Children have a reputation for credulity that is undeserved; even preschoolers have proven
adept at identifying implausible claims and unreliable informants. Still, the strategies …

Young children tend to deny the possibility of events that violate their expectations, including
events that are merely improbable, like making onion-flavored ice cream or owning a …

Young children, unlike adults, deny that improbable events can happen. We test two
accounts explaining this developmental shift. The development= reflection account posits …

Do preschoolers differentiate events that might and might not happen from events that
cannot happen? The current study modified Redshaw & Suddendorf's “Y-shaped tube task” …

Children can be unduly skeptical of events that violate their expectations, claiming that these
events neither could happen nor should happen even if the events violate no physical or …

Although stories for children often feature supernatural and fantastical events, children
themselves often prefer realistic events when choosing what should happen in a story. In …

An award-winning cognitive scientist offers a counterintuitive guide to cultivating
imagination. Imagination is commonly thought to be the special province of youth—the …

People often speculate about what the future holds. They wonder what will happen
tomorrow, and what the world will be like in the distant future. Nonetheless, people's ability …

As early as 5 years of age, children begin to manage their reputations strategically. We
investigated whether the reputation concern elicited by filming affected children's mental …

Children can be unduly skeptical of events that violate their expectations, claiming these
events neither could happen nor should happen, even if the events violate no physical or …