Children may be biased toward accepting information as true, but the fact remains that
children are exposed to misinformation from many sources, and mastering the intricacies of …

Children's causal learning has been characterized as a rational process, in which children
appropriately evaluate evidence from their observations and actions in light of their existing …

In this article, we integrate two constructionist approaches—the theory of constructed
emotion and rational constructivism—to introduce several novel hypotheses for …

Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the
wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters …

Developmental psychologists coined the term" theory of mind" to describe how we
understand our shifting mental states in daily life. Over the past twenty years researchers …

Language learning takes place in the context of social interactions, yet the mechanisms that
render social interactions useful for learning language remain unclear. This study focuses …

Humans massively depend on communication with others, but this leaves them open to the
risk of being accidentally or intentionally misinformed. To ensure that, despite this risk …

Vigilance towards deception is investigated in 3-to-5-year-old children:(i) In Study 1, children
as young as 3 years of age prefer the testimony of a benevolent rather than of a malevolent …

Do children expect an expert in one domain to also be an expert in an unrelated domain? In
Study 1, 32 three‐and four‐year‐olds learned that one informant was an expert about dogs …

Data from three experiments provide the first evidence that children, at least as young as
age two, are vigilant of others' non‐verbal cues to credibility, and flexibly use these cues to …