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March 20, 2021: Escape Room
Today we went to a virtual escape room to celebrate our team and their hard work. Both teams escaped with 1-2 minutes to spare!


March 4, 2021: Interview Workshop #2
Today during our lab meeting we discussed interview tips, questions to ask at an interview, and what to do in a virtual interview vs an...


February 11, 2021: "Development of Analogical Reasoning: A Novel Perspective From Cross-Cultural..."
In this week's lab meeting we discussed Christie, Gao & Ma's (2020) paper, " Development of Analogical Reasoning: A Novel Perspective...


February 4, 2021: Interview Workshop #1
Today during our lab meeting, we discussed how to conduct and prep for interviews.


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...


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 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...


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 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...


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 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...


December 7, 2019: End of Semester Celebration!
Today we celebrated the team's hard work by having a potluck and board games party.
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