Michael Tomasello, James F. Bonk Distinguished Professor

Major research interests in processes of social cognition, social learning, cooperation, and communication from developmental, comparative, and cultural perspectives. Current theoretical focus on processes of shared intentionality. Empirical research mainly with human children from 1 to 4 years of age and great apes.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, 247 Reuben-Cooke Building, Durham, NC
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Web Pages:	https://sites.duke.edu/tomasellolabduke/people/ https://sites.duke.edu/tomasellolabduke/

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Georgia	1980
B.A.	Duke University	1972

Research Interests:

Major research interests in processes of social cognition, social learning, cooperation, and communication from developmental, comparative, and cultural perspectives. Current theoretical focus on processes of shared intentionality. Empirical research mainly with human children from 1 to 4 years of age and great apes.

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Hepach, R; Tomasello, M, Instrumental helping motivations of children and chimpanzees, Child Development Perspectives, vol. 19 no. 2 (June, 2025), pp. 72-79 [doi]  [abs]
2. Tomasello, M, Agency and Intentionality, Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, vol. 62 (April, 2025) [doi]  [abs]
3. Wolf, W; Tomasello, M, A Shared Intentionality Account of Uniquely Human Social Bonding., Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, vol. 20 no. 2 (March, 2025), pp. 264-275 [doi]  [abs]
4. Tomasello, M, Children's developing understanding of social norms., Current opinion in psychology, vol. 64 (February, 2025), pp. 102022 [doi]  [abs]
5. Tomasello, M, The evolutionary psychology of syntax, Mind and Language (January, 2025) [doi]  [abs]