Research Interests for Michael Tomasello

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.

Recent 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]