Shtulman and Morgan's (2017) paper, "The Explanatory Structure of Unexplainable Events: Causal...

September 18, 2020: Samantha wins the V-Oscar Award!

Our lab coordinator, Samantha Cottrell, was recently awarded the V-Oscar Award (Helping Hands Mississauga). This award recognizes a...

September 16, 2020: "Children's Beliefs about Possibility Differ Across Dreams, Stories, and..."

In our lab meeting this week, we discussed Goulding and Friedman's (2020) paper, "Children's Beliefs about Possibility Differ Across...

September 9, 2020: New Experimenters

We're excited to announce our amazing research assistants, Saakshi, Nabila and Dhanesha have been hired as primary experimenters.

September 6, 2020: Welcoming 8 New Lab Members!

We're very excited to announce that eight new amazing UTM undergraduate students have joined our team!

September 4, 2020: Began Piloting for a New Study!

Today we began testing for our first online study! This study is conducted over Zoom and involves showing children pictures and asking...

August 26, 2020: "Improbable or Impossible? How Children Reason..."

In our lab meeting this week, we discussed Shtulman and Carey's (2007) paper, "Improbable or Impossible? How Children Reason About the...

August 20, 2020: New Recruitment Coordinators!

We're excited to announce that we have hired two Recruitment Coordinators, Fatima Tasabehji and Faris Khan! They will be leading all...

August 12, 2020: COVID Update

Due to the pandemic and taking safety precautions, we have closed our lab. Although we are sad we cannot meet in person, we are adjusting...