Research Interests

Cognitive development, causal learning, social cognition, moral cognition, theory of mind, cultural psychology, free will, counterfactual thinking, imagination, self-control, rational constructivist approaches to learning and development

Office Location: 417 Chapel Drive, Box 90086, Durham, NC 27708
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Education:
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2005
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2004
B.A., Barnard College, 1996

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

• Li, PH; Kushnir, T. "Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White: Children Appreciate Reasoners Who Approach Moral Dilemmas With Humility.." Developmental science (September, 2024): e13565. [doi]  [abs]
• Flanagan, T; Georgiou, NC; Scassellati, B; Kushnir, T. "School-age children are more skeptical of inaccurate robots than adults.." Cognition 249 (August, 2024): 105814. [doi]  [abs]
• Flanagan, T; Zhao, XA; Xu, F; Kushnir, T. "Is it personal or is it social? The interaction of knowledge domain and statistical evidence in U.S. and Chinese preschoolers' social generalizations.." Journal of experimental psychology. General 153.7 (July, 2024): 1887-1903. [doi]  [abs]
• Carpenter, E; Siegel, A; Urquiola, S; Liu, J; Kushnir, T. "Being me in times of change: Young children's reflections on their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic." Children and Society 38.4 (July, 2024): 1147-1165. [doi]  [abs]
• Finiasz, Z; Gelman, SA; Kushnir, T. "Testimony and observation of statistical evidence interact in adults' and children's category-based induction.." Cognition 244 (March, 2024): 105707. [doi]  [abs]