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. Wolf, W; Iva, V; Larsen, I; Tomasello, M, Young children enforce self-created norms promiscuously., Journal of experimental child psychology, vol. 262 (February, 2026), pp. 106396 [doi] [abs].
2. Tomasello, M, Attention in evolutionary perspective., The Behavioral and brain sciences, vol. 48 (November, 2025), pp. e157 [doi] [abs].
3. Tomasello, M, Specifically human culture: response to Baumard & André, Evolution and Human Behavior, vol. 46 no. 5 (September, 2025) [doi].
4. Tomasello, M, How to make artificial agents more like natural agents., Trends in cognitive sciences, vol. 29 no. 9 (September, 2025), pp. 783-786 [doi] [abs].
5. Tomasello, M, The evolutionary psychology of syntax, Mind and Language, vol. 40 no. 4 (September, 2025), pp. 344-364 [doi] [abs].