A hallmark of human cognition is the capacity to think about observable experience in ways
that are nonobvious—from scientific concepts (genes, molecules) to everyday …

Ownership and value go together, and understanding both is imperative for children to know
how to act in socially appropriate and advantageous ways. This paper reviews how children …

Across four preregistered experiments on American adults (total N= 968), and five
supplemental experiments (total N= 869), we examined four accounts that might explain …

Two studies examine how social object histories from collaborative experiences influenced
North American children (N= 160, 5–10 years) thinking about the value of digital objects …

In human culture, an object's value is influenced by tangible properties (eg visual desirability
and constituent materials) and intangible ownership history (eg authentic objects owned by …

The present study investigated children's understanding that an object's history may
increase its significance, an appreciation that underpins the concept of historical authenticity …

We examined US and Canadian children's (n= 214) and adults'(n= 72) belief in ability
contagion–an expected improvement in performance when using a celebrity's object (eg …

In human culture, an object's value is influenced by tangible properties (eg visual desirability
and constituent materials) and intangible ownership history (eg authentic objects owned by …

Although money is a relatively recent phenomenon (from the perspective of the evolution of
humankind)–not older than a few thousand years–it has become an integral part of everyday …