2020 2/2

May 1, 2020: RAPID Grant Received.

We're very excited to report that we have received funding from the National Science Foundation: RAPID: Collaborative Research, National...

May 1, 2020: NSERC Grant Received.

We're excited to announce that we have received funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for a...

April 9, 2020: Dr. Ronfard discusses how children learn about viruses and germs.

Dr. Ronfard was a guest on View to the U's podcast. He discussed how children come to learn about invisible entities like viruses, and...

April 1, 2020: Dr. Ronfard discusses his research findings in UofT Magazine.

"One of the most powerful things about having someone contradict you is that you can then have a conversation about your respective...

March 7, 2020: Aimee wins first place at the Young Entrepreneurs' Conference!

One of our awesome research assistants, Aimee Padillo, won first place at the Young Entrepreneurs' Conference 2020. The goal was to use...

March 6, 2020: Dr. Ronfard gives a talk at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Dr. Ronfard was invited to give a talk based on his...

February 20, 2020: Paolina wins the I.M. Spigel Memorial Scholarship in Psychology!

One of our fantastic weekend experimenters, Paolina Onorato, recently won the I.M. Spigel Memorial Scholarship in Psychology for the...

February 12, 2020: "Epistemic Similarities Between Students' Scientific and Supernatural Beliefs."

In our lab meeting this week we discussed Shtulman's (2013) paper, which compared undergraduate students' scientific and supernatural...

January 30, 2020: Began Testing for a New Study!

Today we started testing for a new study. This study involves testing undergraduates and children to see how quickly they lose trust in...

January 28, 2020: Saakshi gets a new job at William Osler!

One of our valuable research assistants, Saakshi Khosla, recently got a new position as a student team leader at William Osler Health...

January 23, 2020: "Preschoolers' Difficult Questions and Their Teachers' Responses."

In our lab meeting this week we read about Sak's (2020) study, which looked at the themes underlying students' most difficult questions...

January 15, 2020: "I Want to Know More!": Children Are Sensitive to Explanation Quality...

In our lab meeting this week we read Mills, Sands, Rowles and Campbell's (2019) paper, which examined the extent to which children...

January 14, 2020: Welcoming 4 New Lab Members!

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

May 1, 2019: SSHRC Grant Received.

We're very excited to report that we received funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for a...