Tamar Kushnir, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Associate Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience

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Office Location:	2200 West Main St., Suite 800, Durham, NC 27705
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Teaching (Fall 2026):

• Psy 482s.01, Psychology of imagination Synopsis

  Perkins 059, Tu 11:45 AM-02:15 PM

• Psy 782s.01, Psychology of imagination Synopsis

  Perkins 059, Tu 11:45 AM-02:15 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	University of California, Berkeley	2005
M.A.	University of California, Berkeley	2004
B.A.	Barnard College	1996

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Li, PH; Soter, LK; Kushnir, T (2026). Children expect prior belief strength to constrain belief revision.. Cognition, 276, 106668. [doi]  [abs]
2. Heck, IA; Borgers, C; Kushnir, T (2026). The cognitive foundations of food moralization.. Appetite, 227, 108719. [doi]  [abs]
3. Stegall, J; Mikhail, J; Nichols, S; Kushnir, T (2026). Reasoning Beyond Explicit Rules: Adults' and Children's Use of Closure Principles in Novel Cases.. Cognitive science, 50(6), e70240. [doi]  [abs]
4. Reyes-Jaquez, B; Kushnir, T (2026). Political thinking: How social and cognitive factors shape stances across the life course.. Journal of experimental psychology. General, 155(1), 1-4. [doi]  [abs]
5. Flanagan, T; Vesga, A; Kushnir, T; Nichols, S (2025). But Why?: Children's belief in the necessity of explanations.. Journal of experimental child psychology, 260, 106317. [doi]  [abs]